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VRAB Volume 11, Issue 3, 1984
No full textAssociation News:
Conferences
Notes from the President
Collections:
Photograph Collections
Profile
Review
Photograph Journals
Technical Information:
Asian Slide & Photograph Collections
Ask the Photographer
Classification and Cataloguing
Computer News
Conservation
Photographic Conservation - A Bibliography
For Your Information:
Museum Exhibitions
Professional News
Slide Market News
Miscellaneou
VRAB Volume 5: Issue 3, 1978
No full textThis issue covers the MA-CAA Conference in Detroit 25-28 October. It includes pieces on slide acquisitions and slide suppliers, consultation services and professional standards. There are also job postings, exhibition itineraries, and professional development opportunities of interest to visual resources professionals
Digitizing Dentistry's Multifaceted History: Why It Is Necessary
No full textIn 1929, the Gies Report was published by William J. Gies, outlining the foundational criteria for a relatively standardized dental education across the United States. Although it was not included in Gies’ original report, the history of dentistry would eventually become an essential part of that foundational curriculum. Contemporary dental education has pushed the history of dentistry to the side implying that the history of dentistry is unnecessary. Doing so causes much of the responsibility to educate both dental students and the public to fall on institutions like the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of Dentistry (NMD). The creation of an open-access digital dental history database at the NMD that highlights the multifaceted nature of dental history will be a necessary step forward and vital resource for curtailing the agnostic attitude that has developed around the history of dentistry.
Much of the scholarship about the history of dentistry has addressed various aspects of the discipline’s development over time. They have inadequately addressed the reason why the history of dentistry is as vital to discuss today as it was fifty years ago. Filling this noticeable gap is necessary because more and more dental students are leaving dental school with little knowledge about the history of their discipline and where they fit within that history. Tracing the history of dental education in the United States, examining some of the many facets of the history of dentistry, and providing a comparative analysis of different physical and online dental history collections are the strategies utilized to fill this gap. First, two interviews conducted with Dr. Andrew I. Spielman, President of the American Academy of the History of Dentistry, and Dr. Scott Swank, curator of the NMD, evaluated the state of the history of dentistry in contemporary dental curricula. In addition to these two interviews, understanding what makes the history of dentistry multifaceted is integral in understanding the impact of the field on the profession, contemporary society, and why the history of dentistry needs to be taught or learned. Finally, a comparison of physical and online dental collections to evaluate best practices for creating an online dental history collection and an examination of how such a database can be used by the stewarding institution is discussed
Recommendations for Creating Inclusive Visual Communication During a Pandemic
No full textSARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has fundamentally changed the way we live and communicate in 2020. In the United States, public health messaging, particularly infographics, continues to accompany now familiar phrases like “wash your hands,” “socially distance,” and “flatten the curve.” This messaging often falls short of inclusivity, accessibility, and diversity. In this article, we advocate for creating and sharing public health infographics that adhere to accessibility and metadata standards as well as inclusive design best practices. Libraries are uniquely positioned, along with other community centers, to create and disseminate public health information, especially in times of crisis. Whether designing their own visual communication or reusing messaging from elsewhere, librarians can incorporate social justice measures into their visual communication by incorporating best practices for intentional, strategic, and inclusive public health visual information
2017 State of the Visual Resources Association
No full textDuring the 2017 Annual Business Meeting of the Visual Resources Association in Louisville, Kentucky, the president highlighted the accomplishments and challenges of the Association in a state of the association presentation. This article provides the transcript
Archives, Artwork, and a Garden: The John Stokes and Mary’s Gardens Collection at the University of Dayton
No full textThe University of Dayton hosted a unique exhibit in the spring of 2017 highlighting the John Stokes and Mary’s Gardens archival collection. In addition to materials from the collection, the exhibit also featured a live garden with flowers named for the Blessed Virgin Mary inside the library, and specially commissioned artwork by artist Holly Schapker. The library was able to reach different audiences and hopes this will serve as an example in thinking of more interactive ways for visitors to experience an archival exhibit.
Acknowledgements:
Kayla would like to thank and acknowledge the Stokes family for their generous donation and the multitude of people involved with the Mary’s Garden exhibit. Special thanks goes to Marketing and Outreach Librarian, Katy Kelly, who chaired the exhibit planning committee, and Director of the Marian Library, Sarah Cahalan
Collaborative Teaching and Digital Visualization in an Art History Classroom
No full textInstructors wishing to utilize digital technologies in undergraduate classrooms to address humanities research questions may face a number of challenges. These include identifying appropriate digital methods; learning and supporting digital technologies; integrating the digital and subject area components; or designing scalable learning outcomes. In the Wired! Lab for Digital Art History & Visual Culture at Duke University, we have developed a pedagogical structure that combines collaborative teaching with project-based, digitally-informed learning experiences. The essay that follows examines the capacity we have built through the example of an art history survey course that utilized the interactive qualitative visualization tool Neatline
2015 State of the Visual Resources Association
No full textDuring the 2015 Annual Business Meeting of the Visual Resources Association in Denver, Colorado, the president highlighted the accomplishments and challenges of the Association in a state of the association presentation. This article provides the transcript
Visual Materials in the Archive: Determining and Maintaining Value in a Postmodern Climate
No full textThis paper engages with the existing body of archival literature that addresses what has been termed “documentary art” in order to address questions regarding the treatment of visual materials in archival practice and theory. It will also borrow and apply theories from the disciplines of material culture studies and art history in order to form a comprehensive understanding of the overall treatment of visual materials in a variety of collections. Through the lens of such theories, a discourse emerges that addresses the larger implications of the bibliographical treatment of visual materials within the archive, leading to the proposal of a solution to the problem of maintaining archival value in both physical and digital form
Usability and Image Resource Interfaces: five steps to plan your own study
No full textUsability testing, a systematic approach to finding out what parts of a tool or resource are difficult to use, can be particularly useful with digital image systems and other visual resources. This article explains the benefits of observing how patrons use our resources and provides five steps to performing a simple usability test on an image database.
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank Joy Perrin, Esther De Leon, and Lynne Edgar for helping spearhead usability initiatives at the TTU Libraries, and Krista Brown for her assistance with my image database usability study