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Show Utah Digital Newspapers Update MWDL Digitization Committee Meeting June 9, 2017 Jeremy Myntti UDN History ● 2001 - LSTA R&D grant for newspapers ○ 30,000 pages from Vernal Express, Grand Valley Times/Times Independent, Wasatch Wave ● 2002 - digitalnewspapers.org launched ● 2003 - Second LSTA grant ○ 100,000 pages ○ Matching funds from UALC and some public libraries ● 2003 - IMLS grant ○ 240,000 pages ○ Matching funds from BYU ● 2005, 2007, 2009 - 3 NDNP grants ● 2010 - UDN hits 1,000,000 pages New Content in Ancestry Agreement ● Park Record - 1985-2004 ● Orem Geneva Times - 1945-2009 ● The Newspaper - 1976-1983 ● Daily Herald - 1930-1950 ● American Fork Citizen - 1923-2009 ● Utah Daily Chronicle - 1963-1972 ● Vernal Express - 1984-2007 ● Hilltop Times - 1943-1998 ● Springville Herald - 1970-2009 ● Springville Independent - 1891-1923 ● Deseret Evening News - 1867-1920 ● Lehi Sun - 1922-1949 ● Pleasant Grove Review - 1989-2009 ● Times News - 1903-1963 Funding provided by DHA/LSTA, USHRAB, CLG, city/county governments, and private donors Recent UDN Milestones -- 2 million pages Springville Herald April 3, 1975 Page 20 Ingested on June 2, 2017 Recent UDN Milestones -- Park Record Nearly complete run of the Park Record July 23, 1881 - May 25, 2016 v. 2, no 25 - v. 136, no. 32 Born digital = 2004-2016 The Future of UDN • Tina Kirkham -- Digital Library Project Manager • Begins at the Marriott Library on July 3, 2017 • 3 million pages soon-ish • Currently at 2,026,599 pages and have 220k in the queue • 27 of 29 counties in Utah represented • Need content from Daggett and Wayne Counties • More born digital content • Newspapers in Hydra/Samvera • IMLS grant with Boston Public Library • Yuta nippō = ユタニッポ • Website redesign https://digitalnewspapers.org/ |
