University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Preparing Our Past for the Future: Newspaper Preservation and Digitization at the University of Illinois

FitzSimmons, Anna; Nectoux, Tracy; Stuart, Mary; Sullivan, Amy; Yarasavage, Nathan

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newspaper_preservation_ILA2008_final.pdf

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Title
Preparing Our Past for the Future: Newspaper Preservation and Digitization at the University of Illinois
Author(s)
  • FitzSimmons, Anna
  • Nectoux, Tracy
  • Stuart, Mary
  • Sullivan, Amy
  • Yarasavage, Nathan
Issue Date
2008-09-25
Keyword(s)
  • Preservation
  • Digitization
  • Newspapers
  • Preservation of newspapers
  • Illinois history
Date of Ingest
2009-12-04T02:55:59Z
Abstract
The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP), based at the University of Illinois since 1996, has made significant contributions to the citizens of Illinois through its work in identifying, cataloguing, and microfilming Illinois newspapers. The University of Illinois has also been making considerable improvements to access and preservation of endangered Illinois newspapers by launching the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection (IDNC). The IDNC is a web-accessible repository containing keyword searchable historic Illinois newspapers digitized from the microfilm. Users can print, download, or e-mail individual articles all free of charge or subscription. It is envisioned that the IDNC will eventually contain digitized historical newspapers originating in towns and cities throughout the state of Illinois.
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image
Genre of Resource
Presentation / Lecture / Speech
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/14431
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Endowment for the Humanities

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