4 Cornell Digitization Projects Win Grants

Four digitization projects at Cornell University have won grants worth around $5,000 each from Cornell's Grants Program for Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences.

Now in its seventh year, the digitization grants program was developed "to support collaborative and creative use of resources through the creation of digital content of enduring value to the Cornell community and scholarship at large," according to information on the program's site. The program is funded by the university's College of Arts and Sciences and is coordinated by the Cornell University Library.

Projects that received grants this year include:

Digitization projects funded through the grants program become part of Cornell's digital library and support academic and research activities across the university.

Details about all of the projects that have received grants through the program can be found on Cornell University Library's site.

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