VTDNP Celebrates Completion of Phase 2

Today, August 29, 2014, marks the last working day of VTDNP Phase 2. Vermont now have 243,952 pages digitized and made available online on Chronicling America. We have approximately 10,000 more pages under review before being added to the website. We will be in Phase 3 starting next work day (September 2, 2014) and working towards digitizing another 100,000 pages of Vermont historic newspapers. Last but not least, we would like to thank everyone involved so far for their support and energy. Have a great Labor Day weekend!

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Celebrating the completion of ‪#‎VTDNP‬ phase 2 with some sparkling cider while getting bookmarks & more mastheads printed. We’ll be doing more outreach in Phase 3. Be on the lookout or contact us for more info!

Bringing VTDNP to Middlebury, VT & Geneva, Switzerland back to back

On Tuesday, August 12, VTDNP Project Librarian, Erenst Anip and Digital Support Specialist, Karyn Norwood went to Middlebury, VT to attend a meeting of the Cultural Heritage Professional Gathering (CHPG) at the Ilsley Public Library. There, Erenst & Karyn gave a pecha-kucha format presentation (20 slides at 20 seconds each) about VTDNP and Chronicling America in front of 25 cultural heritage professionals coming from Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. In addition, Erenst & Karyn got to visit one of VTDNP’s state partner, the Ilsley Public Library, and Chris Kirby, one of our Project Management Group member.

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Another 10,000 Vermont newspaper pages added to Chronicling America

Another 10,000 pages added to Chronicling America this week from Phase II of the Vermont Digital Newspaper Project! New  content from Orleans and Orange County are now online.

Click on the title of the newspaper to view the newspaper on Chronicling America.

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  • The United Opinion, published in Bradford, Orange County, Vermont. Years added: 1892-1922

Orleans Independent Standard

Orleans County Monitor

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8 Million Pages!

Chronicling America has surpassed 8 million pages available!

FREELY ACCESSIBLE & SEARCHABLE are over 8 million pages (and counting) of historical American newspapers published between 1836 and 1922: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Visit our VTDNP website to learn more about the Vermont component of Chronicling America.

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