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- The meeting was a free-form discussion of news ways to build image collections. One idea is to set up a workflow using Shared Shelf where graduate students contribute their own images. We could conduct a pilot program with some graduate students in Architecture. We would need a funding source to compensate the graduate students. BRoberta M. as a recent graduate of Architecture masters program would be an excellent liaison and participant.
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- Kaila and Martha are now both official ARTstor administrators for CUL, overseeing passwords & access permissions
- We are awaiting a new release of Shared Shelf (due out April) to begin cataloguing the following new collections: Japanese Woodblocks Faculty Grant; Kroch Asia Digital Collection; Olin-Uris Art Collection. Current Shared Shelf implementation lacks zoom functionality and the ability to upload metadata without images, and hence is too limited for our current needs.
- When new Shared Shelf release becomes available, VRWG will host a demo for CUL and other interested parties.
- We discussed how we might best customize the ARTstor interface for Cornell, including direct links to CUL help.
- There will be a plug-in to Blackboard in the summer release.
- Kaila has been working on the Visual Literacy Standards draft, and has requested feedback from the group.
- Danielle reported on A & S faculty grants to create new digital collections for use in teaching and research: https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/grantsas/Grants+Program+for+Digital+Collections+in+Arts+and+Sciences|../../../../../../../../../display/grantsas/Grants+Program+for+Digital+Collections+in+Arts+and+Sciences\
- We have formed a Testing Subgroup to monitor quality and keep tabs with access to our various collections during software upgrades and content uploads.
- We have approved new collections into Flickr, including the Report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, published by NYS, 1895-1903, from Mann Library, and a number of collections from RMC. Liz Muller is working to standardize the workflow and achieve greater transparency to the process.
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