CITY2000: a holistic approach to administering image resources

In June, 2001 the C1TY2000 Foundation donated 500,000 photographic negatives, over 500 audio- and videotapes, and office archives to the University of Illinois at Chicago. The collection represents an image time capsule of a major American city during the year of the millennium. Every class of individual, event of the year, and neighborhood was explored by 200 professional photographers and brought together in this unique archive. As part of its agreement in accepting the archive, the UIC Library committed to making the collection available at least until the year 3000. This paper discusses the steps UIC is taking to make this possible. KEYWORDS. CITY2000, Chicago, Insight [R], sub-zero storage, preservation, photographs, audiotapes, videotapes