On the Astonishing Popularity of Slides: The UC Irvine Dispersal

Maureen BurnsIMAGinED Consulting

Background VRC closed in 2009 Equipment Split Between Art History &

Studio Art Departments Reference Books Dispersed 325,000 Slides Moved from Humanities

to the Arts with Access Supervised by Arts Media Lab Staff

Primary Faculty Allowed to Choose 1,000 Images Each to be Scanned (outsourced)

Contact How to Deliver Digital Images through Old

Database & Web Interface?

Assist Led to Opportunity to Offer Help Dispersing the Slide Collection

Met with Art Department Chair and Arts Media Center Director to Strategize

Charge was to do “Whatever it Takes to Keep Analog Media Out of the Landfill.”

Action Started Locally Expanded Out Into the

Community UCI: Faculty, Arts, Gallery, Library, East

Asian Department (no Students) UC VR Group & Other UC Departments VRA and ARLIS/NA CA Chapters SoCal Archives & Museums Creative Re-Use LA Culture Net Listserv

AdventuresE-mail InundationPhone Calls GaloreLogistics: UCI Parking, Loading, &

Transporting The Active Life - Muscle &

ManpowerMultiple LA Area RendezvousSpace Limits at Re-Use Facility

Issues Time, Changed Minds, No Shows Recipient Profiles & Hesitations Slide Refiling & Missing Slides Surprise Walking Wounded Donations Digital Image Requests Campus Policy & Procedures Copyright Issues

Campus Counsel VRA IPR Committee Verbal Explanations

Surprises Art History Uninterested, Arts

Interested Library Wanted to help More, but

Hands Tied Local Institutions Hesitancy Creative Re-Use Grateful So Many Responses from the Public,

Need Could Not Be Met, UCLA Handoff

Next StepsHandshake Compensation &

HoldoutMetadata Salvage OperationWork with STMTF to Iron Out

Issues & Provide Resources for Others

Publish Case Study

References VRA White Paper Advocating for Visual

Resources Managementhttp://vraweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/vra_white_paper.pdf CA Preservation Assistance Programhttp://calpreservation.org/ Long Beach Depot for Creative Reusehttp://thelongbeachdepot.org/

Fond Farewell