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IFLA World Library & Information Congress 2013. From our perspective; Erenst Anip & Birdie MacLennan.

At the UVM Libraries Staff & Faculty Development Committee brown bag lunch talk on November 14, 2013, Birdie and Erenst share their experience at the pre-conference, conference and Singapore in general. It was fun to share our experiences in Singapore. Read more about it!

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Slideshow of the presentation in pdf format is available on VTDNP Outreach webpage along with our presentation slides at the IFLA conference: https://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/presentations.html

Direct pdf link: https://library.uvm.edu/vtnp/publicity/UVM_Libraries_SFDC_IFLA-Singapore_2013-11-14.pdf

Cheers,

Erenst

Behind The Scene: Production Update of November 2013

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Recently, VTDNP workspace received the rest of the microfilm reels to be digitized from our vendor. Approximately 76 reels of historic Vermont newspapers are ready to be digitized. These titles can be found on the bottom of this page. Please note that we pair master negative microfilm reel with its duplicate negative side by side. We also will add working microfilm copy (the ones stacked on top of the reels) for quality inspection.

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Also, we have received the digitized files of Cronaca Sovversiva. Please scroll down to see one version of their illustrated mast heads. We’ll keep you updated when the title have been ingested into Chronicling America‘s database. Grazie!

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Cronaca Sovversiva masthead from Saturday, January 7, 1905. Year 3 Number 1.

A Spectral Story: Queen City Cotton Mill Ghost

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“Burlington’s Ghost.” From the Vermont Watchman, November 28, 1900.

Happy Halloween, or as the historic newspapers have it, happy Hallowe’en, from VTDNP!

Halloween is today, and thus, it’s appropriate to share a ghostly tale that captivated Burlingtonians at the turn of the twentieth-century at the Queen City Cotton Mill on Burlington’s waterfront. Dozens of people attested to witnessing the apparition of a recently-deceased mill worker, Marie Blais, around the premise of the property.

Marie was hit by a train in June of 1900 at the Lakeside railroad crossing, and was killed immediately.

By that fall, stories of the female mill ghost became prevalent–the lights of the trains would flicker when passing over where Marie was killed, and people attested to seeing visions of the girl near the railroad tracks and of her working at her old loom in the mill at night. Some even attested to hearing screams near the track. Continue reading A Spectral Story: Queen City Cotton Mill Ghost →

Photos from NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013

As mentioned in a previous post, Project Director (Birdie MacLennan), Project Librarian (Erenst Anip), and Digital Support Specialist (Karyn Norwood) attended and presented at the National Digital Newspaper Project (NDNP) Awardee Meeting, September 11-13 in Washington DC. Click HERE for photos from the event.NDNP Awardee Meeting 2013 - VT Team