Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Spring 2010 VRA NoCal Chapter Meeting

The VRA NoCal chapter group will be meeting February 26, at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, 305 Wurster Hall, for a lecture and discussion on local subject authorities, visual cataloging, and the STEVE Project. Our guest speakers will be Judy Weedman, professor at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, and Layna White, Head of Collections Information at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Agenda:

9:00-9:30 Meet and greet, with coffee, tea, juice, nibbles

9:30-10:30 Judy Weedman will discuss ideas from her paper, “The Practice of Design: Creating Local Vocabularies for Images” (2004).

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-11:45 Layna White will present “Hot Data: Providing Access to Contemporary Art”. Layna will discuss issues related to metadata and documentation of still images using examples of works from the SFMOMA collection.

11:45-1:15 Lunch (Free Speech Café is a nearby option)

1:15-2:30 Business Meeting

2:30-4:30
Visit the “Stock Options: Houses for Everyone” exhibit in Volkmann Reading Room, Environmental Design Library (210 Wurster Hall).Visitor Information: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/exhibitions

Visit the following exhibits at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum: “French Film Posters from the BAM/PFA Collection”, “Joe McKay: Big Time”, “Ahmet Öğüt: Exploded City / MATRIX 231”, “Thom Faulders: BAMscape”, “James Castle: A Retrospective”, and “Nature into Action: Hans Hofmann”. Visitor Information: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit

Don’t forget:

You can renew your national and local chapter membership through the VRA’s MemberClicks Website here: http://web.memberclicks.com/mc/page.do;jsessionid=FA1DBB2DA4DFFA14C51F03495C55B7D1.mc0?sitePageId=1470

We welcome non-VRA members to attend our chapter meeting. We are charging visitors a nominal fee of $10 to attend the meeting.

Please consider bringing a contribution for the VRAffle if you cannot attend the VRA Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia (3/17-20/10).  The contribution is for the VRA NoCal gift bag/basket, which will represent the fun/interesting things of our region (no alcohol please- Georgia state law prohibits liquor to be part of a donation.).  If you are going to Atlanta, you have a little more time to shop/create.  Does anyone have an idea for a special theme, other than the resources of Northern California? More information on the VRAffle: http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/2010atlanta/vraffle.html

Public Transit / Parking Information:

The meeting will be held at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, 305 Wurster Hall. Wurster Hall is just north of the intersection of Bancroft and College Avenues, beyond the Phoebe Heart Museum of Anthropology.

The nearest BART station to UCB’s campus is the Downtown Berkeley stop: http://www.bart.gov/stations/dbrk/index.aspx

AC Transit Trip Planner: http://www2.actransit.org/tripplanner.wu

Campus info on honoring other UC permits: http://pt.berkeley.edu/park/permit/affiliates#reciprocity

UCB parking maps: http://pt.berkeley.edu/maps

List of public parking lots: http://pt.berkeley.edu/park/public

Please feel free to contact co-chairs Heather Cummins (hcummins@academyart.edu, 415-618-3761) or Karen Kessel (karen.kessel@sonoma.edu, 707-664-2145) with any questions or concerns- thank you!

Friday, February 5, 2010

Spring 2010 VRA NoCal Chapter Meeting – Save the Date (2/26/10)

The VRA NoCal chapter will meet Friday, February 26, at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design, 305 Wurster Hall, for a lecture and discussion on local subject authorities, visual cataloging, and the STEVE project. Our guest speakers will be Judy Weedman, professor at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science, and Layna White, Head of Collections Information at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Further information on the meeting / agenda will be posted soon.