Welcome to the new electronic VAN, the newsletter of VAF! I am the newly appointed editor of VAN, Christine
Henry, and I am really excited to bring the publication into the digital age
and make it even more accessible and useful for everyone. But first I want to thank Marvin Brown, the
longtime editor of VAN for all of the wonderful issues of the printed
newsletter over the years as well as his guidance and help during my transition
as editor.
You may have noticed that we have been on a bit of a hiatus
from publishing. The move to a digital
newsletter has been a part of a larger movement to digitize the membership
records and bibliography, making it even easier for all our members to keep in
touch with us and access all of the resources of VAF membership. We now have a great system that will
integrate many functions smoothly, and I will resume our regular quarterly
publication schedule. So, if you have
any news items, such as announcements, calls for papers, queries, opportunities
or exhibit reviews, please send them to me at VANeditor@vafweb.org, by the first of
the month: March, June, September, and December for publication at the
beginning of the following month. Also,
we love to have images, and can include lots in the new format, so please
include those with your submissions.
The design of the newsletter is a work in progress, and I
welcome suggestions from the members any time.
Thanks so much! I look forward to
working to provide a great and useful newsletter for everyone. Hope to see you all in New Jersey in May! For a little more information on me, feel
free to visit http://www.arch.umd.edu/hisp/people/staff
