University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans)

The "Driskell Center Digitization Project," will preserve, reformat, digitize, and increase access to the center's 1,550-object art collection and 150 audio tapes, 90 visual reels, 1,500 photographs, and 3,500 slides, which are a selection of fragile, aging, and discolored objects from the David C. Driskell Papers archival collection. Creating digital files and adding them to the existing records, including a searchable online database, will ensure preservation of the collection records for future generations, increase resources, and enhance accessibility to these unique collections. Through this project, the center will create a professional development training opportunity in digitization procedures for its staff, students, and interns and will produce digitization management policies to sustain the knowledge at the center for future professionals.