Project Briefing: Spring 2006 Task Force Meeting

In-House Digitization:
The National Digital Newspaper Program at the 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)