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- CUL Virtual Services Group (Glen Wiley)
Our Virtual Services Group is directing our efforts to focus on services that support digital and virtual needs of deep level disciplinary research and teaching. We wondered if there are any image and/or video gaps you all have observed, specific needs you wish you could address or specific ideas for services in the digital space that you haven't been able to work on before. - CUL Images on Flickr - Discussion of work-flow and additions to the collection (All): Started as a Library Outside the Library (LOL) initiative that was supported by Metadata Services, VRWG is now responsible for curating new collections, Susette will talk to Gwen about data harvesting and monitoring the comments on Flickr (if not Gwen, this task might go to RMC), and collections that could potentially be added include Dante, Billie Jean, maps...maps…
- Public services workshop series (Marsha and Kaila)
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- We agreed to form a Reference/Instruction/Outreach subgroup. Kaila will send out a call to VRWG and set up the first meeting.
- A/V subgroup will continue to meet to discuss ongoing development efforts for A/V support throughout libraries.
Conferences 2012
We surveyed who would be attending conferences this year. So far VRWG members will be attending ARLIS, VRA, ALA, RBMS, and QQML.
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- Welcome Marsha Taichman!
- Updates
- Kaltura
- Ten responses to a/v survey
- Library deployment team: Danielle, Jason, Jim Reidy
- Arts & Sciences Grants 2012
- Proposals are due March 30th. Please spread the word and encourage interested A&S faculty to apply.
- Shared Shelf
- 3 Cornell collections are now available in Shared Shelf Commons (sscommons.org)
- Costs:
- Over the next year we expect: Advanced cataloging tool; control over our uploadsunmigrated-wiki-markup
- \[Gail brought up that RDMSG consultants need our help to understand what's available to manage images as "data"\]
- New resources
- Vogue Archive Online (recommended by the Social Sciences Team to purchase with one-time library funds) *follow-up with DRC to add to image databases list *follow-up with DRC to add to image databases list
- potential Visual Resources fund (awaiting decision by CDExec)
- Archvision module purchased by Martha? *follow-up
- ACRL Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (co-authored by Kaila)
- The ACRL Board approved the standards in October 2011. They are published on the ACRL standards web site.
- Discovery & Access
- We discussed the need to advocate for images in the discovery & access planning and implementation.
- Jason and Rick are both on D&A teams.
- Mann Reference
- Gail reported back on her discussion with Mann Reference staff about visual resources support needs. At this point, there hasn't been a demand by students or faculty for image research support. Gail will remind Mann Reference staff that if they do get image questions, they can forward them to vrhelp-l.
- Kaltura
- Open discussion 2012 goals
- Include more updates/discussion on collection development issues (e.g. new databases), Discovery & Access development, and Public Services projects
- Form sub-teams when needed to tackle projects such as the image databases list and reviewing the visual resources web pages
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- Kaltura is the new audio/video streaming platform service being deployed campus-wide by CIT, with customized implementations for CUL, Blackboard, Lab of O, and Cornell Cast. Danielle, Jason, and Jim Reidy are leading CUL's development of Kaltura, focusing on three key development efforts: collection building; staff access with possible centralized, front-end "media“media-space" space” for dissemination; and E-Commons integration. Development efforts to date have been slow, but spring should bring focus to the CUL deployment. Look out for upcoming presentations on Kaltura, including one during Career Development week in March. Jason shared the results of the Audio/Video Survey sent out to cu-lib: In December 2011 - January 2012, the VRWG conducted a survey of a/v needs in the Cornell University Library system. CUL owns a substantial amount of analog and digital media holdings; including archival, commercial and in-house created assets. Common needs stated are: aggregated platforms for access, archiving and editing digital media; funds and staffing to digitize analog recordings; purchase and maintenance of analog equipment; creation of a repository for 'digital prototyping' and CADD/Form Z output; and more. The VRWG plans to analyze these needs to assess our place in facilitating services.
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