Urban archive: collections management and engagement program, phase 4 [urban archive is requesting a level II digital humanities advancement grant to support the enhancement of our award-winning…

The Urban Archive, Inc. was awarded a $150,000 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities (CFDA 45.169) program. The grant will support Phase 4 of Urban Archive's Collections Management and Engagement Program (CMEP), which provides a location-based digital platform and collections management system for cultural organizations across New York State to expand access to their digitized historical collections. The funding will enable Urban Archive to enhance its award-winning digital infrastructure, consolidate partner collection files and metadata into a unified dashboard, and further develop the CMEP as a hub for collaborative digital humanities initiatives. This project aims to dramatically increase the reach and engagement of digitized historical materials held by cultural institutions in the region.

Urban archive: collections management and engagement program, phase 4 [urban archive is requesting a level II digital humanities advancement grant to support the enhancement of our award-winning digital infrastructure, which provides a diverse network of cultural organizations across new york state (and beyond) with a location-based digital platform and collections-management system that dramatically expands the reach of their digitized collections of historical materials. Our specific project is to implement phase 4 of the collections management and engagement program (CMEP), which is the hub of all partner activity on urban archive, consolidating all of our partners? Collection files, metadata, and tools into a unified dashboard.]