Since 2007, the History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library at the University of Illinois has
been active in the development of unique digital newspaper content. Considered to be both
preservation and access initiatives, digital conversion and markup is outsourced to carefully
chosen vendors. Duplicate preservation files are stored in geographically distant storage
locations, and access files are served locally from University Library servers. Below is a
list of ongoing projects to date:
The Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection (IDNC) contains digital facsimiles of historic Illinois newspapers. You can browse the newspapers by date or search by keyword across articles, advertisements and photo captions. You can print, download, or e-mail individual articles. And it's free!
http://www.library.illinois.edu/dnc/idnc/The Farm, Field and Fireside collection contains digital facsimiles of historic agricultural newspapers published in Illinois and the Midwest. Currently the free repository provides access to four historical titles. Stay tuned for more content throughout the Summer of 2009.
http://www.library.illinois.edu/dnc/fff/The Collegiate Chronicle is a prototype student newspaper repository aggregating newspapers from colleges and universities across the USA. As funding becomes available, we will add more titles and coverage to this collection.
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Last modified by: Nathan Yarasavage on 5/20/09