Preamble In 1999/ 2000 we will see a much more streamlined Department of
As a result you will note some shifts in emphasis within all of These labs
bring together students from the departments of Visual Arts, Dance, You will note that our 1999 VisArts Computer Plan further expands upon a
1 1998 Accomplishments: In 1998 the shared New Media digital lab in CFA 320 and the shared Loft Digital
A flexible, accessible, digital data-base for the Faculty of Fine Arts slide 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 This interim site must be moved to establish a proper satellite with dedicated 1.5 1.6 However, the renovation/ purchase schedule now coincides with the Consequently, we include requests for additional monies in the attached plan to 1.7 1.9 In 1998 following a peer evaluation procedure nine existing FFA faculty members 2. 1999 Computing and Equipment Plan (Academic) 2.1 Photography/ Printmaking/ Expanded Digital Satellite Plans for a multistation colour darkroom with a 30" processor were completed in That persistence has paid off. In October 1998 the Richard Ivey Foundation With two new hirings in-progress for photography and printmaking we will have
Confirmed funds $ 150,000.00 PROJECTED SHORTFALL $ 78,095.00 2.1 (a) Requirements/ Resources to complete the refurbishment:
2.1 (b) Site: Refurbished CFA Rooms 106 C, CFA 104, CFA 102 2.1 (c) Major Benefits
2.1 (d) Minor Benefits
2.1 (e) Additional Benefits 2.1 (f) Revised Photographic Purchases: Based on Updated Quotes
Revised Digital Purchases: Based on Quotes from Educonnect Equipment Total Darkroom & Digital Satellite $ 88,095.00
Reallocation/ Redeployment of Existing Colour Equipment Reallocation/ Redeployment of Existing FFA Digital Hardware Renovations/reconfigurations of 104 /106/ 103 (see drawings)
Renovation Total: Photo/ Print / IDA & Digital Satellite $140,000.00 Assured Access to Existing Facilities for Course Delivery 2.1 (g) Technical Support (12 months) 2.1 (h) Fees 2.2 Shared Data/Video Projection Unit: A shared data/video projection system is
required, to be used across Visual Infinity Technologies LP735 $ 9860.00 2.3 New Media Area / Shared CFA 320 / 326
In 1999, the MFA Project Room will be expanded, and the New Media lab The New Media lab is now at its complement of 20
computers in the room, but some The MFA Project Room
offers fully digital video, and should be upgraded to the 2.3.1 New Media Lab (a) Major benefits: (b) Additional benefits: (c) Requirements to upgrade CFA 320 Purchase: Hardware Purchase: Peripherals Purchase: Software (upgrade to shared site license: loft/ photo/ print/ CFA 320) Purchase: Non- Computing equipment Bookable/ Assured Access Cascade or De-Accession
Renovations
To resolve this we need to replace the double doors with an oversized steel To further increase security, to increase our efficiency, and to harmonize with Renovation estimates for security and electrical CFA 326 (d) Technical support (12 month) Year one: on site daytime technician FFA cross-supported: Year two: on site daytime technician FFA cross-supported: (e) Fees
Voluntary Access Fees to support Software site licensing (FFA Policy) 2.3.2 Shared MFA Project Room This dedicated MFA facility is funded across Visual Arts, Dance and Film/Video. The facility has filled an important niche in the FFA as it empowers and (b) Requirements to upgrade CFA 326c Purchase: Hardware Purchase: Peripherals Purchase: Software (new) Purchase: Software (upgrade to site license) (c) Added Technical support (12 month) 2.4 Odette Sculpture Studio and Foundry For 1999 a High End DOS/Intel Pentium unit should be considered for the resource Purchase: Digital Equipment
In addition to the single workstation to meet digital needs there are high
Purchase: Non- Computing: Sculpture (See appendix for details) Random Orbital Sander with air take-off $ 400.00 Purchase: Noncomputing equipment: Foundry Renovations: Sculpture
Convert 006 Plastic Room into two rooms $ 10000.00
Re-cast ramp to sculpture court $ 1500.00 Garage door to sculpture court $ 4000.00
2.5 Slide Library A software specialist is also needed to convert the existing database to ACCESS Purchase: Digital Hardware Purchase: Noncomputing equipment Renovations: Slide Library
removal and finishing of existing internal wall $ 1500.00 (a) Benefits (b) Technical Support 3. Administrative Plan 3.1 (a) Ethernet Drops / E-mail / Commitment to Training To support administration & other duties of VisArts Faculty and Technical staff
It is possible that some of these administrative needs can be filled from
4. Brief Summary
Department of Visual Arts: BFA/ MFA/ MA
Integrated Computing Equipment & Renovation Plans for 1999-2001
Nell Tenhaaf
Academic I998-1999 is a watermark year for the Department of
Visual Arts and the
Faculty of Fine Arts. We see the Department of Visual Arts
undergo a significant
but logical transition from a large and somewhat unwieldy
department with three
parallel curricular stream to a new configuration comprising
two departments -
sharing some common curriculum offerings, facilities &
resources.
Visual Arts with
a more focussed and new curricular plan. We will also see a new
Department of
Design which will offer Ontarioís first Bachelor of Design
(honors) degree. The
Department of Visual Arts and The Deanís office of the Faculty
of Fine Arts have
worked proactively during this past year to initiate, plan,
and gain acceptance
for these changes and in November the York University Senate
gave its consent.
our departmental
plans. You will also note some clarification of direction and of mission within
the attached documents. The pedagogy and the goals however are
not so very
different. Our aim is excellence in the pursuit of visual culture in all its
existing and potential manifestations.
The 1999 Computing Plan reflects a progressively more integrated approach to
digital media for
the Department of Visual Arts. Consistent with the broader
pedagogical aspirations of every credible visual arts institutions in North
America, our goal is to enable students to utilize digital technologies and
processes in
their creative practices via as many facets of our curriculum as
possible, including photography, printmaking, painting, sculpture, interactive
multimedia, web-research and video.
The key strategy vis a vis facilities and infrastructure is to increase access
to equipment by locating it within shared facilities based on a rational and
coordinated FFA plan, so that students with diverse creative needs feel that
both curriculum and technology are serving them well in their learning and in
their explorations of diverse goals and media.
As in plans of previous years, much emphasis is placed on shared facilities and
resources. We now have
three important shared digital facilities within the CFA
plus two VisArts and Design project facilities / satellites. Two of these shared
digital labs are now operating in the New Media area on the third floor of CFA,
and are already vital sites for pedagogical cross-fertilization. Our share
arrangement for the loft digital studio is also vital to our curriculum
development and further enhances that notion of cross fertilization.
Film/Video and the new department of Design at both the undergraduate and
graduate level. Graduate students using the areas are rapidly become skilled
resource people.
As TAs they are essential to our creative and technological goals, and to our
investigations of all the implications - even as we work with them
strategy of shared facilities, with a view to further pooling conceptual and
technical skills and making the best possible use of available resources. Our
1999 Plan also brings to fruition our plans for major renovations and
upgrading
to the photography and print facilities because of a significant single source
donation.
Studios were
upgraded in hardware and software. In addition, following careful
negotiations a new shared multi-department graduate facility was created within
the New Media area to make optimum use of existing technical support. Two
start-up
Senior Project Rooms were also established utilizing strategic cascade
strategies. Both the Senior print/ photo digital project room and the senior
design project room provide logical interfaces between technologies and
recognizes the shifts in departmental structure(s). Both were identified in
VisArts 1997 and 1998 long range plans and the need to consolidate these project
rooms remain strong in the 1999 plans.
library has also been initiated following consultation between the Design
faculty and the VisArts slide library.
The New Media digital lab in CFA
320, shared by VisArts and Dance BFA, was
expanded in 1998 from a 14 station satellite to a full complement of 20 digital
workstations, through cascades from the Winters lab and the Design Loft. Two of
the 20 machines are
dedicated to Media 100 QX full-frame digital video, running
the latest version of Premiere software. Other CFA 320 workstations are also
running Premiere software thus reducing the learning curve as students move to a
progressively more sophisticated platforms. Software upgrades were also made in
Painter. These changes represents huge progress for VisArts advanced video and
electronic media classes. The New Media facility now reflects a special
focus on
time-based arts such as video, performance and web-based work, as well as Dance
Choreography and digital painting.
A new shared graduate Project Room in CFA 326C, serving VisArts, Dance, and
Film/Video MA/MFA
students, is equipped with a Macintosh G3 multimedia platform
running more sophisticated Media 100 LE digital video hardware and software,
plus a D6 Digital Video deck, and a Sony VX1000 digital video camera ñ all
primarily for graduate student use. This facility also has a multimedia
Macintosh workstation which is used principally by Dance students as well as for
digital-audio editing.
VisArts has also made essential improvements in
the security of the New Media
area this year, with last yearís renovation allocation. VisArts installed a
motion-sensor alarm system in the New Media lab, had metal plates added to all
of the entry doors, and put a push-button
coded lock on the graduate Project
Room to allow 24 hour graduate access.
The Loft Design Studio acquired several new G3 Macintosh platforms. As this
facility also cascaded equipment to assist CFA 320 and to establish the
senior
project rooms, its compliment now stands at 22 workstations. All systems and
software were also upgraded at considerable expenditure this year because of a
change in site licensing agreements with the Adobe Software Company.
This new
agreement will, in future, be advantageous to our shared facilities.
In 1998 a small start-up Print/Photo Senior Project satellite was initiated. It
is temporarily sited in CFA 106N/106L. This satellite has required a
consolidation and upgrading of some existing equipment and the utilization of
our cascade strategies as no MET funds could be assigned to it in 1998. To
initiate
this site, one administrative Macintosh 6100 has been upgraded to a
Macintosh G3 and an oversized (A3/tabloid) flat bed scanner has been added to
permit multi-purpose usage and allow for the development of senior and graduate
projects. A second Macintosh 6100 and an older 040 machine are also available
for less complicated tasks which do not require extensive memory A higher
powered administrative Macintosh is also available on a ìrequestî basis for more
specific memory intensive purposes.
hardware and software as it is currently sited in our printmaking administrative
offices. This will be done in
the summer of 1999. Our FFA cascade strategy
combined with a confirmed donation of funds for major renovations plus a very
small infusion of MET funding should permit this satellite to be completed as
part of scheduled
renovations. Plans and a costing summary will be discussed in
the 1999 computing strategy as part of the reconfiguration of print/ photo/ IDA
A Design Senior Project Room in CFA 334B has been also established with one new
mid range Macintosh workstation, a new G3 server, and three older Macintosh 040
computers using cascade strategies. This multipurpose room is used by Design
faculty, senior design students and design graduate students for intensive
project research, and for communications and administrative tasks. The room thus
fulfils both academic and administrative tasks. Just as with the print/ photo
satellite this multipurpose strategy represents a logical method for using
limited resources to achieve complex ends.
Photography: Multi- Station Colour Darkroom:
In October 1998 the Ivey Foundation confirmed a very generous donation of
$150,000 to be used for the creation of a multi-station colour darkroom and
major renovations to the Photography and Printmaking areas of the Department of
Visual Arts. It is our intention that the complete facilities and all new colour
and digital equipment will be operational for Academic 1999/2000.
infrastructure
changes necessary to create the new Department of Design. As a
result our original architectural plan has had to be re-visited to adjust for
new projections (increased visarts course sections increased visarts student
numbers, and strategic curricular growth/ evolution for both departments.
complete renovations and acquire all equipment to open this facility on
schedule.
Shared MFA / BFA Mural darkroom in CFA 030
In 1998 we were able to utilize special one-time project funding from the office
of the vice president to complete Phase III of renovations on this shared
project darkroom. This allocation of funds has allowed us to refurbish all
plumbing. install two donated darkroom sink (in storage since 1997) and initiate
repairs on a donated 5x7 enlarger to allow for better mural capability. We would
like to complete this darkroom in 1999 as part of the complete refurbishment of
photography .
1.8
Slide Library Digital Data Base
In 1998 the Design faculty and the FFA slide library began working on a new
web-based data base that would permit more comprehensive referencing and more
efficient access to the existing slide archive. This start-up project is an
extension of a research project for senior design students. The project is
ongoing. The need for such a data base is acute as we learned earlier this year
when the previous data-base and the back-up system both failed. This need will
have to be addressed in the computing plan as a priority item.
In the VisArts 1998 administrative plans there was a strong request for a
funding formula to address marked inequities in digital access for research,
electronic communications, and administrative duties. This request was echoed in
all departments of the FFA. Consequently the Deanís office has made a four year
commitment to provide matching funds for faculty to acquire digital workstations
for administrative & other duties. This is an important initiative. It is
ongoing
and four incoming tenure stream faculty received funding for
new computing
devices.
Using a university wide cascade strategy the FFA was also able to assign several
older DOS and Macintosh platforms to those faculty who requested them. Both the
matching funds and cascade strategy are
slated for continuation and are critical
to our long term goals.
York University's first colour darkroom began
operation in academic 1997/98.
This 3 station facilities has been an interim solution to our overall VisArts
strategy as it has provided a small but logical link between new modes of
digital creation/ production and existing modes of analog output.
1996. The plans for a shared integrated digital satellite were developed in
1997/98. VisArts and the FFA have remained committed to this facility with the
project prioritized in York University, FFA and VisArts fundraising campaigns.
confirmed a $150,000 donation so that York University could realize this
project.
These funds are not, however sufficient to complete the project, as costs have
escalated during the three year fundraising campaign. A need to
accommodate
strategies for the new Department of Design have also required a re-evaluation
of VisArts curriculum and of facilities to prevent conflicts of need in these
two growing areas of creative investigation. Additional
monies to complete this
integrated photo/print facility in the summer of 1999 are therefore critical if
we are not to disadvantage existing curriculum.
the talent. We also have the will. What is necessary is that we complete the
integrated facilities in one year.
Projected Expenses (see following breakdown of costs) $ 228,095.00
MFA VisArts (introductory and advanced workshops & project access)/
BFA VisArts (4 class Colour Explorations
/ 2 class Photo Explorations)
IDA Gallery (partial renovation and development digital projection site)
BFA Printmaking (facilities upgrade, digital conversion, digital satellite)
BFA New Media (2 class Cross over Explorations) /
BFA Printmaking (facilities renovations)
B Design (relocate high volume demand on input and output devices)
FFA Faculty Members on a project & summer basis /
FFA & Atkinson College Summer ECR
1 Kreonite PM2-3115 RA4 (30") Colour Processor $ 19,500.00
12 Omega II Dichroic 4x5 Enlargers $ 32,000.00
32 Omega single lens mounts $ 1,240.00
24 Omega lens boards $ 1,080.00
13 35 mm negative carriers $ 900.00
6 6x6 cm negative carriers $ 438.00
6 4x5 in. negative carriers $ 438.00
13 Chromega stabilization power supplies $ 10,970.00
13 Omega wall or table brace $ 1,944.00
13 El nikkor 50 mm lens $ 2,500.00
4 El nikkor 80 mm lens $ 960.00
4 El nikkor 150 mm lens $ 3,960.00
Total Costs Colour Hardware & peripherals $ 75,930.00
This satellite is intended to allow for growth and to resolve access problems
that are anticipated because of the new Department of design initiative. The
facility will require a 2-year transition to be a fully functioning 8 station
site. It is recommended that item 2.4 the Odette Cad/Cam proposal be sited to
this satellite, to assure technical support .
2 Macintosh G3
Desktop CPU's with 17" Sony Monitors $ 5,000.00
1 Umax Mirage A3 Flatbed tabloid scanner $ 3,900.00
Software (Photoshop/ Illustrator/ Live Pictures ) $ 4,265.00
Total New Digital Hardware & Peripherals $ 12,165.00
3 4x5 Dichroic Enlarger from 330E to 104
5
PowerMac 7500/100, 4 x 64 Mb and 1 x 80 Mb RAM, from Design Loft
1 UMax 30-bit flatbed scanner from Design Loft
1 Laser graphics Film recorder
15
Darkroom w. continuous counter east & west walls (16 enlarger stations)
2 Counters w. drop tables north wall for mural enlargement to 40"
15 110 v. electrical (colour enlarger stations)
1 220v. electrical (colour processor)
4 relocated water infeed & relocate water outfeeds
1 New entrance door from Corridor 180 to 106Q
1 New entrance door from Corridor 180 to 104K
1 32" 2 way revolving door w. emergency release for darkroom access
2 relocate /reconfigure offices & equipment crib 104 M & 104 N
1 12 foot counter/ prep area / workstation w. lockable cupboards 104 K
1 remove partition walls between 104 K and 104 F and open up 104A
5 station Digital workstation for scanner/ film recorder/ image creation
8 ethernet drop sites (digital satellite plus reconfigured offices)
Shared access to Loft Digital Facility
20x24"
stat cameras in Printmaking Darkroom & Photography Darkroom
Mural Darkroom
We are proposing a one year transition in technical support for the combined,
reconfigured print/ photo/ digital facilities. In the first year we would
utilizing the existing full time print and photo technician plus an added 1/3
technical appointment shared with the New Media area. (Th New Media position
would be expanded from 21 hours per week to fulltime). This strategy would allow
for a logical implementation of on-site digital training for the existing print
and photo support staff. In year two the added 1/3 appointment would be
reassigned to New Media and the CFA 320/326 facilities. The print and photo
technicians would then assume full responsibility for this complete print/
photo/ digital facility .
On Site Daytime technician(s) FFA
5 days Photography technician (full administrative responsibility)
5 days Printmaking technician (technical support)
2 days New Media technician (technical support and training)
Student Evening techs: York University cross supported (existing)
Student Weekend techs: York University cross supported (existing)
GA evenings FGS supported (proposed)
GA summer FGS supported (existing)
Mandatory Materials Fee
$120.00 / full course
$ 70.00 / half course
$ 35.00 / workshop
Voluntary Access Fees (BFA MFA & Faculty)
$40.00 / user / term
VisArts/ FACS/ Design/ IDA Gallery/ Winters Gallery
Arts, Design, Dance and other FFA departments. Uses would include installation
projects within the two main FFA student galleries in the CFA and Winters
complexes. This will be a mobile unit easily moved to the needed location.
Cable Wizard $ 60.00
FPQ Laser Pointer $ 150.00
Full Feature Remote Control $ 155.00
(originally dubbed the ìSkinni-Didgiî Project Room) will be in Phase 3, a
consolidation of the existing facility.
of these are not adequate for student use. Internal cascades to move two low end
machines into necessary administrative functions requires two new machines to
replace them. These would be applied
to the digital video stations because our
priority is to make DV editing fully functional: currently one of the stations
does not have an adequate CPU, and our camera input is woefully inadequate. We
are in a transition phase to full
digital video technology at the undergraduate
level, which the New Media lab serves. DV technology is not yet affordable or
robust enough to offer to large numbers of students, so we must upgrade our
S-VHS technology to meet
input/output needs for the next few years. Along with
photography, video is in high demand among students at Yorkóthey come to us from
across the faculty and we need to be able to accommodate the numbers.
highest end of Media 100. We will also cascade internally from this lab to the
New Media 320 lab.
BFA VisArts & Dance / MFA VisArts & Dance / MA VisArts
FFA Faculty Members on a project & summer basis
2 G3/266/ 128 Mb RAM/ 17î monitor @2900.00 5800.00
2 Panasonic 456 S-VHS camcorder @2700.00 5400.00
2 9.1 Gb storage drive in a dual bay box (18
Gb raid) 3500.00
2 4 Gb storage drives, to be configured as server 2500.00
2 64 Mb SDRAM upgrade @ 150.00 300.00
4 Zip drives @ 200.00 800.00
1 Epson 850NE colour inkjet printer (networked CFA 320/326) 850.00
1 Umax Astra 1200Dpi 32-bit scanner 350.00
Painter 5.0 x 20 units
1 Lowel Dedo/Omni light kit 1000.00
1 Cart for portable computer 200.00
20x24î Stat camera in Printmaking & Photography Darkrooms
Lasergraphics Film recorder (photo/print satellite)
1 5200CD Performa (to lab administration)
1 6100/60 (to server administration)
There are two major issues to deal with in regard to renovations in this
facility.
There is a lack of safety and security in the New Media main teaching area
(CFA326). All electrical outlets and lights
need immediate attention: socket
plates are coming away from the wall, and most work only sporadically.
Regarding security, the large double glass door entry to 326 can be easily
broken into. Additionally it is surmounted by an
open space that functions as an
air exchange but which is completely insecure and prone to excessive noise
transmission. This problem is true of all VisArts and Design main doorways for
CFA 326/ 328/ 330/ 332/ and 334.
door, and find a more security conscious solution to the current air exchange
holes. Sole entry to 326 will be by this door to assure security and
monitoring
of the facilities by the technicians and student monitors.
proposed renovations in CFA 328 for the expanded Department of Design we also
seek a reconfiguration of the existing 326/ 328 instructional units. The result
will be improved undergraduate teaching facilities for both academic units,
noise reduction, and increased security for all equipment in all third floor
analogue and digital sites.
Upgrade basic electrical CFA326 $ 500.00
Install extra-wide steel door $ 1000.00
Modification instructional area to harmonize with Design Initiative $ 8000.00
Technical support is in an
ongoing process of being harmonized across program
areas. The current situation is that the FFA supported New Media technician is
supplemented by funds for 3 additional hours per week which is transferred from
monies collected as voluntary access fees. This is a very difficult and
compromising situation that was instituted in 1998 as an interim measure.
5 days Full-time New Media technician (currently 21 hours)
shared: CFA 320 326 & Print/ Photo Satellite
1 day Dance (currently at 1 day/ week)
GA evenings FGS supported
Technician Summer FGS supported
Student Evening technicians: FFA / York University cross supported
Student Weekend technician: FFA / York University cross supported
5 days Full-time New Media technician CFA 320/ 326
1 day Dance (currently at 1 day/ week)
GA evenings FGS supported
Technician Summer FGS supported
Student Evening technicians: FFA / York University cross supported
Student Weekend technician: FFA / York University cross supported
Mandatory Materials Fee for Software Site Licenses / Consumables
varies from $15.00 to 30.00 / half course
$40.00 / user / term
It is included for administrative purposes in this plan as it is located in the
VisArts New Media area and is supported primarily by our technical staff.
Overlapping requests for this facility will also be made in the plans of the
other primary users.
facilitates the research of several MFA/MA programs that were disadvantaged by
decisions about technology pre -1995. In three incremental stages we have
re-established and equipped a proper dedicated site for those graduate programs.
The collegial process was seen to be at its most effective in the decisions to
locate this facility in CFA 326C. Additional support is now necessary to upgrade
hardware and shared software and establish this facility as a state of the art
site
(a) Major benefits
MFA Dance / MFA VisArts / MFA Film/Video / MA VisArts
1 G3/266 Multimedia workstation (All-in-One) /128 Mb RAM $ 2300.00
1 upgrade Media100 LE to LX $ 5000.00
1 MotoDV digital video input board $ 500.00
1 Portable Sony DCD10 Pro2 DAT Audio deck $ 2900.00
1 amplifier for media 100 $ 200.00
1 2 Gb internal Jaz drive $ 500.00
2 64 Mb SDRAM upgrade @ 150.00 $ 300.00
Adobe Photoshop 5.0 (one license, share photo/print/sculpture satellite)
Adobe Illustrator 7.0 (one license, share photo/print/sculpture satellite)
Lifeforms (see Dance department request)
Macromedia Director 6.5
Deck II Audio Mixing
Support for this facility is currently provided solely by a New Media
technician. We believe extended support should be provided
through the MFA
program for Film/Video and Dance as well as through the MFA Visual Arts program
.
Recommend;
1 day (each) Visarts / Dance / Film/Video MFA
GA evenings FGS supported
Technician Summer FGS supported
Mobile daytime technician FFA/ FGS cross supported
VisArts maintains a small ethernetted site in the Odette Sculpture Centre with
one IBM 286 & an IBM P/S 2. The site is currently
dedicated to Net/Web research
and its existence has led to investigations into CAD/CAM Technologies.
centre to replace the non-compliant and aging
286 workstation . This will also
allow the sculpture program to expanded into Cad/Cam technologies and thus
better integrate the foundry with the main sculpture facilities. In succeeding
years a CAD CAM interface, Master Cam
software, and cutting and milling
peripherals could also be added. The digital hardware could initially be
allocated, facilitated and supported in the new print/photo/ sculpture project
satellite where its use for 2-D and 3-D applications could be optimized.
1 DOS/Intel Pentium w. 32 MB ram w. video card w. 17" Monitor
priority needs for analogue equipment whichis essential to assure that these two
sculpture facilities continue their evolution and integration.
Nederman 6î horizontal exhaust arm (arc-welding area) $ 1900.00
Wainbee air hoses for pneumatic tools / stations / foundry
$ 2000.00
North Star Slab Roller 30 x 48î $ 1300.00
Excalibur Scroll Saw, 30î throat w. stand, foot switch, qc tensioner $ 1300.00
Excalibur Rip Fence $ 400.00
Cut Off Metal Bandsaw $ 400.00
:Mig Welder $ 4200.00
With Aluminum Feed Gun $ 800.00
Wax Melting Pot @1200.00 x 2 $ 2400.00
Slurry Prop. Mixer @ 650.00 x 2 $ 1300.00
Soldering Irons with thermostatic @150.00 x 8 $ 1200.00
to allow for a separate grinding area & isolate noise and flying debris
(awaits approval from Yorkís master planner)
In order to create a useable and efficient database for the collection of the
more than 250,000 slides, the slide library needs two Pentium computers. This
will allow two of the staff to input files at the same time and thus complete
the database within a reasonable time frame.
97, and customizing the software to the slide libraryís specific needs.
ACCESS 97 is the standard academic data-basing software.
2 DOS/Intel Pentium 48 Mb RAM /17î monitor @2900.00 $ 5800.00
1 VCR/Monitor with stand $ 1650.00
1 additional Ethernet drop $ 250.00
computer table for additional computer $ 500.00
In order to expand the work space an internal for CFA 274 should be removed.
The result will be to make the staff more visible and accessible to slide
library patrons. This would also help mitigate the heat and stuffiness of the
existing computer room.
Under the new curricular plans for visual arts and design faculty members will
require increasing access to slide library resources, particularly with the
shift toward more ìStudiesî courses which will be taught by both Art History
and Studio faculty. The slide library is also a resource for the entire Faculty
of Fine Arts.
software specialist, 160 hrs. @ 50.00 $ 8000.00
work study student, to input lost records from system crash $ 1100.00
7 hrs/wk x 26 wks @ 7.50 x 75% (VisArts pays 25%)
It is important that the FFA continue with a policy of computing devices for
faculty
and with the installation of Ethernet drops to aid communications and
research. Our goal should be inclusive coverage over 4 years. Ethernet drops
should also be located in research / studio / teaching / presentation / and
lecture facility to permit digital technologies to be accessed for the
production/ resolution/ dissemination of curriculum and for the expansion of our
role as educators.
It is also critical that faculty and staff continue to receive training in the
efficient use of the FFA server, e-mail, and the internet for administrative and
research purposes. It is also critical that digital training and access to
Macintosh platforms be provided for all technical support staff. In 1999 we have
proposed a method whereby we can upgrade digital skills for
technician/demonstrators in Photography, Printmaking. These positions require
that individuals remain current with the technologies and software for their
program areas. Slide Library staff should also be included in future training
sessions if this facility intend to move to a web based data base for their
reference files and/or image bank.
1 Mid range Mac w. 17" monitors photo admin CFA 104
1 Mid range Mac w. 17" monitors print admin CFA 106
1 Mid range Mac w. 17" monitors new media admin CFA 326
1 Mid range Mac w. 17" monitors sculpture admin
academic cascades as these machine will be inevitably (and pragmatically) used
for administration, research, and student demonstrations.
To be effective in the long term, VisArts digital planning must proceed across
the whole of the department. In addition, the notion of integration must be
accomplished in a prioritized and logical manner
with a firm commitment to the
acquisition and upgrading of the hardware and software outlined in this report.
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