NYU Abu Dhabi has acquired archival footage from Bars Media Documentary Film Studio, chronicling the struggles in the hotspots of the former Soviet Union. Bars Media (“Bars” means “simple” or “clear”), one of the first independent film companies in Armenia, specializes…
CNI fall 2014 Dispatch: It’s all about relationships
At CNI 2014, I decided to pick a topic and focus, rather than graze on all the various and…
Preparing for vendors
We do a lot of digitization of print materials in-house, but there are occasions when we engage the services of a vendor. Packaging the materials to be transported to the vendor is an important task, and one that involves people…
The 2nd Avenue Online Archive
2nd Avenue Online is a multimedia Yiddish theater digital archive established to preserve the history of the Yiddish stage of yesterday, and to bring together a new audience for its present and future. The project is named after Maurice Schwartz’s…
The Real Rosie the Riveter
World War II was a major turning point in the history of America’s working women. As millions of men entered the armed forces, the traditional division of labor between the sexes was swept aside as women were hired for “men’s…
Preserving Digital Public Television
In collaboration with WNET, WGBH and the Public Broadcasting Service, NYU participated in a project to establish the first procedures, structures and national standards necessary to preserve public television programs produced in digital formats. WNET and WGBH were the two largest producers of public television content in the United States. This work was sponsored by the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Information Infrastructure Preservation Program.
Mondays With Merce
Mondays With Merce was a series of webcasts from behind the scenes at the Merce Cunningham Dance Company studio, including Merce teaching advanced technique classes and conducting rehearsals. Episodes also featured interviews with Merce Cunningham and his associates, including current…
MODIYA
The MODIYA Project is an open source resource for exploring the interrelation of Jews, media, and religion as an area of research and teaching. Within this wide-ranging field, the MODIYA Project addresses such issues as: how uses of media figure in Jewish religious practices, how Jews discuss the opportunities and challenges new media pose to religious life, and how the engagement with media engenders new notions and experiences of Jewish community, continuity, and spirituality.
Indian Ocean Digital Collection
The Indian Ocean Digital Collection gathers together a diverse group of materials from the region. This site is a collaboration of several departments: site vision and content curation from Charlotte Priddle of Fales and Tim Johnson of Tamiment-Wagner, funding for digitization from NYU Abu Dhabi, and digitization and publication from DLTS. This site represents the first substantial library collection that focuses on the Indian Ocean as a whole. The site will offer a wide range of materials, including books, maps, postcards, illustrations, and sea charts.
Guantánamo: Stories From the Prison Outside the Law
Guantánamo: Stories From the Prison Outside the Law is a collection of the narratives of lawyers who represented detainees at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Center. Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States imprisoned more than seven…