Statement
of Purpose
My professional goal is to follow the efforts of visual resource professionals
in the development, establishment and understanding of the convergence
between two traditionally disparate points of departure: Art
& Technology as they relate to library and information science
for the purpose of academic research. The disciplines of Art and Technology
have until recently occupied opposing conceptual platforms in terms
of research and development. That professionals representing the two
have eternally butted heads over their own importance is true. However,
when both work cooperatively, they inevitably fall in love, complement
each other, and magic happens. In the field of Visual Resources, one
cannot exist without the other.
It is essential
that VR specialists understand the complexities of the information needs
and goals of the several groups that comprise their user community-the
art historians, artists, computing professionals, administration and
students. The skills of the VR Librarian must transverse professions
to encompass the realm of the archival, the historical and the technological.
My goal as a visual resources librarian is to continue playing cupid
to both, devoting my efforts to the advancement of knowledge, research,
and education in the field of visual information resources as it applies
to the academic sector. The primary agenda for this VR specialist is
to provide academic support to communities comprised of students, artists
and professional art historians.
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Resources page to view links to online resources
for visual
resource professionals.