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distribute digitized images from the slide collection. The New Orleans Virtual
Archive features original images from the collection and will be universally
accessible. The Tulane School of Architecture Image Library will contain
everything else (images from around the world and from various sources);
access will be restricted to members of the Tulane University community.
Approximately 4000 original slides of New Orleans have been scanned and will
form the core of the New Orleans Virtual Archive (NOVA), a digital collection of
images of the city and plans for renewal. The NOVA is in part the second effort
to organize and universally distribute via the internet the TSA’s images of New
Orleans. The nucleus of the NOVA website merges these images, previously
online as the New Orleans Architecture Database, with Insight®, a powerful
and sophisticated digital asset management system. In addition, the NOVA
website will include digital photos documenting the aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina, as well as plans for rebuilding the city generated by faculty and
students through TSA’s URBANbuild, CITYbuild and GREENbuild projects.
While an increased focus on digital media has halted the growth of the slide
collection in general, 35 mm slide holdings of regional architecture continue to
expand. Recently several local architecture firms have donated their slide
archives to the School of Architecture. Eventually, these new acquisitions will
be digitized as part of the NOVA.
The images and information contained on the NOVA site will be accessible to
the public, amplifying Tulane University’s commitment to community outreach.
However, while the site is under construction, access is restricted. We
anticipate opening the site to the public by January 2008. In the meantime,
reviewers may access the site under construction.
HYPERLINK "http://luna.ts.tulane.edu:8081/BrowserInsight/BrowserInsight?
cmd=login" http://luna.ts.tulane.edu:8081/BrowserInsight/BrowserInsight?cmd=login
Login is tsa and the password is tsa. The NOVA project is funded in part by a
$25,000 grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine
Arts.
The Tulane School of Architecture Image Library (TSAIL) has also been
created in Insight®, currently accessible through the same login and
password as NOVA. The TSAIL will support faculty and student research and
classroom presentations. It currently is populated with aerial views and maps
of Rome to assist the new study abroad program. As the Luna license is
institutional, several collateral collections are being developed across campus.
The Newcomb Art Department has created an online collection of over 15,000
images; 1700 of which represent architecture. The Middle American Research
Institute has initiated a digital collection of nineteenth century lantern slides of
artifacts and architecture of the Americas. In addition, the Tulane Howard-Tilton
Memorial Library maintains institutional subscriptions to ARTStor, an online
database of over 250,000 images of art and architecture, and Digital Sanborn
Maps (1867-1970).
The VR Library also contains a series of films and videos which document
lectures and symposia held at the School of Architecture. In the Fall of 2007,
we will begin digital sound recordings of lectures and special events.
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