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Project name: Digital Objects In The Classroom: Virtual Material Culture Collections At Liberal Arts Institutions
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Summary: This proposal is for a conference at Vassar College to assist liberal arts institutions in the creation of digital access to material culture collections. This conference will bring together faculty collectors, technologists, librarians, and media specialists.
Key audience: Technologists, media technicians, and librarians at liberal arts campuses charged with providing guidance in the digitization of material collections.
Intended outcomes: By digitizing material culture collections owned by faculty who use them in their teaching, access can increase tremendously, perhaps even to a global audience. Also, the utility of such digital collections have the potential to live on long beyond the life span of the collector. Having knowledgeable technologists, media technicians, and librarians on campus that can provide immediate guidance and leadership in undertaking the digitization of such collections will prove to be the greatest impact of this event. In addition, the community of practice that grows out of this event will serve those campuses that are unable to send participants to this event.
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