Newspapers & Popularity
“I’m doing a happy dance. I was able to access the website today, and am
having fun reading these newspapers.”
Some Current Efforts• National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) from NEH and Library of
Congress Chronicling America – http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
• IIIF and newspapers –
– Interoperability format for image and textual layers
– Viewer (e.g. Mirador) - http://showcase.iiif.io/viewer/mirador2/chroniclingamerica.html
• International Coalition On Newspapers (ICON) – http://icon.crl.edu/
– Directory w/ issue level information about microfilm, digital and paper copies
• Dodging the Memory Hole – http://educopia.org/events/dmh
• Beyond NDNP – https://sites.google.com/site/digitalnewspaperspractices/
– Metadata and Technical Specification
– Copyright Best Practices
• More…
Title Level
The Indianapolis Globe from Chronicling America’s Newspaper Directory- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87056604/
Curated Titles / Collections
The Portal to Texas History - http://texashistory.unt.edu/
Hoosier State Chronicles https://newspapers.library.in.gov/
Oregon Daily Emerald Archives http://oregondigital.org/sets/daily-emerald/
Issue Level
Page Level
Chronicling America – http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Article Level
Utah Digital Newspapers http://digitalnewspapers.org/
California Digital Newspaper Collectionhttp://cdnc.ucr.edu/
Searching NewspapersWE CLAIM To be the Athletic Outfitters of Salem and why should we not do so? We outfit all basketball, football and baseball teams in the. surrounding country. There must be a reason. It is simply this: We have the complete stock of Sporting Goods in Salem. ARE YOU WITH US IN 1914 for Foot ball Supplies, Bicycles, Bicycle Repair ing, Guns, Ammunition, Fishing Tackle?
The Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 19??-current, November 01, 1914, Image 3
http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/2003238611/1914-11-01/ed-1/seq-3/
IIIF & Newspapers
http://showcase.iiif.io/viewer/mirador2/chroniclingamerica.html
Discussion
The Plymouth tribune (Plymouth, IN), October 29, 1908, Image 5 http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87056244/1908-10-29/ed-1/seq-5/
1. What does your newspaper
content look like? What level is
the description and format? Do
they have full text?
2. What functionality would you
like to see with newspapers in
DPLA?
3. What additional issues need to
be solved?