Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project Presented by Gail Hurley Connecticut State Library
Dec 31, 2015
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
Stop by Booth 502 for more information