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Lone Star Ink: Texas NDNP 2011
Narrative
The University of North Texas Libraries and their partners at the University of Texas's Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History plan to digitize and make available to the National Digital
Newspaper Project 100,000 newspaper pages. The selected titles will reflect the political and
economic history of the state; provide coverage for major regions of the state, including most
major population areas; and have a broad chronological span. Pulling on the strengths among
us, the partnership understands the challenges involved in an undertaking of this scope, and
possesses the knowledge and management skills to achieve success.
History and Scope of the Project
The University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the University of Texas's Dolph Briscoe
Center for American History (DBCAH) received a National Digital Newspaper Program
(NDNP) grant and began work in July of 2007 in their first round with the program. A Project
Coordinator, Ann Howington, was hired at UNT to conduct the day-to-day operations of the
NDNP program. She and the technical lead for the project have attended the NDNP meetings in
Washington, D.C. for the past four years.
Selection of Texas Newspaper Titles
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History assembled the advisory board, created a website
for their input and discussion of Texas newspaper titles, and finalized the list of recommended
titles for NDNP 2009- 2011. The advisory panel selected the El Paso Herald from 1910 to 1920
as the top priority for this phase of the work because of the important border issues covered
during that time and because of the 100th anniversary of these events. UNT purchased the 66
reels of the El Paso Herald from a vendor, Heritage Microfilm
For the advisory board's consideration, UNT provided DBCAH with information about
newspaper titles available in microfilm for selection. We spent significant time over the past two
years gathering this information since Texas' newspapers were microfilmed by many different
vendors and reside in many different repositories. The DBCAH team then worked with the
advisory board via a website constructed for this purpose to select the titles recommended for the
second phase of their participation in the NDNP program.
The previous grant phases' methodology for selecting newspaper titles worked well, and we
anticipate only minor changes to this process as noted below. The Center's project staff will
arrange for a "kick-off' conference call for Advisory Board members during which project staff
will provide information on all aspects of the Advisory Board's work. The project staff will use
this initial call to lead board members through the technical aspects of the website (through a
web interface), as well as introducing them to the various pieces of the information briefs which
will be provided to them as a means from which to make their title selections.
The Center will also arrange for a wrap-up conference call to address any outstanding issues that
may have emerged during the course of title selection. During this conference call, project staff
will seek an endorsement of all titles selected thereby providing an opportunity for final3
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Krahmer, Ana; Belden, Dreanna & Hartman, Cathy Nelson. Lone Star Ink: Texas NDNP 2011: Grant Materials, text, January 2011; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc801997/m1/3/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .