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Goals of the Program


The annual 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.

 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.
  • 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.
The emphasis is on building a library of resources to support a range of scholarly activities in the College of Arts and Science and at Cornell in general rather than creating teaching applications or custom-designed web sites for a specific course. The digital collections created through this grants program will become a part of Cornell University Library's digital library.

The grant funding totals $50,000; individual project awards will be in the range of $5,000-$25,000 in the form of digital collection development services and systems provided by the Library, collaboration planning, and wages or summer stipends for research assistants. Collaborative projects that combine internal and external funding and other special programs are welcome.

For more information or an initial assessment of a project idea, please email dcaps@cornell.edu or call 255-1830.

Proposal Selection Criteria


The grant program is open to Cornell faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Library particularly encourages projects that:

  • Increase the availability, and consequently the use of a collection of demonstrated scholarly significance
  • Identify collections from the Cornell University that are important and should be accessed online by a large community
  • Demonstrate strong interest within the academic community for access to the collection
  • Contribute significantly to the existing digital collections such as the ones included in the Cornell University Library's digital library.
  • Support the College's subject strengths

Application Process


Express initial interest by January 31, 2011  by sending an email to dcaps@cornell.edu.  In a paragraph please include the following information - description of collection, document types (photographs, monographs, manuscripts, slides, etc.) and estimated collection size.  

Staff from the Library's Digital Consulting and Production Services (DCAPS) will contact and assist applicants with the full proposal application process - including copyright issues, budgets, technology options. Full proposals due by March 31, 2011.  

Download full proposal application (.doc)

The Proposal Review Committee, comprised of members of the Arts & Sciences Visual Resources Advisory Group, will evaluate proposals and make their recommendations.

Important Dates for 2011 Program


Stage                                                        Date

Express initial interest by                         January 31, 2011

Proposals due                                          March 31,  2011

Awards announcements                          May 2011

Planning & Implementation Begins         August 2011

2010 Awards


2010 Awards announced May 2010 and projects will begin shortly.  

FACULTY NAME

DEPARTMENT

PROPOSAL SUMMARY

PROJECT TYPE

Janice Kanemitsu

Dan McKee

Asian Studies

Asia Collections/CUL

Japanese Theater 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

Bronwen Bledsoe

Anthropology

South Asia Collection/CUL

Nepali Texts
25,000 disbound pages

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 

Contacts

For more information, please email dcaps@cornell.edu or call 255-1830.

DCAPS (Digital Consulting & Production Services)
175 Kroch Library
http://dcaps.library.cornell.edu

For general assistance with Visual Resources & Digital Support Services
http://images.library.cornell.edu
email vrhelp-l@cornell.edu

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