Surveying the Prairie State: Preserving Historical Newspapers through Partnerships, Public Engagement, Best Practices, and Institutional Realities

CC BY 4.0Knoles, JessieSchlaack, William2024-06-252024-06-202024-06-252024-05-30https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/3405This paper considers how public institutions can develop a survey to guide collaborative efforts to reach common goals in newspaper digitization. By hosting a nomination opportunity, institutions can survey the landscape of newspaper digitization needs and priorities. The lessons learned during this grant-funded proposal process provide institutions with a structure to host their own nomination opportunities or assessment surveys in order to further digitization efforts. This paper will provide an informed framework to support data-driven decisions about newspaper digitization and preservation in geographic regions with an array of institutional resources and limitations.enhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Subject::NewspapersSubject::News mediaSubject::DigitisationSubject::PreservationSurveying the Prairie State: Preserving Historical Newspapers through Partnerships, Public Engagement, Best Practices, and Institutional RealitiesEvents MaterialsInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)