Penn State Intercom......March 15, 2001

Grant funds digital
image delivery study

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $755,000 to University Libraries to support an extensive study of digital image delivery.

Leading the study, the Libraries will partner with other University units, including the Center for Education Technology Services, the Center for Quality and Planning, Library Computing Services and the School of Information Sciences and Technology. The Visual Image User Study will examine the use of digital pictures in the arts, environmental studies and the humanities. The project includes the development and testing of a prototype system for image delivery.

Phase one of the project will employ a variety of needs assessment methods and information retrieval studies to analyze current and future needs of teachers, learners, and archival managers. The second phase, based on results of phase one, will create the design and content of the prototype system.

Slated to begin in May, activities will continue for 26 months. A summary of the project is available on the Web at: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/vius/.

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