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CE: Visual Resources workshop (Texas)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Terry)
Tue Mar 11 01:45:45 1997
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:40:10 -0600 (CST)
From: David Terry <dterry@uts.cc.utexas.edu>
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(Please post the following announcement to your list)
CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
is hosting the following seminar on Visual Resources Management, at the
Fine Arts Building at The University of Texas at Austin. The speakers
for the seminar will be Nancy Schuller and Christine Sundt. Ms. Schuller
is senior lecturer and curator of visual arts for the Visual Resources
Collection, Department of Art and Art History, at The University of
Texas at Austin. Ms. Sundt is associate professor and curator of the
Visual Resources Collection at the University of Oregon, Architecture and
Allied Arts Library.
1997 WORKSHOP IN VISUAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: THE NEW BASICS
June 23-27, 1997
Purpose:
The purpose is to inform the visual resources curator, librarian, or
user, of some of the major topics involved in the development,
management, and operation of visual resources collections.
Program:
The workshop will include subjects basic to the management of visual
resources collections, as well as emerging issues in the field. Included
will be both theoretical and practical information about aspects of
this type of collection management, as well as discussions and
demonstrations of new electronic methods and tools for accessing as
well as managing and delivering images and descriptive records. There
will be discussions and demonstrations of Getty's microcomputer
software for standard terminologies, for use in descriptive cataloging
and information retrieval. Digital imaging and its use will also be
considered. Special topics on classifying and cataloging both art and
architecture images will be addressed. The workshop consists of
lectures, discussions, hands-on activities, and demonstrations.
Housing and Fees:
Registration fee is $495.00. Dormitory housing is available at
Jester Center on the UT campus. Estimated per person cost for the week,
including breakfast and dinner at the dormitory, is $222.45 single
occupancy, $171.95 double occupancy. Additional room nights are
available. Housing form will be sent when you register.
For more information and registration form: fax, phone, or e-mail your
fax number or mailing address to David Terry, (512) 471-8806, fax (512)
471-3971, e-mail (dterry@uts.cc.utexas.edu).