The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University was established by Roy Rosenzweig in 1994 to research and use digital media and information technology in historical research, education, digital tools and resources, digital preservation, and outreach.
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Center for History and New Media organized the September 11 Digital Archive, in partnership with the Library of Congress, the City...
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The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University was established by Roy Rosenzweig in 1994 to research and use digital media and information technology in historical research, education, digital tools and resources, digital preservation, and outreach.
Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Center for History and New Media organized the September 11 Digital Archive, in partnership with the Library of Congress, the City University of New York, and with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. With the September 11 Digital Archive, CHNM utilized electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the past, with a digital repository of material including more than 150,000 first-hand accounts, emails, images, and other digital materials. This project has inspired a new project, the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, which is collecting the stories and digital artifacts related to the Hurricane Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. CHNM continues to explore methods, tools,...
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