The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the addition of the previously digitized Milledgeville newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website. https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/ GHN now provides online access to thirteen Milledgeville newspaper titles published between 1808 and 1920, including: Confederate Union, 1862-1865 Federal Union, 1830-1872 Future Citizen, 1914-1916 Georgia Argus, 1810-1815 […]
October 23, 2017 WRITER: Jean Cleveland, jclevela@uga.edu, 706-542-8079 CONTACT: Sheila McAlister, mcalists@uga.edu, 706-542-5418 Digital Library Hits 1 Million Newspaper Pages ATHENS, Ga — The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is celebrating its 1 millionth digitized historic newspaper page. The premier issue of the Georgia Gazette, Georgia’s first newspaper, published from 1763-1776 in Savannah, will become […]
September 1, 2017 New Grant Program Seeks to Increase Digital Participation ATHENS, Ga — The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, the Johnny Mize Collection at Piedmont College, and town films and home movies at the University of Georgia media archives are among nine Competitive Digitization grants awarded through a new program with the Digital Library of […]
Aug. 14, 2017 Digital Library of Georgia received National Endowment for the Humanities grant to digitize newspapers ATHENS, Ga – Within two years, the Digital Library of Georgia will digitize 100,000 more pages of Georgia historic newspapers, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The DLG will receive $255,590 […]
In July 2017, the Digital Library of Georgia added both new and previously digitized newspaper titles to its recently released Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website. Below is a list of newspapers titles slated to be added to GHN over the next six months. In the fall of 2017, DLG will add the following newspapers: Flagpole […]
July 12, 2017 WRITER: Mandy Mastrovita, mastrovi@uga.edu, 706-583-0209 CONTACT: Sheila McAlister, mcalists@uga.edu, 706-542-5418 New website devoted to Georgia historic newspapers available from the Digital Library of Georgia. ATHENS, Ga. — The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new website featuring historic newspaper titles from around the state. Georgia […]
The Georgia Archives Month (GAM) “Spotlight on Archives” Grant is meant to help archives, museums, or heritage institutions in Georgia promote public awareness of their archives and manuscript collections. This grant will help selected organizations fund their events during Georgia Archives Month in October. The GAM Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s “Spotlight […]
We would like to congratulate the City of Savannah Research Library & Municipal Archives (RLMA), who, partnering with the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC), has just received a grant for $13, 111 to reformat at-risk, rare audio recordings (34 open -reel tapes; estimated 43 hours; dating 1955-1978, undated) from the W. W. Law Collection. From the announcement […]
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has just made available a webinar series presenting techniques and best practices for increasing the visibility, usability, and sustainability of collections in the GLAM (Gallery, Library, Archive, and Museum) communities. It is now available online. From their press release: The series, Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections (SAHC), includes six […]
Our project partners at Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections are the featured project on the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Division of Preservation and Access’ blog. Learn more about how they utilized an NEH Preservation Assistance Grant to protect their digital materials! […]