The
success of CIDC’s imaging activities to date has led to the development
of several new initiatives. Foremost
among these is “Projecting America.”
Projecting America is a major digital initiative supported by the
Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the College
of Architecture, Art, and Planning. The aim of this broad-based
collaboration is to provide the Cornell community with access to 10,000
digital images representing American visual and material culture of all
periods. The primary audience for the project is
comprised of faculty members in Colleges across the University who
regularly incorporate images into the classroom experience. The estimated
duration of the project is two years.
CIDC is providing advice on creating and cataloging the digital
resources, and will provide the shared technical infrastructure for the
project (utilizing resources acquired for the Museum project).