August
2005. The
APIS project, currently
coordinated by the University
of Michigan, with Columbia
as the technology host,
completed its Phase IV in
June 2005. It also received
further funding from NEH
for an additional two-year
grant beginning July 2005
which will be supplemented
by additional external funding
sources.
As
part of Phase V, a new central
image repository will be built
and new zoomable, multiresolution
images generated and displayed.
A concrete strategy for long-term
digital archiving or images
and metadata will be planned;
implementation will proceed
as funds become available.
An APIS project coordinator
is funded to assist with planning,
editorial and adminstrative
activities.
Phase
IV: Expanded the number of
APIS contributors in the U.S.
and, for the first time, brought
in contributors from Europe:
the University of Oslo and
the Hermitage Museum in Saint
Petersburg. There was significant
new cataloging and imaging
from existing APIS partners.
A sustainability plan with
a formal APIS organizational
structure was developing and
partially implemented.
Phase
III: Brought two new papyrus
collections into APIS (U.
of Toronto and Washington
University). It also included
a complete rewrite of the
APIS search and retrieval
application and a migration
of the database to a new,
more current metadata platform
using Columbia's Master
Metadata File version
2.
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