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2010 Awards announced May 2010 and projects will begin shortly.
FACULTY NAME | DEPARTMENT | PROPOSAL SUMMARY | PROJECT TYPE |
Janice Kanemitsu | Asian Studies | Japanese Theatre Manuscripts - nineteenth century woodblock printed, heavily illustrated books on the Japanese theater. 20 Volumes/1600 pages | Digitization and online delivery |
Annetta Alexandridis | Classics/Art History | Cornell's plaster cast collection that once consisted of ca. 600 casts of statues and inscriptions (made in the 19th century mainly from Greek and Roman, but also from Egyptian, Near Eastern, European Medieval and Renaissance objects), and several hundred casts of medallions and gem stones. | Digitization and online delivery |
Howard Howland | Representing CAPE (Cornell Association of Professors Emerti) | Update "Contributions to Cornell history: Portraits and Memorabilia" by Elizabeth Baker Wells (Olin Ref LD 1371.WD 45) This book of 265 pages was published in 1984 with a supplement published about 10 years later. It lists about 2000 plaques, pictures, sculptures, and other objects of artistic and historical interest scattered around the Cornell campus. It is an invaluable record of the University's historical and artistic artifacts. | Digitization, OCR for Database Development |
Kath March | Anthropology | Nepali Texts | Digitization and online delivery |
David Bathrick | German Studies | Müller: Kluge - interviews between West German writer and film maker Alexander Kluge and the East German playwright Heiner Müller | Additional video content integrated into existing web delivery platform |
Goals of the Program
The grants program aims to support collaborative and creative use of resources through the creation of digital content of enduring value to the Cornell community and scholarship at large. The program, funded by the College of Arts of Sciences and coordinated by the Cornell University Library, was developed by the Arts & Sciences Visual Resources Advisory Group.
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