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Global Memory Net

Submitted by james on 05/25/2009
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A global digital library of cultural, historical, and heritage image collections
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http://www.memorynet.org

Global Memory Net is taking one of the largest steps in modern history to catalog, index and precisely store the worlds most important cultural heritage images and information. The project is encouraging global access to cross-cultural information to encourage a more meaningful form of international learning. Intended to be a model for all heritage image collections. The project is directed by Prof. Ching-chih Chen of Simmons College, Boston and supported by the NSF/International Digital Library Program (IDLP).

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Directed by Prof. Ching-chih Chen of Simmons College, Boston and supported by the NSF/International Digital Library Program (IDLP), Global Memory Net (GMNet) is intended to be a model global digital library of cultural, historical, and heritage image collections. Much of these unique collections of great value to education and research are not currently accessible due to distance, form, and technical barriers. This project is to find new ways to enable users to access and exploit these significant collections via global network. Each collaborator of this complimentary and synergetic group possesses experience, knowledge, expertise, and capability in different but related research area(s). Each contributes either part of its superb culture and heritage collection, or cutting-edge techniques to facilitate the image retrieval.

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Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
http://www.memorynet.org

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