Message-Id: <199805100031.RAA71986@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 17:23:37 -0700 From: Stuart Glogoff <mailto:sglogoff@BIRD.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU> Subject: two outstanding projects are new Clearinghouse entries To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Hello! There are two new entries in the Clearinghouse database that I wish to draw to your attention. Both are simply outstanding. (If you are new to IMAGELIB, check out the Clearinghouse of Image Databases at http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/clearinghouse/clearinghouse.html)First is from the Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library: "The Holsinger Studio Collection ." The entry is submitted by Edward Gaynor of the UVA Library with this descriptive information. Within the project is a good deal of detail on the project's technicalities.
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION: -Name: The Holsinger Studio Collection -Discipline: Photography -Date: 1997 -Material: glass-plate negatives -No. Images: 9000 -Collection Type: library -Access: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/holsinger/ -Institution: Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library -Purpose: Improve access to rare and fragile archival material
The second new entry is from Matt Bernstein, Cambridge University Library, and is "The Life of King Edward the Confessor." It is a medieval manuscript and you have the ability to zoom in great detail on parts of the manuscript.
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION: -Name: The Life of King Edward the Confessor -Discipline: medieval manuscript -Date: 1997 -Material: book -No. Images: 66 -Collection Type: archive -Access: Internet: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Ee.3.59/ -Institution: Cambridge University Library -Purpose: to preserve the manuscript from degradation by continual use by readers!
Regards, Stuart
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