CDNC and Local PartnershipsBrian Geiger, DirectorIFLA 2016 News Media

cdnc.ucr.edu

CDNCOverview

WhoWeAre

CenterforBibliographicalStudiesandResearch

BrianGeigerDirector

ChristineStraittNewspaperCataloger

LuisBaqueraITAdministrator

JayYasulAdminAssistant

GingerSchillingDataAnalyst

CDNCOverview

Partnerships

2005-11,15-17:NationalDigitalNewspaperProgram§ ProjectoftheLibraryofCongressandNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities§ ParticipatingstatessendcontenttoLC§ CDNCproduced300,000pages,availableatCDNCandChroniclingAmerica§ Currentlydigitizing100,000pagesofforeign-language&Gold-Rush-Eratitles§ Page-levelinChronAm,Article-levelinCDNC

Partnerships

§ ≈1,000,000pages§ ≈3,000,000embargoedpages§ 1846-present§ Allcontentfreelyavailable§ Embargoedcontentsearchablebutnotviewable§ Growing,contemporarynewspaperPDFarchive

Partnerships

2007-present:LSTA/CSL§ LibraryServicesandTechnologyAct(LSTA)grants§ LSTAadministeredbytheCaliforniaStateLibrarian§ 2007-2014digitizedroughly50,000pages/year§ Producedover350,000pagesbefore2014

Partnerships

CaliforniaStateLibrary/LSTA:5-YearPlan

Partnerships

2008-present:LocalInstitutions§ Producedover400,000pages§ Partneringinstitutionsinclude

§ SausalitoPublicLibrary§ CoronadoPublicLibrary§ SantaMonicaCommunityCollege§ PalmSpringsPublicLibrary§ TehamaPublicLibrary§ OccidentalCollege§ HealdsburgMuseum&HistoricalSociety§ SanBernardinoCountyHistoricalArchives§ PortofLosAngeles§ Barbro Osher ProSuecia Foundation§ MaderaPublicLibrary§ WoodsideHighSchool§ LosMedanos CommunityCollege

Partnerships

Partnerships

Partnerships

Partnerships

Partnerships

Ancestry.com/newspapers.comOverview§ Ancestrydigitizesfilmattheircost§ AdheretoCDNCdigitizationstandards§ ProvidecopiesofalldatatoCDNC§ Availableimmediatelyatnewspapers.comforafee§ After3-yearembargoavailableforfreetoeveryoneatCDNC§ Byend2015embargoeddatasearchablebutnotviewableinCDNC§ Interestedprimarilyinlongruns,late19th toearly21st century§ TodatehavedigitizedSanBernardinoSun,SantaCruzSentinel,&OaklandTribune

LocalInstitution§ Clearscopyrightbyresearchingorworkingwithcopyrightholder§ Getsfreeaccesstotitlesatnewspapers.comduringembargoperiod

Partnerships

Partnerships

LocalInstitutions

OutreachEffortshavebeennumerous,opportunistic,evolving

Examples:• Webinars:https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=449• Institutionalvisits• LocalLibrariesDirectorsmeeting• CaliforniaLibraryAssociationAnnualMeeting• Referrals:

• CaliforniaStateLibrary• Otherlocalinstitutions• Newspapers.com

• CDNCVisibility• Googlesearches

LocalInstitutions

We’vegotsomeoldnewspapers/microfilm….

LocalInstitutions

StandardsWhattoscan:1. Masternegativefilm:bestquality,lowprice2. Localpositivefilm:oftenpoorquality,lowprice3. Newsprint:greatquality,expensive

LibraryofCongress/NDNPSpecification:• Tiffimages• METS/ALTOXML• Article- orpage-leveldata

LocalInstitutionsRelatedProjects:CaliforniaNewspaperProject(CNP)

cnp.ucr.edu

RelatedProjects:CaliforniaNewspaperMicrofilmArchive(CNMA)

LocalInstitutions

cnma.ucr.edu

LocalInstitutions

HardWork:CopyrightCopyrightHolderRelease CopyrightRenewalResearch

http://cdnc.ucr.edu/site/USNewspapersandCopyright.html

LocalInstitutions

HardWork:Cost

Digitizingtostandardsisoftenexpensive:• Article-level:$0.06/pagescanning+$0.34/pageprocessing=$0.40/page• Page-level:$0.06/pagescanning+$0.15/pageprocessing=$0.21/page

MendocinoBeacon:1877to2005=109reelsAssumeaverageof800pagesperreel800x109=87,200pagesArticle-level:87,200x$0.40=$34,880Page-level:87,200x$.021=$18,312

LocalInstitutions

HardWork:Low-CostAlternatives

MendocinoBeacon:• Digireel =$15/reel+annualhostingfee• 109reelsx$15/reel=$1,635+annualfee

LocalInstitutions

HardWork:CostThePitch

StandardsRational:• Datauseableacrossplatformsandintothefuture• Preservation-qualityTIFFimages• Newspapersavailabletoeveryone,notlimitedbyIPaddress• Best-qualityOCR• Receivecopiesofalldata• Chargedourcostsandreceivecopiesofinvoices• Noannualhostingfee

OvercomingStickerShock:• Checkwhethertheirtitlesarepartof5-YearPlan• ConsiderAncestry.comoption• Digitizeinmanageablechunks,ratherthanallatonce

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TustinHistoricalSociety

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TustinNews:1922-2000

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TustinNewsProjectedCosts

44,750estimatedpagesofnewsprint• Scanning@$0.50/page=$22,375• Processingpage-level@$0.21/page=$9,398• Total=$31,772• Conclusion:TooExpensive

Option:Newspapers.com• Substantiallylessexpensiveperpagenewsprintcosts• FollowNDNPpage-levelstandards• Insuredshipping• Accessthroughnewspapers.comduring3-yearembargoperiod• DatadeliveredtoCDNCimmediately

LocalInstitutions:Examples

LocalInstitutions:Examples

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TustinNewsintheCDNC

LocalInstitutions:Examples

Searching“Hoover”inTustinNews

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CoronadoPublicLibrary

LocalInstitutions:Examples

LocalInstitutions:Examples

vimeo.com/174215311

LocalInstitutions:Examples

SausalitoPublicLibrary

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TitleInformationPage

LocalInstitutions:Examples

TitleWikipediaPage

LocalInstitutions:Examples

ThankYou!BrianGeiger,Directorbgeiger@ucr.edu951-827-7007cbsr.ucr.edu