nela newspapers pilot project preservation and digitization of northeast los angeles community...
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NELA Newspapers Pilot Project
Preservation and Digitization of Northeast Los Angeles
Community Newspapers
Kate [email protected]
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Collaborators
The Collection
• Approximately 30 titles from 1906-2011
• 333 reels of microfilm• 99 bound volumes• 25 boxes + 1 filing cabinet of loose issues
Haynes Grant
• Proposal submitted in January 2013
• Awarded $35,000.00
Best Practices
• California Digital Newspaper Collection (UC Riverside)
• National Digital Newspaper Program (Library of Congress)
Major Tasks
• Inventory our holdings• Identify NELA publications• Evaluate for digitization• Digitize a representative sample• Document standards and procedures for
ongoing program
Project TimelineTASKS APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT
inventory
evaluate
identify
digitize
design
Achievements
• Project blog• Inventory almost complete• Identified representative sample• Established copyright research procedure• Begun condition survey• Exhibit at Oxy Library
Next Steps
• Digitize sample material• Upload content to CDNC• Complete condition survey• Update catalog records• Submit reports to Haynes and project
partners• Formulate fundraising approach
California Digital Newspaper Collection
cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc
Get Involved!
• Outreach & Fundraising• Help identify new or unknown titles
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Kate [email protected]