Funding - Oregon Digital Newspaper Program

Illustration of man with moneybag, from New-York tribune. (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, March 03, 1907, Page 27 The process of microfilm digitization is time- and labor-intensive, and requires the application of advanced proprietary technologies. More than $1.2 million has been raised to support the UO Libraries' newspaper digitization efforts. Although substantial, these funds will only begin to scratch the surface when it comes to making the wealth of historic newspaper content we have in Oregon available.

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Major Sources of Program Funding

National Digital Newspaper Program Supplement (NDNP, 2011): $325,000
(From the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Funds digitization of 100,000 newspaper pages published from 1860 to 1922.
Provides access to those pages through the Library of Congress' Chronicling America site.
Provides staffing support

Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) Grant: $106,000 (2011)
(From the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Oregon State Library)

Provides funding for a production level microfilm scanner
Provides funding for staff and systems support

Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) Grant: $79,883 (year 1, 2009), $50,000 (year 1 supplement), $90,880 (year 2, 2010)
(From the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Oregon State Library)

Provides staffing funds to retain a full-time Project Manager.
Supports general outreach efforts, with a particular focus on promoting pedagogical use of the resource in K-12 Oregon classrooms.
Interface design for Oregon Digital Newspaper Program Search Interface
Digitization of approx. 38,000 pages from the Oregonian (supplement)

National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP, 2009): $365,393
(From the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Funds digitization of 100,000 newspaper pages published from 1880 to 1922.
Provides access to those pages through the Library of Congress' Chronicling America site.
Provides staffing support
Provides equipment needed for inspection

Oregon Cultural Trust Funding (2009): $145,000
(From the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and Oregon Heritage Commission)

Supports the construction of local digital infrastructure and digital file backup system.
Allows digitization of additional, historically significant Oregon newspaper pages which might otherwise fall outside the scope and guidelines of NDNP
Matching funds for 2009 NDNP application

Oregon Cultural Trust Funding (2010): $36,046
(From the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and Oregon Heritage Commission)

Allows digitization of additional, historically significant Oregon newspaper pages which might otherwise fall outside the scope and guidelines of NDNP.

Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (2010): $1,000
(http://www.orenews.com/)

Matching funds for 2011 NDNP application

Private Donations: $3,700

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Maintained by: Karen Estlund, kestlund@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 09/22/2011