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From:         Christine Sundt <CSUNDT@OREGON.BITNET>
Subject:      VRA New Technologies Roundup

                         A N N O U N C E M E N T

                        New Technologies Roundup
                      Visual Resources Association
              11th Annual Conference - Seattle, Washington
                         Stouffer Madison Hotel
                       Thursday, February 4, 1993
                              11 AM - 1 PM


The Visual Resources Association is pleased to announce the following
lineup of vendors/developers who have responded to our call for
participation in the New Technologies Roundup program.  This is still a
tentative list, although most have made firm commitments to date.  An
updated lineup will be distributed via this network closer to the time
of the conference.

For you convenience, I am also attaching a copy of the VRA Conference
Pre-Registration form.  If you have already received a copy by mail or
net, please excuse this duplication.

Besides the New Technologies Roundup, two other programs dealing with
electronic imaging are scheduled:  Electronic Imaging: A Visual
Resources Perspective (February 4, 4:45-6:15 PM) at the Seattle
Convention Center, and Electronic Imaging: Copyright Issues (February 5,
8:30-10:30 AM, Stouffer Madison Hotel).  We look forward to seeing you
at the conference to take advantage of this impressive gathering of
technology experts and information.

                           VENDORS/DEVELOPERS
      VRMS - Slideware, Sausalito, California
                  software for visual resources collections
      Visual Information, Inc., Denver, Colorado
                  computer imaging systems
      Willoughby Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois
                  museum and visual resources image/data management
      The Voyager Company, Santa Monica, California
                  videodisc and CD-ROM products
      University Products, Holyoke, Massachusetts
                  new label technology
      ART/AAT, Santa Monica, California
                  on-line Authority Reference Tool
      Graphic Detail, Raleigh, North Carolina
                  ImageMaster (developed for Duke University)
      AXS/Optical Technology Resource, Berkeley, California
                  ArtAccess imagebase

Awaiting final confirmation from:
      GTE ImageSpan, Stamford, Connecticut
                  Digital Album
      Microsoft INCARTA, Redmond, Washington
                  multimedia encyclopedia
      Museum Informatics Project, University of California, Berkeley
                  coordinated campus information technology

For further information, please contact Christine Sundt
(csundt@oregon.uoregon.edu), 503-346-2209.

ATTACHMENT:  VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM********************

Only the pre-registration form is included here.  Anyone needing more
information about conference activities should contact Becky Hoort, VRA
Vice-President and 1993 Conference Coordinator, directly by phone
(313)747-3328 or by e-mail at GEX4@UMICHUM (Bitnet) or GEX4@UM.UMICH.EDU
(Internet).  If you have access to the Visual Resources Association
Bulletin, the full conference schedule is included in the fall issue.
The conference dates are February 3-6, 1993.  The conference hotel is
the Stouffer Madison in Seattle, phone (206) 583-0300.  Conference rates
for the hotel are $85.00 for a single and $99.00 for a double room.
Hotel arrangements should be made directly with the hotel.  The
conference registration fee must accompany the pre-registration form.
To obtain the pre-registration conference rate, pre-registrations from
North America must be postmarked no later than January 1, 1993.  Pre-
registrations from outside the contient must be postmarked no later than
December 24, 1992.  Payment must accompany the pre-registration form.
Please mail these to:
     Barbara Stevenson
     VRA Secretary
     Carleton University
     SSAC: Art History
     DT2203, Ottawa Ontario K1s 5B6
     CANADA
Please note that first class postage to Canada from the U.S. is 40
cents.

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VRA CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM


Name/Institution _______________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip _______________________________________________________

Telephone ______________(work) ______________(home)

New member _____    Is this your first meeting? _____

*
Conference fee (pre-registration rate)
     VRA member                                            $55.00 _____
     Immediate family of VRA member                        $55.00 _____
     ARLIS/NA member (not also VRA member)                 $55.00 _____
     Non-VRA or ARLIS member (includes 1993 membership)    $95.00 _____

*
Paid Events
     AAT Workshop, 8:30 AM-12:30 PM, Feb. 3; limit 25      $10.00 _____
     Seattle Public Art Tour, 1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3; limit 20
                                                           $ 5.00 _____
     Seattle Public Art Tour, 9:30AM-12:30PM, Feb.6; limit 20
                                                           $ 5.00 _____
     Kitsap Peninsula Tour, 9:30 AM-4:30 PM, Feb. 6;limit 27
                                                           $30.00 _____
                                                         TOTAL    _____
*
Day trip to Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - 7;30 AM to
7:45 PM, Feb. 6th.  Make individual reservations for the Victoria
Clipper ferry by phoning 1-800-888-2535; pay be credit card; fare is
non-refundable, non-transferable.  Two-week advance purchase is $59.00.
Tickets may also be purchased at the time of departure for a fare of
$74.00; seniors $64.00.  U.S. citizens must have a valid driver's
license or other picture identification.  Please enquire when making
reservations.
Ferry leaves Seattle, Pier 69, at 8:00 AM.  Participants meet at the
hotel at 7:30 AM for accompaniment to the pier.
               I am interested in participating in this event. _____
*
Free Events
Limited enrollment.  Please indicate which you would like to attend.
_____ Tour of Interactive Home Systems (Continuum Productions, Corp.),
      1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 3 (limit 24)
_____ Tour of Boeing Company Archives Photograph Collection,
      1:00-4:00 PM, Feb. 4 (limit 30; U.S. citizens only)
_____ Tour of Seattle Art Museum; 7:45-8:45 PM, Feb. 4 (limit flexible)
*
University of Washington campus tours, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM, Feb. 5
_____ Art Slide Collection (limit flexible)
_____ Architecture Slide Collection (limit flexible)
_____ Special Collections (limit 30)
*
Round-table Discussion Sessions
2:00-3:30 PM, Feb. 4. Limit 10 per topic.  Please prioritize your
choices (i.e., 1,2,3).
_____ Architecture slide collection concerns
_____ Museum slide collection concerns
_____ Small collection concerns
_____ Trends in projection equipment and facilities
_____ Changing world geography; its effect on classification schemes
_____ Problems in cataloging tribal arts
_____ Cataloging and indexing concerns in automated slide database
systems; to include a discussion of MARC
****** END OF PRE-REGISTRATION FORM*******
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