Resources

Newspaper Collections

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Newspaper Microfilm Collection

Chicago History Museum

Statewide Illinois Library Catalog

 

Newspaper Digitization

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections (University of Illinois Library)

National Digital Newspaper Program

Chronicling America

International Coalition on Newspapers (list of newspaper digitization projects worldwide)

Resources

Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois

Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET)

RootsWeb

 

Preservation Microfilming Vendors

Heritage Archives

Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)

Northern Micrographics

Backstage Library Works

 

Preservation Microfilming Resources

Preserving Newspapers (Library of Congress)

Microfilm and Microfiche (NEDCC)

Preservation microfilming: a guide for librarians and archivists

RLG preservation microfilming handbook

 

Sponsors

National Endowment for the Humanities

Library of Congress

 

Partners

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Chicago History Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

 

INP Publicity

Illinois Newspapers: Preparing Our Past for the Future: Presentation at the annual conference of the Reaching Forward South Conference for Library Staff, Springfield, IL. (October 3, 2008)

Preparing Our Past for the Future: Newspaper Preservation and Digitization at the University of Illinois: Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Illinois Library Association, Chicago, IL. (September 25, 2008)

INP Informational Flyer [PDF] (2008)

The Sentinel, Centralia, Illinois (Sunday, April 22, 2007)

Newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Southern Illinois (July-September 2006)

Early Ottawa newspapers to be digitized

Deborah Thomas – Headlines, History, and Hats: American Historical Newspapers and Chronicling America

Exploring the U of I Library’s New Digital Newspaper Collections