Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Presented by Gail Hurley Connecticut State Library.

Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project

Presented by Gail Hurley

Connecticut State Library

Local ProjectsNewspapers of Connecticut pilot project

Statewide ProjectsNewspapers of Connecticut expandedConnecticut Digital Archive

National ProjectNational Digital Newspaper Project /

Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project

Civil War era newspapersWill add NDNP contentLibraries in CT may add their digitized newspapersAll will go into the Connecticut Digital Archive

being developed by UConn for long-term preservation of the newspapers and other digital objects.

Partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and the states

Searchable database of U.S. historic newspapers

Began in 2005

New guidelines are outJanuary 15, 2015 deadline to apply2-year grant with subsequent grants possible100,000 pages1836-1922Foreign language newspapers included

Number of newspapers 1,474 Number of pages 8,148,101Freely accessible and searchableNewspaper essaysLesson plans and topics

Gail Hurley, Co-Director Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project, Connecticut State Library

Gail.Hurley@ct.gov860-704-2222

Stop by Booth 502 for more information