Presented by Catherine Worrall at the Annual Conference of the Visual Resources Association, April 18th - April 21st, 2012, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Session: Emerging new roles for VR professionals: research into and beyond the arts At a time of international financial instability, with positions constantly under threat, analogue collections facing forced closure and space at a premium, this session will hear from VR professionals who are reinventing themselves and evolving roles in changing landscapes, pushing into new disciplines and spaces. Each speaker will discuss the new roles they have taken on, either by accident or design and how their experiences are shaping their view of the VR profession in “the tens”. In many cases this has meant working across disciplines; making their professional presence felt in the classroom and the boardroom; developing new skills but in all cases, broadening their horizons through collaboration. Speakers will discuss supporting courses beyond traditional visual arts, design and art history; collaborating with libraries, IT and faculty in course development and delivery; working with artists and archivists to preserve and expose their work, collections and archives; building repositories; involvement in project funding applications; working in arts research and coordinating non-traditional research outputs. ORGANIZER: Stephanie Beene, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR MODERATOR: Victoria Brown, University of Oxford PRESENTERS: 1: Stephanie Beene, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR 2: Victoria Brown, University of Oxford, UK 3: Jodie Double, University of Leeds, UK 4: Catherine Worrall, University College Falmouth, UK

1. University College Falmouth, UK
Part of the Combined
Universities in Cornwall
partnership (CUC)
Specialist Art, Design, Media &
Performance Institution
Shared campus with University of
Exeter/Combined Universities of Cornwall

2. Image Collections Co-ordinator
Collection development – from slides to digital:
The Image Space – MDID2 – metadata
● UCF BA & MA Shows
● Cornwall Artists & Designers
Courtesy of the Barns-Graham
Charitable Trust

3. Collection development - collaboration
● Course tutors & students
● Photographers
● Library staff
● Local artists & estates
● Archivist
Sarah Jane

4. The Tom Cross Archive

5. VADS ‘Look here!’ project
● Project aims / background
● Workshops
● Project partners / network
● Donation of Tom Cross collection
● Public access for educational use
Courtesy of Pat Cross

6. Library web-pages
● The Image Space
● Subscription databases
● Online resources
● Copyright
● Referencing and citation
● Collaboration – Academic Liaison team & ASK
(Academic Skills)

7. Information skills sessions
● Collaboration – Academic Liaison team & course tutors
● Student inductions
● Essay / dissertation / project support
● One to one’s

8. The future....
● Continued collaboration with archives & artists
● Local exhibitions
● Support more courses, eg: Performance
– MDID3 multi-media feature Courtesy John Utting
● Promote The Image Space for presentations & lectures