CyArk is a non-profit organisation with the mission of: digitally preserving cultural heritage sites through collecting, archiving and providing open access to data created by laser scanning, digital modeling, and other state-of-the-art technologies.

CyArk have worked on a large number of major world heritage sites including Babylon, Ancient Thebes, Angkor Wat, Pompeii, the Tower of Pisa, Tikal, Easter Island and Mt. Rushmore, to name few.

Originally trained as an archaeologist, Elizabeth has conducted fieldwork for CyArk all over the world.

Prior to joining CyArk, she founded the UC Berkeley/ CyArk Visualisation Lab and served as instructor for the UC Berkeley/ CyArk Internship Program.

Elizabeth currently directs all aspects of CyArk's digital preservation project work and development, as well as professional development, training and university outreach.

For more information regarding CyArk, the following documents will be helpful:

CyArk 500 Challenge - is a global effort to digitally preserve 500 important world heritage sites within the next five years

Archaeology Magazine - May/ June 2009 edition featuring articles about CyArk and its work

National Geographic - October 2010 issue features a three-page article about CyArk and its mission

Reporter 63, The Global Magazine of Leica Geosystems - an article by Elizabeth Lee on the documentation survey of the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial

The American Surveyor - 2010 edition featuring the article, "Digitizing the Legacy", by Elizabeth Lee

January 2011