IMLS PROJECT AT UCLA's CDLI/DLP

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (<http://cdli.ucla.edu/>), directed by Robert K. Englund, Professor of Assyriology at UCLA's Department of  Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, in cooperation with the University's Digital Library Program (<http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/digital.cfm>), has received funding in the amount of $249,326; from  the Institute for Museum and Library Services (<http://www.imls.gov/>) program "National Leadership Grants: Building Digital Resources" for a two-year project dedicated  to improving data management and archiving tools in Humanities research.

Project Title: "Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: Second Generation"
The UCLA University Library and UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures will create the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative: Second Generation (CDLI 2). The project will migrate 450,000 legacy archival and access images and metadata from CDLI to UCLA's Digital Library Content System, standardizing and upgrading the metadata to improve discovery and enable content archiving within the California Digital Library's Digital Preservation Repository. The project will add 7,000 digital artifacts with cuneiform inscriptions, including collections housed at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute and in Syrian national museums. This project will ensure the long-term preservation of text inscribed on endangered ancient cuneiform tablets.
(see <http://www.imls.gov/news/2007/092507_list.shtm>)

Principal Investigators:
Robert K. Englund (englund@ucla.edu)
Stephen Davison (sdavison@library.ucla.edu)


The Cuneiform Digital Library (pdf)