NVDNP Project Update: Feb 2018
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The NDNP project has digitized over 60,000 newspaper pages from 13 Nevada titles with a goal of 100,000 pages by August 2018. They are 60% completed and have uploaded nearly 40,000 pages to Chronicling America with another 20,000 pending upload. The project team includes 3 PIs, 2 full-time employees, and 2 external vendors. Outreach efforts include a project website and presentations to genealogy societies to spread awareness of the digitized newspapers.
NVDNP Project Update: Feb 2018
- 1. NDNP Accomplishments | Jan 2017 - Feb 2018 Goal 100,000 newspaper pages Timeline Jan 2017 - August 2018 Digitized pages 60,504 60% completed Feb 2018 Aug 2018Jan 2017 Digitized,uploaded ChroniclingAmerica 39,871 Digitized, pending upload 20,633 39,496 Tobedigitized Goal 13 newspaper titles Timeline Jan 2017 - August 2018 Elko Independent Group ● The Elko Independent ● Weekly Elko Independent ● Daily Independent ● Weekly Independent ● Elko Independent Gold Hill Group ● Gold Hill Daily News Eureka Sentinel Group ● Eureka Daily Sentinel ● Eureka Weekly Sentinel ● The Eureka Sentinel Goldfield News Group ● Goldfield News ● Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune Lyon County Times Group ● Lyon County Times ● Yerington Times DONE TO DO Project team and labor 3 Principle Investigators 2 Full-time employees 2 External vendors duplication preparation collation digitization quality review 102 1241201870 days days days days days Chronicling America | Historic American Newspapers Freely accessible Nevada newspapers at www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov ➢ 1 ➢ 2 ➢ 2 ➢ 2 ➢ 3 The Elko Independent | 1869-1872 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022043/ Weekly Elko Independent | 1872-1887 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091341/ Daily Independent | 1887-1915 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020355/ Weekly Independent | 1887-1914 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076366/ Elko Independent | 1915-1921 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076367/
- 2. NDNP | Spreading the word Outreach campaigns and events Project website Newly developed section | Nevada History ● Preserving the past ● Carson City, NV ● Elko, NV ● Eureka, NV ● Goldfield, NV ● Gold Hill, NV ● Pioche, NV ● Silver City, NV ● Tonopah, NV ● Yerington, NV Updated section | Newspapers ● First cycle ● Second cycle ○ Progress update ● Third cycle ● Interactive map ● Title changes www.nvdnp.wordpress.com Call for contributors Area ● History of Nevada boomtowns ● Boomtown photographs | 1860s - 1920s ● Eureka (history) ● Silver City (history & photos) ● Tonopah (history) ● Yerington (history & photos) ● Checking the accuracy of all cities’ Quick Facts section Past ● NDNP meeting | NSLA, Carson City, NV | Apr 2017 ● Open house Special Collections | UNLV Libraries | June 2017 ● Genealogy Fair | Paseo Verde Library, Henderson, NV | June 2017 ● Open house Research Week | UNLV Libraries | Oct 2017 ● Social media campaigns | Facebook, Twitter | Oct, Nov, Dec 2017, Jan 2018 Coming up ● NDNP presentation and Chronicling America demo, Clark County Genealogy Society | Paseo Verde Library, Henderson, NV | Mar 2018 ● NDNP presentation and Chronicling America demo, public library district librarians | Windmill Library, Las Vegas, NV | TBD Marina Georgieva Project Manager