WFTS: Florida Sentinel Bulletin history in the process of being digitized at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Library

Posted on March 27, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

WFTS: Florida Sentinel Bulletin history in the process of being digitized at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Library. “The Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection dates back to the 1940s. The collection highlights African American history that you wouldn’t see in other media outlets. Right now, the library is in the process of digitizing all of the items to make them more accessible to the community.”

Washington Post: Here’s how The Washington Post verified its journalists on Mastodon

Posted on March 24, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Washington Post Engineering: Here’s how The Washington Post verified its journalists on Mastodon. “A small cross-disciplinary team of engineers worked together to add a feature so journalists at The Washington Post could link their Mastodon profiles from The Post’s website and verify themselves on the social network.”

Digital Library of Georgia: Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Winter 2023

Posted on March 21, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Digital Library of Georgia: Georgia Historic Newspapers Update Winter 2023. “This winter, the Digital Library of Georgia released several new grant-funded newspaper titles to the Georgia Historic Newspapers website. Included below is a list of the newly available titles.”

The Verge: Amazon stops selling magazines and newspapers through Kindle Newsstand

Posted on March 17, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Verge: Amazon stops selling magazines and newspapers through Kindle Newsstand. “Amazon is no longer selling magazine and newspaper subscriptions through Kindle Newsstand and will stop delivering current Kindle Newsstand subscriptions in September, according to an announcement from last week.”

NiemanLab: The Prison Newspaper Directory finds that the number of prison-based papers is growing

Posted on March 14, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

NiemanLab: The Prison Newspaper Directory finds that the number of prison-based papers is growing. “The local newspaper industry has seen better days (though not so much in my lifetime). One growth spot, however, is where you might not expect it: Behind bars. According to the newly launched Prison Newspaper Directory by the Prison Journalism Project, there are 24 prison-based newspapers in 12 states. At least four of the papers were launched in the last year.”

The Village Sun: East Village Eye archive sees its way to N.Y.P.L.

Posted on March 9, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

The Village Sun: East Village Eye archive sees its way to N.Y.P.L.. “Founded by Leonard Abrams, its publisher and editor, ‘The Eye’ put out 73 issues from 1979 through 1987. It mainly focused on local topics, particularly art, music, politics and gentrification.” A complete digital archive is freely available.

ANSAmed: Project to digitize Italian periodicals in Egypt

Posted on March 7, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

From ANSAmed, and translated from Italian (an English version is available but the formatting is really bad): Project to digitize Italian periodicals in Egypt. “A project was presented in Cairo which, through the digitization of tens of thousands of pages, aims to preserve and make available to the public the historic collection of printed periodicals by the end of the year in Egypt in the Italian language in almost 50 years, between the end of the 19th century and the pre-war period.”

Digital Library of Georgia: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation-Funded Underdocumented Newspapers Now Available

Posted on March 2, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Digital Library of Georgia: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation-Funded Underdocumented Newspapers Now Available. “As part of a $27,103.50 grant from the R. J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, the Digital Library of Georgia has digitized over 109,000 pages of Georgia newspaper titles. The newly-released collection includes Georgia newspapers of the late 19th century from under documented Georgia counties from microfilm held by the Georgia Newspaper Project.”

WBAL: AFRO Charities receives $2.257M in federal funds to preserve Black history

Posted on February 13, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

WBAL: AFRO Charities receives $2.257M in federal funds to preserve Black history. “Major steps are being taken to preserve a treasure trove of Black history in Baltimore. The AFRO American newspapers and its archives are getting millions of dollars to take the operation to the historic Upton Mansion in west Baltimore. The building was built in 1938, and it features more than 10,000 square feet of space for development.”

New York Times: Soul Told Black Musicians’ Stories. Its Archives Are Going Digital.

Posted on February 11, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

New York Times: Soul Told Black Musicians’ Stories. Its Archives Are Going Digital.. “The newspaper, which started in 1966 with a focus on R&B, funk and disco, shut down in 1982. But one of its founders’ grandsons is devoted to finding it a new online audience.”

Princeton University Library: Sidney Lapidus ’59 gift to Princeton University Library opens digital access to collection of rare Revolution-era books and publications

Posted on February 9, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Princeton University Library: Sidney Lapidus ’59 gift to Princeton University Library opens digital access to collection of rare Revolution-era books and publications. “The collection includes more than 2,700 original books, atlases, pamphlets, newspapers, and magazines relating to human and political rights, liberty, and independence around the time of the American Revolution. Lapidus also made a financial gift that enabled the PUL team to digitize the collection, making it keyword-searchable and openly available to the world.”

41 Years of SGN now online at Washington Digital Newspapers; historic content available free to the public (Washington Secretary of State)

Posted on February 3, 2023 by ResearchBuzz

Washington Secretary of State: 41 Years of SGN now online at Washington Digital Newspapers; historic content available free to the public. “Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, recently digitized 1,745 issues of the Seattle Gay News (now known as SGN), as part of the Washington Digital Newspapers (WDN) program.”

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