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Examples of proposals that are within the scope of the grants program include:
Creating new digital collections that are based on resources regularly used in teaching or research, including lecture notes, slides, photographs, printed documents, and manuscripts.
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Digitizing collections that are already held by the Cornell University, which are instrumental in supporting learning, teaching, and research at Cornell (Final selection of materials will be subject to ability to clear copyright, if required.) View selected examples of sample collections.
Converting materials held by other cultural institutions that will support teaching and research at Cornell - especially combining dispersed resources to create new and enriched ones (Final selection of materials will be subject to ability to clear copyright, if required.).
For examples of projects within the context of the grants program, see the 2010 awards listed below.
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