Saturday, 12th June 2010

NEH Provides $2.9 Million to Nine Institutions to Digitize U.S. Newspapers

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced on June 10, 2010, awards totaling $2.88 million to 9 institutions representing their states in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Three of these institutions, University of New Mexico, University of Tennessee and University of Vermont, are new to the program this year. Six other institutions - Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives and Public Records; University of Hawaii-Manoa; Ohio Historical Society; State Historical Society of Missouri; Pennsylvania State University; and Washington State Library have received continuing awards to contribute additional content to the program.

This funding will support the selection and digitization of historic American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922 by each participating state, according to NDNP guidelines. The Library of Congress (LC) will make these newspapers available to the public through the Chronicling America Website beginning in mid-2011. In all, 25 states have institutions participating in the program.

See Also: In April, 2010 ResourceShelf Posted that Chronicling America Had Passed the Two Million Digitized Pages Mark

Source: LC
Hat Tip: Pete W.

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