Monday, July 18, 2005

UVA Visit

I had a wonderful, thought provoking week at last week's NINES workshop. I'm working on a digital archive project and this conference provided multiple new approaches to developing the site.

The workshop was held at the University of Virginia, which is a beautiful campus.

The workshop were held in the main library area. This is Alderman, where the NINES office is housed:


University of Virginia
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And this is Clemons, where we had most of our meetings:


University of Virginia
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We were housed in the dorms, in Davis. The dorms weren't too bad--air conditioned and large. Even the shared bathroom wasn't too bad, as the bathroom was only shared between two of us. I wish I had taken a picture of the basement of the dorms, though. They were like something out of a horror show--catacombs and wires everywhere!

Notice that this image looks a little steam--the camera steamed up as soon as I came outside to take pictures; it was that warm!


University of Virginia
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University of Virginia
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You can tell it is an older campus--like the fireplaces in the dorm rooms?


University of Virginia
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The most interesting section of the campus was the garden section. The gardens were originally designed by Thomas Jefferson and are beautifully maintained.


UVA
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UVA
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The serpentine walls on segments of the garden are original.


UVA
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The paths that wander around the various gardens are quiet and peaceful. I enjoyed meandering through the gardens on our one afternoon we weren't work--there were plum trees, flowers, objects and more.


UVA
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Additional pictures are house on my flickr site. Just click on any of the images to see more!

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