Process & Timeline - Oregon Digital Newspaper Program

The original Washington hand press used 1846-1855 to print the  Oregon Spectator , first newspaper of the West. Currently housed at Allen Hall by the University of Oregon School of Journalism.  Photography by Mandi Garcia.

Process

• Step One: Title Selection
• Step Two: Page Count Estimates
• Step Three: Microfilm Evaluation 
• Step Four: Microfilm Collation
• Step Five: Microfilm Duplication
• Step Six: Vendor Digitzation, OCR and Article Coordinates Applied
• Step Seven: Backup Data for Preservation
• Step Eight:  Quality Review of Data and Images
• Step Nine: Send to Library of Congress for inclusion in Chronicling America (NEH funded titles only)
• Step Ten: Load on ODNP Website (All titles)

Workflow

Workflow Documentation (PDF)

Timeline

The initial content for the Oregon Digital Newspaper Program is now available online at: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu