Talks about the finer details of the National Digital Newspaper Program grant. Part of a joint session with the Connecticut Digital Newspaper Project at NELA 2014 Annual Conference presentation on October 20, 2014 in Boxborough, MA.

1. Vermont Digital Newspaper Project
Presented by Erenst Anip
University of Vermont Libraries

2.  Part of the
National Digital
Newspaper Program
 Digitizing historic
Vermont newspapers
between 1836-1922
Vermont Content Online:
• 59 Vermont titles,
including 2 foreign titles
• 260,000 pages

3.  Started in Aug. 2008
 Finished Aug. 2014
 Pioneered social
media outreach
Hawaii Content Online:
• 23 Vermont titles,
• 300,000 pages

5. • Advise on title
selection
• Provide outreach
connections
• Meet once a year

7. The search for a digitization vendor
OR produce in-house
• Goal: 10,000 pages per months
• NDNP tech spec & timeline
• Some of the vendors:

10. CATALOG UPDATE
TITLE ESSAY @ 500 WORDS
DUPLICATE
MICROFILM
REELS
100,000 PAGES
DIGITIZED

14.  Important National
Events, People,
Inventions, Cultural
Trends
 Includes:
 Important Dates
 Suggested Search
Terms
 Sample Articles
 Develop state-specific
topics
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/

15. Contact us:
library.uvm.edu/vtnp
Erenst Anip, Project Librarian
eanip@uvm.edu - 802-656-
0819