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8 Washington Newspapers Added to Chronicling America!
Front page of the Colville Examiner December 18, 1909 On Friday, December 18, more than 42,000 historic newspaper pages from 8 Washington newspapers were contributed by the Washington State Library to...
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Digitizing Newspapers: Part III – Outsourcing
I got off a long conversation with our newspaper digitization vendor and thought I should do something cathartic … like continuing our running discussion of newspaper digitization. Washington’s...
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Washington Adds 50,000 Newspaper Pages to Chronicling America
The Washington State Library recently contributed another 50,000 historic newspaper pages from nine newspapers to Chronicling America, making Washington State’s contribution to the program a total of...
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State Library Contributes 23 Newspaper Titles to Chronicling America
The Washington State Library recently contributed another 23,000 historic newspaper pages from seven newspapers to Chronicling America, making Washington State’s contribution to the program a total of...
View ArticleWSL Updates for September 30, 2010
Volume 6, September 30, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) SDL NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEYS 2) WSL CONTRIBUTES 115,000 PAGES TO CHRONICLING AMERICA 3) FIRST TUESDAYS PRESENTS SUMMER...
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Tax the Unmarried, Pay for Social Security
Suggest Tax for All the Unmarried. Tacoma Times, September 30, 1910, Second Section, Page 9 From the pages of the Tacoma Times, Sept. 30, 1910. In September of 1910, officials from the Finance Ministry...
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Over 5.2 million pages strong… and counting
Interior of the Library of Congress From the futuristic desk of Shawn Schollmeyer. With 100,000 pages contributed each two year grant cycle from over 30 states and reaching for participation by all 50...
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Breaking News! New titles for Washington NDNP!
From the desk of Shawn Schollmeyer, NDNP Washington Coordinator This week the Library of Congress uploaded the next set of our long awaited newspaper titles for the National Digital Newspaper Program....
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Newspaper Discussion: Preservation and Access Issues
From the desk of NDNP Coordinator, Shawn Schollmeyer: In our NDNP Office located in the basement of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington we share this insight into the world of newspaper...
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An MLIS student reports on her experience working on the National Digital...
The Washington State Library participates in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Library of Congress. Shawn Schollmeyer, the NDNP...
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