"VRA Conference 28 will cover topics of significance to our profession, including metadata issues, emerging technologies, resource sharing initiatives, and strategies for enhancing professional viability; it will attract professionals from major academic institutions, cultural organizations, and the commercial sector. Our conference organizers, Vice-Presidents Heidi Raatz and Brian Shelburne, assisted by the VRA Southeast Chapter’s local arrangements committee, have planned a program of sessions and events not to be missed."