December 2011

• Visual resources web site updates
  • Danielle will ask Adam Smith to add Jason & Susette as editors
• Article
  • Susette suggested refocusing the article on our unique issues: foregrounding images in our discovery system; collection building; and the consultation service
• Audio/Video Survey
  • Jason will send out survey to cu-lib in December
• Image needs in the life science disciplines
  • Gail will ask Mann Reference staff about their faculty/student image/visual media use and needs

November 2011

• 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. Roberta M. as a recent graduate of Architecture masters program would be an excellent liaison and participant. 

October 2011

• Announcements
• Video sub-group (Danielle, Jason?)
• Database List discussion update (Kaila) 
• ARTstor Shared Shelf

August 2011

• Announcements
  • Visual Resources and Public Services Librarian position -- see attachment
  • Visual resources booth at the Olin-Mann Grad Event, Sept. 13, 5:00 - 6:30pm, Olin Libe Café
• Video sub-group update (Danielle)
• updating of content on the VR site -- set meeting for small sub-group to review (boris/dm/lm/sn/kb)
  • Workshops- rss or generic?
  • Collection lists- up to date?
  • Designating two/three people in charge of maintaining site
• and an investigation into old and outdated info in Find Database Names/images/ERM: http://erms.library.cornell.edu/search~S4/m?Images
• Database List discussion (Kaila, Jason, Maaike) - 20 min.
• Visual resources paper
• Faculty Grants 2011 (Danielle)

May and June 2011

• Welcome to Jason Kovari
• Reviewing front-end of library homepage- Jason and Kaila will lead  
  • We need to review the relationship between Luna Commons, Image database list, catalog records, and Digital Registry
  • Luna Commons collections --
    • will get cataloged
    • TBD - Image database list
    • Approval of Berg Fashion Library for inclusion in Images database list
  • Image database list
    • determine policy as to what goes in
    • add map collection to both drc and image database list
    • Add Cornell digital registry into database list
  • Quick review of all lists to make sure they are aligned
  • Ultimately need to find a better home for the DRC
• Historypin.com - Danielle will call
  is a new, free way for archives and members of the public to share their history. Historypin allows users to overlay historic photographs on Google Street View and Google Maps, providing compelling windows into the past at the click of a button. Many major archives in Europe and the USA are already on board, and we're also developing community learning programmes in the UK and in New York.You can see a quick video about the project here, and you can see some examples of photographs here.
  Our content team can upload images for you, in time for the summer launch of the site, when our Historypin smartphone app will also be available; allowing people to go a step further, and view historic photo's while on location. Over the coming months we're aiming to develop a range of tools that will enable archives to show Historypin on their own websites - and even have their own bespoke apps.
  Over 40,000 photographs and stories from individuals and archives in Europe, the UK and the US, have already been uploaded, and received some great press coverage. Our current partners include San Francisco Municipal Transport Archive, The New York Transit Museum and PhillyHistory.org, with The New York Public Library and the Museum of the City of New York, getting on board imminently. Our archives section and the attached .pdf can offer you more information.
•  Rebranding the group- punt for now, if necessary Visual & Multimedia Working Group option
• Summer workshops (Kaila)
• Kaltura update and video subgroup (Danielle) (steering group: kaila, danielle, boris, and jason)
• Aeon project?
• KVRF slide collection culling and retirement update

April 2011

• Announcements
  • Final draft of Visual Literacy Standards (Kaila)
• Continued discussion of ARLIS/VRA conference (Maaike, Mira?)
• Shared Shelf Forum with Metadata Working Group -- confirm date and speakers
• Video sub-group formation (Danielle)
• Luna permissions baseline strategy (Danielle)

March 2011

• Announcements
  • Visual Literacy Standards draft reminder -- feedback by 3/31 (Kaila)
• Artstor update :http://catalog.sharedshelf.artstor.org/ (Danielle)
• ARTstor customization feedback (Danielle)
• Flickr workflow update*(Liz)
• Design library task force report (Martha)
• ARLIS/VRA conference reports (Liz, Mira, Maaike)
• Project updates (all)
• Joint forum with Reference & Outreach in April update (Kaila)
• Discussion of CUL Strategic Plan

February/March meeting minutes sent out to CU-LIB:

• We welcomed Mann representative, Gail Steinhart.

• ARTstor updates

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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.

• Martha reported on the Design Library task force report.
• Liz Muller, Mira Basara, and Maaike Oldesmans reported on the recent ARLIS/VRA conference. 
• We discussed the CUL Strategic Plan with an eye towards the role of VRWG helping to achieve stated goals. 
• There will be a joint forum with Reference and Outreach in April. We hope you can join us! 
  Images and Multimedia in Teaching and Research:
  Tuesday, 12 April
  9:30am -11:00am
  Olin 106G

February 2011

• Artstor pw
• A & S proposals
• Artstor update :http://catalog.sharedshelf.artstor.org/
• Flickr workflow*
  • Steps for building collection on LOL site
  • We need usage statistics for site (Liz has login info)
  • How do we triage requests?  Likely dm or lm to talk to client as first step.  DCAPS will likely do work after collection development review.
  • Do we need a standard response to inquiries? - refer them to lol page of listed criteria.
•  ARTstor plug-in in Blackboard
• Visual Literacy Standards draft
  • The task force is asking for feedback until March 31st.
• Joint forum with Reference & Outreach in April
• Discussion of CUL Strategic Plan

January 2011

• Danielle- check with ARTStor to change p/w request link.* 
• Martha- share  p/w with VR-help; review documentation about policy * Form testing sub-group--Volunteers needed!
• Decide on bottom links for Luna: http://insight-test.library.cornell.edu:8180/luna/servlet
  • "Contact Us" = vrhelp.edu
• Artstor Shared Shelf Update
• Archivision discussion
• Luna permissions
• ACRL paper
• ACRL IRIG virtual meeting; VLTF meeting
• SAHARA- comments or feedback