[MCN-L] VRA White Paper
Greetings MCN Members: In response to the current economic climate that has impacted the institutions where our visual resources facilities reside, the VRA Board has asked me to form an authoring group (see below) to produce a white paper that will not only address salient issues but also suggest options for dealing with the evolving visual resources landscape. This document will demonstrate that visual resources professionals and the facilities they manage actively contribute to an institution's mission and technological future by providing necessary expertise, assets, services and learning spaces. The VRA Board along with a cadre of reviewers from the visual resources community, affiliated organizations (ARLIS, CAA, MCN, etc.) and beyond will be enlisted to comment on the draft to ensure it is useful and will resonate with faculty, administrators and others outside the visual resources profession. As a first step, we are presently trying to think through ideal VRC scenarios in academic departments/schools, transferring operations to libraries, diversifying by adding IT and/or AV responsibilities, or adjusting roles in museum contexts. To help us with this work, we encourage image professionals who have been engaged in redefining their role and that of their facility to share their experience by contacting Elizabeth Schaub by June 10th, who will be focused on the case studies section of the paper; in addition, she may communicate the information you provide to the appropriate workers in the authoring group who may want to dialog with you. We are drafting this document over the next month in order to make the information available as soon as possible. If you need information sooner or have any suggestions, questions, or concerns about this white paper process, please contact Maureen Burns. Authoring group members and their respective white paper focus: :: Maureen Burns (mailto:maburns at uci.edumaburns at uci.edu) Humanities Curator, Visual Resources Collection University of California, Irvine focus: VRCs in academic departments/schools :: Rebecca Moss (mailto:mossx014 at umn.edumossx014 at umn.edu) Visual Resources Coordinator, Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis focus: VRC's integrated into IT units :: Meghan Musolff (mailto:musolffm at umich.edumusolffm at umich.edu) Assistant Coordinator, Visual Resources Collections, History of Art Department University of Michigan, Ann Arbor focus: VRCs in academic departments/schools :: Alex Nichols (mailto:nicho135 at msu.edunicho135 at msu.edu) Academic Technology Coordinator, Department of Art and Art History Michigan State University, East Lansing focus: Diversifying by adding IT and/or AV responsibilities :: Henry Pisciotta (mailto:hap10 at psulias.psu.eduhap10 at psulias.psu.edu) Arts and Architecture Librarian Pennsylvania State University focus: VRCs integrated into university libraries :: Elizabeth Schaub (mailto:eschaub at uts.cc.utexas.edueschaub at uts.cc.utexas.edu) Visual Resources Collection Director, School of Architecture University of Texas at Austin Focus: Case studies :: Betha Whitlow (mailto:bwhitlow at artsci.wustl.edubwhitlow at artsci.wustl.edu) Curator of Visual Resources, Department of Art History and Archaeology Washington University in St. Louis Focus: VRCs within museums -- Maureen Burns, Ed.D. Humanities Curator Visual Resources Collection University of California, Irvine 92697-3375 949-824-8027 ph 949-824-4298 fx maburns at uci.edu www.arts.uci.edu/vrc/ http://vrc.ucr.edu/luci/index.html
[MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options
Hello, I work for a geographically large National Heritage Area within which are many organizations including museums. While face-to-face meetings are always valuable, it's been difficult to attract participation from throughout our 500 mile-long Corridor for some of the shorter workshops and meetings. Therefore, I'm exploring conference-calling and on-line meeting options. I'd be extremely grateful if I could benefit from existing research especially explorations that have been done by more tech-savvy people than me! Here are some of the features that I'd like to have: Access by 50+ people at a time Low cost Simple for everyone with a computer or phone to participate (not requiring downloads if possible, etc.) mechanism for facilitation by us to prevent everyone from talking over each other Thanks for any assistance the group can provide! Hannah Hannah Blake Director of Planning and Heritage Development Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor P.O. Box 219 Waterford, NY 12188 (518) 237-7000, ext. 202 (518) 237-7640 (fax) www.eriecanalway.org
[MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options
Hannah, You might want to look at a webinar format (for an example, see AAM's webinar offerings...). Also, the Smithsonian recently held an online conference (on Abraham Lincoln - see http://www.smithsonianconferences.org/) which pulled in teachers and others from around the country to learn about the latest in Lincoln research. I hear it was a great success. Good luck, Diane Hello, I work for a geographically large National Heritage Area within which are many organizations including museums. While face-to-face meetings are always valuable, it's been difficult to attract participation from throughout our 500 mile-long Corridor for some of the shorter workshops and meetings. Therefore, I'm exploring conference-calling and on-line meeting options. I'd be extremely grateful if I could benefit from existing research especially explorations that have been done by more tech-savvy people than me! Here are some of the features that I'd like to have: Access by 50+ people at a time Low cost Simple for everyone with a computer or phone to participate (not requiring downloads if possible, etc.) mechanism for facilitation by us to prevent everyone from talking over each other Thanks for any assistance the group can provide! Hannah Hannah Blake Director of Planning and Heritage Development Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor P.O. Box 219 Waterford, NY 12188 (518) 237-7000, ext. 202 (518) 237-7640 (fax) www.eriecanalway.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net
[MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options
Dear Hannah, Here's a blog post from Earthjustice's IT director about their videoconferencing project: http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/2009/05/flying-in-place-videoconferencing. html I'm sure he'd be happy to answer questions. Here's his personal blog site with contact info: http://www.techcafeteria.com/ Robert __ Robert L. Weiner Consulting Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions San Francisco, CA robert at rlweiner.com 415/643-8955 www.rlweiner.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Hannah_Blake at nps.gov Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:41 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Question to Post, Re: Electronic Meeting Options Hello, I work for a geographically large National Heritage Area within which are many organizations including museums. While face-to-face meetings are always valuable, it's been difficult to attract participation from throughout our 500 mile-long Corridor for some of the shorter workshops and meetings. Therefore, I'm exploring conference-calling and on-line meeting options. I'd be extremely grateful if I could benefit from existing research especially explorations that have been done by more tech-savvy people than me! Here are some of the features that I'd like to have: Access by 50+ people at a time Low cost Simple for everyone with a computer or phone to participate (not requiring downloads if possible, etc.) mechanism for facilitation by us to prevent everyone from talking over each other Thanks for any assistance the group can provide! Hannah Hannah Blake Director of Planning and Heritage Development Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor P.O. Box 219 Waterford, NY 12188 (518) 237-7000, ext. 202 (518) 237-7640 (fax) www.eriecanalway.org ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
