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Oct 30, 2023
VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Meeting Proposal Brainstorming (2023)
Visual Materials Section event Thursday, November 2 @ 3:30pm ET / 12:30pm PT Do you have a project or an idea related to visual materials...
Jul 10, 2023
IN DEPTH — Lessons Learned in Preserving a Commercial Photography Studio
Over the past few years, the Missouri Historical Society’s Photos and Prints Department has undertaken a large-scale project to fully...
Jun 9, 2023
BOOK REVIEWS — Photobooks &
Matt Johnston. Onomatopee 220, 2021. With an overarching goal of increasing accessibility of photobooks to a broader readership, Matt...
Jun 6, 2023
VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Section Meeting Agenda (2023)
Join us — June 29 from 2-3:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Pacific — for the Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting! The meeting will take...
May 1, 2023
VMS LEADERSHIP — Annual Section Meeting Details (2023)
Please save the date — June 29 from 2-3:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Pacific — for the Visual Materials Section Annual Meeting! The...
Mar 6, 2023
VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Alan Renga (2023)
Hello, I am the VMS Webmaster, Alan Renga. I am the Digital Archivist at the San Diego Air & Space Museum, where I have worked since...
Feb 20, 2023
IN DEPTH — Summing Up Summary Notes
While a picture is worth a thousand words, it is rarely feasible, or welcome, to use quite so many to describe a picture or group of...
Feb 17, 2023
IN DEPTH — Archiving Valentines
In May 2021, I started processing the Nancy and Henry Rosin collection of valentine, friendship, and devotional ephemera. Assembled by...
Jan 31, 2023
VMS LEADERSHIP — Born-Digital Visual Materials Discussion Recap
Wow, VMS - thank you to all who attended our born-digital visual materials discussion on January 25, 2023! This meeting reaffirmed just...
Nov 1, 2022
IN DEPTH — Going to Bat for a Fan Favorite Collection
Among the many treasures at the Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, you can find over 2,000 baseball cards in the Benjamin...
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