Abstract
This article offers a brief discussion of two projects-the creation of a set of digital images of Russian art and an exhibit of modern Russian children's books-developed in collaborative partnership between a Slavist and librarians at the University of Virginia. Both of these projects were designed to create shareable, flexible, and sustainable resources for research and educational use. The challenges and benefits of collaborative partnerships between scholars and librarians are discussed, and models for conceptualizing the relationships are also proposed.
This article is adapted from a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in November 2006.