vra 2015 slides burns
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Background VRC closed in 2009 Equipment Split Between Art History &
Studio Art Departments Reference Books Dispersed 325,000 Slides Moved from Humanities
to the Arts with Access Supervised by Arts Media Lab Staff
Primary Faculty Allowed to Choose 1,000 Images Each to be Scanned (outsourced)
Contact How to Deliver Digital Images through Old
Database & Web Interface?
Assist Led to Opportunity to Offer Help Dispersing the Slide Collection
Met with Art Department Chair and Arts Media Center Director to Strategize
Charge was to do “Whatever it Takes to Keep Analog Media Out of the Landfill.”
Action Started Locally Expanded Out Into the
Community UCI: Faculty, Arts, Gallery, Library, East
Asian Department (no Students) UC VR Group & Other UC Departments VRA and ARLIS/NA CA Chapters SoCal Archives & Museums Creative Re-Use LA Culture Net Listserv
AdventuresE-mail InundationPhone Calls GaloreLogistics: UCI Parking, Loading, &
Transporting The Active Life - Muscle &
ManpowerMultiple LA Area RendezvousSpace Limits at Re-Use Facility
Issues Time, Changed Minds, No Shows Recipient Profiles & Hesitations Slide Refiling & Missing Slides Surprise Walking Wounded Donations Digital Image Requests Campus Policy & Procedures Copyright Issues
Campus Counsel VRA IPR Committee Verbal Explanations
Surprises Art History Uninterested, Arts
Interested Library Wanted to help More, but
Hands Tied Local Institutions Hesitancy Creative Re-Use Grateful So Many Responses from the Public,
Need Could Not Be Met, UCLA Handoff
Next StepsHandshake Compensation &
HoldoutMetadata Salvage OperationWork with STMTF to Iron Out
Issues & Provide Resources for Others
Publish Case Study
References VRA White Paper Advocating for Visual
Resources Managementhttp://vraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/vra_white_paper.pdf CA Preservation Assistance Programhttp://calpreservation.org/ Long Beach Depot for Creative Reusehttp://thelongbeachdepot.org/