Academic Assembly Meeting Minutes
Thursday October
23rd, 2003-Clark Hall Auditorium 700
I. Introductions and Announcements:
Sarah
Thomas opened the meeting with a number of announcements. She introduced
Adnan Malik as a new member of the Library staff
Adnan Malik
is the new Curator of the South Asian Collection in Kroch
Library. Adnan has completed all requirements for the M.A. degree in
Sociology from the University of Chicago. Adnan was most recently employed
as Assistant Cataloger at the Regenstein Library at the University of
Chicago.
She also reviewed recent staff
achievements:
Congratulations to David Ruddy and David
Fielding for their work on the recently released, NSF funded, project to
provide access to math books through a distributed full text search
protocol. The CGM protocol, created in connection with the University of
Michigan and Gottingen, will allow production-level full text access to
distributed collections.
Last week saw the launch of AGORA
(Access to Global Research in Agriculture)-a system designed to deliver via the
internet free or low cost access to journals in the agriculture, biological,
environmental and social sciences to students, researchers, and academics in
developing countries with a per capita income of less than $1000.
Congratulations to Mary Ochs and her Cornell colleagues (Olivia Vent,
Nicole Joos, John Udall, John Fereira, Bill Klinko, and Dominic Goodall) for
their efforts in helping to make this idea become a
reality.
Sarah announced the members of the 2003/2004 Academic
Assembly Committees:
Lee LaFleur, Secretary
Xin
Li
Linda Miller
David Banush*
Zoe Stewart-Marshall,
Chair*
Eric Acree*
Eleanor
Brown
Charlotte Bynum*
Laura Finkel
Petrina Jackson
Kizer
Walker*
Lynn Brown
Susan
Currie
Susan Greaves
Patrizia Sione
Elaine Westbrooks*
Thad Dickinson
Nancy Holcomb*
Jesse Koennecke
Anna
Korhonen*
Nathan Rupp*
* denotes continuing
members
Other announcements included a speaking engagement by
former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno at the Olin Library, Libe Café (Monday,
November 3, 2003 from 9:00-10:00 a.m.) and the upcoming CUL Christmas
party to be held on Monday, December 15 in Clark 700 from 2-4pm.
Jim
Morris-Knower made and announcement about a study being conducted by the
IRPC Bibliographic database management subgroup. (see message
below). The group is looking for people to help demo and test two
products, WriteNote and Refworks.
The bibliographic database
management subgroup of IRPC would like CUL staff to help us choose between two
different web-based bdm products: WriteNote, an online version of Endnote,
and Refworks, not an online version of Endnote, but like Endnote and made by
former employees of Endnote. We'd like experienced and neophyte users of
Endnote-like products. Join us for coffee at 9 am, Tuesday November 11 in
106 Olin, where you will have a chance to test drive these products and give us
your opinions. Please rsvp to Mary Patterson at mep4 by Friday Nov.
7.
II. Program: The Tough Challenges in
Preserving Electronic Works: Moving Images, Websites, and Electronic Art"
- Howard Besser, Director, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation
Program-NYU.
Sarah Thomas introduced the program speaker, Howard
Besser, of New York Universitys new program on Moving Image Preservation.
Howard spoke about the nature of moving image works in communicating aspects of
culture and the need for paradigm shifts in managing these types of
materials. He discussed a number of problems concerning the preservation
of both analog/magnetic and digital moving image resources.
Minutes: Lee LaFleur, Secretary, Academic Assembly Steering
Committee