NELA Newspapers Pilot Project Preservation and Digitization of Northeast Los Angeles Community Newspapers Kate Dundon cdlrsandbox.org/wordpress/nelanewspapers
Collaborators
The Collection Approximately 30 titles from reels of microfilm 99 bound volumes 25 boxes + 1 filing cabinet of loose issues
Haynes Grant Proposal submitted in January 2013 Awarded $35,000.00
Best Practices California Digital Newspaper Collection (UC Riverside) National Digital Newspaper Program (Library of Congress)
Major Tasks Inventory our holdings Identify NELA publications Evaluate for digitization Digitize a representative sample Document standards and procedures for ongoing program
Project Timeline TASKSAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPTOCT inventory evaluate identify digitize design
Achievements Project blog Inventory almost complete Identified representative sample Established copyright research procedure Begun condition survey Exhibit at Oxy Library
Next Steps Digitize sample material Upload content to CDNC Complete condition survey Update catalog records Submit reports to Haynes and project partners Formulate fundraising approach
California Digital Newspaper Collection cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc
Get Involved! Outreach & Fundraising Help identify new or unknown titles
cdlrsandbox.org/wordpress/nelanewspapers Kate Dundon