connecticut digital newspaper project presented by gail hurley connecticut state library
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Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project
Presented by Gail Hurley
Connecticut State Library
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Local ProjectsNewspapers of Connecticut pilot project
Statewide ProjectsNewspapers of Connecticut expandedConnecticut Digital Archive
National ProjectNational Digital Newspaper Project /
Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project
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Civil War era newspapersWill add NDNP contentLibraries in CT may add their digitized newspapersAll will go into the Connecticut Digital Archive
being developed by UConn for long-term preservation of the newspapers and other digital objects.
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Partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and the states
Searchable database of U.S. historic newspapers
Began in 2005
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New guidelines are outJanuary 15, 2015 deadline to apply2-year grant with subsequent grants possible100,000 pages1836-1922Foreign language newspapers included
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Number of newspapers 1,474 Number of pages 8,148,101Freely accessible and searchableNewspaper essaysLesson plans and topics
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Gail Hurley, Co-Director Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project, Connecticut State Library
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