Georgia National Digital Newspaper Program Cycle 4

FAIN: PJ-292986-23

University of Georgia (Athens, GA 30602-0001)
Sheila McAlister (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

Digitization of 100,000 pages of Georgia newspapers published prior to 1963, as part of the state’s continuing participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This phase would focus on papers published during the Jim Crow and early civil rights eras.

The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) requests $302,070 to select, digitize, and make available to the Library of Congress 100,000 pages of public domain Georgia newspapers from the Jim Crow Georgia and the Early Civil Rights periods, 1877 to 1963, as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). We also propose to continue our successful social media outreach featuring the DLG’s contributions to the NDNP. Also, staff at UGA’s DigiLab will develop a three-part webinar series on text mining the Chronicling America and Georgia Historic Newspaper (GHN) collections. As part of the DLG’s outreach to K-12 students, DLG staff will create a series of posters and a primary source set that features Chronicling America and GHN content. The posters and primary source set will align with the Georgia Standards of Excellence for Social Studies. The project builds upon the established expertise in the digitization of historical materials, including newspapers of the state of Georgia.

Media Coverage

Grants to help digitize millions of photos, newspapers: NEH supports UGA, GSU in two approaches to preserving history. (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bo Burnam
Publication: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Date: 9/6/2023
URL: https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/grants-help-digitize-millions-photos-newspapers/docview/2861138627/se-2?accountid=14537