NELA Newspapers Pilot Project

Preservation and Digitization of Northeast Los Angeles

Community Newspapers

Kate Dundondundon@oxy.edu

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Collaborators

The Collection

• Approximately 30 titles from 1906-2011

• 333 reels of microfilm• 99 bound volumes• 25 boxes + 1 filing cabinet of loose issues

Haynes Grant

• Proposal submitted in January 2013

• Awarded $35,000.00

Best Practices

• California Digital Newspaper Collection (UC Riverside)

• National Digital Newspaper Program (Library of Congress)

Major Tasks

• Inventory our holdings• Identify NELA publications• Evaluate for digitization• Digitize a representative sample• Document standards and procedures for

ongoing program

Project TimelineTASKS APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT

inventory

evaluate

identify

digitize

design

Achievements

• Project blog• Inventory almost complete• Identified representative sample• Established copyright research procedure• Begun condition survey• Exhibit at Oxy Library

Next Steps

• Digitize sample material• Upload content to CDNC• Complete condition survey• Update catalog records• Submit reports to Haynes and project

partners• Formulate fundraising approach

California Digital Newspaper Collection

cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc

Get Involved!

• Outreach & Fundraising• Help identify new or unknown titles

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Kate Dundondundon@oxy.edu