Digital newspaper preservation through collaboration
| Pages | 73-87 |
| Published date | 09 May 2016 |
| Date | 09 May 2016 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-09-2015-0015 |
| Author | Ana Krahmer |
| Subject Matter | Library & information science,Librarianship/library management,Library technology,Records management & preservation,Information repositories |
Digital newspaper preservation
through collaboration
Ana Krahmer
University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
Abstract
Purpose – The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) supports newspaper preservation and
access for any title in Texas, from any date, any location and representing any community. As an active
member of the Texas Press Association, TDNP also supports large-scale preservation of born-digital
newspaper PDF issues for member publishers. This paper aims to explore how the early days of TDNP
built a strong foundation of collaboration and support for large-scale preservation projects, including
support for preserving a state press association PDF newspaper collection.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a case study of a collaborative endeavor to create a
large-scale, statewide digital newspaper preservation hub in Texas. This paper details how individual
partnerships led to new and larger partnerships. Figures and tables represent numbers of partner
institutions served, numbers of newspapers preserved and screenshots of how these items appear
within collections on the digital repository environment of The Portal to Texas History. This paper
concludes with recommendations for groups interested in developing their own collaborative projects.
Findings – As a case study, the data explored include numbers of partnering institutions, materials
contributed by partnering institutions and how these numbers help to forward the TDNP agenda.
Practical Implications – The nal recommendations are lessons learned through collaboration, and
the implications are real-world advice from the partners developed through the TDNP.
Originality/value – Hosting over 3.25 million pages of newspapers, the TDNP has become an
enormous hub of newspaper preservation in Texas, and it is unique in the numbers of partners it
supports and the numbers of pages it is able to host for free access via The Portal to Texas History. This
paper is intended to help other groups across the world build their own collaborative preservation
efforts, and it offers pragmatic advice derived from hands-on experience.
Keywords Collaboration, Partnership, Digital libraries, Newspapers, Digital preservation,
Historical research
Paper type Conceptual paper
The Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP) supports newspaper preservation and
access for any title in Texas, from any date, any location and representing any
community. As an active member of the Texas Press Association (TPA), TDNP also
supports large-scale preservation of born-digital newspaper PDF issues for member
publishers. This article will explore how the early days of TDNP built a strong
foundation of collaboration and support for large-scale preservation projects, including
support for preserving a state press association PDF newspaper collection.
History and background: responding to community needs
In the early 2000s, Cathy Nelson Hartman, now Associate Dean of UNT Libraries,
envisioned partnering with communities across Texas who hold primary source history
materials to develop what has now become The Portal to Texas History: a unied,
statewide digital repository for primary source artifacts. University of North Texas
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newspaper
preservation
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Received 3 September 2015
Accepted 28 September 2015
DigitalLibrary Perspectives
Vol.32 No. 2, 2016
pp.73-87
©Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2059-5816
DOI 10.1108/DLP-09-2015-0015
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