[Libs-Or] [BULK] oregon newspaper project

[Sue Adams]

The Oregon Digital Newspaper program did microfilm some of our paper newspapers. A stash of papers was found in between the preliminary LSTA proposal and the final LSTA proposal, and refilming created a much better set of microfilm and therefor a better product of digitization. If you're interested in that process, see the blog message from the time: http://odnp.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/newspaper-image-quality-and-oregon-city-history/ 

Regardless, Dan, you could contact Sheila Rabun at the ODNP for some information. I'm ccing her on this message so you'll have her email. 

I found the ODNP people very easy to work with and very fast. And Sheila is definitely on top of everything. 

Happy New Year to you all. 

Sue 



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From: "Leah Griffith" <leah.griffith at newbergoregon.gov> 
To: "Maureen Cole" <mcole at ci.oregon-city.or.us>, "dan cawley" <librarybusiness at yahoo.com>, "Libs-OR Listserv" <libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:46:39 AM 
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [BULK] oregon newspaper project 



I’m talking about 2015 newspapers and beyond which will be historical in 2030 or even earlier. Even with today’s move to digital everything, for a small town, the local paper still provides that local information like obituaries, events and such that may or may not be recorded anywhere else. 

>From the last e-mail from UO, it sounds like we’ll know more in mid January, but in the meantime, we’ll be keeping copies of our paper both to bind and to digitize. I’m hoping all Oregon newspapers will be digitized from 2015 on to replace the microfilm copies we’ve all been buying. How we’ll purchase access to those digitized files and if they are subscriptions that we have to pay each year for access (and we’re at the whim of the provider) or will we own those digitized copies. 

I would love to digitize our old papers, but I really more concerned right now with not wanting to lose the historic value of the current paper. 

I think Dan’s question is a good one, but hopefully we can get answers from UO in January that will help us to understand how we can maintain from 2015 the valuable resource that the local paper provides as an historical record. 


Leah 
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Leah M. Griffith 
Director, Newberg Public Library 503-537-1256 



From: Maureen Cole [mailto:mcole at ci.oregon-city.or.us] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:34 AM 
To: Leah Griffith; dan cawley; Libs-OR Listserv 
Subject: RE: [Libs-Or] [BULK] oregon newspaper project 

We got many Oregon City historical newspapers digitized through an LSTA grant and the ODNP at UO. We still have some to do, but centralizing them at ODNP seems the way to go. Or am I missing something? My reference librarian who wrote the grant, Sue Adams, may want to comment on this as she actually shepherded the project and wrote the grant (and did a great job!). Perhaps we are just talking about historical ones and you guys are talking about current ones? 



From: Libs-Or [ mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us ] On Behalf Of Leah Griffith 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:28 AM 
To: dan cawley; Libs-OR Listserv 
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] [BULK] oregon newspaper project 

I would be curious about this as well and perhaps a number of us could join together to get a better price. While I firmly agree with the move to digitization, I am concerned about the smaller papers in our state being digitized at this time and the access in the future. In 20-50 years will those digital papers of 2015 be available to searchers of the Newberg Graphic like the microfilm of 1888 is available to searchers today? And yes, I know that microfilm can degrade and disintegrate. We also bind our paper copies and have an almost full run of those original papers for researchers as well. 


Leah 
****************************** 
Leah M. Griffith 
Director, Newberg Public Library 503-537-1256 



From: Libs-Or [ mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us ] On Behalf Of dan cawley 
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 10:21 AM 
To: Libs-OR Listserv 
Subject: [BULK] [Libs-Or] oregon newspaper project 



The Seaside Public Library is seeking microfilm services. 



In conjunction with the upcoming digitization project, we will continue to move forward with old-school microfilm 



(We don't want our fancy, new, reader/printer to fall into disuse). 



The Seaside Signal is an every-other-week publication. Each edition runs around twelve pages. 



The Advantage Companies provided a quote of $280.00 to provide one roll containing all of 2015. 



This strikes me a as a bit spendy. Or, would that be considered a fair rate for 288 pages of newspaper transferred to film? 



Can anyone speak to these prices, or recommend a more affordable outfit? 



Thanks in advance... 



Dan Cawley 

Seaside Public Library 
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