Presentation given by Günter Waibel and Dennis Massie at ARLIS 2009.

1. RLG Programs ARLIS Round Table G ünter Waibel, Program Officer Dennis Massie, Program Officer OCLC Research

3. Change we can believe in!

10. Don’t these collections then become de facto archives? These libraries have made a tacit commitment to keeping these materials. Are there natural groupings of keepers and divestors? Can we build equitable relationships between them?

26. Create Tools

27. Figure 1: System Architecture proposed for data extraction and publication Source DB (TMS or other) Public OAI CDWA Lite XML Database OAI Repository Application CDWA Lite Work Database Public OAI CDWA Lite XML File System OAI Repository Application Firewall Web Internal Systems Public Systems Data Extraction Tool Mapping Profiles Record Update Hash HTTP SQL SQL SQL File I/O File I/O File I/O JDBC, ODBC, or other Internal CDWA Lite XML File System Data Publishing Tool SQL

30. Harvest Data

32. Analyze Data

34. CDWA Lite required fields present? CDWA Lite data elements used by all institutions? CCO compliance of the data? Does controlled vocabulary use support better searching? How consistent is the data? Do queries return meaningful results? Suggest strategies to work around the inevitable inconsistencies in the data

42. Library, Archive and Museum Collaboration Beyond the Silos of the LAMs

43. Collaboration Continuum additive transformative ...

44. The Workshops Princeton Smithsonian Victoria & Albert U of Edinburgh Yale

48. RLG Round Robin Round-Up April 2009 [images on the following slides have been removed]

50. Administrative – Staff Changes Changes in personnel reported in 12 of 17: including reorgs, promotions Two reported lost positions this year. Two reported added positions (one part-time) this year.

51. Financial Gifts (including gifts in kind) received by 3 Grants received by 8 This year’s budget cut for 6 Current hiring freeze for 3

52. Programs Exhibitions Blogs Internships Researchers Collaborations Wikis Bibliographies Orientations/Tours Training Conferences Publications

53. Facilities Yale moved into new building; Compact shelving @ the National Gallery (US); Guggenheim and SLAM relocated archives; Plans for big moves happening @ National Gallery (Canada), MFA Boston, MFA Houston; Met is planning renovation of book conservation facilities; Everyone is shipping stuff off-site.

54. Technology Website design Meta-tools galore! Recon still goin’ on Digitization projects NYARC joint ILS Archivists’ Toolkit

55. Bonus Question “ more focus on exchange program for acquiring materials” “ Fear and loathing! “ “ fewer acquisitions of primary materials” “ inability to fill vacant positions” “ budget cuts are a huge challenge, but can also be the catalyst for taking more daring and creative approaches to building services and collections” “ budget reduction of at least 25%” “ Concerned” “ Remaining flexible, and creative, in uncertain climate” “ cost-containment measures” “ marked decrease in the publication of exhibition catalogs and auction catalogs” “ eliminating all temporary and casual positions”

56. See you next year – in Boston!