What is the National Digital Newspaper Program?
Part I There are two main principles behind the National Digital Newspaper Program which are also cornerstones of library and archival science, ACCESS and PRESERVATION.
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Part II "Newspapers have been called history's first draft..."
View ArticleRe-Filming the Nome Nugget
Greetings, all! Even though production has ended on the 2016-2018 National Digital Newspaper Program cycle, we are still hard at work. One particular area of focus is on the venerable Nome Nugget, the...
View ArticleMicrofilm Quality Control: Or, What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
Greetings, all! Last week, we provided an update on the re-filming the Nome Nugget. To delve a bit deeper in the topic, I’d like to share some background on the process of filming newspaper-...
View ArticleNewsprint as a Preservation Priority
Greetings, all! The nature of newsprint preservation is a race against time. Like nearly all historic documents, decay is inevitable, but with newsprint, that threat comes faster. Why is this? The...
View ArticleUpdate: 4 New Alaska Newspapers Available to View on Chronicling America!
Greetings all, Exciting news! As of this week, Chronicling America has made available 4 new Alaska newspapers, available here:...
View ArticleProject Update: Funding Approved!
Hello all, Exciting news on the project front: a representative from the National Endowment for the Humanities contacted the Alaska State Library to notify us that we have been approved for an...
View ArticleNew Title on Chronicling America: Seward gateway daily edition and the Alaska...
Hello all, This week, Chronicling America updated their list of Alaska newspaper titles and added one more: The Seward gateway daily edition and the Alaska weekly post Throughout its publication, the...
View ArticlePublic Library Week: Newspapers on Microfilm at Your Local Library
Greetings, all! This week marks Public Library Appreciation Week, and a great opportunity to shed light on opportunities to access newspapers through your local library. The State Library of Alaska may...
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Different Outbreaks but Familiar Threats for Alaskan Natives
Article from The Cordova Daily Times, 01/18/1918 IN 1912 the Assistant Surgeon General of Alaska, R.A. Kearney, wrote that “Unless some ways are used to check tuberculosis among the native Indians of...
View ArticleWhat is the National Digital Newspaper Program?
Part I There are two main principles behind the National Digital Newspaper Program which are also cornerstones of library and archival science, ACCESS and PRESERVATION.
View ArticleWhat is the National Digital Newspaper Program?
Part II "Newspapers have been called history's first draft..."
View ArticleRe-Filming the Nome Nugget
Greetings, all! Even though production has ended on the 2016-2018 National Digital Newspaper Program cycle, we are still hard at work. One particular area of focus is on the venerable Nome Nugget, the...
View ArticleMicrofilm Quality Control: Or, What Can Possibly Go Wrong?
Greetings, all! Last week, we provided an update on the re-filming the Nome Nugget. To delve a bit deeper in the topic, I'd like to share some background on the process of filming newspaper-...
View ArticleNewsprint as a Preservation Priority
Greetings, all! The nature of newsprint preservation is a race against time. Like nearly all historic documents, decay is inevitable, but with newsprint, that threat comes faster. Why is this? The...
View ArticleUpdate: 4 New Alaska Newspapers Available to View on Chronicling America!
Greetings all, Exciting news! As of this week, Chronicling America has made available 4 new Alaska newspapers, available here:...
View ArticleProject Update: Funding Approved!
Hello all, Exciting news on the project front: a representative from the National Endowment for the Humanities contacted the Alaska State Library to notify us that we have been approved for an...
View ArticleNew Title on Chronicling America: Seward gateway daily edition and the Alaska...
Hello all, This week, Chronicling America updated their list of Alaska newspaper titles and added one more: The Seward gateway daily edition and the Alaska weekly post Throughout its publication, the...
View ArticlePublic Library Week: Newspapers on Microfilm at Your Local Library
Greetings, all! This week marks Public Library Appreciation Week, and a great opportunity to shed light on opportunities to access newspapers through your local library. The State Library of Alaska may...
View ArticleDifferent Outbreaks but Familiar Threats for Alaskan Natives
Article from The Cordova Daily Times, 01/18/1918 IN 1912 the Assistant Surgeon General of Alaska, R.A. Kearney, wrote that “Unless some ways are used to check tuberculosis among the native Indians of...
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