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NEH Grant to Fund Digitization of Cervantes Project Collection

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, a division of the Texas A&M
University Libraries, is a partner in an NEH-funded grant to create a
hypertextual archive of the illustrations of the Don Quixote.  The
project draws on the Eduardo Urbina Cervantes Project Collection in the
Cushing Library, which contains over 500 hundred editions and many
additional volumes related to the Quixote, ranging from 1573 to the
present.  This project is led by Eduardo Urbina, Professor of Hispanic
Studies and Director of the Cervantes Project, Richard Furuta, Professor
of Computer Science and Director of the Center for the Study of Digital
Libraries, and Steven Escar Smith, Director of the Cushing Library.  The
$605,000 NEH grant will enable the digitization of thousands of
illustrations that have appeared in the Quixote since its first
publication in 1605 as well as the development of tools to help scholars
and students analyze these images. 

"This project is a great example of using digital technology to
promote and provide greater access to a rare book collection," says
Smith.   "In fact, the development of this electronic resource will in
effect create a new collection, one based in bytes instead of books,
that will enable the further study and appreciation of one of the
world's great works of literature."  

For more information about the Cervantes Project Collection, please
visit http://libraryasp.tamu.edu/cushing/onlinex/cervantes/ 


Christopher L. Morrow
Curator for Outreach
Cushing Memorial Library and Archives
Texas A&M University
5000 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-5000
Phone: (979) 845-1951
Fax: (979) 845-1441
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