Betha Whitlow
			Curator of Visual Resources B.A., Northwestern University, 1991 M.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 1995
		Betha Whitlow has directed the Visual Resources Collection since 1995, and is the primary contact for all university faculty and students who wish to enhance their teaching and research through the use of images. Her position emphasizes the development and use of technology in the classroom, and includes forwarding digital image initiatives and instructing in the use of a variety of software and other technologies. Ms. Whitlow has participated in several university initiatives charges with developing efficient, effective, and lasting support mechanisms for digital images, including chairing the committee that eventually brought Luna Insight to campus. In 2002, she co-chaired the first joint national conference of the Art Librarians Society and the Visual Resources Association. She has served the VRA Education Committee, and currently, as the VRA Vice President for Conference Program. Ms. Whitlow was an inaugural recipient of the Outstanding Staff Member in Arts and Sciences Award. Her recent talks include "The Shock of the New: Using Youth and Inexperience as Tools for Professional Success," at the Visual Resources Association Conference, which was later published in teh Visual Resources Association Bulliten, and "Digital Imaging and Metadata Standards for University Collections," at the Association of Photographic Educators conference. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, writing, visiting farmer's markets, organic gardening, traveling, reading, riding her bicycle around St. Louis, and spending time with her family, friends, and dogs Sam and Jocko. (314) 935-5256 bwhitlow@artsci.wustl.edu