A new website developed by
OSU Libraries highlights the architecture of the Pacific Northwest and offers a
wealth of photos and information about historically significant buildings in
Oregon. Buildingoregon.org
is a digital library that includes a collection of thousands of images of more
than 5,000 cultural and historic properties.
The website has certainly caught the attention of area news organizations, and Building Oregon has been featured in news stories in Portland's Oregonian newspaper, the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Eugene's Register-Guard newspaper, the Daily Journal of Commerce -- Oregon and KMTR-TV news.
OSU Libraries developed the
website that makes the University of Oregon’s Building Oregon: Architecture of
Oregon and the Pacific Northwest collection accessible to users on smart
phones and other mobile devices. Building Oregon uses a map-based interface to allow people to search for buildings by location and retrieve related images and information. Many photos in the
collection represent cultural heritage sites listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
“This grant project is a terrific example
of ongoing collaboration between Oregon State University and the University of
Oregon,” according to Faye A. Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University
Librarian and OSU Press Director. “It leverages our respective strengths within
each library to enhance access to important cultural content. Of course, I am
especially pleased with OSU’s development work on this project as we’ve created
an open technical framework for other cultural heritage entities such as
museums, archives and presses to use to reach wider audiences.”
The development of the Building Oregon
website was supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
through the Library Services Technology Act and administered by the Oregon
State Library. The open source code for this application is available via
GitHub.
See the Eugene Register-Guard news article at "OU, OSU join forces to produce Web app that brings Oregon history alive."