Foxe

Marti drafted the final ATLA proposal and sent it to several people for comment. Talked with SMU – they have a nice complete 1563 edition which has the woodcuts we are missing; and they are very interested in partnering with us. They have several other editions as well. Marti found a GRA who is very interested in the opportunity and could work on it full time spring quarter. OSUL and SMU will pick up any out-of-pocket expenses. SMU has a visiting scholars fund that will cover the GRA’s travel to work on the SMU materials. Don’t have to go through OSURF because ATLA money is a gift – goes through Development. So easier to administer – no indirect costs involved. Marti will confirm with ATLA that the proposal she submitted is acceptable as the final although it doesn’t include discussion of the metadata elements. ATLA has no proprietary interest in the product so we could also submit to OhioLINK DMC as well as creating a Foxe page with links to ATLA.

Forestry

Instructions for ftp of forestry files received from Charly Bauer. Sally ftp’d the 127 files on the first disk in 16 minutes so it should take about 11 hours to complete the ftp process. The work-study student who Sally thought could work on this has gotten another job for next quarter but might still be able to complete the work. If not, Wes said Molly Snively probably could do it. The ftp process to the DMC is very simple to set up – the effort is mainly just swapping the disks as each finishes. Sally is waiting for a response from Charly on whether binary is the proper mode to use for the ftp before doing any more.

Buttons

Nena had spoken to Gayle Strege recently – Gayle was planning to get back to working on the imaging project. Wes and Sally still need to write a message to let Leta know DISC will consider phase 2 on hold until she lets us know that she has been able to pursue recreating the exhibit with the images Gayle is creating.

Dare

Imaging is done. Nena now has two people working on the metadata.

Ohio Journal of Science

Need an update from Susan Logan at next DISC meeting on the search for funding.

Cartoon Research Library Hale Scrapbook

It is unclear how long Lucy’s student who is working on metadata will be available, but it is likely that portions still requiring metadata are textual and won’t be too difficult to do. Lucy also has someone who has web design experience available currently if we were able to move ahead quickly. Beth suggested the next step would be to move some money over to CGA to pay the person who worked with Amy on the SFACA project to do imaging. Beth will check with Lucy to see how this person is being paid and whether some testing should be done with the digital camera to ensure that the quality is acceptable. It should then be possible to come up with a cost estimate.

Rare Books & Manuscripts Cooper typescript

Is it a new work that needs to be peer reviewed and edited or something for the Knowledge Bank as is? Nena thought just a PDF with OCR would be fine unless we knew with certainty that additional effort would be worthwhile. Cooper is still alive – we could pursue asking him if he ever submitted the manuscript for publication, what happened, and what plans he might have for the future. Wes will talk with Geoff and John. There was agreement among DISC members that this is a different project than initially proposed and the idea of creating a new work seems outside the scope of what DISC is charged to do.

2. Brittle books to e-books process

Mel has done an inventory of OSU master’s degree microfiche in MIC and has found almost 150 missing. He would like to find hard copy in the library, department, or college. Plan is to replace the microfiche so that our archive will be complete. No adjustment to the catalog records is needed. Will put through the brittle books flow but don’t plan to do ETD because would be hard to get copyright clearance. Many are from 1970s, 1980s, or even 1990s. DISC members agreed the plan made sense.

3. E-exhibits policy

Nena has talked with Lucy again but there seems to be a stalemate – Exhibits Committee thinks guideline needs to specify who is responsible for the technical and budgetary support but DISC doesn’t think we can specify this. Nena suggested that the document be divided into two parts – policy and procedure. Problem is that Exhibits Committee really doesn’t have a budget, though they do have a pretty good idea how much things cost due to tracking for several years. If add on online exhibits, will require more funding post renovation. Wes asked if cost components could be outlined. Beth noted that mainstreaming online exhibitions should be the goal. University Archives already does online exhibitions very well end to end. They have web design support through a special arrangement with a former employee who is now out of state. Marti noted that she has done an exhibit though she is not in a special collection area. Should DISC propose a joint meeting with the Exhibits Committee? What would be the desired outcome? Wes asked if we could take the next 3 exhibits that are scheduled for Main Library and consider what it would take to put them online. Or we could go back and look at past exhibits such as the one Nena has done. We will consider Nena’s exhibit at the next DISC meeting, and Nena will also find out as much as possible about the first exhibit in 2004 so DISC can consider that as well as an example. Nothing further will be done with the document pending these discussions.

4. Other

Haven’t had any further word from Susan Wyngaard about Baggs project – Wes will ask Susan if there is any further progress.

The new honors thesis program director visited OSUL recently and was interested in the idea raised by Joe Branin and Tom Cetwinski that honors theses might be put into the Knowledge Bank. We think that she will discuss with others involved in the program whether this material should be preserved in that way and let us know.

5. Next meeting: Dec. 3

- project updates

- e-exhibits discussion

- need to finalize a recommendation on the future of DISC to take to Executive Committee Dec. 15 (also need to schedule meetings in 2004, assuming DISC will continue—we anticipate retaining 1^st and 3^rd Wed. schedule)