Current & Future Fundraising Projects

Yearbook Digitization Project	Estimated Initial Cost: $10,000
The library currently houses The Martian, the ETBU yearbook, back to 1918. In order to both preserve these valuable materials and be able to more widely share them, a decision has been made to digitize this collection. The project would not only produce an electronic resource that could be viewed over the Internet it would also index the yearbooks, allowing users to search for particular names, buildings, and events - making it a valuable resource for genealogical research and family histories. It will also allow alumni who may no longer have their own copy to view the yearbooks from their particular era. The plan is to have most, if not all, of the collection digitized by the time of the university's centennial.

Newspaper Digitization Project	Estimated Initial Cost: Undetermined
The library currently houses back issues of The Compass, the ETBU student newspaper. The digitization project will both preserve the papers but will also index each issue, allowing users to search for names, events, and other information covered in these articles. This collection will be digitized as a followup to the Yearbook Digitization Project.

Electronic Collections	Estimated Costs: Varies depending on resource - see resources below for costs
Many electronic resources are now being offered as purchases as opposed to annual subscription costs. Although the initial outlay for these collections is very high they will ultimately be more cost-effective - once bought we only pay small access fees on an annual basis. In addition, with the purchase of perpetual rights to these collections the university will not risk losing access to these materials due to possible fiscal setbacks that could occur in our current economic climate. Specific resources on our "wish list" are listed below and links are provided for those who want more information on a particular collection. American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collections - Digital Access to what is the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1691 and 1877. More than 6,500 periodicals will be available, eclipsing all other online sources in this area. Five series of periodicals will be released, approximately one per year beginning in June 2009. Aquiring the entire collection at once will mean significant discounts to the entire cost of the collection. American Historical Periodicals Series 1: 1691-1820 American Historical Periodicals Series 2: 1821-1837 - forthcoming American Historical Periodicals Series 3: 1838-1852 - forthcoming American Historical Periodicals Series 4: 1853-1865 - forthcoming American Historical Periodicals Series 5: 1866-1877 - forthcoming ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 (13th Century to 1893) - titles from the 13th century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions with the majority of titles from the 19th century. Topics include doctrinal disputes, higher criticism, social movements, changing demographics, Judeo-Christian religions, non-western religions, and church life. - $15,000 perpetual access ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 2 (1894 to 1923) - forthcoming - $15,000 perpetual access Rotunda: New Digital Scholarship from the University of Virginia Press - a variety of primary source materials available through the University of Virginia E-Text Center. These resources can be purchased separately, but if two or more are purchased there is a 10% discount - if all are purchased within a set there is a 20% disount. Resources current include: American Founding Era The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution - $931 perpetual access The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition - $2,113 perpetual access The Adams Papers Digital Edition - $1,077 perpetual access The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition - $2,282 perpetual access The Dolley Madison Digital Edition - $295 perpetual access Founders Early Access - free access with purchase of one or more of the other collections Papers of James Madison - forthcoming Papers of Alexander Hamilton - forthcoming Papers of Andrew Jackson Digital Edition - forthcoming Papers of John Marshall Digital Edition - forthcoming Papers of John Jay Digital Edition - forthcoming 19th-Century Literature and Culture Emily Dickinson's Correspondences: a Born-Digital Textual Inquiry - $221 perpetual access "Clotel" by William Wells Brown: An Electronic Scholarly Edition - $520 perpetual access Herman Melville's "Typee": a Fluid Text Edition - $375 perpetual access The Letters of Matthew Arnold - $520 perpetual access The Letters of Christina Rossetti - $325 perpetual access Journal of Emily Shore: Revised and Expanded - $75 perpetual access