Grants Received in 2009
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Thanks to the following granting agencies for their generous support of our digital projects:
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
An IMLS grant for “Classification of Government Websites in the
End-of-Term Archive: Extending Depository Libraries’ Collection
Development Practices.” In this project, UNT is partnering with the
Internet Archive to classify, in accord with the SuDocs system, the
materials in the 2008–2009 End-of-Term (EOT) Web, collected by UNT,
which represents the entirety of the federal government’s public Web
presence immediately before and after the 2009 change in presidential
administrations. The project will also identify metrics to translate
measurable units for selected materials in Web archives to units more
familiar to libraries and more recognizable by university
administrators. More information is available at the eotcd project
Web site.
National Endowment for the Humanities
A We the People grant to the UNT Libraries for the National Digital
Newspaper Program (NDNP), “Chronicling America: Historic American
Newspapers.” The Library of Congress serves as the technical advisor
for the NDNP. The award funds digitization of Texas historical
newspapers, and for the grant UNT serves as lead institution with
partners at the Center for American History at the University of Texas,
and Texas Tech University.
National Endowment for the Humanities
A We the People grant to the Oklahoma Historical Society and the UNT
Libraries for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP),
“Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.” The award funds
digitization of Oklahoma historical newspapers, and for the grant UNT
serves as technical advisor for its partners at the Oklahoma Historical
Society.
Tocker Foundation
Grants to digitize historical newspaper issues:
- The Breckenridge American, in partnership with the Breckenridge Library. See the The Breckenridge American.
- The Aspermont Star, in partnership with the Stonewall County Library. See The Aspermont Star.