Message-Id: <mailto:199410282045.PAA06128@library.wustl.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 1994 13:58:58 -4 From: mailto:iddingsd@CLPGH.ORG> Subject: CLP Shares NTIA Grant To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH RECEIVES NTIA FUNDS TO BUILD PHOTOGRAPHIC DATABASE AS PART OF LOCAL CONSORTIUM
October 27, 1994.....In collaboration with CommonKnowledge: Pittsburgh (CK:P), The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will be participating in a project to create a database of photographic images from the Library's Pennsylvania Department which will be available via the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) on the Internet.
CK:P is a joint project of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The group received $551,000 from the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to electronically link three Pittsburgh schools, the Hill House and The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the Internet. The database will also be available to library patrons through the computer terminals located in The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh as well as local municipal libraries as they become connected to the Allegheny County Library Electronic Information Network.
As part of the grant, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will receive Web server equipment, software, communications equipment, and a very high speed internet connection.
"The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is pleased to be a part of this consortium and have another opportunity to share its resources with the community. These electronic bridges among organizations continue to strengthen our community by making more information accessible to more people," said Robert B. Croneberger, Library Director.
An extensive collection of materials on the history of Pennsylvania, is located in the Pennsylvania Department, Main Library, Oakland. The Department also houses the Pittsburgh Photographic Library, a collection of over 57,000 negatives and prints offering a visual history of Pittsburgh. Through this grant-funded project, a portion of these visual images will be scanned and made available on the Internet by mid-1995. # # #
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