VCU Libraries Advisory Committee

4th Floor Conference Room, Cabell Library

November 18, 2011 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Agenda

Business

• Review and approval of agenda
• Review and approval of minutes from October 2011
• Extra holiday closing day for TML: January 2, 2012
• Comments and evaluation of Primo public beta (“Quick Search” tab on VCU Libraries homepage)
• New Committee listserv and agenda development

Reports and Discussion

• VCU Libraries space study report
• Lending mobile devices: a new service provided by VCU Libraries
• Integration of Visual Resource Center into Cabell Library: final status report
• Stairwell art for Cabell Library
• VCU Libraries programs
  • VCU Libraries Annual Book Sale, Oct. 24-28
  • Grave Robbing, Goblins and Ghouls: Anatomical Education in 19th Century Richmond, presentation and MCV Campus tour, Oct. 31
  • Before and Beyond Birmingham: A Conversation with Wyatt Tee Walker, Nov. 11
  • Cabell First Novelist Festival, Nov. 15-16
  • “A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 1910-1965”: Exhibit opening lecture with Dr. Jack Spiro, Jan. 19, 2012
• Demo and discussion: VCU digital journal prototype