•In summer 2003 a "Phase 1" prototype was developed to
test functionality and
look and feel.
•The prototype included:
–Electronic texts from the Library's Special Collections:
•Two editions of the Lewis and Clark Journals.
•Illustrated volumes on Westward Exploration.
•Over 100 volumes from the Early American Fiction project.
–Art, Architecture, and Cultural Documentation Images:
•Regional Virginia architecture.
•Architecture and landscape architecture in Barcelona.
•National Museum of American Art Catlin American Indian
paintings.
•A selection of ethnographic and archeological objects from
UCLA's Fowler Museum.