Special Collections Subcommittee meeting
October 14, 2003
Present: Toby Appel, Richard Boursy, Tom Hyry, George Miles, Jae Rossman, Martha Smalley, Libby Van Cleve, Sue Walker, David Walls, Richard Warren

Announcements:
Sue Walker:  Preservation Committee for which she is our representative met for the first time.  Walpole Library will be offering regular tours on Thursdays at 3:30 pm.  Reservations need to be made by the Tuesday before the tour.
Tom Hyry: The SAMA video preservation robot will be visiting the Fortunoff Video Archives for a period of time.  MSS&A will soon unveil its new "research portal" that will provide access to finding aids and digital resources.  [We had an extended discussion re. the future of the cooperative Finding Aid Database at Yale.]
George Miles: Beinecke is gearing up for the St. Petersburg conference October 23-25.  Pamphlets are being transferred from Mudd to Beinecke for bibliographical work and storage. The Beinecke plaza will be renovated over the coming months; location of entrance to the library may change from time to time.
Toby Appel: Medical Historical Library will have Marie Curie exhibit in conjunction with Women in Science event.  Medical Historical is beginning some digital projects, incl. engravings from Peter Parker collection.
Richard Warren: Historical Sound Recordings is working on preservation and cataloging collections; hope to get grant.  HSR is beginning to put sound resources on its site, using the Virtual Concert Hall technology of the Department of Music.
Libby Van Cleve: OHAM has some notable new accessions.  Their major support grant was renewed.  They are beginning to send materials to LSF.
Jae Rossman: Is on new Digital Task Force chaired by Jennifer Weintraub

Special Collections Fair: New date is Tuesday, March 30th.  George will reserve the Beinecke mezzanine from 10:30 to 4:30.  [Martha ask Ann Okerson if she will be around and the answer is yes.]

Next meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 11th, 10:45 am.