pecha kucha talk on vtdnp, chronicling america, and historic newspapers

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Birdie MacLennan Tom McMurdo

Prudence Doherty from the UVM Libraries

VTDNP logo & banner by Heather Kennedy

Pecha Kucha Night Fleming Museum

September 15, 2011

Vermont Digital Newspaper Project, part of

NDNP - http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/

the National Digital Newspaper Program a partnership between the

Library of Congress & the National Endowment for the Humanities

A long-term effort to provide permanent access to a national digital resource of newspaper bibliographic information and historic newspapers, selected and digitized by NEH-funded institutions (awardees) from all U.S. states and territories.

Partners: Project Management Group & Statewide Advisory Committee

Digital newspapers freely available: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Project planning & Title selection: a team effort!

Title Selections – Phase I (2010-2012) 100,000 pages of Vermont newspapers

(1836-1922) …

Caledonian - Caledonia Co.

Windham County Democrat

Vermont Transcript - Franklin Co.

Vermont Phoenix - Windham Co.

Watchman / State Journal title family - Washington Co.

Middlebury Register - Addison Co.

Spirit of the Age – Windsor Co.

Bennington Banner

Globe - Rutland

… from Microfilm …

… to Digital …

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023255/issues/

Links in newspaper catalog records, too!

http://vtnp.uvm.edu/

Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ is where you find our newspapers

How to search: example with search term “Virginia” in the Free Press and limited to July-August 1861:

Pages appear with the search term “Virginia” highlighted:

Click through to the Aug. 9, 1861 issue:

Close up of an article about 1st Vermont Regiment:

Search, limited to Vermont:

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/Vermont

Click through to Vermont Farmer:

“An agricultural and family newspaper for the ruralists of the Green Mountain State.”

Increasing Circulation, Finding New Subscribers

Advertisements to Pay the Bills

Better Farmers, Better Farms

News—Local, State, Regional, National

The Women’s Department