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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Update and Opportunities. Art English Popular Culture Communications History Comparative Studies Women’s Studies Japanese Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Literature. FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. Lawrence Baum, Political Science

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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

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  1. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Update and Opportunities

  2. Art • English • Popular Culture • Communications • History • Comparative Studies • Women’s Studies • Japanese • Slavic and Eastern European Languages and Literature

  3. FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE • Dr. Lawrence Baum, Political Science • Dr. Anand Desai, Glenn School of Public Affairs • Dave Filipi, WexnerCenter for the Arts • Dr. Jared Gardner, English/Popular Culture • Dr. David Herman, English/Project Narrative • Jack Hershey, Associate Vice President for Government Affairs • Dr. Jessie M. Labov, Slavic & East European Languages & Literatures • Dr. Charles Massey, Jr., Art • Dr. Felecia Ross, Communications • David Staley, Goldberg Center/History • Dr. James Unger, East Asian Languages & Literatures

  4. Increase our square footage from 6,800 to 25,000. • Increase the visibility and accessibility of our unique collection. • Help us engage new audiences, including school and community groups, with expanded services and programming. • Allow us to better fulfill our mission to preserve and promote cartoons and comics.

  5. Goal: $13 million • Ireland/Graves Foundation: $7 million • Additional gift of $1 million for operating endowment • Jean Schulz: $1 million • Schulz Challenge: $5 million Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Sullivant Hall Project

  6. Jean Schulz will match dollar-for-dollar all additional money raised up to $2.5 million Goal: $2.5 million Pledged to date: $2.21 million • Robinsons: $1 million • Friends of the OSU Libraries: $400,000 • Will Eisner Foundation: $250,000 • Scripps Howard Foundation: $100,000 • Beeler Family: $100,000 • Krumm: $100,000 • Bil Keane Family: $50,000 • Kahns: $50,000 • Anonymous: $50,000 • Individual Gifts: $110,000 Schulz Challenge Only $290,000 left to raise to complete the Schulz Challenge

  7. Timeline • Construction documents complete • Demolition to start January 2012 • Construction will take 18 months • Move-in: Summer 2013 • Grand opening: Fall 2013

  8. New Opportunities • Engagement with faculty and students • Engagement with the local/Ohio community • Engagement with the cartoon community, both national and international • Collaboration • Within OSUL • With OSU departments/units • With Central Ohio organizations • With National/International

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