New roles and relationships新角色與關係Jeffrey Trzeciak, University LibrarianWashington University in St. Louis

FOCUSING ON SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

- Unique among cultural institutions - not only of completed - also of the numerous materials that went

into the creation of those works. - Collect:

- photos, interview outtakes, stock footage, producers' research and notes, correspondence, treatments, and scripts,

- provide a distinctive look at the filmmaking and storytelling process

- Opened 2002

- Materials related to Civil Rights, African-American life, the history of Harlem, social justice, democracy and the arts

- Jewel in the crown: Hampton/Blackside collection

- More than 75,000 items and growing

The Modern Graphic History Library is dedicated to acquiring and preserving distinguished works of modern illustration and pictorial graphic culture while also promoting sustained academic consideration of those materials.

The MGHL includes original art and printed material from many fields of popular American pictorial graphic culture.

Focusing on 20th century illustration, the collection includes artists' working materials and sketches as well as original artwork from books, magazines, and advertising.

Includes substantial holdings by Al Parker, Robert Andrew Parker, and Robert Weaver, from their respective estates, as well as the Charles Craver collection of tear sheets, numbering in the thousands and devoted to approximately 60 of the major illustrators from the 1920s-40s.

Embeded Faculty

Douglas DowdProfessor, Communication Design

Embeded Faculty

Gerald Early,Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters

Embeded Faculty

• Collection Development

• Community and campus outreach

• Curriculum Development

• Fund-raising and grant-writing

EMBEDDED FACULTY

• One-year appointments• Travel and research funding• Funding for events• Funding for acquisitions

EMBEDDED FACULTY

• Largely an informal arrangement

• Agreement from the faculty member, Dean and University Librarian

• Supported by Provost

EMBEDDED FACULTY

• Anticipated outcomes:– Closer ties to faculty– Closer ties to community– Integrated into teaching and research– Enhanced visibility– Enhanced collections– Increased funding opportunities

ExerciseWorking in your groups– Discuss one service or program you would like to

highlight for your faculty– What faculty relationships on campus would allow

a partnership?– How might you work with a faculty member to

promote and enhance the service?– How would you determine success?

• Each group will report back on one service