| 2006
Visual Resources Association Conference
“Cross Campus Collaborations in Building Digital
Image Collections:
Strategies, Challenges and Benefits.”
Session for the 2006 Visual Resources Association Conference, held
March 5-10 in Baltimore.
Organizer:
Elaine Paul, University of Colorado at Boulder,
Department of Art and Art History, Visual Resources Collection.
Moderator:
Lynn Lickteig, University of Colorado at Denver
and Health Sciences Center, Downtown Denver Campus; and University
of Colorado at Boulder, Visual Resource Center.
Speakers:
Jennifer Parker and Elaine Paul, University of Colorado
at Boulder: “From Chaos to Control: Building a Digital Library
at the University of Colorado” (Download
PowerPoint Presentation Caution- large file: 50mb)
University of Colorado Digital Image Collaborative Memorandum of
Understanding (Download
PDF)
Melinda Baumann and Elizabeth M. Gushee, University
of Virginia: “Evolution or Intelligent Design? Image
Workflow at the University of Virginia Libraries” (Download
PowerPoint Presentation 4mb)
Roberta Blitz and Robert Carlucci, Columbia University:
“The Columbia Image Bank: Collaborating to Build Campus-Wide
Digital Image Collections”
(Download
PowerPoint Presentation 4mb)
Carole Ann Fabian, University at Buffalo, SUNY:
"UBdigit: Distributed Responsibilities, Shared Benefits”
(Download
PowerPoint Presentation 4mb)
Abstract:
The transition to digital media in teaching and research is creating
an evolution of the roles and relationships among various entities
within universities. Collaborations between libraries, visual resources
collections, information technology professionals, administrators,
and others are increasingly important in creating, maintaining,
and delivering sustainable digital image archives. Cooperative content
development and shared technical infrastructure can result in broader
access to more digital content, but each requires negotiating new
modes of communication and partnership in collection management,
technical support, and instructional services. While these relationships
can require the rethinking of roles, funding models, and missions,
they can also encourage a mutual understanding of the needs across
campus and even foment a sense of community and shared identity
that may not have existed among departments before. Our speakers
will address the collaborative strategies employed at their institutions
in the development of digital image archives, examining both the
challenges posed by the process and the benefits realized by staff,
faculty, students, and administrators.
Conference web site:
www.vraweb.org/2006ConferenceBaltimore.html
Visual Resources Association web site:
www.vraweb.org
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