27th Annual Conference
March 18-21, 2009
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General Conference Support  |
Wednesday, March 18 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration Desk open 8:30 am - 4:00 pm VRAffle See Special Events section. 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Workshop 1: Issues in VR Administration This workshop is designed to introduce new visual resources curators
and librarians to various topics in visual resources management
and offer them guidance in the effective daily administration of
a visual resources operation and facility in the digital age. This
four‐hour workshop will focus on administrative procedures (budgeting,
policies, reports, workflows), collection development and acquisitions
(in‐house, purchased, licensed), human resources (staffing, changes
in job descriptions, professional development), strategic planning
for a digital transition, cross‐institutional collaboration, training,
reference, and project management. Since there are typically other
conference opportunities that address issues of digital imaging,
cataloging/metadata, and database design, this workshop will not
cover those topics. There will be ample time for questions and discussion.
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Advisory Group: ARTstor’s Hosted Collection (invitation only) 9:30 ‐ 11:00 am Mini‐Workshop 1: Dynamic Duo: Cataloging with VRA Core 4 and CCO If you are new to Core 4.0 and CCO, or you would
just like to brush up on your understanding of how these two data
standards are designed to work together, this mini‐workshop is for
you. In the context of real cataloging issues, this workshop will
address the basic decision‐making that surrounds: data structure
and data values; describing works and images; display values vs.
index values. Participants will work through a few examples in practice
cataloging situations.
10:00 - 11:30 am Walking Tour 1: Downtown Toronto For tour description, see Special Events section. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm VRAffle 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Meeting: Mid-Atlantic Chapter 12:30 - 2:00 pm Ask the Expert: Databases, XML, and System Design What to talk about how your database will interface
with other system components like image delivery systems? Or how
xml will impact how you handle data in the future? Planning a system
or a new database and want to implement standards? Come chat about
these or any other data or database topic of your choosing.
Meeting: Nominating Committee 1:30 - 3:00 pm Walking Tour 2: Financial Centre (Queen/King/University/Bay area) For tour description, see Special Events section. 2:00 ‐ 3:30 pm Ask the Expert: Digital Assets Management Are you thinking about purchasing or using a library asset management
system? Is your primary focus on the storage and retrieval of large
amounts of infrequently changing media assets, such as digital video
or audio media or photographic archives? Wondering about what is
involved in the conversion and what these types of systems will
or won’t do for you?
Mini‐Workshop 2: Metadata with Muscle; Flexing the Power of Core 4 and CCO via XML This mini‐workshop will provide a very basic introduction to XML concepts, a more in‐depth look at the VRA Core 4 XML schema, and a discussion of how Core 4 and CCO are designed to work together within the XML record. Participants will be expected to have a prior working knowledge of CCO principles and the Core 4 element structure, and will help build a Core 4+CCO‐compliant XML data file from the ground up by populating elements, sub‐elements, and attributes with basic descriptive metadata culled from real cataloging examples. [NOTE: This is one of 2 mini‐workshops being offered on the VRA Core and CCO metadata standards. The morning workshop (The Dynamic Duo: Cataloging with VRA Core 4 and CCO) is intended as an entry‐level introduction for anyone wanting to know more about how the Core and CCO work together. The afternoon workshop (Metadata with Muscle: Flexing the Power of Core 4 and CCO via XML) covers XML and shows how an XML data record is constructed out of the Core structure and CCO‐guided content. Emphasis in both the morning and afternoon workshops will be on cataloging decision‐making.]
Meeting: Canada Chapter 4:00pm ‐ 6:00pm VRA Plenary Session: Fair Use / Fair Dealing; Which Should Give You More Comfort? Many copyright scholars have often argued that the U.S. copyright exception of "fair use" is more liberal ‐‐ and allows for greater flexibility ‐‐ than its "fair dealing" counterpart in Canada. But after a 2004 landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, some scholars have suggested that the Canadian doctrine of fair dealing actually offers the user ‐‐ particularly the educational user ‐‐ more latitude to make different uses of a created work (and more comfort in doing so) than does its U.S. counterpart. This session will feature two noted copyright scholars (one from Canada and one from the U.S.) to discuss the differences and give us a better understanding of the two doctrines.
6:00 ‐ 8:00 pm Welcome Reception 8:00 pm - ? SEI Reunion Trader's in the hotel lobby. |