The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the availability of the Red and Black in the Georgia Historic Newspapers Archive (GHN) at https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/gua1179162/ . Since 1893, the Red and Black has provided a training ground for University of Georgia students interested in gaining experience in various aspects of newspaper publishing and to […]
The Digital Library of Georgia has added several new newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website in 2018. Included below are a list of the most recent additions. Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State, 1789-1806 Augusta Herald, 1799-1821 Augusta Washingtonian, 1843-1845 Daily Chronicle & Sentinel (Augusta), 1840-1859 Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta), 1847-1851 Daily […]
During 2018 and 2019, we’ll be incorporating all our newspaper content into a single newspaper portal, Georgia Historic Newspapers. Check out the most popular newspaper titles in GHN for 2018 thus far. Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994: 23,886 pageviews Walker County messenger. (LaFayette, Ga.): 21,485 pageviews Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962: 18,945 pageviews […]
The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is pleased to announce the availability of the Henry L. Benning Civil War materials collection at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/CollectionsA-Z/ghlb_search.html. The collection, which belongs to Columbus State University Archives, is available online thanks in part to the DLG’s Competitive Digitization grant program, a funding opportunity intended to broaden DLG partner participation for […]
On Wednesday, February 14, from 12-3 pm in Lab A of the University of Georgia Main Library, UGA Libraries and the Willson Center DigiLab are hosting a Transcribe-a-thon to transcribe the Freedmen’s Bureau Papers. February 14th is the 200th birthday of […]
Jan. 26, 2018 CONTACT: Angela Stanley, astanley@georgialibraries.org, (404) 235-7134 ATLANTA — Georgia HomePLACE, the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), and the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System are pleased to announce the addition of over 10,000 digitized pages of […]
To broaden partner participation in the Digital Library of Georgia (DLG), DLG is soliciting proposals for historic digitization projects costing up to $5000. Project metadata will be included in the DLG portal and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). DLG is seeking applications for metadata creation or digitization projects from the permanent holders of […]
Throughout 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 in the first half of 2018. In the winter of 2018, DLG will add the following newspapers: Early County News […]
The Digital Library of Georgia has recently added both new and previously digitized newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers (GHN) website. Included below are a list of the titles newly available as of December 2017: Daily Constitutionalist, 1851 Augusta Evening Dispatch, 1858-1861 Augusta Mirror, 1840 Augusta Washingtonian, 1843-1845 Bulletin of the Roman Catholic Diocese […]
December 19, 2017 WRITER: Mandy Mastrovita, mastrovi@uga.edu, 706-583-0209 CONTACT: Sheila McAlister, mcalists@uga.edu, 706-542-5418 ATHENS, Ga. — Historic Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah newspapers available online The Digital Library of Georgia is pleased to announce the release of historic Roman […]