CDNC and Local Partnerships Brian Geiger, Director IFLA 2016 News Media
CDNC and Local PartnershipsBrian Geiger, DirectorIFLA 2016 News Media
cdnc.ucr.edu
CDNCOverview
WhoWeAre
CenterforBibliographicalStudiesandResearch
BrianGeigerDirector
ChristineStraittNewspaperCataloger
LuisBaqueraITAdministrator
JayYasulAdminAssistant
GingerSchillingDataAnalyst
CDNCOverview
Partnerships
2005-11,15-17:NationalDigitalNewspaperProgram§ ProjectoftheLibraryofCongressandNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities§ ParticipatingstatessendcontenttoLC§ CDNCproduced300,000pages,availableatCDNCandChroniclingAmerica§ Currentlydigitizing100,000pagesofforeign-language&Gold-Rush-Eratitles§ Page-levelinChronAm,Article-levelinCDNC
Partnerships
§ ≈1,000,000pages§ ≈3,000,000embargoedpages§ 1846-present§ Allcontentfreelyavailable§ Embargoedcontentsearchablebutnotviewable§ Growing,contemporarynewspaperPDFarchive
Partnerships
2007-present:LSTA/CSL§ LibraryServicesandTechnologyAct(LSTA)grants§ LSTAadministeredbytheCaliforniaStateLibrarian§ 2007-2014digitizedroughly50,000pages/year§ Producedover350,000pagesbefore2014
Partnerships
CaliforniaStateLibrary/LSTA:5-YearPlan
Partnerships
2008-present:LocalInstitutions§ Producedover400,000pages§ Partneringinstitutionsinclude
§ SausalitoPublicLibrary§ CoronadoPublicLibrary§ SantaMonicaCommunityCollege§ PalmSpringsPublicLibrary§ TehamaPublicLibrary§ OccidentalCollege§ HealdsburgMuseum&HistoricalSociety§ SanBernardinoCountyHistoricalArchives§ PortofLosAngeles§ Barbro Osher ProSuecia Foundation§ MaderaPublicLibrary§ WoodsideHighSchool§ LosMedanos CommunityCollege
Partnerships
Partnerships
Partnerships
Partnerships
Partnerships
Ancestry.com/newspapers.comOverview§ Ancestrydigitizesfilmattheircost§ AdheretoCDNCdigitizationstandards§ ProvidecopiesofalldatatoCDNC§ Availableimmediatelyatnewspapers.comforafee§ After3-yearembargoavailableforfreetoeveryoneatCDNC§ Byend2015embargoeddatasearchablebutnotviewableinCDNC§ Interestedprimarilyinlongruns,late19th toearly21st century§ TodatehavedigitizedSanBernardinoSun,SantaCruzSentinel,&OaklandTribune
LocalInstitution§ Clearscopyrightbyresearchingorworkingwithcopyrightholder§ Getsfreeaccesstotitlesatnewspapers.comduringembargoperiod
Partnerships
Partnerships
LocalInstitutions
OutreachEffortshavebeennumerous,opportunistic,evolving
Examples:• Webinars:https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=449• Institutionalvisits• LocalLibrariesDirectorsmeeting• CaliforniaLibraryAssociationAnnualMeeting• Referrals:
• CaliforniaStateLibrary• Otherlocalinstitutions• Newspapers.com
• CDNCVisibility• Googlesearches
LocalInstitutions
We’vegotsomeoldnewspapers/microfilm….
LocalInstitutions
StandardsWhattoscan:1. Masternegativefilm:bestquality,lowprice2. Localpositivefilm:oftenpoorquality,lowprice3. Newsprint:greatquality,expensive
LibraryofCongress/NDNPSpecification:• Tiffimages• METS/ALTOXML• Article- orpage-leveldata
LocalInstitutionsRelatedProjects:CaliforniaNewspaperProject(CNP)
cnp.ucr.edu
RelatedProjects:CaliforniaNewspaperMicrofilmArchive(CNMA)
LocalInstitutions
cnma.ucr.edu
LocalInstitutions
HardWork:CopyrightCopyrightHolderRelease CopyrightRenewalResearch
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/site/USNewspapersandCopyright.html
LocalInstitutions
HardWork:Cost
Digitizingtostandardsisoftenexpensive:• Article-level:$0.06/pagescanning+$0.34/pageprocessing=$0.40/page• Page-level:$0.06/pagescanning+$0.15/pageprocessing=$0.21/page
MendocinoBeacon:1877to2005=109reelsAssumeaverageof800pagesperreel800x109=87,200pagesArticle-level:87,200x$0.40=$34,880Page-level:87,200x$.021=$18,312
LocalInstitutions
HardWork:Low-CostAlternatives
MendocinoBeacon:• Digireel =$15/reel+annualhostingfee• 109reelsx$15/reel=$1,635+annualfee
LocalInstitutions
HardWork:CostThePitch
StandardsRational:• Datauseableacrossplatformsandintothefuture• Preservation-qualityTIFFimages• Newspapersavailabletoeveryone,notlimitedbyIPaddress• Best-qualityOCR• Receivecopiesofalldata• Chargedourcostsandreceivecopiesofinvoices• Noannualhostingfee
OvercomingStickerShock:• Checkwhethertheirtitlesarepartof5-YearPlan• ConsiderAncestry.comoption• Digitizeinmanageablechunks,ratherthanallatonce
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TustinHistoricalSociety
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TustinNews:1922-2000
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TustinNewsProjectedCosts
44,750estimatedpagesofnewsprint• Scanning@$0.50/page=$22,375• Processingpage-level@$0.21/page=$9,398• Total=$31,772• Conclusion:TooExpensive
Option:Newspapers.com• Substantiallylessexpensiveperpagenewsprintcosts• FollowNDNPpage-levelstandards• Insuredshipping• Accessthroughnewspapers.comduring3-yearembargoperiod• DatadeliveredtoCDNCimmediately
LocalInstitutions:Examples
LocalInstitutions:Examples
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TustinNewsintheCDNC
LocalInstitutions:Examples
Searching“Hoover”inTustinNews
LocalInstitutions:Examples
CoronadoPublicLibrary
LocalInstitutions:Examples
LocalInstitutions:Examples
vimeo.com/174215311
LocalInstitutions:Examples
SausalitoPublicLibrary
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TitleInformationPage
LocalInstitutions:Examples
TitleWikipediaPage
LocalInstitutions:Examples
ThankYou!BrianGeiger,[email protected]