- We agreed to form the 2CUL Administrative Team consisting of the Xin, Bob, Jim and Kate. Jim will take the lead in drafting a charge.
- Staffing Updates:
- Cornell will hire a grant funded image cataloger who will work in VRA core in Shared Shelf.
- Columbia's Columbia’s rare book cataloger will be made permanent and catalog for NYPL/NYU in addition to Columbia.
- Cornell's Cornell’s Chinese/Japanese copy cataloger is retiring. TSI will consider collaborative projects with Starr.
- Columbia will have a new support position in electronic resources with 45% of its time devoted to 2CUL. Kate sent the JD to Xin and Jim.
- We discussed the use of Mellon funding to offset Kate's and Jim's Kate’s and Jim’s time. Columbia will fund a Metadata Cleanup position which may do work for 2CUL. Cornell will add staffing to e-resources.
- Funding will be provided for travel so that team leads can meet face to face.
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