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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...


Oct 12, 2022
VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Amanda Claunch (2022)
Hello all, I’m an incoming Visual Materials Section member-at-large. In my work at the Missouri Historical Society, I’m head of the...


Oct 12, 2022
VMS LEADERSHIP — Get to Know Mari Khasmanyan (2022)
Hi everyone! I’m excited to join the Visual Materials Section as an incoming Member-at-Large and to be more involved with the Three-Year...
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