Brooklyn Visual Heritage

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Brooklyn Visual Heritage is an online digital history website resource produced by Project CHART, presenting historical 19th and 20th century photographs of Brooklyn, New York City, held by several cultural institutions.{{cite web| url=http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/50974 | first=Tula | last=Giannini | authorlink=Tula Giannini | title=Visualizing Brooklyn: the Brooklyn Visual Heritage Website | work=Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2013) | series=Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)] | publisher=British Computer Society | location=London, UK | date=29–31 July 2013 }}{{cite web | url=http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/the-brooklyn-visual-heritage-website/ | first1=Tula | last1=Giannini | authorlink1=Tula Giannini | first2=Jonathan P. | last2=Bowen | authorlink2=Jonathan Bowen | title=The Brooklyn Visual Heritage Website: Brooklyn's Museums and Libraries Collaborate for Project CHART | work=MW2014: Museums and the Web 2014 | publisher=Museums and the Web | location=Baltimore, MD, USA | date=April 2–5, 2014 | access-date=2014-04-13 | archive-date=2020-09-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929204946/https://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/paper/the-brooklyn-visual-heritage-website/ | url-status=dead }}

Project CHART was a collaboration between the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science (SILS), Brooklyn Historical Society,{{cite web| url=http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/2013/03/06/11713-photos-of-the-week-brooklyn-visual-heritage-has-launched/ | title=11,713 Photos of the Week: Brooklyn Visual Heritage has Launched! | publisher=Brooklyn Historical Society | date=March 6, 2013 | accessdate=13 April 2014}} Brooklyn Public Library,{{cite web| url=http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=9323 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621212249/http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=9323 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=June 21, 2013 | title=Brooklyn Visual Heritage | publisher=Brooklyn Public Library | date=March 5, 2013 | accessdate=13 April 2014}} and Brooklyn Museum.{{cite web| url=http://brooklynhistory.org/blog/2013/03/06/11713-photos-of-the-week-brooklyn-visual-heritage-has-launched/ | title=Featuring: Brooklyn Visual Heritage by Project CHART | first=Laura | last=Damon-Moore | publisher=The Library as an Incubator Project | date=March 13, 2013 | accessdate=13 April 2014}} The three-year project was funded by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through a grant submitted by Tula Giannini{{cite web| url=https://www.pratt.edu/news/view/pratt_school_of_information_and_library_science_awarded_971407_grant | title=Pratt School of Information and Library Science Award $971,407 Grant | work=News | publisher=Pratt Institute | date=2010 | accessdate=19 October 2020 }} and the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.{{cite web | url=http://metro.org/events/346/ | title=Behind the Scenes: The Brooklyn Visual Heritage Project | publisher=Metropolitan New York Library Council | location=USA | date=May 8, 2013 | accessdate=13 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414130235/http://metro.org/events/346/ | archive-date=14 April 2014 | url-status=dead }} It made use of Pratt Institute SILS masters students.{{cite web| url=https://www.pratt.edu/news/view/news12_brooklyn_to_feature_the_work_of_library_and_information_science_stud | title=News12 Brooklyn Features the Work of Library and Information Science Students | work=News | publisher=Pratt Institute | date=2012 | accessdate=19 October 2020 }} The website was launched publicly in 2013.