This presentation provides an overview of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program and its partnership with the Texas Press Association archive

Krahmer, Ana

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Collaborative Preservation Scaled to Serve the Texas Press Associationana.krahmer@unt.eduAna Krahmer, Digital Newspaper Program CoordinatorCape Town, South AfricaIFLA News Media SectionAugust 16, 2015Overview• What is TDNP?• The Texas Press Association Archive• Other Preservation Initiatives in the U.S.ana.krahmer@unt.eduWhat is TDNP?About usana.krahmer@unt.eduWhat is TDNP?• Dedicated to preserving Texas newspapers, from any time or place, for any title.• Our earliest newspaper is from 1829, and we are hoping to find earlier Texas issues to beat this date. • We ingest newspapers on a weekly basis, so numbers are always rising.ana.krahmer@unt.eduana.krahmer@unt.eduTDNP Statistics as of 8/11/2015Texas Press Association ArchivePreserving Recent Texas Historyana.krahmer@unt.eduTexas Press Association ArchiveThe TPA PDF archive represents 661 titles from across Texas, comprising: • 457 Paid Circulation Newspapers (Legal Publications by Statute)• 20 African-American Newspapers (all are free publications)• 49 Latino Newspapers (all are free publications)• 135 Suburban Community Newspapers (all weeklies)• 12TB of data from 2010-2014ana.krahmer@unt.eduTPA Archive Partnership• Collaboration with the Texas Press Association and NewzGroup out of Missouri.  • 12TB of PDF newspapers, prepared for preservation through batch processing of PDF content. • Range from 2010-August 2014.• Scheduled transfer of August 2014-August 2015 newspapers from NewzGroup.ana.krahmer@unt.eduana.krahmer@unt.eduTPA Archive Partnership: File Workflow• QC work performed after batch processing.• Add initial layer of metadata, pre-OCR.ana.krahmer@unt.eduTPA Archive Partnership: File Workflowana.krahmer@unt.eduTPA Archive Partnership: File Workflowana.krahmer@unt.eduTPA Archive Partnership: File Workflowana.krahmer@unt.edu• Example of batch metadata for PDF issues• Applied in XML file to sets divided by year and/or by content changes (managing editor, publisher, masthead, etc.)• Newspapers uploaded with embargo are marked as “hidden”=TRUE.TPA Archive Partnership: Permissions• Publishers are busy, hard people to catch.• When they respond, they respond with interest, with the exception of large-city dailies.• Embargos have ranged from the most recent 6 months to 3 years.• The Texas Digital Newspaper Program holds a membership in the Texas Press Association.• Krahmer attends all TPA annual conventions and summer leadership meetings, along with as many regional Press Association meetings as possible. • Preservation is about establishing communication, trust.ana.krahmer@unt.eduInitiatives in the U.S. Born-Digital News PreservationThe RJI Dodging the Memory Hole• Founded and sponsored by the Reynolds Journalism Institute and MU Libraries• Part of the larger JDNA agenda to identify and preserve born digital news content of any kind.• Leveraging extant state and regional preservation initiatives• Current focus on building awareness, strengthening the stakeholder network and public-private partnerships• Knight Foundation-funded JDNA research on evaluating news archives from small newspapers for possible business models“Beyond-NDNP”• Originally was a single meeting supported by the Institute of Museum & Library Services to gather NDNP “alumni” together to discuss what the next steps in newspaper preservation would be for their states.• Discussion surrounds any kind of newspaper preservation.• Leveraging training, knowledge, and skills attained through the NEH’s NDNP to support state-wide newspaper preservation programs.• Next meeting: September 16, 2015.Questions?Email: Ana.Krahmer@unt.eduCall: 940-565-3367Visit: http://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/TDNP/ana.krahmer@unt.edu

Collaborative Preservation Scaled to Serve the Texas Press Association

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Collaborative Preservation Scaled to Serve the Texas Press Association

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