Comparison of integration of local digital newspaper projects at the University of Utah Marriott Library, University of Oregon Libraries, and Penn State University Libraries with content created as part of participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program.

1. Local Content
Storage &
Integration
NDNP Meeting 2015
Karen Estlund
Assoc. Dean for Technology & Digital Strategies
kestlund@psu.edu

2. My Third NDNP State

3. Newspapers Prior to Digital
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
● Paper copies for about ½
titles still in good condition
throughout state
● Microfilm negatives
primarily stored at one
repository - awardee
● MARC data available for
titles
● Very little paper available
● Microfilm negatives
primarily stored with
awardee
● ONP and MARC data
available for titles
● Local inventory staff only
DB
● Positive film and webpage
directory by county
● Paper copies spread
throughout state
● Microfilm negatives stored
at multiple repositories in
state; primary holder state
library
● PNP and MARC data
available for titles
● Local inventory started in
2004 at PSU now continued
at state library

4. Digital Newspapers Prior to NDNP
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania

5. Pre-NDNP Existing Digital Infrastructure*
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
* Does not reflect current digital infrastructure

6. Integrating NDNP and non-NDNP Digital
Newspaper Content

7. Access Software*
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
NDNP & non-NDNP content NDNP & non-NDNP content NDNP content of Civil War titles
& Non-NDNP content
* All present newspaper search / browse separately from other digital collections

8. Digitized Formats and Data
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
Compound Objects
Article Level Markup Page Level METS XML Article Level Proprietary XML
PDF, TIFF 6.0 PDF, JP2, TIFF 6.0 PDF (multi-page), PNG,TIFF 6.0
bi-tonal grayscale bi-tonal
OCR w/coordinates OCR w/coordinates & ALTO OCR w/coordinates & ALTO

9. Born Digital Formats and Data
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
https://github.com/uoregon-libraries/pdf-to-chronam

10. Backup and Storage
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
Online - Access copies only Online - Access copies only Online - Access copies only
Nearline Nearline - TIFFS removed from
nearline
Nearline - Preservation packages
● incremental with batches
● monthly full website
backups
LTO Tape Backup - Full package LTO Tape Backup - Full package
● Tape catalog ● Tape catalog

11. Preservation
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania
pilot

12. Local Content - Extending Scope
Utah Oregon Pennsylvania

13. Emerging Efforts at Integration: IIIF
International Image Interoperability Framework, http://iiif.io

14. ChronAm through IIIF Shim and Mirador Viewer

15. Thank you!
Questions