Vermont Newspapers to Go Digital (Media Coverage)
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 6/1/2010
Abstract: Grant award announcement and scope of project.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1103490049622.html
Libraries Receive Grant to Digitize Vermont’s Historic Newspapers (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Selene Colburn
Publication: University of Vermont Libraries website newsfeed
Date: 7/14/2010
Abstract: University of Vermont Libraries press release.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/news/?p=2215
UVM Libraries Receive National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to Digitize Vermont's Historic Newspapers (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Selene Colburn
Publication: University of Vermont Communications
Date: 7/15/2010
Abstract: University of Vermont press release.
URL: http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=16843
Vermont Digital Newspaper Project receives NEH grant (Media Coverage)
Publication: Burlington Free Press
Date: 7/16/2010
Abstract: Announcement of award on page 3B.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/BFP2010-07-16.pdf
Historic newspapers to go digital (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Bianca Slota
Publication: WCAX -Vermont channel
Date: 7/15/2010
Abstract: Article and related video about the VTDNP award, featuring NEH and Library of Congress partnership to develop Chronicling America.
URL: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12816414
Historic Vt. papers to be digitized (Media Coverage)
Publication: The Times Argus
Date: 7/19/2010
Abstract: Announcement of award, page A5.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/TimesArgus2010-07-19.pdf
Vermont Digital Newspaper Project Update & Sample Comic (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nancy Bercaw
Publication: In Circulation: UVM Libraries [eNewsletter]
Date: 7/24/2012
Abstract: This brief article in the UVM Libraries annual eNewsletter features an update on the VTDNP, and a brief chronicle of available Vermont newspaper content on Chronicling America, as well as an excerpt of the comic strip, "Mickie, the Printer's Devil."
URL: http://issuu.com/nancybercaw/docs/in_circulation_newsletter_spring_2012_july_24/1
New VTDNP display in the Bailey/Howe Library (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Tom McMurdo
Publication: Vermont Digital Newspaper Project blog
Date: 7/24/2012
Abstract: A brief article in the VTDNP blog about the exhibit in the UVM Libraries' main lobby, developed by Prudence Doherty. The exhibit re-purposes the poster-displays that had been used for the VTDNP exhibit at Vermont History Expo to feature information about the VTDNP and blow-ups of front pages from digitized titles. The display was assembled in July and continues into the fall semester in the central exhibit case where hundreds of students pass each day.
URL: http://vtdnp.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/new-vtdnp-display-in-the-baileyhowe-library/
On newspapers, history and the Reformer (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jerry Carbone
Publication: The Brattleboro Reformer
Date: 3/19/2013
Abstract: Jerry Carbone, Director of the Brooks Memorial Library, and member of the VTDNP Advisory Committee reflects, in the opinion piece, on the occasion of the Brattleboro Reformer's centennial anniversary, on historical newspaper preservation and access initiatives in Vermont and at the Library of Congress:
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/brattleboro_reformer_20130319_4.pdf
129K Historical VT Newspaper Pages Now Freely Available (Media Coverage)
Author(s): [Tom McMurdo]
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 4/1/2013
Abstract: This brief article offers a summary of Phase 1 (2010-2012) accomplishments and titles available on Chronicling America.
It also introduces VTDNP-Phase 2 Project Librarian, Erenst Anip.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs138/1102928001760/archive/1113074289951.html#fivestar2
From the Archives to Digitized: Historic Vermont Newspapers get new lease on life online (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: VTDigger.org
Date: 7/28/2011
Abstract: Journalist, Taylor Dobbs interviews Project Librarian, Tom McMurdo, shortly after Tom's July 20 VTDNP blog post announcing that the first batch of VTDNP digital newspaper content had been ingested into Chronicling America. Tom provides an overview of the VTDNP and the NDNP. Metadata Specialist, Michael Breiner, is featured in a photo.
URL: http://vtdigger.org/2011/07/28/from-the-archives-to-digitized-historic-vermont-newspapers-get-new-lease-on-life-online/
Library staff and faculty share research (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: University of Vermont Libraries website newsfeed
Date: 9/6/2011
Abstract: The UVM Libraries’ first Research Conference was held on August 2nd, 2011 in the Bailey/Howe Library. Library faculty and staff shared details of research initiatives ongoing within the libraries, through oral presentations and poster sessions. Prudence Doherty, Tom McMurdo, and Birdie MacLennan presented an overview of the VTDNP.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/news/?p=3428
Old Vermont Newspapers Enter Digital Age (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Tim Johnson
Publication: Burlington Free Press
Date: 9/8/2011
Abstract: Interview with Birdie MacLennan and Tom McMurdo, Burlington Free Press (Sept. 8, 2011): C1.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/BFP2011-09-08.pdf
Old Vt newspapers, first draft of history, go digital (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Keith Vance
Publication: The Times Argus
Date: 5/6/2012
Abstract: A general interest article about the project, including extracts from an interview with Tom McMurdo and notes about content found in Vermont newspapers on Chronicling America.
URL: http://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/TimesArgus2012-05-06.pdf
UVM Libraries Receive NEH Grant (Media Coverage)
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 8/1/2012
Abstract: The Vermont Department of Libraries announcement of NEH's award to the University of Vermont to embark on Phase 2 of the VTDNP.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1110736412672.html#LETTER.BLOCK11
Phase II of the VTDNP Approved! (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Nancy Bercaw
Publication: The Dean's List: News & Views from UVM Libraries Office of the Dean
Date: 7/30/2012
Abstract: UVM Libraries announcement about the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) award of $300,000 to the UVM Libraries to continue the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project, Phase II (2012-2014) as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program.
URL: http://librarydeanslist.blogspot.com/2012/07/phase-ii-of-vdnp-approved.html
Digitizing Vermont’s Historic Newspapers (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Lorraine Lanius
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 8/1/2010
Abstract: Synopsis of Vermont awardees attendance at the NDNP annual meeting in Washington, DC, including a meeting and photograph with Senator Patrick Leahy who invited us prior to the start of the NDNP meeting to his Senate office to discuss the project with him.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1103600189977.html#LETTER.BLOCK90
Ilsley helps preserve Vt. history (Media Coverage)
Author(s): John Flowers
Publication: Addison County Independent
Date: 9/16/2010
Abstract: Interview with Chris Kirby, adult services and technology librarian at the Ilsley Public Library and VTDNP co-investigator, featuring Ilsley's contributions to the project.
URL: http://www.addisonindependent.com/201009ilsley-helps-preserve-vt-history
Vermont to Begin Newspaper Digitization (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: History Connections: Vermont Historical Society News & Notes
Date: 9/1/2010
Abstract: VHS announcement of the NEH award appears in v. 5, no. 1 (Fall 2010) p. 4.
URL: http://vermonthistory.org/images/stories/documents/10vhsfall.pdf
Project Librarian for Digital Newspaper Project (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Lorraine Lanius
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 12/1/2010
Abstract: Announcement of Project Librarian, Tom McMurdo's appointment, background, and start date.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1104567947010.html#LETTER.BLOCK24
Digital Newspaper Project Now Has a Blog (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 3/1/2011
Abstract: Announcement of VTDNP blog presence.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1104825011145.html#LETTER.BLOCK9
The National Digital Newspaper Program (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Lorraine Lanius
Publication: Vermont Department of Libraries Newsletter
Date: 4/26/2011
Abstract: Synopsis of NDNP Program Coordinator, Deb Thomas' visit to Vermont and open forum presentation about the NDNP at the University of Vermont's Bailey/Howe Library.
URL: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs038/1102928001760/archive/1105066269918.html#LETTER.BLOCK92