Author: adminUF Libraries awarded additional funding from NEH to digitize and provide access to historic newspapers The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand their newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This isContinue reading Phase 6 begins!
The US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project celebrates 10 years of continuous digitization! Principal Investigator Patrick Reakes and Co-Principal Investigator Melissa Jerome reflect on 10 years of the project. Patrick Reakes: Principal Investigator 2013-2025 Senior Associate Dean, Scholarly Resources and Services George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida As we’re reaching the end of our 5thContinue reading Reflections on 10 Years of Digitization
Texto en español a continuación. Recetas de las Américas Webinar Friday, August 18, 2 p.m EDT Register here Abstract here Sarah Tew and Melissa Jerome (current and former US Caribbean and Florida Digital Newspaper Project Coordinators) will present a webinar Recetas de las Américas : A bilingual digital publishing cookbook as part of the Florida DigitalContinue reading Recetas de las Américas Webinar
This blog is also available in English ¡Nos acercamos al final de la Fase 5 del Proyecto de Periódico Digital del Caribe de EE. UU. y Florida! Durante esta fase (2021-2023), se digitalizaron los siguientes títulos de periódicos de Florida. Todos los números digitalizados de Diario las Américas ya están en Chronicling America. La mayoríaContinue reading Fase 5 Periódicos de Florida
Este blog también está disponible en español. We are nearing the end of Phase 5 of the US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project! During this phase (2021-2023), the following newspaper titles from Florida were digitized. All digitized issues of Diario las Américas are already live in Chronicling America. Most issues of La Gaceta digitizedContinue reading Phase 5 Florida Titles
We are nearing the end of Phase 5 of the US Caribbean & Florida Digital Newspaper Project! During this phase (2021-2023), the following newspaper titles from the US Virgin Islands were digitized in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands. The St. Croix Avis and the St. Croix Tribune are already live in ChroniclingContinue reading Phase 5 US Virgin Islands Titles
Launch of Recetas de las Américas / Recipes from the Americas, a digital humanities project created to explore food in newspapers!
Este blog también está disponible en Español. El Mundo (San Juan, Puerto Rico) printed its first issue on February 17, 1919. This Spanish-language publication self-identified as the “Diario de la mañana” (“the morning daily”). In its first years, El Mundo‘s content primarily focused on providing information from the Americas and Europe, frequently including news services fromContinue reading El Mundo is now available!
Este blog también está disponible en Español. The self-proclaimed “Diario de la tarde” (“the afternoon daily”), the newspaper El Imparcial (San Juan, Puerto Rico) was one of the main witnesses to Puerto Rican and international history of the 20th century. It began publication on November 1, 1918 and frontpage headlines included the end of the WWI, theContinue reading Introducing El Imparcial
Today, August 31, 2021, marks the end of Phase 4 of our project. We accomplished so much in the last eight years, primarily the digitization of more than 400,000 pages of historical newspapers published in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The summary below breaks down our accomplishments into some data points. TitlesContinue reading More than 400,000 pages digitized
