Stanford Partnership with Revs Institute Yields Automobile Website
October 22, 2014
The article on Theneeds titled Revs Digital Library Now Available Online should have automobile enthusiasts excited. Stanford’s partnership with the Revs Institute for Automotive Research, Inc. began in 2011 and has recently launched a website that includes some 200,000 images of cars- providing an exhaustive resource of the history of the automobile and more. The article states,
“The overall collection at Revs currently includes nearly one million images and is constantly growing. New image collections will be added as they are received, digitized and processed, said Gabrielle Karampelas, the director of communications and development for Stanford University Libraries…
Launched in 2011, the Revs Program is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to the study of cars. Collier said that when his organization looked for a partner to develop a digital library site, they soon discovered that Stanford Libraries was the best choice.”
Stanford has done significant work in documenting, and this project shows they are not slouches when it came to organizing a snappy and yet classy website suitable to the automobile. Featured Galleries include Mercedes Silver Arrows, Racing Through Italy, and Ferrari Racing Cars of the 1950’s. You don’t have to be a mechanic to enjoy looking through these images that convey so much about the aesthetics and evolution of the car over time. Findability may be an issue, but hopefully Stanford will work out the kinks soon and everyone can enjoy the fruit of their partnership with Revs.
Chelsea Kerwin, October 22, 2014
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