Partners and Contributors
The Humanities Institute at Wake Forest University awarded the LBPA crucial funding from a Mellon Foundation Grant to support the initial phase of research, organization and digitization of Lynn Book’s artistic corpus, seen as a touchstone for emergent Digital Humanities research and scholarship at Wake Forest. The creation of a discoverable online database using Omeka, a web development software that serves as a national standard, was initiated by the Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communications (DISC) group in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest, assisted by contributors from Special Collections and Media Support there.
Additional support has also come from areas of Wake Forest University including four Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) grants awarded by the Dean’s Office of Academic Affairs. Both the Interdisciplinary Performance and the Liberal Arts Center (IPLACe) and the Interdisciplinary Arts Center (IAC) have supported research trips, screening salons and public events for the LBPA at different phases of production.
The LBPA has been supported by a team of student and alumnae partners who have made significant contributions:
Kaya Borlase (WFU ‘20) has played a crucial role in the public launch phase and continues as Digital Director
Jay Buchanan (WFU ’17), played a critical role in the early stages and served as Digital Director for the pilot phase
Julia Ough (WFU ’18) was an important contributor during the pilot phase
Chloe Williams (WFU ‘21) was an essential contributor in building out the data during the middle phase
Other support has come from the Joan M. Flasch Special Collections library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Hemispheric Institute for performance and politics, New York University.
Lynn Book Projects Archive online portal is supported by Wake Forest University and links to its sister site: lynnbook.com