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Opening the Cultural Corridor: Japanese Art in the San Joaquin Valley

Opening the Cultural Corridor: Japanese Art in the San Joaquin Valley. A collaborative digitization project between the University of California, Merced Library and the Ruth & Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

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Opening the Cultural Corridor: Japanese Art in the San Joaquin Valley

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  1. Opening the Cultural Corridor: Japanese Art in the San Joaquin Valley A collaborative digitization project between the University of California, Merced Library and the Ruth & Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art Funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services

  2. Lee Institute Collection • Among the top 15 collections of Japanese art in the US • Largest research collection of Nanga art in the west • 402 paintings • 583+ books • 12,938 seal photos • 27,945 slides • Nestled amid 110 acres of walnut trees in California’s Central Valley

  3. Project Goals • Digitize 454 hanging scrolls, 46 folding screens over 3 years • Provide online access to users worldwide via Online Archive of California (OAC) • Implement Museum and Online Archive of California (MOAC) protocols • METS, EAD, MARC • Pilot model for digitization of other research collections in the San Joaquin Valley • Owner retains physical ownership of assets • Library organizes and integrates digital assets

  4. Year 1 Objectives • Hire project manager • Acquire digitization equipment • Digitize extant photographs • Create digital images for approximately 100 items • Process images, prepare metadata, and transmit data to OAC

  5. Progress to Date • Project Manager • Emily Lin (Digital Assets Librarian) • Started work July 03

  6. Emily Lin at campus site

  7. Progress to Date • Purchased state-of-the-art digital scan back & viewfinder camera equipment • Exceeded Y1 photography goals • Approximately 200 images taken to date

  8. Digitization in Progress

  9. Challenges and Opportunities • Collection records • Impelling/enabling consistency, completeness • Metadata creation • Developing an encoding tool for METS • Presentation & viewing tools for users • Promoting discovery and learning as an ultimate outcome

  10. Further Goals • Continue exceeding digitization goals • Move on to seals, slides, and other objects • Seek avenues for collaboration • Educational & scholarly use of digitized collection • Integrate with OPAC • Create flexible and useful delivery options

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