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This project was the work of many hands. Librarians and technical staff at Lehigh University who worked on the project are as follows ("Committee" refers to the group of persons who met to discuss planning aspects of the project):

Roseann Bowerman, Team Leader, Arts and Sciences; Social Sciences Librarian
Committee, metadata

Ilhan Citak, Special Collections Assistant
Committee, metadata, scanning

Steve Lichak, Senior Media Specialist
Map scanning

Tim McGeary, Senior Library Systems Specialist
Committee, project software implementation and documentation

Judy McNally, Team Leader, Library Technical Services
Committee, metadata

Phil Metzger, Curator of Special Collections
Committee, map digitization

Kathe Morrow, Humanities Librarian
Metadata

Eunice Rankin, Library Assistant
Scanning, photocopying

Christy Roysdon, Director of Library Collections and Systems
Committee, metadata

Sharon Siegler, Engineering Librarian
Metadata

Brian Simboli, Science Librarian
Project leader, Committee, metadata entry

Rob Weidman, Digital Library Technical Coordinator
Committee, Web design and development

Other project contributors:

  • The Pennsylvania Geological Survey provided permission to scan the two volumes.
  • David Anastasio and Frank Pazzaglia of Lehigh University's Earth and Environmental Sciences Department provided advice and information about aspects of the project.
  • Preservation Resources (Bethlehem, PA), a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., completed contract work to scan the maps.
  • Organizations that provided permissions to scan other materials are noted where the links to those materials appear.