Support for Digitization

While reading articles I ran across the name of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. This organization helps defer the enormous cost of digitizing entire collections by providing grants. As part of this digitization support program the IMLS has a registry of all the collections it's had a hand in creating. These collections are created mostly by universities but cover a broad range of topics and institutions. Wayne State University has created six such collections. Five of these collections deal with historic costumes from various local historical institutions. The other is an image collection of a local paper. These digital collections help to preserve the objects in the collections. They also offer access to the collection which may not otherwise be available.

Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov

IMLS Digital Collections Registry
http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/collections/