Rhode Island School of Design DigitalCommons@RISD Annual Reports Fleet Library 2014 Annual Report of the RISD Fleet Library 2013-2014 Fleet Library Rhode Island School of Design, [email protected] Carol Terry Rhode Island School of Design, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/library_annualreport Part of the Art and Design Commons Recommended Citation Library, Fleet and Terry, Carol, "Annual Report of the RISD Fleet Library 2013-2014" (2014). Annual Reports. 1. https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/library_annualreport/1 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Fleet Library at DigitalCommons@RISD. It has been accepted for inclusion in Annual Reports by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@RISD. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Annual Report of the RISD Library 2013/14 Table of Contents Director of Library Services Carol S. Terry 2 Special Collections Laurie Whitehill Chong 5 RISD Archives Andrew Martinez 10 Readers’ Services Claudia Covert 12 Technical Services Robert R. Garzillo 16 Visual + Material Resources Mark Pompelia 17 Statistics 21 Donors List 24 Staff List 24 Cover drawing by Taline S. Boghosian, RISD Illustration, class of 2011 Director’s Annual Report 2013/14 University Housing Officers-International meeting in Providence both sent attendees to see the library This year was characterized by transitions as part of a campus and city tour. Classes came from in the Administration of the College that had some Brown, Providence College, UMass Dartmouth, and impact on the Library, as the Director reported to Wheeler School to see artists’ books. A number the new Vice Provost and the Library became part of students used the library as a site for filming or of a new construct of academic support services installation projects. called the Academic Commons. By the end of the Special events included a reprise of the year, however, it was announced that the reporting “Spirit of a King” Gospel Concert for Martin Luther structure would return to the Provost. King, Jr. remembrance and celebration (65 in atten- The President departed at the end of De- dance) and a reading by Charlayne Hunter Gault, cember and his records, including email and other sponsored by the RI Black Heritage Society. The digital files, came under the purview of the Archives. Library hosted another reception and tour for Ath- Other transitions at the administrative level meant enaeum members. The largest event was a presenta- the Archives needed to be proactive in identifying tion by British model Lily Cole who was on campus those materials destined for long-term storage and to talk about her new Internet project, Impossible future use. http://www.impossible.com/. An enthusiastic au- dience of 130 students greeted her and continued the conversation with a panel of faculty. Later in Exhibits and Events the spring, the library hosted an event organized by Professor Damian White featuring design theorist The Library continued its active exhibition Cameron Tonkinwise and a panel of faculty mem- program with quarterly exhibits detailed in the Spe- bers discussing how designers envision the future cial Collections Librarian’s report which follows. Of (75 in attendance). Both evenings concluded with a particular note is the fall exhibition of 19th century reception in the Material Resource Center. children’s books drawn from our collection, includ- The main space of the library also proved to ing many items from the miniature book donation be the perfect setting for the Governor’s presenta- from Anne Jencks. RISD hosted an exhibit of work tion of funding awards by the RI Science & Technolo- by the New England Chapter of the Guild of Book gy Advisory Council, as RISD faculty members were Workers in the spring. Other exhibits showcased among the recipients. Following the awards presen- the zines, posters, and prints from the library collec- tation, the Council meeting was held in the Material tion. Resource Center. At the request of the Office of Intercultur- A number of RISD events were held in the al Student Engagement and with the assistance of Library, including Parents’ Council luncheon, new Campus Exhibitions staff, the Library exhibited five faculty orientation, the first Academic Commons large panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in conjunc- Gathering, the retirement party for Laurie White- tion with World AIDS Day. They were quite dramat- hill Chong and Ellie Nacheman, and the Honorary ic, hanging for two weeks in the openings to the Degree/Frazier Awards Dinner. balcony. The Library continued to be a much sought after venue for events, meetings and tours, with at Digital Collections and Services least 25 on the first floor schedule and 111 in the Material Resource Center, with nearly 2000 in at- Ellen Petraits led a significant effort this tendance overall. The year started with the AICAD year to rebrand our integrated search product, Alumni + Careers staff conference, which included a FleetSearch, identify and troubleshoot implementa- reception on the first floor and, on the following day, tion issues, and to promote it to faculty and stu- sessions in the Material Resource Center. Visitors dents. Claudia Covert and John Gambino developed came from Germany and France, Abu Dhabi and and promoted e-reserves, and the statistics show China. Architectural tours were offered to guests significant increase in those materials provided from Harvard, Roger Williams University, Pratt, digitally. Robert Garzillo led the project to redesign Wellesley, Holy Cross, and Providence College. The and refresh the interface for the library catalog. The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art meet- growing collection of e-books through EBSCO’s ing in Boston and the Association of College and Academic E-Book subscription plan proved to be 2 popular. Librarians continued to recommend the books in an ongoing donation. Another ongoing gift acquisition of a Digital Commons subscription as a of architecture books is coming from John Wool- means of meeting strategic goals related to institu- sey. Illustration faculty member Judy Sue Goodwin tional records and research. Sturges gave us some of her extensive library of New databases added this year included children’s books. A very large supplement to the World of Learning, another collection of JSTOR Arts materials collection came from local designers Peter & Sciences (V), and a return to LexisNexis Academic. and JoAnn Wooding. Nancy Skolos and Tom Wedell With special pricing from AICAD and support from gave a selection of their posters for the Archive of the Global Partners & Programs office, we were Graphic Design and Illustration. Additional posters able to add the language learning resource Pronun- came with the Langmuir gift. ciator, and advertised that along with the state-pro- vided Mango Languages. We provided trial access to the video streaming products, Alexander Street Press Facilities and Kanopy, with the expectation of continuing some form of video streaming in the year ahead. The whole library, including all the stack fixtures, was relamped with more energy efficient lighting. For much of the stacks, it was the first Gifts and Acquisitions change since opening in 2006. The overall effect of even lighting was much appreciated. An overview of special purchases and gifts is Unfortunately the library suffered at least presented in the Special Collections report. A gener- four incidences of water damage over the course of ous donation for artists’ books funded a number of the year, including two sections above the stacks on amazing additions to this important teaching collec- the first floor, the stairwell to the balcony confer- tion. Two retrospective purchases, long on the de- ence room, and, just after the New Year, a significant siderata list, were Herbert Bayer’s World Geographic pipe break in the mezzanine on the west side of the Atlas, and Lee Friedlander’s American Monument. building that cascaded water into the basement and The most exciting acquisition of the year threatened library storage. Quick action on the part was half the stock of a neighborhood video store, of staff member Mark Sweeney prevented serious long a resource for our faculty. As detailed in the damage to books and archival materials. Visual Resources report, this was a shared project Capital projects included three staff com- with funding from Academic Affairs, the Division puters, three computers for scanning stations and of Liberal Arts, the Department of Film, Animation a new fileserver for archives and visual resources. and Video as well as the Library. The 5800 DVDs The Material Resource Center expanded its storage and VHS tapes have been delivered to the library, capacity with nine large rolling racks;,their portabili- doubling our collection in this medium. The sum- ty helping to maintain the room as a function space. mer project includes listing all the titles, discovering The nine Knoll Krefeld tables were refinished and duplicates, prioritizing categories for processing, and the tall exhibit cases were revamped to function making shelf space. better including provision for magnetic attachment The library continued to receive a large rather than pins. The biggest project was the refin- number of gifts throughout the year. Among the ishing of the cork floors on both levels; unfortunate- most significant this year was the final installment ly the final sealant showed obvious lines around the of the Daniel Berkeley Updike material from Selma tiles and the work is scheduled to be redone at the Ordewer; former faculty member Paul Langmuir’s end of 2014. Happily the carpet in the staff lounge graphic design, film, and illustration library; and was replaced with tile, much easier to keep clean. student-made artists’ books from Jan Baker’s RISD classes. Neil Ashar donated a collection of books on men’s fashion and Tim Finn continued his generous Staffing practice of building our graphic novel and comic book section.