[MCN-L] VRA Travel Award applications being accepted through November 21, 2016
The Travel Awards Committee of the Visual Resources Association is happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for financial assistance to attend the 2017 conference. VRA membership is not required to complete the application. Please see the attached PDF file for more details. The conference them is “Unbridled Opportunities” — which is a relevant title for the event taking place in Louisville, Kentucky from March 29 to April 1, 2017. For more information, visit the conference website<http://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra34/>. Please click here for a direct link to the application form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1yl8opWkoWIgoOCJgKwfhRzhLsfKiBqyKR_jpwLsu6t0/edit>. Best, Robb -- Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705 VRA_Travel_Awards_announcement_2017.pdf Description: VRA_Travel_Awards_announcement_2017.pdf ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] FINAL DAYS! VRA 2017 Conference Call for Posters
From: Chris Strasbaugh Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 12:09 PM Cc: Jackie Spafford, "elaine.p...@colorado.edu<mailto:elaine.p...@colorado.edu>", "sben...@american.edu<mailto:sben...@american.edu>", "musol...@umich.edu<mailto:musol...@umich.edu>", "esch...@austin.utexas.edu<mailto:esch...@austin.utexas.edu>", Carey Weber, "robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com>", "gre...@ucsd.edu<mailto:gre...@ucsd.edu>" Subject: Please send to affiliate organizations: FINAL DAYS! VRA 2017 Conference Call for Posters The Visual Resources Association<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.vraweb.org/=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0A=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0A=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0A=cf986a014268060a13d65a23d66e0d5d223b41733a6cc2274ac1a17ebcc80297>’s 34th Annual Conference will be held in Louisville, Kentucky from Wednesday, March 29th, through Saturday, April 1st, 2017, in the Louisville Marriott Downtown <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sdflm-louisville-marriott-downtown/> hotel. The theme for the Louisville conference is unbridled opportunities. Please mark your calendars. Proposals are now being solicited for the 2017 posters. All proposals are welcome. Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2016. Participants in the Poster Session present a professional topic both graphically and through direct interaction with conference attendees. This format encourages one-on-one discussions and self-paced viewing. Posters depict workplace initiatives, research works in process, and other library/visual resource topics of contemporary interest. Submit your poster proposal via ouronline submission form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K8RSFMV>. A poster consists of a visual display accompanied by pertinent handouts; The visual poster display can take any form or look, provided it is confined to the 30” x 42” area. Creating the opportunity for conversation is the main goal of the poster session. Beyond the display panels and certain basic mounting supplies, poster presenters will be required to bring all materials and mount their own display at the designated time. Full details will be provided in December, following selection and confirmation of poster presenters. Successful applicants will be notified by October 15, 2016. Chris Strasbaugh Vice President of Conference Programming, Visual Resources Association Digital Resource Archivist and Curator The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture 275 W. Woodruff Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1138 614-247-6645 -- Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] VRA 2017 Conference Call for Posters
The Visual Resources Association<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.vraweb.org/=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0A=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0A=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0A=cf986a014268060a13d65a23d66e0d5d223b41733a6cc2274ac1a17ebcc80297>’s 34th Annual Conference will be held in Louisville, Kentucky from Wednesday, March 29th, through Saturday, April 1st, 2017, in the Louisville Marriott Downtown <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sdflm-louisville-marriott-downtown/> hotel. The theme for the Louisville conference is unbridled opportunities. Please mark your calendars. Proposals are now being solicited for the 2017 posters. All proposals are welcome. Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2016. Participants in the Poster Session present a professional topic both graphically and through direct interaction with conference attendees. This format encourages one-on-one discussions and self-paced viewing. Posters depict workplace initiatives, research works in process, and other library/visual resource topics of contemporary interest. Submit your poster proposal via our online submission form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K8RSFMV>. A poster consists of a visual display accompanied by pertinent handouts; The visual poster display can take any form or look, provided it is confined to the 30” x 42” area. Creating the opportunity for conversation is the main goal of the poster session. Beyond the display panels and certain basic mounting supplies, poster presenters will be required to bring all materials and mount their own display at the designated time. Full details will be provided in December, following selection and confirmation of poster presenters. Successful applicants will be notified by October 15, 2016. Chris Strasbaugh Vice President of Conference Programming, Visual Resources Association Digital Resource Archivist and Curator The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture 275 W. Woodruff Avenue Columbus, OH 43210-1138 614-247-6645 -- Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] VRA Core RDF Ontology Available for Review
VRA Core RDF Ontology Available for Review October 7, 2015 VRA Core http://vraweb.org/vra-core-rdf-ontology-available-for-review/ http://vraweb.org/author/vra-core/ A taskforce setup through the VRA Core Oversight Committee (Core OC)<http://vraweb.org/about/committees/vra-core-oversight/> has released an initial draft of a VRA Core RDF Ontology. The RDF Ontology is based on the Core 4.0 XML Schema and is available along with an XLST stylesheet that will convert VRA Core 4.0 compliant XML in RDF. Representing a VRA Core description in RDF allows for exposing rich VRA Core metadata as Linked Data, so that the descriptions may be widely shared and interact with other Linked Data resources on the Web, such as the ongoing project to release the Getty Vocabularies as linked open data<http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/lod/>. Together, these tools will allow museums, libraries and archives to increase exposure of their content online, allowing people to more easily find relevant images of cultural heritage objects, sites, and subjects. The Ontology, XSLT conversion stylesheet as well as example records can be found on GitHub at the following link https://github.com/mixterj/VRA-RDF-Project). The Ontology can be viewed here http://purl.org/vra/. Comments and questions are welcomed. Please feel free to submit them over the VRA Core listserv, which you can join at this link http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/vracore.html, on the GitHub repo page or email them directly to Jeff Mixter (mixt...@oclc.org<mailto:mixt...@oclc.org>). Taskforce members: Jeff Mixter, Software Engineer, OCLC Rebecca Guenther, Metadata Specialist at Rebecca Guenther Consulting Trish Rose-Sandler, Data Analyst, Center for Biodiversity Informatics, Missouri Botanical Garden Michael Dulock, Metadata Librarian, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Esme Cowles, Software Engineer, UC San Diego Libraries VRA Core on the Web VRA Core Schemas and Documentation<http://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/> (Library of Congress Official Site) VRA Core Support Pages<http://core.vraweb.org/> Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations & Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com<mailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com> | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com<http://www.gallerysystems.com/> 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] FW: VRA's 33rd Annual Conference, March 11 - 14
=2obeeXdJitahIQhvM41Fl7dml70zutV1LLdHxoR6kRUe= stevenk@gmail.commailto:stevenk@gmail.com Zabar Art Library, Hunter College/CUNY 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 tel: 212-772-5054tel:212-772-5054 Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives robb.detl...@gallerysystems.commailto:robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.comhttp://www.gallerysystems.com/ 3200 College Ave. Suite 6; Berkeley, CA 94705 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] VRA 33 Conference proposal deadline: July 3rd
Libraryhttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/about/zabark=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0Ar=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0Am=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0As=c61219d1edfee0747f6f9ab9a162109364ff09edb992c0daff14be45ca1c9483, Hunter College/CUNY 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 tel: 212-772-5054tel:212-772-5054 __ Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives robb.detlefs at gallerysystems.commailto:robb.detlefs at gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.comhttp://www.gallerysystems.com/ 3214 College Ave.; Berkeley, CA 94705
[MCN-L] VRA 33 Denver 2015, Call for Proposals
/url?u=http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/about/zabark=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0Ar=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0Am=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0As=c61219d1edfee0747f6f9ab9a162109364ff09edb992c0daff14be45ca1c9483, Hunter College/CUNY 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 tel: 212-772-5054tel:212-772-5054 __ Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.comhttp://www.gallerysystems.com/ 3214 College Ave.; Berkeley, CA 94705 robb at gallerysystems.commailto:robb at gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233
[MCN-L] Call for Proposals, VRA 33 Denver 2015
***Please excuse cross posting*** Dear colleagues, The Visual Resources Associationhttp://www.vraweb.org/'s 33rd Annual Conference will be held in Denver, Colorado, from Wednesday, March 11th, through Saturday, March 14th, 2015, in the Westin Denver Downtownhttp://www.westindenverdowntown.com/ hotel. Please mark your calendars. Proposals are now being solicited for the 2015 program case studies, papers, posters, sessions, special interest/user groups, and workshops. All proposals are welcome. Click here to go to the conference proposal form. * A session is a maximum 90 minute moderated session with 3 to 4 speakers at 15 to 20 minutes each followed by a facilitated brief question and answer period. * A workshop is a 2, 3 or 4 hour workshop to develop skills and experience in the field of visual resources, preferably with hands-on activities. * A paper is an individual idea submission, which will be reviewed for possible grouping into a session. * A special interest/user group is a 60 to 90-minute informal facilitated group discussion on topics related to a specific community within VRA. * A case study is detailed information about an individual, small group, or project, generally including the accounts of subjects themselves. Moderators are encouraged to submit proposals. Individual case study proposals will be reviewed for possible groupings similar to the session format. * A poster advertises your research, and combines text and graphics to make a visually pleasing presentation. (http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=78) The Visual Resources Association is a multi-disciplinary, international professional organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of media management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments. Some suggested topics compiled from this year's post-conference survey responses are listed below. Other ideas expanding beyond that which is familiar to VRA are encouraged. Past conference programs and highlights may be found on VRA's website: http://vraweb.org/WordPress/conferences/http://vraweb.org/conferences/. Moderators may put out calls for presenters within a proposed topic before or after submission of proposal. The VRA Executive Board will be looking for articulate and concise submissions with lists of presenters, when applicable. Specificity regarding audio-visual needs including live internet connectivity is recommended. Some suggested topics: * Digital preservation * Digital stewardship * Digital curation / data curation * Workflow management and documentation * Visualization * Visual Literacy * Digital Humanities * VR professionals as bridges for digital humanities research * Digital mapping * Image use across disciplines and the curriculum * Analog media * Legacy slide collections * New technology * Copyright * Linked Open Data * Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) * Museums and Libraries: similarities and differences * New spaces, repurposing as collaborative learning environments * Expanding professional roles * Alternative careers * Institution-wide involvement * International issues * Museum imaging workflow * Marketing, outreach * Social media * Crosswalking interoperability between metadata standards * Uses of embedded metadata Workshop ideas: * Project management * WordPress blogging * Leadership * Staff development, general management skills * Copyright permissions for publishing * Shared Shelf drop-in clinic Questions about the proposal process and the various presentation formats included in the VRA Conference program can be directed to me at stevenk.vra at gmail.commailto:stevenk.vra at gmail.com. The proposal deadline is July 3, 2014. I look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, Steven Kowalik Steven Kowalik, MSLS Vice President for Conference Program, Visual Resources Associationhttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.vraweb.org/k=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0Ar=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0Am=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0As=cf986a014268060a13d65a23d66e0d5d223b41733a6cc2274ac1a17ebcc80297 stevenk.vra at gmail.commailto:stevenk.vra at gmail.com Zabar Art Libraryhttps://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/about/zabark=t8cWouLHMWKnKZhAFQUeVA%3D%3D%0Ar=v5vs%2BItxLg5yNizSdcfw3GQUy0qO87HZ%2FFk5mILuBT4%3D%0Am=%2FsgjunWRn29xYuhhVzvV7vOb2ioryMduNF%2FDjg8%2FbNM%3D%0As=c61219d1edfee0747f6f9ab9a162109364ff09edb992c0daff14be45ca1c9483, Hunter College/CUNY 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 tel: 212-772-5054tel:212-772-5054 __ Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations
[MCN-L] Visual Resources Association’s Annual Conference: March 12-15, 2014, Milwaukee, WI
VRA: THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IMAGE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS The Visual Resources Associationhttp://www.vraweb.org/index.html?s 32nd Annual Conferencehttp://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/ will be held March 12-15, 2014 at the historic Pfister Hotel in downtown in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Please take a moment to view the full schedulehttp://vra32.sched.org/. Included here are some selected highlights among many: * Sessions and case studieshttp://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/session#.Usb4s38vogM covering topics such as collaborative practices amongst both traditional and nontraditional disciplines and within archival and special collections, international copyright and resources, broadening professional roles, the management of moving image collections, basic and advanced (RDF LOD) cataloging procedures, DAM implementation, expanding VRA Core 4 capabilities, personal digital archiving, and more. * Opening speaker, Philip Yenawine, Co-Founding Director, Visual Thinking Strategies, 3/12. * Exciting tourshttp://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/tour#.UscKGH8vogM of the Harley-Davidson Museum Design Archive, 3/12, and the Lakefront Brewery, 3/15. * Don?t miss out on networking opportunities provided by the Birds of a Feather Luncheshttp://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/networking#.Usb3E38vogN throughout the conference, and the Sponsors? Meet and Greet Poster Presentationshttp://vra32.sched.org/event/d1d9c50aaa96d74b67c23b1477379e45#.Usb3d38vogM, 3/13. * Honor associates at the Members Awards Dinner, 3/13. * Informative workshopshttp://vra32.sched.org/overview/type/workshop#.UtXsyY0VzwQ (many free for conference registrants) with limited participation, so don?t postpone registration. * Unwind with colleagues at the Friday Evening Drink ?n? Draw with Stephanie Barenz (Pfister Hotel?s Artist in Residence), 3/14. * Closing speaker, Matthew Israel, Director, The Art Genome Project at Artsy, 3/15. The online conference schedule allows for Sign up / Log inhttp://vra32.sched.org/signup#.UscCGH8vogM via SCHED to connect with your favorite social media sites, create custom schedules, and share interests with fellow attendees. (Please note that you cannot register via SCHED.) Search for ?vra32.sched.orghttp://vra32.sched.org/? on your mobile device to download an app for the schedule so that you?ll have access at your fingertips. So registerhttp://www.vraweb.org/conferences/vra32/registration/ now to take advantage of reduced rate early bird fees before they end on February 14th. Don?t miss out on this great opportunity! Questions? Please contact: info at vraweb.orgmailto:info at vraweb.org - The Visual Resources Association is a multi-disciplinary, international professional organization dedicated to furthering research and education in the field of media management within the educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments. The Association is committed to providing leadership in the visual resources field, developing and advocating standards, and offering educational tools and activities, publication programs, and opportunities for the benefit of the community at large. The Association offers a forum for issues of vital concern to the field of digital and analog curation, including: preservation of and access to digital and analog images of media documenting visual culture; cataloging and classification standards and practices; integration of technology-based instruction and research; digital humanities; intellectual property policy; visual literacy and other topics of interest to the field. Through collaboration, partnership, and outreach with the broader information management, and educational, and scholarly communities, the Association actively supports the primacy of visual information in documenting and understanding humanity's shared cultural experience. - Elaine Paul, Director Visual Resources Center Department of Art Art History University of Colorado Boulder 318 UCB | Boulder, CO 80309-0318 http://cuart.colorado.edu/resources/vrc/mailto:Elaine.Paul at colorado.edu%3EElaine.Paul at colorado.edu%3C/a%3E%20%7C%20303.492.6136%3Cbr%3E%0A%3Ca%20href= President-Elect Visual Resources Associationhttp://vraweb.org/ Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.comhttp://www.gallerysystems.com/ 3214 College Ave.; Berkeley, CA 94705 robb at gallerysystems.commailto:robb at gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233 or 646.733.2239 x233
[MCN-L] Image Users: Register for CAVRACon at Sonoma State University
Sorry for cross-posting. It should be a great event and certainly a great location! Robb __ Reminder: the early registration price of $25 for the joint mini-conference of the Northern and Southern CA Chapters of the Visual Resources Association will end on May 31. Please let any students, colleagues and others working with images of art, architecture, and historical events know about this unique 2-day event featuring experts sharing their discoveries, including SSU alum and photo conservationist Gawain Weaver (http://gawainweaver.com/) and Bay Area video artist Ben Wood (http://www.benwood.net/). After May 31 the fee will increase to $35, but registration will continue until the event. Light breakfast refreshments will be served and lunches and overnight accommodations are optionally available. The Northern and Southern California chapters of the Visual Resources Association, an organization of professionals working with visual images, especially those working with images of art, architecture, art history, and related subjects in universities, colleges, and museums, are presenting a two-day mini-conference at Sonoma State University in Schulz 3001 on June 27-28 with guest speakers. Registration is open to all for just $25, which covers both days. Please pass this announcement on to any of your students and colleagues who might be interested in attending. Here is the web link for further information and the online registration form: https://sites.google.com/site/cavracon2013/ With kind regards, Karen Kessel Karen Kessel Visual Resources Specialist Art and Art History Dept Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Avenue Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707664-2145 Karen.Kessel at sonoma.edumailto:Karen.Kessel at sonoma.edu http://www.sonoma.edu/art/vrcollection/index.html Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.comhttp://www.gallerysystems.com/ 3214 College Ave.; Berkeley, CA 94705 robb at gallerysystems.commailto:robb at gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233
[MCN-L] The Online VRA Bulletin: Now Accepting Submissions!
adventure! We're here to help, so don't hesitate to contact Anne Blecksmith (ablecksmith at getty.edumailto:ablecksmith at getty.edu) or Jason Miller (jnmiller at berkeley.edumailto:jnmiller at berkeley.edu) with any questions. We look forward to receiving your submissions and working with you! Anne Blecksmith and Jason Miller Content and Production Editors -- Robb Detlefs Visual Resources Association, Public Relations Communications Officer Robb Detlefs | Director, West Coast Operations Strategic Initiatives robb at gallerysystems.com | 510.652.8950 x233 GallerySystems | www.gallerysystems.com
[MCN-L] Visual Resources Association Presents 2010 DeLaurier Achievement Award to Baca and Harpring
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Visual Resources Association Presents 2010 Nancy DeLaurier Award to Murtha Baca and Patricia Harpring for Their Work on the Getty Vocabularies ATLANTA, Georgia (VRA) March 31, 2010 -- The Visual Resources Association (VRA), the international organization for image media professionals, proudly presented the 2010 Nancy DeLaurier Award to Murtha Baca and Patricia Harpring for their work on the Getty Vocabularies on March 18th at the 28th Annual VRA Conference. The Nancy DeLaurier Award, named for one of the pioneers of the Visual Resources profession, honors distinguished achievement in the field of image management. Achievement is measured by immediate impact and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, Web site creation, or other outstanding effort. Baca and Harpring's efforts encompass all of the above categories. Current VRA President, Maureen Burns, stated Letters of support for this nomination poured in from around the world showing the global reach of Murtha and Patricia's Herculean efforts and further demonstrating how the Getty Vocabularies are truly an unparalleled body of work. The impact of the Getty Vocabularies is enormous in the field of visual resources and beyond -- visionary in inception and instrumental to the quest of standardizing image cataloging across the cultural heritage community. Information professionals in visual resources collections, libraries, museums, and archives regularly use the Art and Architecture Thesaurus, the Union List of Artist Names, and the Thesaurus of Geographic Names, developed, sustained, and nurtured, primarily by these two individuals, under the auspices of the Getty Research Institute. The Getty Vocabularies not only provide uniform terminology to describe works of art, architecture, material culture, and other associated materials for metadata creation, but their use enhances access to online resources and the knowledge bases researchers rely upon. In addition to project development and management, Baca and Harpring have worked tirelessly to promote free global online access to these vocabulary tools, to translate them into many languages, and to assist colleagues in better understanding how to use them most effectively. Attesting to their ongoing vision of the future in terms of shared standards and best practices is their promotion of a new Cultural Object Name Authority (CONA) intended to provide authoritative work records about cultural objects overcoming linguistic, chronological, and other variations in naming. At the awards ceremony, Baca and Harpring announced their latest publication, Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies: Terminology for Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works. Additional Info and Images: http://www.vraweb.org/about/awards/award-2010ndla.html Robb Detlefs, Public Relations Communications Officer Visual Resources Association 510-652-8950 x233 http://www.vraweb.org ###
[MCN-L] Embark and Gallery Systems
Hi Chris, Sorry for the delayed response -- fortunately, I was far removed from email access (as we all should be from time to time). Please feel free to contact me directly. It would be useful to know a bit more about the intended use for the XML data. There are currently three means of generating XML from EmbARK. 1) Report writer - I have created a few report templates that allow you to save data in XML (including CDWA Lite). By using the report writer, you can take advantage of advanced scripting tools to embed considerable logic to finesse the output. 2) EmbARK Web Kiosk - EmbARK Web Kiosk 7 has customizable templates enabling the publication of any XML format (this is what Marla is using at SFMOMA). The XML may be harvested using SRU (Search and Retrieval by URL). You can load a URL at any time to access the data set you need (or configure that URL into an application that would harvest the data). 3) COBOAT - As Ben mentioned below, you can use COBOAT to automatically extract data from EmbARK and generate XML. COBOAT simply requires that you create an ODBC data source for EmbARK. The templates are quite customizable -- I have already configured them for CDWA Lite. The XML can be saved as text files or loaded to an OAI-PMH Server. Hope that is helpful. Best, Robb Robb Detlefs Director, West Coast Operations and Strategic Initiatives _ Gallery Systems 3200 College Avenue, Suite 2 Berkeley, CA 94705 phone: (510) 652-8950 x233 robb at gallerysystems.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Alexander Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:15 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Embark and Gallery Systems Thanks Dana, Ben and Marla, This is very helpful. So as I understand it, currently there is not an automated way to export it. It has to be done manually? Is there the ability to create plug ins for the systems? -Chris -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ben Rubinstein Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:07 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Embark and Gallery Systems On 29/7/09 01:06, Chris Alexander wrote: I'm wondering if Embark or Gallery Systems has any way to export data as an XML feed. Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks in advance. Possibly also worth noting that Robb Detlefs at Gallery Systems has been working to create an Embark configuration for the (freely available) software we created for the OCLC Museum Data Exchange project, which produces CDWA Lite XML exports - it can be configured to run automatically on a regular basis, and to send the data to a database or generate flat files. See http://www.oclc.org/programs/news/2009-04-10.htm for more information - and contact Robb for more info if it seems of interest (though I happen to know he's floating down a canal in England this week, and trust that means he's offline...). Ben -- Ben Rubinstein Technical Director email: benr at cogapp.comdirect: +44 (0)1273 829972 Cogapp address: Lees House, 21-33 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 3FE, England tel: +44 (0)1273 821600 fax: +44 (0)1273 829988 web: http://www.cogapp.com blog: http://blog.cogapp.com - the art and science of engagement ___ 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/ ___ 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/
