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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">One of the presenters for the SAA VMS, Stephanie Luke, was coauthor of a piece that we discussed in our Sept 2021 OhioDIG meeting “Reparative Description – Part II: A Discussion” (See
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Janet Carleton| Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives | OHIO University Libraries | Alden
333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> |
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://media.library.ohio.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">https://media.library.ohio.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [SAA vms] : This Thursday! VMS Annual Meeting, June 29, 2pm Eastern/11am Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The VMS Steering Committee has been working hard to put together a great program for our annual meeting and we hope that you can join us</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">June
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Lilliane Keaney, Harrison D. Horblit Photograph Librarian, Houghton Library, Harvard</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">How do we describe visually problematic items?</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">In an effort to diversify the holdings at Houghton Library, the Library has acquired a number of collections with visual material documenting the lives of people
of color. One of these collections included photographs with racist imagery and language. It quickly became apparent that the collection would require special consideration when describing so as not to continue harm, but also provide the means of discovery
for researchers. This presentation will review the planning, processing, and describing workflow from acquisition to a published finding aid with item level metadata of a problematic image collection. It will outline the decisions made and the resources used
to apply thoughtful description practices.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Sara Pezzoni, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Photograph Collections Coordinator, Special Collections department at
the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">& Stephanie Luke, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Assistant Professor-Metadata Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Repairing the Narrative at UTA Libraries</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Overview of work undertaken by UTA Libraries staff regarding reparative description for visual materials within UTA Special Collections' holdings. Discussion of
policies, procedures, and workflows created for the review and revision of legacy description as well as the future description of all materials and collections.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Joan Beaudoin, Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Information Sciences </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Detroit Mural Project: Image Management Processes </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Detroit Mural Project has resulted in the creation of a large number of digital images. This presentation provides an overview of the steps taken in the visual
documentation of the walls and the management of the resulting digital images. Included in the overview will be a discussion of the photography, image selection, post digital image capture changes and digital preservation procedures. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Paige Adair, Senior Archivist, Fine Arts Specialist, The Portman Archives</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">El Gran Muro, Care and Asset Relocation for Monumental Fiber Arts</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">In 2021 the Portman Archives team was tasked with many deaccession initiatives, one unique example of this effort was to find a new home for a large-scale set
of fabric weaving, titled, 'El Gran Muro' by Colombian artist Olga De Amaral. The artwork was commissioned by John Portman to hang in the central atrium of Atlanta's Westin Peachtree Plaza. This presentation will explore the journey of this artwork as part
of an archival collection, along with how we strategized and worked collaboratively to ensure the historical legacy of this monumental artwork is preserved for a new audience.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Stefanie Caloia</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Archivist for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Walter P. Reuther Library</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Wayne State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#222222"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="tel:313-577-9437" title="tel:313-577-9437"><span style="color:blue">313-577-9437</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#222222"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/" title="http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/"><span style="color:blue">www.reuther.wayne.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/" title="http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/"><span style="color:blue">@AFSCMEArchivist</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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