Libraries Moving Images, 1960-2012

Predominant Dates: 1963-2010

The Libraries Moving Images consist of videotapes, DVDs, motion picture films, and other recording formats that document library milestones, events and services, and provide insight into the people, programs and collections that have been crucial to the Kerr and Valley Libraries' missions since the early 1960s. In addition to tutorials produced for the benefit of students and faculty, the collection includes several items created with donor audiences in mind. Much of the collection has been migrated to digital format and a subset of these materials is available online.

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ID: FV 083

Extent: 1.1 cubic feet

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Scope and Content Notes

The Libraries Moving Images consist of numerous formats including, predominantly, VHS videotapes as well as motion picture films and one 1/2-inch open reel tape. Born digital content captured to DVD is included as well. All of the content originally captured to VHS and DVD has been migrated off of the accessioned storage media and is available upon patron request. Multiple motion picture films have also been migrated to digital format. A subset of the collection's migrated content is available online.

Generally speaking, the items held in this collection were either created to highlight library spaces and services, or to document specific events sponsored by or held within the Kerr and Valley Libraries. One subset of four films described in Series 1 was acquired by the OSU Centennial Committee in 1967-68. These films are thematically dissimilar from the rest of the materials housed in this collection, but remain organized within the collection as a result of head librarian Rodney Waldron's service as chair of the Centennial Committee.

The collection's largest content set is a series of twelve VHS videotapes documenting nineteen lectures organized by the Friends of the Library Public Education program in the 1980s and early 1990s. These lectures were typically delivered by members of the OSU faculty and were meant to contextualize and draw attention to particular resources or services housed within the Kerr Library. Prominent faculty members including artist Nelson Sandgren, art historian Henry Sayre, English professor Michael Oriard and soil scientist Benno Warkentin contributed to the series.

The collection also includes several promotional or instructional items created from 1960 to 2009 and typically produced with a student or faculty audience in mind. In addition to several orientation-style productions that provide a broad survey of library resources and services, the collection also includes specific films that focus more intently on a particular tool such as the LOLITA acquisitions module or the OASIS online catalog. Multiple items created for purposes of donor patronage are held within the collection as well.

Documentation of various library events round out the collection. Of particular interest are recordings of the Valley Library groundbreaking in 1996 and the building's subsequent dedication in 1999. Likewise preserved within the collection are lectures focusing on technical innovation, library assessment, and open access.

Biographical / Historical Notes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Statement on Description: This finding aid includes items that have been renumbered from unique identifiers assigned in a preliminary container list prepared in 2010.

Arrangement

Preferred Citation: Libraries Moving Images (FV 083), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Acquisition Note: Materials were transferred in several accessions from 1994 through 2012; some of the materials were received with transfers of paper records.

Acquired: 1994. Additions to the collection are expected.

Languages of Materials

English

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Container List

Series 1: Motion Picture Films, 1960-1968 Add to Shelf

The films held in series 1 include three library orientation shorts produced for students and faculty, and four additional films acquired by the OSU Centennial Committee, which was chaired by OSU's head librarian, Rodney Waldron.

Extent: 7 film reels

Item FV083:001: "Oregon State College Library Tour", circa 1960 Add to Shelf

An overview of the structure and function of the Kerr Library (housed in present-day Kidder Hall) as presented by Assistant Librarian Rodney Waldron. Produced by KOAC-TV and the Oregon State System of Higher Education.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:002: "First Television Orientation Film", circa 1963 Add to Shelf

This silent film depicts the spaces and services available in the newly opened Kerr Library building.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:003: "Orientation Film", circa 1963 Add to Shelf

Actually Kerr Library footage. Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:004: "Registration", 1967 Add to Shelf

OSU Centennial Committee Film #1.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:005: "OSU/UCLA basketball", 1968 Add to Shelf

OSU Centennial Committee Film #2. This is likely footage of the OSU home basketball game versus UCLA that was contested on February 9, 1968. Led by junior center Lew Alcindor, second-ranked UCLA won the game by a score of 55-52.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:006: "Choralaires concert and Pharmacy classes in process", Spring 1968 Add to Shelf

OSU Centennial Committee Film #3. Film actually consists entirely of Pharmacy footage.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:007: "Charter Day", October 27, 1968 Add to Shelf

OSU Centennial Committee Film #4. Includes footage of a lecture being delivered by A.F. Spilhaus. An oceanographer, Spilhaus was also assistant executive director of the American Geophysical Union at the time of this lecture.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Series 2: VHS Videotapes, 1977-2000 Add to Shelf

Series 2 consists of VHS videotapes that document important events in the history of OSU's Corvallis campus library, provide an overview of its services, and highlight specific components of its collection. Of particular note are twelve tapes generated by the Friends of the Library Public Education series, a program organized by library docents in the 1980s and early 1990s that enlisted faculty and community experts to provide insight on particularly interesting resources or services housed in the Kerr Library. Also included in Series 2 are a video used in the fundraising campaign for the Valley Library as well as videos of the groundbreaking (in 1996) and dedication (in 1999) of the expanded and revamped library building. The full contents of Series 2 have been migrated to digital format and are available upon patron request. Components of the series are also available online.

A folder containing flyers and background materials related to several of the Public Education Series presentations is also included in Series 2.

Extent: 28 VHS videotapes

Item FV083:008: "Using Kerr Library: A Research Strategy", circa 1977 Add to Shelf

Produced by the Kerr Library at Oregon State University in cooperation with the OSU Classroom Television Center. Written and coordinated by the Library Videotape Committee (Evelyn Lesher, Mary Lewis, and Laurel Maughan), directed by Jon Root, and featuring interviews with Blaik Jensen, Mary Lewis, Laurel Maughan, and Michael Kinch.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Extent: 3 copies

Item FV083:009: "McDonald Room Discussion," Rodney Waldron, March 22, 1984 Add to Shelf

An overview of the McDonald Rare Book Room holdings as presented by University Librarian Rodney Waldron.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:010: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #1, 1988-1990 Add to Shelf

"Map Room," Joanne Perry, February 17, 1988; "The Statue," Norma Rudinsky, March 8, 1989; "The Banksia Volumes," Anne Merryfield, March 14, 1990.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:011: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #2, 1988 Add to Shelf

"Taysom Fountain," Wayne Taysom. KBVR-TV production, March 16, 1988.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:012: "Introduction to OASIS," Mary Steckel, 1988 Add to Shelf

This film provides an introduction to the OASIS online library catalog.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:013: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #3, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

"Discovery of North American Trees," Richard Hermann, January 11, 1989; "History of the Book," Michael Kinch, September 12, 1990.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:014: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #4, 1989 Add to Shelf

"Tile Panels," Nelson Sandgren, February 8, 1989.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:015: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #5, circa 1980s Add to Shelf

"The Encyclopédie (French)," Sarah Maleug, circa 1980s; "OSU Library Geneological Resources," DeMaris Reynolds of the Corvallis Geneological Society, circa 1980s.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:016: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #6, 1989-1990 Add to Shelf

"Sources of Early Drug Therapy (Pharmacopoeia)," George Constantine, April 19, 1989; "Millionth and Millionth + 1 Volume," Bob Baird, October 10, 1990; "Government Documents," Patrick Grace, December 12, 1990.

Migrated to digital format.

Folder 1: Flyers and Background Materials re: Friends of the Library Public Education Series, 1989-1994 Add to Shelf

Item FV083:017: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #7, 1990 Add to Shelf

"The Gradual and Medieval Music Manuscripts," Thorald Borgir, circa 1990; "Huckleberry Finn, first edition," Michael Oriard, November 14, 1990.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:018: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #8, 1991 Add to Shelf

"U.S. Landscapes," Henry Sayre, January 9, 1991; "Lincoln Volumes," Margaret Meehan, June 12, 1991.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:019: "OSU Library Micro-Computer Lab", circa 1991 Add to Shelf

An overview of the personal computing lab located in the basement of the Kerr Library. Includes footage of interviews conducted with John Skelton, director of University Computing Services, and lab manager Doug Berham.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:020: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #9, 1992 Add to Shelf

"Natural History in the McDonald Room," Henrietta Chambers, January 15, 1992; "Von Humboldt's 'Kosmos,'" Benno Warkentin, April 8, 1992.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:021: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #10, 1992-1993 Add to Shelf

"Bernard Malamud," Willard Potts and Cliff Mead, May 1992; "De Re Metallica," Carolyn and William McBee, October 1992; "The Jefferson Volumes, 1857 - Congressional Set," Darold Wax, April 14, 1993.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:022: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #11, 1992 Add to Shelf

"The William Appleman Williams Collection," Don McIlvenna, November 11, 1992.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:023: "Tour of the Kerr Library by 'Chatting' with Staff", 1992 Add to Shelf

Includes footage of library staff describing the work that they do and the services provided by the library. Specific components of the library that are highlighted include: reference and information; circulation, interlibrary loan; CD center and online databases; microfilm and government documents; map collections; photocopy; stacks maintenance; special collections; cataloging; and administration. Incorporates interviews with the following staff: Robert Baker, Garry Browning, Karyle Butcher, Polli Butzner, John Donel, Janet Galloway, Debbie Hackleman, Neta Howard, Mike Kinch, Clifford Mead, Shiela Osheroff, Claudia Painter, Shirley Scott, Lorretta Shuck, Doris Tilles, and June Wilson.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Item FV083:024: Friends of the Library Public Education Series Tape #12, 1994 Add to Shelf

"Forests and Families: Our Landscape History, 1750-1994," Bob Zybach, January 26, 1994.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:025: "Friends of OSU Libraries Distinguished Achievement Award Ceremony", April 8, 1994 Add to Shelf

Event honoring Margarita Donnelly, founder of Calyx, an independent feminist press based in Corvallis.

Migrated to digital format.

Item FV083:026: "OSU Library Campaign Video", 1994 Add to Shelf

Migrated to digital format.

Extent: 2 copies

Item FV083:027: "Valley Library Groundbreaking", May 24, 1996 Add to Shelf

Includes a musical performance by OSU alum Roosevelt Credit and presentations by OSU President Paul Risser, University Librarian Mel George, SRG Partnerships architect Dennis Cusak, president of Hoffman Construction Cecil Drinkward, OSU Provost Roy Arnold, alum and fundraising campaign chair Bob Lundeen, ASOSU President April Waddy, and OSU President Emeritus John Byrne.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Extent: 2 copies

Item FV083:028: "Valley Library Dedication", May 28, 1999 Add to Shelf

Includes presentations by OSU President Paul Risser, Valley Foundation president Steve Tanner, OSU President Emeritus John Byrne, University Librarian Emeritus Mel George, alum and fundraising campaign chair Bob Lundeen, ASOSU Vice President Joshua Stroud, and University Librarian Karyle Butcher. The film concludes with a Native American blessing and musical performances led by OSU alum Roosevelt Credit.

Migrated to digital format and available online.

Extent: 3 copies

Item FV083:029: "History of OSU Libraries", circa 2000 Add to Shelf

Silent PowerPoint presentation recorded to VHS.

Migrated to digital format.

Series 3: DVDs, MiniDV Tapes and Open Reel Tape, 1973-2012 Add to Shelf

Series 3 is comprised primarily of recordings of events that have occurred within the Valley Library, including scholarly presentations and a retirement reception. The series also holds a tutorial film documenting an automated acquisitions tool, and a promotional DVD created for past and potential library donors.

All accessioned DVD content has been migrated off of the original storage media and is available upon patron request.

Extent: 5 MiniDV tapes, 5 DVDs and 1 open-reel tape; 39 images born digital

Item FV083:030: "LOLITA", May 22, 1973 Add to Shelf: An overview of the LOLITA online acquisitions system, developed at Oregon State University. 1/2-inch open reel tape.
Item FV083:031: "Open Access to Knowledge and the Intellectual Properties of Learning," lecture by John Willinksy, December 3, 2009 Add to Shelf: MiniDV tape.
Item FV083:032: "OSU Libraries: You Make It Happen", 2009 Add to Shelf: DVD prepared for previous and potential donors to the library.
Item FV083:033: "Assessment Series Workshop #2 with Deb Gilchrist from Pearce College", February 12, 2010 Add to Shelf: MiniDV tape 1 of 2.
Item FV083:034: "Assessment Series Workshop #2 with Deb Gilchrist of Pearce College", February 12, 2010 Add to Shelf: MiniDV tape 2 of 2.
Item FV083:035: "Assessment Workshop #3, LibQual Survey Tool", April 23, 2010 Add to Shelf: MiniDV tape 1 of 2.
Item FV083:036: "Assessment Workshop #3, LibQual Survey Tool", April 23, 2010 Add to Shelf: MiniDV tape 2 of 2.
Item FV083:037: "A Conversation with the Gray Family Chair -- Terry Reese Presentation to Library Faculty Association", February 25, 2011 Add to Shelf: DVD
Item FV083:038: "Cliff Mead Retirement Reception", January 25, 2011 Add to Shelf: DVD containing a .WMV recording of the retirement celebration as well as 39 born digital .JPG images documenting the evening.
Item FV083:039: "Expanding the Open Agenda: From Open Access to Open Agenda," lecture by Cable Green, October 26, 2012 Add to Shelf: DVD; Extent: 2 copies

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