Absent: S.Wong, P.Zhou.
Guests: W.Davis, W.Hanson, A.Jensen.
A G E N D A
1. History of Art Department in the Library
2. Roundtable Agenda Committee
3. CDC and Collections Update
4. Digital Content Creation Awards
M I N U T E S
1. History of Art Department in the Library (Professor Whitney Davis)
Tom Leonard introduced and welcomed Professor Whitney Davis, Chair of the
History of Art Department. Professor Davis was invited to Cabinet to speak
about the History of Art Department, which shares space on the 3rd and 4th
floors of the Doe Library. He talked about the valuable resources
contained in the Visual Resources collections of approximately 300,000
black and white and color slides that are cared for by museum scientists
and catalogers. Typically, slides and prints are produced in the dark room,
but the department hopes to transform its dark room into a combination dark
room/scanning/digitizing operation as they move toward digitizing the
collection.
Professor Davis remarked that a lot of students come to college to learn
how to read and that the History of Art performs a complementary
function that of teaching students how to see. For teaching, the
department uses classrooms in Moffitt Library that are outfitted with two
projectors for divided screen projections so essential when teaching Art
History. In addition, the department maintains a photo gallery in Moffitt
for students to study, because the quality of photographs is so much higher
than textbook photos.
In the past, art historians have concerned themselves with the aesthetics
of the great works of fine art, but current studies involve understanding
the visual culture as art is mediated by the new technologies. Most art
historians consider the current digitized image technologies to be
deficient, in that they do not have the resolution needed, but the future
of Art History will involve all kinds of new media and enhanced
technologies. In the future, art historians will be concerned with the
history of traditions while partnering with new media of all kinds.
While other universities may have strong Art History departments due to
their proximity to major museums, UC Berkeley's department standing is
based upon its faculty research and the Art History collection itself.
Although a relatively small department, the History of Art Department at
Berkeley is ranked in the top three nationally and number one in public
institutions.
2. Roundtable Agenda Committee (W.Hanson, A.Jensen, L.Leighton)
The Roundtable Agenda Committee members, Wendy Hanson, Ann Jensen, and Lee
Leighton, came to Cabinet to discuss some new ideas for generating
Roundtable agenda topics. The committee spoke of how library staff members
seem reticent to put forward topics. In some cases, it might be a matter
not wishing to take ownership of certain subjects. In others, Roundtable
might not be the appropriate group for the presentation or discussion.
Roundtable is a forum for both disseminating information and gathering
input from the library's middle management team. It was suggested that
broad topics on issues relating to problems we're facing in the library are
more appropriate for Roundtable, which has representatives from units
across the library. It was agreed that regular updates from Public Services
are helpful and that the regular updates portion might be expanded to
include Doe-Moffitt, Systems, and Technical Services. One discussion might
focus on the future of Roundtable and the library's major challenges. The
top challenges emerging from that discussion could become future agenda
topics. In addition, external speakers might be invited to make
presentations related to library issues.
3. CDC and Collections Update (P.Iannuzzi)
Patty Iannuzzi distributed handouts for Potential Savings for UC Print
Subscriptions, Business Models for Journal Packages Licensed by CDL, CMI
Interim Use Data, and the discussion paper by Cecily Johns entitled Shared
Print Journal Collections: Issues. Patty reported that each UC campus is
planning for a cancellation project in the range of 5-7%. These issues have
been discussed by our Collections Council and that group has launched a
process for targeting cuts and developing strategies for communicating with
our faculty. This year, endowment funds will be used to cover the serials
budget shortfall. Looking forward, the budget reduction strategy will be to
begin cancellations in Spring 2003 to effect the 2004 shortfall.
In addition, the Collection Development Committee (CDC) has proposed that a
print archive be established. This shared print journal collection would be
housed in the Regional Library Facilities and would be accessible to all UC
campuses. Issues related to the physical location, processing, control,
conservation, access, ownership, and funding for such a collection are yet
to be determined.
4. Digital Content Creation Awards (B.Hurley)
In April 2002, Cabinet approved a budget process for funding the creation
of digital library content. In July, Lynne Grigsby-Standfill issued the
first budget call for project proposals to create digital library
content. Proposals were to be submitted to AULs/directors by August 15. Of
the twenty-two project proposals submitted, five projects totalling
approximately $100,000 were recommended for funding at this time.
Cabinet approved funding for the following :
--Black Panther Party Digital Media Library, Gary Handman - $1,500
--Vegetation Type Analysis Photographic Collection, Norma Kobzina - $37,600
--California-Mexican Land Case Maps, Theresa Salazar - $30,450
--Rare and Unique Maps from Mitusi Collection, Peter Zhou - $20,000
--Japanese Historical Text Initiative, Peter Zhou - $10,000
Projects not funded at this time may be resubmitted at the next call.
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