Project Bamboo is now in its first, 18-month phase of technology development. By Spring 2012 we will deliver three things. First, research environments for humanities scholars. Second, behind the scenes infrastructure allowing librarians and technologists to better support humanities scholarship across institutions. And third, a blueprint for the next phase of the Bamboo Technology Project, focusing on the evolution of shared applications for the curation and exploration of widely distributed content collections. Working concurrently with the Technology Project, there is an effort to build a community to ensure that Project Bamboo work is expanded and sustained over time.