Title of proposal: Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project, 1840-45
Names of institutions involved in the cooperative proposal:
Participants:
Supported by:
Socio-Economic Objective Classification:
200200 Humanities
190500 Information, computer and communication
technologies
Field of Research classification:
120101 Literary Studies: Australian
120201 History: Australian
59999 Information, computer and communication technologies
Amount of Equipment and Facilities Grant sought: $A345,550
Indication of previous, current and future years support: This is a discrete project - funding only requested for 1996.
Institution: Contributions from participants in cash or kind (excluding academic salaries):
$A26,978 - University of Sydney Library
$A37,102 - State Library of
NSW
$A37,102 - National Library of Australia
$A15,228 - Monash
University Library
$A116,410
ARC funding: $A345,550
Other Commonwealth research schemes: -
Private sector: -
Other: -
TOTAL COST OF PROJECT - $A461,960
Five line summary:
This project will create a unique research infrastructure in Australian studies through the digital conversion of Australian serials and fiction of the seminal period 1840-45. It will ensure access to and preservation of this material by a process of microfilming, scanning and networking. The first project of its kind in Australia, it will introduce international best practice, act as a technical benchmark, and provide a new level of resource sharing.
Contact person:
Ross Coleman (Convenor, Project Steering Committee)
University of
Sydney Library
Telephone (02) 351 3352
E-mail: collm@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
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