VRA + ARLIS/NA 2011

New Voices in the Profession - Organizer and Moderator: Maggie Portis, New York School of Interior Design

Speakers

• The Complications of Bridgeman and Copyright (Mis)use - Katherine L. Kelley, MLS Candidate, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2011 Gerd Muesham Award winner
• “Parchment to Pixel: The Walters Islamic Manuscript Digital Project.” - Diane Bockrath, Digitization Specialist, Department of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum, 2010 Gerd Muesham Award winner
• “Discovery Channel: Bringing Collections to New Audiences through Digital Displays” - Jamie Lausch, North Quad Programming Coordinator, University of Michigan, VRA Education Committee New Voices selection
• “You need more fingers than ten: Collaborating to Document Architectural Practice.” - Kathryn Pierce, IMLS Preservation Fellow, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin, ARLISNAP New Voices selection
• "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Studies in Image Reference and Instruction for Film Studies" - Emilee Matthews, MLS Candidate, School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Co-chairs for Conference Program New Voices selection

Returning for a fifth year, the New Voices panel will provide new Art Librarianship and Visual Resources professionals the opportunity to present topics from exceptional coursework, such as a master’s thesis, or topics with which they are engaged early in their professional life. New professionals are defined as either students in MLS or Master’s programs leading to a career in librarianship or visual resources, or those 5 years post Master’s level study. For many, this is their first professional speaking engagement. This panel was begun at the ARLIS-NA 2006 conference in Banff and has received wide attention and praise in its four iterations since. The topics presented reveal new ways of thinking about old problems, as well as up-and-coming ideas, and give the conference attendees a glimpse of the academic interests and current discourse of the newest members of ARLIS/NA and VRA. Working closely with the Gerd Muesham committee this year, two speakers will be the Muesham award winners from 2010 and 2011. Additional speakers are presented at the suggestion of the VRA Education Committee, ArLiSNAP, and the VRA+ARLIS/NA Joint Conference Co-chairs for Program.