Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & MuseumUpdate 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• Dr. Anand Desai, Glenn School of Public Affairs• Dave Filipi, Wexner Center 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

• 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.

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Sullivant Hall Project

• Ireland/Graves Foundation: $7 million• Additional gift of $1 million for operating

endowment• Jean Schulz: $1 million• Schulz Challenge: $5 million

Goal: $13 million

Schulz Challenge

• 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

Goal: $2.5 million

Pledged to date: $2.21 million

Only $290,000 left to raise to complete the Schulz Challenge

Jean Schulz will match dollar-for-dollar all additional money raised up to $2.5 million

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

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