Container List
Series I.
Proposals and reports,
1995-1999 (bulk 1996-1997)
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of reports, proposals and correspondence, 1992-1999, of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project that
outline the methodology for, and provide summary information about, the Project and its results during its Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation-funded phase. Included are the grant proposal, written and submitted by Howard Besser, Principal Investigator,
to the Mellon Foundation requesting funds to study the economic aspects of the MESL Project; the museum and university technical
reports, which describe the technical issues involved in the dissemination of MESL content and report on the experience; a
draft of
MESL Perspectives, published simultaneously with the final report, and providing "unofficial insights" into the Project; a
draft of the final report submitted to the Mellon Foundation; and two versions of the final report,
The Cost of Digital Image Distribution: The Social and Economic Implications of the Production, Distribution and Usage of
Image Data, authored by Howard Besser and Robert Yamashita (Project Manager). The final report originally appeared in July
1998 and was reprinted in June 1999.
Some duplication appears within the records.
Arrangement
These records are arranged in general chronological order.
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 1
Mellon—proposals, correspondence,
1995-1996
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 2
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 3
Original grant proposal,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 4-5
Proposal drafts and supporting documents,
1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 6
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 7
Proposal (annotated),
circa 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 8
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 9
Report to advisory board,
November 18, 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 10-11
Project materials, 1. MESL information,
1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 12
"MESL Data Dictionary,"
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 13
Technical report development,
1996-1997
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 14-20
Museum technical reports,
1996-1997
Physical Description:
[7 files]
Project materials, volume 1: Management:
Box 2002.IA.05-1, Folder 21-23
1997
Physical Description:
[1-3 of 4 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-2, Folder 1
1997
Physical Description:
[4 of 4 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-2, Folder 2-10
Museum technical reports (project materials, volume 2):
1996-1997
Physical Description:
[9 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-2, Folder 11
Content selection in the MESL Project,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-2, Folder 12-19
University technical reports,
1997
Physical Description:
[8 files]
American University technical report:
Box 2002.IA.05-2, Folder 20-22
March 13, 1997
Physical Description:
[1-3 of 4 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 1
March 13, 1997
Physical Description:
[4 of 4 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 2
Technical report, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 3
Museum report draft,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 4
MESL terms and conditions,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 5-6
Interim draft report and letter,
1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 7
Final report draft introduction,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 8-9
MESL Perspectives,
1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 10
Proposed contents, final report,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 11
Project background and history,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 12
Terms and conditions–framing the issues,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 13
Terms and conditions–issues,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 14
Terms and conditions–summary of issues,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 15
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 16
Technical issues introduction,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 17
MESL data dictionary and data export process,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 18
Digital image production issues,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 19
The MESL distribution process,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 20
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 21
MESL impact: museum perspective,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 22
MESL impact: university perspective,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 23
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 24
MESL casual user survey,
July 11, 1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 25
Executive summary,
July 15, 1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 26
Introduction [to Economics section],
circa 1997
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 27
Annotated draft reports,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 28
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 29-31
Howard Besser and Robert Yamashita,
The Cost of Digital Image Distribution,
July 1998
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 32
Richard Ekman correspondence,
1998-1999
Box 2002.IA.05-3, Folder 33-35
Howard Besser and Robert Yamashita,
The Cost of Digital Image Distribution,
June 1999
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 1-3
Howard Besser and Robert Yamashita,
The Cost of Digital Image Distribution,
June 1999
Physical Description:
[3 files]
General note
[2nd printing.]
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 4
MESL art production guidelines,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 5
Robert Yamashita, Chapter 1, Background,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 6
Stephenson, Christie,
Patricia McClung, eds.
Delivering Digital Images: Cultural Heritage Resources for Education (The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project, Volume
I)
(Los Angeles:
The Getty Information Institute,
1998).
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 7
Stephenson, Christie,
Patricia McClung, eds.
Images Online: Perspectives on the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project (The Museum Educational Site Licensing Project,
Volume II)
(Los Angeles:
The Getty Information Institute,
1998).
Series II.
Gathered data,
1994-1998
Physical Description:
1.25 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of surveys, reports, brochures, pamphlets, agendas, and correspondence, 1994-1998, of the Museum Educational
Site Licensing Project. The records describe the selection process for participating institutions and contain their applications
(specifically, the University of Virginia, American University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of
Maryland at College Park, University of Michigan, Columbia University, the Fowler Museum of Cultural History, George Eastman
House, Harvard University Art Museums, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, and
the National Museum of American Art). The records also provide information about the design and results of data gathering
among participating institutions and several other universities and information about and from participant meetings held in
Santa Monica, California and Washington, D.C.
For additional information on the Santa Monica participant's meetings, see also Series V. Administrative records.
Arrangement
These records are arranged generally by subject (calls for participation and applications, participation proposals, other
information about educational institutions, slide library questionnaires and information, museum institutional profiles, participant
meetings, technical data, and focus groups), and chronology.
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 8
Call for participation drafts,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 9
MUSE letters, call for participation,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 10-11
Educational institution applications,
1994
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 12
Museum applications,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 13
Miscellaneous MESL emails,
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 14
MESL meeting agenda, background information,
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 15
Patti McClung, conference call notes,
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 16
Conference call notes,
1995-1996
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 17
Mellon documents,
1996
General note
[Notes and emails discussing the presentation of data and the preparation of the report to the Mellon Foundation.]
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 18
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 19
About MESL,
1996
General note
[Includes calls for participation.]
University participation proposals:
Box 2002.IA.05-4, Folder 20
American University,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 1
Columbia University,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 2
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 3
University of Michigan,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 4
University of Virginia,
1994
Other information about educational institutions:
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 5
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 6
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 7
University of Maryland,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 8
University of Michigan distribution cost report,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 9
Correspondence re: University of Michigan role,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 10
University of Oregon information,
1997
Slide library questionnaires and information:
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 11
American University,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 12-13
Columbia University,
1997-1998
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 14-17
University of California, Berkeley, Architecture Slide Library,
1997
Physical Description:
[4 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 18-19
University of California, Berkeley, Art History Slide Library,
1993-1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-5, Folder 20
University of Illinois,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 1
University of Oregon,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 2
Museum institutional profiles,
1994
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 3
George Eastman House,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 4
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 5-6
Participant meetings reports,
1995-1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 7
Participants meeting, American University,
May 13-15, 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 8
Agenda, Santa Monica meeting,
December 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 9-11
Discussion drafts, Santa Monica meeting,
December 1996
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 12
Survey forms,
1996
General note
[Drafts of requests for information for technical reports.]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 13
Museum "baseline,"
1996
General note
[Notes re: requests for information for technical reports.]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 14
Server "monitoring,"
1997
General note
[Emails regarding collection of data from MESL servers.]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 15
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 16
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 17-18
Focus group notes and questionnaires,
1998
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 19
Focus group transcripts,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 20
Focus group report (draft),
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-6, Folder 21
Focus group notes,
undated
Series III.
Evaluation materials,
1995-1998, undated
Physical Description:
0.82 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of correspondence, letters, notes, reports, surveys, and questionnaires, 1995-1998 and undated, created by
participants, including Howard Besser and Jennifer Trant, in the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project, that describe
the development of the evaluation process, the evaluation itself, and its results during the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded
phase of the Project. These records include evaluations of use, but are specifically focused on the economic implications
of the Project. During this phase of the project, Beth Sandore, Coordinator, Digital Imaging Initiative and Associate Professor,
University of Illinois, was hired as a consultant.
Arrangement
These records are arranged chronologically.
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 1
Letter re: project evaluation proposal,
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 2-3
Evaluation surveys,
1995
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 4-5
Evaluation,
1995-1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 6
MESL evaluation,
1995-1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 7
Emails and information re: evaluation,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 8
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 9-10
Evaluation committee,
1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 11
Beth Sandore's questionnaires,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 12
Measurement responses,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 13
Emails, notes re: evaluation,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 14
Workshop on user needs and assessment and evaluation, DL '96,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 15-16
Miscellaneous evaluation reports,
1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 17
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 18-19
Instructor/Student/Researcher evaluation and questionnaires,
1996-1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 20-22
Art image database instructor and student evaluation report,
1997
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-7, Folder 23
Schedule for MESL evaluation visit, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
February 10-11, 1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 1
Evaluation conference call, 4/29,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 2-6
Post-questionnaires,
1997
Physical Description:
[5 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 7
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 8-9
Agenda, reports, notes, Charlottesville meeting,
May 1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 10
Charlottesville presentation,
May 1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 11
Pre/post questionnaires, technical reports,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 12
Evaluation conference call emails,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 13
Evaluation questionnaires,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 14
Instructor and student evaluation report,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 15
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 16-17
"The Use of an Art Image Database in the Classroom: Instructor and Student Evaluation Report,"
1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 18
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 19
Miscellaneous slide library notes,
1998, undated
Series IV.
Publications and presentations,
1995-1999
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of publication drafts, publication galleys, photocopies of articles and book chapters, and typescripts of presentations,
1995-1999, produced by participants in the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. The general subjects of all the documents
are issues, challenges, and results of the Project. Many of the articles were printed from the Getty Art History Information
Program's website. The majority of the presentations were authored and delivered by Howard Besser, Principal Investigator.
Arrangement
These records are arranged chronologically.
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 20-21
MESL produced articles,
1995-1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-8, Folder 22
"Technical Issues in the Distribution of Museum Images and Textual Data to Universities,"
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 1
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 2
Chapters from
The Wired Museum,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 3
Final copies of MESL final report articles,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 4
Time and Bits panel,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 5
Digital libraries/metadata,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 6
CIL 98 metadata workshop,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 7
CIL 98 digital library talk,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 8
"UCB Mellon Grant Studying MESL: What Have We Learned about Image Databases and Universities?"
circa 1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 9
Visual Resources proof,
1999
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 10-11
Annotated copies of
Visual Resources articles,
1999
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 12-14
Working copies,
Visual Resources, vol. 14 no. 4,
1999
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Series V.
Administrative records,
1995-1999, undated
Physical Description:
0.54 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of minutes, agendas, reports, invoices, contracts, press releases, forms, printed matter and photographs, 1995-1999
and undated, created or used by participants in the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. The meeting minutes and agenda
include information on the Project's Advisory Board—its members, meetings, and reports presented by Howard Besser. These records
also include the official minutes of an MESL participant's meeting, and documents presented for discussion at a participant's
meeting held in Santa Monica, California that deal with economic issues. Much of the budget and expense information records
pertain to the preparation of budget reports for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The personnel records are primarily concerned
with the hiring and employment of Beth Sandore, Coordinator, Digital Imaging Initiative and Associate Professor, University
of Illinois, as a consultant to assist with the evaluation process.
For additional information on the Santa Monica participant's meetings, see also Series II. Gathered data.
Arrangement
These records are arranged by subject.
Meeting minutes and agenda:
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 15
Advisory Board invitations,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 16
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 17
Presentation to Advisory Board,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 18
Revised report to Advisory Board,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 19
Information for Mellon meeting,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 20
Report to Advisory Board,
November 18, 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 21
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 22
Advisory Board materials,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-9, Folder 23
Advisory Board materials,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 1-
Official minutes, MESL meeting,
December 1996
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 3
IP licensing and museum/university perceived needs,
1996
Budget and expense information:
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 4
Letter to [Richard] Ekman,
1995, 1998, undated
General note
[Background budget materials.]
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 5
Prepping for [Richard] Ekman,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 6
Distribution costs report,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 7
Dollar awards to MESL universities,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 8
Budget and expenses,
1996-1997
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 9
Mellon expenses,
1996-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 10
Budget and cost information,
1997-1998
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 11
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 12
Crowne Plaza hotel information,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 13
Letters and invoices re: distribution of final report,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 14
Publishing information,
1999
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 15
Associate Specialist hiring,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 16
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 17
Consultant information,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 18
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 19
Sandore administrative,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 20
Beth Sandore, consultant,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 21
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 22
Short description of project,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 23
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 24
Press releases, and Chronicle of Higher Education article,
1995, 1999
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 25-27
Human subjects, policies, emails,
1995-1996
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 28
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 29
Miscellaneous to file,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-10, Folder 30
Miscellaneous emails,
1997-1998
Physical Description:
[1 of 2]
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 1
Miscellaneous emails,
1997-1998
Physical Description:
[2 of 2]
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 2
Miscellaneous administrative records and notes,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 3
Miscellaneous information, Santa Monica meeting,
December 1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 4
NEH grant application guidelines,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 5
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 6
Book recall and return receipts,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 7
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 8
[48 unidentified color photographs],
undated
Series VI.
Research and background materials,
1983, 1992, 1994-1998, undated (bulk 1996-1998)
Physical Description:
0.51 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Papers consist of printed matter and correspondence, 1983, 1992, 1994-1998 and undated, collected by Howard Besser, Principal
Investigator of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project. The materials are primarily copies of articles and book chapters,
used for background research for the development of the Project.
Arrangement
These records are arranged chronologically.
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 9
ARLIS/NA standards for art libraries and fine arts slide collections,
1983
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 10
Cummings, Anthony,
Marcia L. Witte,
William G. Bowen,
Laura O. Lazarus,
Richard H. Ekman,
University Libraries and Scholarly Communication
(Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
November 1992)
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 11-12
Research materials,
1994, 1996-1997
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 13
Digital watermarking,
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 14
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 15
"Cost Centers and Measures in the Networked Information Value Chain,"
October 31, 1995
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 16
"The Advances of Technology,"
1995
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 17
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 18
Allerton Institute, research forum on digital libraries,
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 19
"Steps Toward an Ecology of Infrastructure,"
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 20
African Art and the Virtual Museum (University of Virginia syllabus),
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 21
"Yale University Library's Project Open Book",
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 22
Participant list, "Libraries, People and Change: A Research Forum on Digital Libraries,"
1996
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 23
Miscellaneous articles and newsletters,
1997
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 24
Box 2002.IA.05-11, Folder 25-27
AMICO launch meeting,
1997
Physical Description:
[3 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous notes and research materials,
1997-1998
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 3-4
Columbia slide library,
1996, 1998
Physical Description:
[2 files]
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 5
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 6
Museum Digital Licensing Collective, talk and information,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 7
"The Making of American II Testbed Project White Paper,"
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 8
Copyright and fair use town meeting program,
1998
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 9
Slide libraries–examples from the web,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 10
Digital show and tell agenda,
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 11
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 12
"Library Services in Theory and Context. Chapter 11: Allocation I: Resources, Priorities and Political Processes,"
undated
Box 2002.IA.05-12, Folder 13
Graduate research questionnaire,
undated