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Soap Eaters & Coon Dogs… According To Kentucky Newspapers!, Reinette F. Jones, Kopana Terry
Soap Eaters & Coon Dogs… According To Kentucky Newspapers!, Reinette F. Jones, Kopana Terry
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Kentucky newspapers are a valuable research option with many articles about the history of the state, as well as national and international news. This presentation was brief overview of the Kentucky Newspaper Digital Program [KDNP] and its development over many years. KDNP provides patrons access to the hundreds of Kentucky newspaper titles. Many of these titles are available full-text online via the University of Kentucky Library catalog. The weekly history vignettes are based on Kentucky newspaper articles and cover a wide range of topics. They are online at the KDNP Facebook site.
If It’S Not In The Newspapers, Don’T Believe It!, Kopana Terry, Reinette F. Jones
If It’S Not In The Newspapers, Don’T Believe It!, Kopana Terry, Reinette F. Jones
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Kentucky newspapers are a major asset for historical research and genealogical work. They hold the treasures not found in any other resource and are a great educational tool for all ages. We will share with the audience how the Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program (KDNP) came to exist in its present form, who uses it, and why it is free to all who have internet service. Added to that, will be the overview of why so much local African American history can be found in the newspapers, and how the newspapers have been a vital resource in the development of the …
Ky Digital Newspaper Program, Kopana Terry
Ky Digital Newspaper Program, Kopana Terry
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Kopana Terry details the University of Kentucky Libraries' past, present and future newspaper digitization program, including how newspaper digitization came to fruition, selecting content for digitization, copyright, digitization from paper vs. film, vendor selection, software, and keeping the program afloat during tough economic circumstances.