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Viewpoint: Waking up in a digital dawn: are we there yet?1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Elisa Lanzi
Elisa Lanzi*
Affiliation:
Art Department, Smith College, Bell Hall, Northampton MA 01063
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Abstract

A new state-of-the-art fine arts complex for our College will soon open and it includes an Imaging Center: a physical environment that will support activities related to the teaching and research use of images. A parallel building project is happening simultaneously: the development of digital content and tools to enable imaging across the campus. The bricks and mortar effort will soon result in a spectacular sunrise. As far as content and tools go, we’re still in the deepest dark before dawn, i.e. we’re not there yet. As one faculty member put it, ‘That’s nice, but now what I really need …’. These few words speak volumes about user expectations and the extraordinary effort it takes to meet them.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , 2002, pp. 3 - 6
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2002

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