Council on Library Resources
Commission on Preservation and Access
Digital Collections Inventory Report
Preliminary Results
By Patricia A. McClungFebruary 1996
Digital Image Access Project: Research Libraries Group
Nine RLG institutions participated in an 18 month project focused on use of new technology to improve access to and preservation of photographic images. The Amon Carter Museum, Columbia University, Duke University, the Getty Center for the History of and the Humanities, the Frances Loeb Library of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the New York Public Library, Northwestern University, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Library of Congress all contributed approximately 1000 images each to a digital image database in order to experiment with an online image management system and to find economical ways to catalog and index large photographic collections–as well as to make them more accessible using electronic technology. The project ended in April 1995, although subsequent efforts that build on this project are being planned. The images are not available via the Internet at this point.
Contact: Ricky Erway, bl.rle@rlg.stanford.edu, 415/691-2228.]
