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Andrew WeidnerProject Coordinator, New Mexico Historical NewspapersUniversity of North Texas Libraries: Digital Newspaper Unit

NDNP at UNT

National Digital Newspaper ProgramTwo year grant from NEH100,000 newspaper imagesPublished on Chronicling America

Background

National Digital Newspaper ProgramTwo year grant from NEH100,000 newspaper imagesPublished on Chronicling America

University of North TexasNDNP Texas (2007-13) – Portal to Texas HistoryNDNP Oklahoma (2009) – Oklahoma GatewayNDNP New Mexico (2010)

Background

Procure microfilm from vendor

Production

Procure microfilm from vendor Evaluate film

Gather metadataRecord anomalies

Production

Procure microfilm from vendor Evaluate film

Gather metadataRecord anomalies

Send film to digitization vendor

Production

Procure microfilm from vendor Evaluate film

Gather metadataRecord anomalies

Send film to digitization vendor Review data

Image qualityMetadata accuracy

Production

Procure microfilm from vendor Evaluate film

Gather metadataRecord anomalies

Send film to digitization vendor Review data

Image qualityMetadata accuracy

Submit data to Library of Congress

Production

{ {1. Batch (nmu_beaver)

2. Title (sn92061524)

NDNP Data

{ {3. Reel (00280773530)

4. Issue (1903010201)

NDNP Data

NDNP Data

NDNP Data

10,000 images per month

Workflow

10,000 images per month Collaboration

Vendor portal: metadata upload, project statusBasecamp: project tracking (free version available)Weebly: free CMS for project Web sites

Workflow

10,000 images per month Collaboration

Vendor portal: metadata upload, project statusBasecamp: project tracking (free version available)Weebly: free CMS for project Web sites

Software ToolsDigital Viewer & Validator (DVV): NDNP-specificNDNP_QR: custom AutoHotkey applicationACDSee, First Impression: free image viewersNotepad++, jEdit: free text editors

Workflow

{ {Vendor portal Basecamp

Collaboration

Collaboration

{NDNP_QROpen SourceData ReportsAutomated Quality Review

Software Tools

github.com/drewhop/AutoHotkey/wiki/NDNP_QR

{Reel ReportOpens front page imageDisplays recorded metadataCompiles data in text file

{DVVMaintained by LCData ValidationImage & Metadata Viewer

{DVVMaintained by LCData ValidationImage & Metadata Viewer

{Image QRNDNP_QR loop functionDVV image slideshowRecords notes in a text file

chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data untndnp.weebly.com newmexicodigitalnewspapers.weebly.co

m github.com/drewhop/AutoHotkey/wiki Andrew.Weidner@unt.edu

Thank You!