Phase 3 of the Florida & Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project is now complete! During this phase (2017-2019), the following newspaper titles were digitized and added to Chronicling America where all digitized content is accessible to the public for free! Puerto Rico: Boletín mercantil de Puerto Rico Over 50,000 pages of content from 1871 to 1915Continue reading Phase 3 complete!
UF Libraries receive NEH grant to digitize newspapers: Project will provide access to ethnic and Caribbean newspapers The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to expand their newspaper digitization efforts and continue participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program. The funds providedContinue reading We’re moving on to Phase 4! UF Libraries receive NEH grant to digitize newspapers
October 7, 2015 UF Libraries’ Florida and Puerto Rico Newspaper Project Celebrates Contributions to Chronicling America’s 10 Million Pages Free, searchable database of historic newspapers reflects Florida & Puerto Rico history The University of Florida and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras today join the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities inContinue reading Celebrating Chronicling America’s 10 Million Pages
Welcome! The Florida and Puerto Rico Digital Newspaper Project(FPRDNP) is a collaboration between the University of Florida Smathers Libraries and the library at the University of Puerto Rico– Rio Piedras, as part of the state and territory’s involvement in the NDNP. The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) and the LibraryContinue reading Introduction
