An Institute for Museum & Library Services grant request. Project
To Create and Expand Digital Databases for
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Semi-Annual Status/Activity Report IIIIn October 1998, the project participants were invited to participate in an invitational conference co-sponsored by IMLS, in coordination with the University of Missouri-Columbia, entitled "Web-Wise: A Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World". The conference was attended by nearly 200 developers of digital libraries, library and museum professionals, and policy makers. In October 1998, the project participants were invited to participate in an invitational conference co-sponsored by IMLS, in coordination with the University of Missouri-Columbia, entitled "Web-Wise: A Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World". The conference was attended by nearly 200 developers of digital libraries, library and museum professionals, and policy makers. An expanded article was produced from the presentation and published by the online journal FIRST MONDAY. FIRST MONDAY is one of the first peer-reviewed journals on the Internet, about the Internet. We have processed and mounted web usage statistics spanning from September 1999 through July 2000. Highlights of Activities: October 1999 - March 2000 October
1999 OCLC CORC metadata cataloging template/workform created for input of HWRD records. November
1999 Began planning to use additional award of $10,000 to produce a digital project sharing/learning workshop for Pacific island/Hawai'i/Guam and fund travel and events to be held at the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (PIALA) next meeting on Guam in November 2000 (see their February newsletter) Presentation has been scheduled on the PIALA program as: Pre-Conference Workshop 2, Sharing History: Digitizing a Micronesian Photograph Collection University of Guam, RFK Library, Monday-Tuesday, November 6-7, 2000. 8-10 participants from the islands of Majuro, Yap, Koror, Phonpei, Saipan (and perhaps Chuuk and Kosrae) are being identified and invited as of August 2000. November
1999 - March 2000 December
1999 Freeware TIFF Viewer for TTPI photographs and instructions for downloading made available on web page ../../digicoll/ttp/ttpi_tiff.html. January
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