Message-Id: <199805082022.NAA42166@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 16:08:59 -0400 From: Linda Newman <mailto:newmanld@EMAIL.UC.EDU> Subject: Announcement: University of Cincinnati Digital Press To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
The University of Cincinnati is pleased to announce the inaugural publication of the University of Cincinnati Digital Press: George Catlin: The Printed Works, a two-volume CD-ROM.Established within the University Libraries, the Digital Press is devoted to the electronic publication of original documentation of the Transmississippi West for use in research and instruction. The objective of the Press is to produce publications incorporating high resolution images, databases, texts, and supporting documentation with an interface offering maximum opportunities for searching, examination, and analysis of the contents. Publications incorporating images of art, printed material, manuscripts, and artifacts will provide the means for comprehensive searching and detailed examination of a vast array of documentation from widely separated collections and sources.
George Catlin: The Printed Works is a research tool providing high resolution images individually catalogued in a searchable database. The images are linked to the complete texts and a map of the image sites. There is a comprehensive index linked to the texts and an extensive Catlin bibliography that includes links to World Wide Web sites.
For more information, see http://www.ucdp.uc.edu