CRRA Catholic Newspaper Program (CNP)

• Overview• Progress report and next steps• How will my institution use this resource or

add content?

Scope: North American Catholic newspapers1. Conduct an environmental scan to determine what

newspapers exist, where located, and extent of holdings and formats

2. Create a comprehensive, fully searchable Directory

3. Develop Repository

Develop an attractive resource to showcase the Directory

Summer 2012 Pilot project

• St. Michaels at Univ of Toronto identified Canadian titles• Notre Dame identified 800+ US titles mined from existing

sources, including:– U.S. Newspapers Program– Center for Research Libraries– Member holdings including:

• Georgetown Newspaper Volumes in Special Collections• Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC) holdings• Catholic Newspapers in Microform: A Directory of Works at Notre

Dame

Digitization– Pittsburgh Catholic, 1844-1900 (Duquesne)– Boston Pilot (Boston College)– The Catholic Standard & Times, 1866-1923

(Philadelphia Archdiocesan Historical Research Center (PAHRC), Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, Villanova University

– Targeted: Indiana diocesan newspapers (University of Notre Dame), Wisconsin diocesan papers (Marquette)

Next steps:• Merge Canadian and US holdings• Reconcile titles• Add titles from Wisconsin Historical Society• Migrate data to a relational database • Gather member data• Continue to mine existing sources• Conduct a survey of holdings in archives and libraries within

academic, diocesan, seminary and religious order institutions. • Continue to identify titles for digitization• Develop a user interface for the directory

CONTRIBUTING TO THE CNP: Content• Who can use the content?• How is my institution going to add content?• To what are we adding?• What data should we submit? How?

Directory Development (intellectual) • Add 200 titles from list provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society• Reconcile titles to support creation of master records in Directory• Support intellectual work in moving data into a relational database with the

goal of creating master records • Mine existing sources for titles not yet identified (Worldcat, Willging and

Hartzfeld’s Catholic Serials of the 19th century, Clarence Brigham’s Bibliography and History of American Newspapers)

• Develop tool to survey members for holdings, add member holdings to the Directory

• Conduct a survey of holdings in archives and libraries within academic, diocesan, seminary and religious order institutions (discover hidden collections - survey broadly for holdings not identified in existing sources)

• Directory Development (technical): Develop a searchable, browsable user interface (continuum of possibilities ranging from as simple as web browser in FileMaker to a platform such as Veridian or Readex)