The Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management (SEI) 2010 will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The website with more information will be up shortly.
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Introduction : |
Professionals in the field of visual resources currently have to master several different sets of knowledge/expertise to successfully administer existing resources, preserve unique collections within those resources, and begin the process of converting analog resources to digital modes of presentation. In addition, they have to be conversant with national and international standards, organizations, metadata initiatives, and online resources. As most library and information science programs do not address the needs of image collection professionals, the jointly sponsored ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute is intended to provide a standardized and sustainable program for visual resources training, with a focus on issues related to the transition from analog to digital collections. As an ongoing endeavor, the ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute will change in focus and emphasis each year to meet the needs of new professionals and of institutions facing the demanding metamorphosis from analog slide collections into digital image resources. With each successive year, more emphasis will be placed on digital topics, and more attention will be given to emerging national and international cataloging guidelines, image resources, and advances in presentation technology, while maintaining the core knowledge base necessary for any type of image collection management. |
Participation: |
The ARLIS/NA-VRAF Summer Educational Institute is open to professionals, para-professionals, and graduate level students in visual resources, library science, the fine arts, related humanities fields, and other image information disciplines. Anyone who has a need to learn about managing image collections is encouraged to participate. The SEI is designed to serve various levels of expertise: • individuals new to the profession, • librarians or information professionals with new responsibilities to manage image collections, • Visual resources professionals and art librarians wanting to update their knowledge of current practices. |
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Certification: |
Participants will receive a dated Certificate of Completion from ARLIS/NA-VRAF, signed by the president and/or director of each organization. |