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Dear colleagues,<br>
I am writing to announce the decisions on the second round of re-grants
from the Yale Collections Collaborative initiative
(<a href="http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/</a>). The goal of the
Collections Collaborative is to enhance access to and use of the museums,
galleries, and library special collections across the university.
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The four proposals that the Collections Collaborative Steering Committee
has decided to fund are: <br><br>
<b>Archival Collections Management and the Archivists’ Toolkit<br>
</b>The Archivists’ Toolkit is an open source database application that
provides a tool for managing many of the most common activities
undertaken in the archival enterprise, such as accessioning, description,
donor tracking, name and subject authority work, and location management.
This project will develop a model implementation of the Archivists’
Toolkit at four Yale repositories and investigate the value of
system-wide implementation.<br>
<i>Principal contact:</i> Stephen Yearl, Manuscripts and Archives<br>
<i>Participants:</i> (first stage) Arts Library, Divinity Library,
Manuscripts and Archives, Music Library<br>
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<b>Guides to Collections at Yale<br>
</b>This project will initiate a series of subject-based guides to
collections at Yale, which will provide an overview of particular
strengths in a given field across a range of the University’s special
collections and museums. The initial subject areas targeted will be
African American Studies, British Studies, Modernism, and
Photography.<br>
<i>Principal contacts:</i> Pamela Franks, Art Gallery; George Miles,
Beinecke<br>
<i>Participants: </i>Members of the Special Collections Subcommittee<br>
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<b>Swid Powell Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery and
Manuscripts and Archives<br>
</b>This project will use the Swid Powell Collection as a case study for
integrating access to similar archival materials housed in multiple
repositories. The Swid Powell Collection, a comprehensive collection of
sketches, design drawings, prototypes, and final products documenting the
Swid Powell design company, is split between the Yale Art Gallery and
Manuscripts and Archives. <br>
<i>Principal contacts:</i> John Stuart Gordon, Art Gallery; Laura Tatum,
Manuscripts and Archives<br>
<i>Participants: </i>Thomas Raich<i> & </i>Anthony De Camillo, Art
Gallery; Stephen Yearl & Derek Merleaux, Manuscripts and
Archives<br>
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<b>The World War I Experience Phase 2 - Enhancing Discovery, Search and
Access to Yale’s Digital Collections<br>
</b>The first phase of the World War I project used a subject focus as a
catalyst for improving description of and access to research materials
scattered across Yale collections. The second phase of this project will
focus on developing a cross-collection search interface to provide access
to digital collections in various Yale repositories.<br>
<i>Principal contacts:</i> Karen Kupiec & Matthew Beacom, Library;
David Gewirtz, ITS<br>
<i>Participants: </i>Thomas Raich, Art Gallery; Larry Gall, Peabody
Museum; and other staff.<br><br>
Thanks to all who submitted proposals for the grants and congratulations
to those whose proposals we were able to fund. <br><br>
On May 17th the Collections Collaborative will be sponsoring a symposium
on "Mainstreaming Collections Reference" - librarians and
curators working together to improve access to primary source materials
for teaching and research at Yale. An update on the first round of
re-grant projects will be presented. Please see
<a href="http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/symposium.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.yale.edu/collections_collaborative/symposium.html</a> for more
information. <br><br>
<br>
Martha Smalley<br>
Principal investigator<br>
Yale Collections Collaborative <br><br>
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Martha Lund Smalley<br>
Special Collections Librarian / Curator of the Day Missions
Collection<br>
Yale Divinity School Library<br>
409 Prospect St. New Haven, CT 06511<br>
Phone 203 432-5289 Fax 203 432-3906<br>
Martha.Smalley@yale.edu</body>
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