Kaila Bussert, Visual Resources Outreach Librarian, Research & Learning Services, 607.254.6216
Kaila Bussert is Visual Resources Outreach Librarian and multimedia specialist in Olin Library. She provides consultations for faculty and students in the use of digital resources, particularly ARTstor and Luna Insight, for teaching and research, and produces the instructional video series, "Research Minutes." She is also co-chair of the CUL Visual Resources Working Group. She holds an MLIS and MA in Near Eastern Studies, and has taught information literacy at Cornell and at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Danielle Mericle, Production Coordinator, Digital Media Group, DCAPS, 255-2308
Danielle Mericle is the Production Coordinator for the Digital Consulting and Production Services Unit at Cornell University's Olin Library. In addition to overseeing the creation of digital content for Olin Library, she serves as project manager for many of University's grant projects. She has conducted numerous digitization workshops and presented papers at Digital Library Federation, ALA, and the National Archives of Peru. Previously, she worked as the primary photographer for New York Public Library's Digital Unit, working on such diverse projects as Making of America II, Utopia, and Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923. Danielle Mericle holds an MFA from SyracuseUniversity, and has taught photography at a number of institutions, including AlfredUniversity,SyracuseUniversity, and IthacaCollege.
Liz Muller, Curator of Digital & Media Collections/Head of Archival Technical Services, Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections, 607.255.3530
Liz Muller is Curator of Digital and Media Collections and Head of Archival Technical Services in the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. She is responsible for developing digital collections and for managing the moving image and sound collections within the division. Liz serves on the Editorial Committee for SAHARA (Society of Architectural Historians Architecture Resources Archive) and is an active member of the Visual Resources Association (VRA). She holds an MA in the history of architecture and MS in library and information science.
Susette Newberry, Assistant Director, Research & Learning Services, 607.255.3927
Susette Newberry is assistant director of Research & Learning Services in Olin Library, and selector for art resources for the Fine Arts Library. A former visual resources archivist, she holds a Ph.D. in the history of art, and has lectured in the history of photography at Ithaca College. Susette provides instruction and reference support for faculty and students.
Kaila Bussert and Susette Newberry offer workshops and course-related instruction sessions on the discovery and use of licensed and free digital image resources (including Flickr) and on using databases and other reference sources for research on art and the history of art. Susette and Kaila co-taught a workshop entitled "Televising the Revolution: Designing & Building the Right Channel for Online Instruction" at the ARLIS/NA 2010 conference in Boston. The workshop teaches art librarians instructional design principles to address information and visual literacy challenges in designing and building online instructional materials.
Martha Walker, Fine Arts Librarian. 607-255-6719
Martha Walker has been the head of the Fine Arts Library, in Sibley Hall, since 2002. She is the selector for architecture, landscape architecture, and city planning resources. From 2002 - 2008 she was also the selector for art and art history resources. In addition to staff supervision, collection building, and unit-level administration, Martha has worked collaboratively with a variety of campus stakeholders to develop Cornell's collections of subscription-based digital image repositories, including ArtStor, Scholar's Resource, and Archivision. In order to support users in their transition from analog to digital images, Martha was an early proponent and frequent participant in user education initiatives.
Martha's early career in academia includes five years as an image cataloger, with responsibility for purchasing, at the Visual Resources Collections of the Fine Arts Library at Harvard University. Cornell offered her the opportunity to develop her teaching and reference skills at Olin and Uris Libraries, in the department now known as Research and Learning Services. She has a record of active participation in numerous committees -- on campus, in the region, and on the national level. Martha has a BA, with a studio major in art; and an MSLIS from Simmons College in Boston.
Glen Wiley, Assistant Director, Cataloging and Metadata Services, 607.254.8031
Glen Wiley is a cataloging and metadata coordinator in the Cornell University Library. He has created metadata records, developed metadata application profiles, and coordinated a variety of digital collection projects. Glen has experience using metadata schemas such as Dublin Core, Encoded Archival Description (EAD), Medatata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS), and VRA Core. He has made cataloging and metadata presentations on his work and research at various universities and conferences, including State University of New York at Albany, OCLC/SOLINET Georgia Users Group, and North Carolina Library Association. Glen holds a BFA in history of art and a MS in library and information science from Syracuse University.