Eric Weig
Head, Digital Programs and Kentucky Virtual Library’s Kentuckiana Digital Library
University of Kentucky
J. Wendel Cox
Library Manager, NEH Digital Newspaper Project
University of Kentucky
This session describes the challenges and opportunities afforded by in-house newspaper digitization as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a twenty-year effort led by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities to create digital access to the nation’s historic newspapers. The University of Kentucky (UK) is the only one of six awardees in NDNP’s initial two-year test phase to undertake its own digital production. Our process will be outlined, including a description of a Java-based application framework licensed by the UK Libraries and intended specifically for digitization of newspapers from microfilm. Finally, the application of our process to other large-scale digitization projects will be considered.
Web Site:
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NDNP/
Handout (PDF)