Next Generation Newspaper Preservation

About This Grant

Next Generation Newspaper Preservation project provides the base equipment and infrastructure to continue to preserve Oregon’s newspaper content through digitization as the current microfilming infrastructure becomes obsolete. Following the recommendation in the Oregon State Library consultant’s report, “Oregon's Digital Collections: Recommendations,” this project extends the existing Oregon Digital Newspaper Program, which is primarily a microfilm digitization program to-date, by developing a process for preserving Oregon’s newspapers through direct digitization. The Next Generation Newspaper Preservation will acquire the equipment needed for direct digitization, work with three different Oregon newspapers to create a model digitization workflow for preservation, and develop a cost model of digitization for preservation of and access to Oregon’s newspapers.