Collins Library joins The Consortium on
Digital Resources for Teaching and Research,
sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC),
Artstor, and the Mellon Foundation
CIC and Artstor, with support from the Mellon Foundation, have launched an ambitious three year project to support the growth of digital collections in the liberal arts. The goals of The Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research are to improve teaching and learning, enhance faculty and student/faculty research, and streamline administrative capabilities through a uniform and cost-effective system. Teams from 42 liberal arts colleges will use the Artstor Shared Shelf platform to showcase unique hidden collections.
Puget Sound’s project: From Script to Stage: Documenting the Process of Performance and Production will showcase the interdisciplinary nature of the theatre arts by documenting the process of faculty directed campus productions through images of set, stage and costume design drawings and photographs, production photographs, playbills and posters. The images will be accessible through the Artstor Shared Shelf platform and available to the academic community. The Library currently hosts the senior art exhibitions on this platform and this pilot project is designed to evaluate the ongoing use of this digital platform. Lori Ricigliano is the project leader. Please contact Lori if you are intrigued by this project and would like to learn more: ricigliano@pugetsound.edu.
In addition to Puget Sound’s unique collections, the project brings together a diverse collection of resources including videos that document the Buddhist experience in this country, Lincoln memorabilia, as well as oral histories of immigrant populations. For more information on the project consult the CIC website:
http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Programs/Pages/Shared-Shelf.aspx
Additional information on the recent CIC/Artstor conference can be found at: https://artstor.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/writing-a-book-in-a-digital-age/
Jane A. Carlin | Library Director
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND
Collins Memorial Library
1500 N. Warner St. #1021
Tacoma, WA 98416-1021
T: 253.879.3118
pugetsound.edu/library
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