December 20 Deadline Approaching: 2020 VRA Distinguished Service Award & Nancy DeLaurier Award Call for Nominations
Dear VRA colleagues,
The call for nominations for the Visual Resources Association's highest honors--the Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award--is open. The awards will be presented during the 2020 VRA conference in Baltimore.
1) The VRA Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. Nominees must have achieved a level of distinction in the field either through leadership, research, or service to the profession. Nominees can also be considered for outstanding innovation, participation, or project management in visual resources.
2) The VRA Nancy DeLaurier Award honors a single visual resources professional or a group of visual resources professionals for distinguished achievement in the field. “Achievement” is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, website creation, or other outstanding efforts.
Nomination letters for either award are being accepted to Dec 20, 2019.
This is a letter from the nominator(s) describing the nature of the nominee’s general achievements. If necessary, upon submission of your nomination letter, the Awards Committee can work with you to procure the nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Send nomination letters to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik skowalik@hunter.cuny.edu by Dec 20, 2019.
Supporting letters for either award are due by January 17, 2020.
If necessary, the Awards Committee can provide assistance to the nominator(s) to procure supporting letters. Supporting letters should be sent to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik skowalik@hunter.cuny.edu by Jan 17, 2020.
Recommendations from the Awards Committee are subject to approval by the VRA Executive Board. Nomination documents will be retained in the Association Archives. The awards presentation will take place during the 2020 VRA conference in Baltimore.
We strongly encourage co-nominators, and the members of the Awards Committee are prepared to offer help and advice. For more information including a list of previous award recipients, please visit the Awards page on the VRA website.
Please nominate a worthy colleague for these prestigious VRA awards. One heartfelt letter sets the nomination process in motion!
Regards,
Steven Kowalik
VRA Awards Committee Chair
Visual Resources Association Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award: Call for 2020 Nominations
The call for nominations for the Visual Resources Association's highest honors--the Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award--is now open. The awards will be presented during the 2020 VRA conference in Baltimore.
1) The VRA Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. Nominees must have achieved a level of distinction in the field either through leadership, research, or service to the profession. Nominees can also be considered for outstanding innovation, participation, or project management in visual resources.
2) The VRA Nancy DeLaurier Award honors a single visual resources professional or a group of visual resources professionals for distinguished achievement in the field. “Achievement” is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, website creation, or other outstanding efforts.
Nomination letters for either award are being accepted to Dec 20, 2019.
This is a letter from the nominator(s) describing the nature of the nominee’s general achievements. If necessary, upon submission of your nomination letter, the Awards Committee can work with you to procure the nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Send nomination letters to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik skowalik@hunter.cuny.edu by Dec 20, 2019.
Supporting letters for either award are due by January 17, 2020.
If necessary, the Awards Committee can provide assistance to the nominator(s) to procure supporting letters. Supporting letters should be sent to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik skowalik@hunter.cuny.edu by Jan 17, 2020.
Recommendations from the Awards Committee are subject to approval by the VRA Executive Board. Nomination documents will be retained in the Association Archives. The awards presentation will take place during the 2020 VRA conference in Baltimore.
We strongly encourage co-nominators, and the members of the Awards Committee are prepared to offer help and advice. For more information including a list of previous award recipients, please visit the Awards page on the VRA website.
Please nominate a worthy colleague for these prestigious VRA awards. One heartfelt letter sets the nomination process in motion!
Regards,
Steven Kowalik
VRA Awards Committee Chair
Robb Detlefs, 2019 VRA Distinguished Service Award Winner
The Awards Committee of the Visual Resources Association is delighted to announce that Robb Detlefs, Gallery Systems, EmbARK Product Manager, is the 2019 recipient of the Association’s Distinguished Service Award. He was nominated for this award by Julia Deal, Davidson College.
For more than twenty years, Robb has proven himself to be a steadfast supporter of the visual resources profession and the VRA in particular. He has worked to support the creation of important visual resource technologies (e.g., LIDO - Lightweight Information. Describing Objects, and CDWA Lite). Through his skilled networking across organizations, institutions, and commercial partners, Robb has been an unofficial liaison between the VRA and other professional organizations, such as the Museum Computer Network. As proof of his dedication to the VRA and its members, Robb has worked on four VRA committees, and was the Public Relations and Communications Officer while serving on the VRA Executive Board. The VRA Core Advisory committee has long benefitted from his practical expertise. He is active in the VRA Northern California Chapter and has participated and presented at CaVraCon and numerous VRA conferences. On a personal note, those who know him discover that although Robb may start out as a professional colleague, he will soon become a true friend.
Please take a moment to learn more about the 2019 Distinguished Service Award recipient by reading the 2019 VRA Conference nomination speech presented by Julia Deal and Marcia Focht (Binghamton University, SUNY) as well as Robb’s acceptance speech at: httpS://vraweb.org/about/committees/awards-committee/vra-awards-recipients/.
Being a member of the Awards Committee comes with an award all its own. What could be more rewarding an obligation than taking part in choosing and celebrating a colleague that has given so much to VRA! The heart of this association is its dedicated, hardworking members who keep this association vital and pertinent as we move into the future. Do you know someone that fits this description? It’s not too early to start thinking about next year’s recipient. The Awards Committee solicits nominations from you, the membership, for consideration for this award. Who would you like to see recognized for their contributions? Feel free to contact any of us on the Awards Committee if you have any questions about the nomination process, or if you’d like to suggest someone for the 2020 VRA Distinguished Service Award. Here’s the link for more details and contact information: httpS://vraweb.org/about/committees/awards-committee/
Sincerely,
Steven Kowalik
VRA Awards Committee Chair
Deadlines Extended: Call for 2019 Nominations: Distinguished Service Award & Nancy DeLaurier Award
Nomination deadlines for the Visual Resources Association's highest honors--the Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award—have been extended.
1) The VRA Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. Nominees must have achieved a level of distinction in the field either through leadership, research, or service to the profession. Nominees can also be considered for outstanding innovation, participation, or project management in visual resources.
2) The VRA Nancy DeLaurier Award honors a single visual resources professional or a group of visual resources professionals for distinguished achievement in the field. “Achievement” is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, website creation, or other outstanding efforts.
Nomination letters for either award are being accepted to Dec 21, 2018.
This is a letter from the nominator(s) describing the nature of the nominee’s general achievements. Upon submission of your nomination letter, the Awards Committee will work with you to procure the nominee’s curriculum vitae.
Send nomination letters to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik by Dec 21.
Supporting letters for either award are being accepted to January 18, 2019.
The Awards Committee will work with the nominator(s) to procure supporting letters. Supporting letters should be sent to Awards Committee Chair Steven Kowalik by Jan 18, 2019.
Recommendations from the Awards Committee are subject to approval by the VRA Executive Board. Nomination documents will be retained in the Association Archives. The awards presentation will take place during the 2019 VRA conference in Los Angeles.
We strongly encourage co-nominators, and the members of the Awards Committee are prepared to offer help and advice. For more information including a list of previous award recipients, please visit the Awards page on the VRA website.
Please nominate a worthy colleague for these prestigious VRA awards. One heartfelt letter sets the nomination process in motion!
Call for 2019 Nominations: Distinguished Service Award & Nancy DeLaurier Award
The call for nominations for the Visual Resources Association's highest honors--the Distinguished Service Award and the Nancy DeLaurier Award--is now open. The awards will be presented during the 2019 VRA conference in Los Angeles.
Each year, the Visual Resources Association’s Awards Committee encourages worthy nominations from the membership for the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) and the Nancy DeLaurier Award (NDL). The Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has made an outstanding career contribution to the field of visual resources and image management. The Nancy DeLaurier Award, named for one of the pioneers of the visual resources profession, honors either a single individual or a group of visual resources professionals for distinguished achievement in the field. “Achievement” is measured by immediate impact, and may take the form of published work, oral presentation, project management, software development, technology application, web site creation, or other outstanding effort or project.
Although nominations for the DSA and the NDL are initiated by Visual Resources Association members, the nominees need not be members of the Association.
A nomination dossier should consist of a cover letter from the nominator(s) describing the nature of the achievement, the candidates’ curriculum vitae, and supporting letters and documentation. Electronic nominations via e-mail or a file hosting service such as Dropbox™ or Google Docs are preferred; nomination dossiers are due November 2, 2018. Members of the VRA Awards Committee, upon reviewing submitted dossiers, may recommend one recipient for the Distinguished Service Award and up to two individual recipients or a single group recipient of the Nancy DeLaurier Award in any given cycle.
Recommendations are subject to approval by the VRA Executive Board. All nomination dossiers will be retained in the Association Archives.
We strongly encourage co-nominators, and the members of the Awards Committee are prepared to offer help and advice. For more information including a list of previous award recipients, please visit the Awards page on the VRA website.
We invite you to nominate a worthy colleague for one of these prestigious VRA awards. If you plan to prepare a nomination dossier, please contact Steven Kowalik, Chair of the Awards Committee, so he can coordinate the process.
Betha Whitlow: Recipient of the 2018 VRA Distinguished Service Award
The Awards Committee of the Visual Resources Association is delighted to announce that Betha Whitlow, visual resources curator at Washington University in St. Louis, is the 2018 recipient of the Association’s Distinguished Service Award. She was nominated for this award by Maureen Burns, Meghan Musolff, and Marlene Gordon. Betha has just stepped down as a member of the Board of Directors of the Visual Resources Association Foundation after serving two terms from 2014-2018. As a director, Betha developed and implemented the VRA Foundation’s highly successful Regional Workshop program. From 2010 to 2013 she served as a co-chair of the ARLIS/NA-VRA Summer Educational Institute (SEI). Betha is a committed advocate for educational initiatives that support visual resources professionals.The remarks of her nominators, Meghan Musolff and Maureen Burns, as well as Betha’s acceptance comments are now online at: httpS://vraweb.org/about/