Photographs from a project to map the land cover of Massachusetts using aerial photography in the 1950s, spanning from 1951 to 1999, were acquired by Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) in 2008. Recognizing the research value of the photographs, SCUA began digitizing them three years ago to make them accessible to more people by adding them to Credo, SCUA’s online repository. Forrest Bowlick of the geosciences department was involved in the process from the beginning, and it was this connection with the Libraries that fueled his latest scholarly collaboration with Rebecca Seifried, Geospatial Information Librarian, and Camille Barchers, a professor of landscape architecture and regional planning. Read more...