The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the completion of
Phase I of its Digital Library Project. The Project, initiated in
1995, preserves significant Virginia archival and library
collections and extends access to these collections to anyone with
Internet access. The Project is available via the Library of
Virginia Home Page (http://leo.vsla.edu/lva/lva.html). Over 600,000
images were scanned, and 40 electronic finding aids were created to
access the images as well as other materials in the Library's
collection. The major components of Phase I are the Virginia
Colonial Records Project, the U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph
Collection, the collection of family Bible records, and the
Electronic Card Indexes Project (indexes to 36 separate archival
and library collections).
The Virginia Colonial Records Project was established in the 1950s
to survey and reconstitute Virginia's colonial documentary history
located in more than 100 British and European repositories. The
Library's bibliographic index contains references to more than
500,000 personal names and ship names found in 28,000 pages of
Survey Reports which describe the archival holdings located in the
various repositories. Links are provided from the index to the
digitized images of the Survey Reports.
The U.S. Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection consists of 3,500
black and white photographs taken during World War II at the
Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation. Signal Corps photographers and
port historians documented the enormous amount of activity which
took place at this major military center.
The scanned images of the photographs are linked to a database
that is keyword searchable by personal name, ship name, place name,
and other terms.
For more information about the Digital Library Project, contact
Elizabeth Roderick, Project Coordinator, The Library of Virginia,
email: eroderic@leo.vsla.edu phone: (804) 786-2975.
-- Elizabeth Roderick email (eroderic@leo.vsla.edu) Assistant Director, Library Development voice (804) 786-2975 and Networking Division fax (804) 225-4608 The Library of Virginia home (804) 231-1774 11th at Capitol Square Richmond, VA 23219***************************************************** http://leo.vsla.edu/lva/lva.html The LVA Digital Library Initiative *****************************************************