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Welcome to the Lancaster County
Digitization Project (LCDP)

The LCDP is a county-wide consortium of cultural institutions interested in digitizing Lancaster county newspaper and manuscript collections. The consortium was formed in the spring of 2004, with regularly scheduled meetings at the Lancaster County Historical Society, and other member institutions. The consortium welcomes additional Lancaster county institutions interested in digitizing and preserving their historic, print based collections. Please contact Christopher Raab or Marilyn Parrish for additional information.

Digital Newspaper Collection Quick Links

F&M Student Newspaper Collection (1873-2001)	Columbia Spy (1830-1889)
Lancaster Journal (Weekly) (1816-1836) Select Lancaster Journal from Publications menu	New Holland Clarion (1873-1950)
Lancaster Intelligencer (1847-1871)	Millersville University Snapper (1993-2005)
Lancaster Examiner and Herald (1834-1854)	The Lancaster Farmer (1875-1884)

Project History & Results

craab — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:28:59 CDT

LCDP First Year Results - 2004/05
• Built communication channels and collaborative effort among 8 local institutions.
• Evaluated leading software options and vendors for digitization.
• Preservation microfilming of the New Holland Clarion newspaper through the NEH funded Pennsylvania Newspapers Project.
• Digitization of the Columbia Spy newspaper (1850-1870) through Penn State's PA Civil War Newspapers Collection.
• Received LSTA grant funding for digitization of the Columbia Spy newspaper (1830-1850, 1870-1889).
• Digitization of The College Reporter student newspaper (1987-2001) through the F&M President's Office/Friends of the Library.

LCDP Second Year Results - 2005/06
• Presented poster and webinar sessions on cooperative digitization at regional conferences.
• Received local press coverage of the LCDP, and Columbia Spy newspaper digitization.
• Received Millersville University Friends of the Library funding for digitization of The Snapper student newspaper (1995-2005).
• Digitization of the remaining Columbia Spy newspaper (1830-1850, 1870-1889) through the PA Dept. of Education/LSTA and the Lancaster County Historical Society
• Digitization of The College Reporter student newspaper - phase 2 (1964-1987) through the F&M Friends of the Library.
• Conducted site visits to Penn State University Libraries Digitization & Preservation Department, Lehigh University Digital Library, and OCLC Preservation Services.

LCDP Third Year Results - 2006/07
• Conducted one day LCDP Strategic Planning Retreat at Millersville University.
• Digitization of the F&M Student Weekly newspaper - phase 3 (1915-1964) through the F&M Friends of the Library and Digital Preservation funds.
• Presented Poster Session on LCDP and Collaborative Digitization at 13th National ACRL Conference, Baltimore, MD.
• Conducted one day LCDP Consultation Meeting with Ed Galloway, Coordinator, Digtial Research Library, University of Pittsburgh.

LCDP Fourth Year Results - 2007/08
• Digitization of twenty years of the Lancaster Journal weekly newspaper, 1816-1836, through an $8,000 grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
• Digitization of the New Holland Clarion newspaper (1873-1950) through the PA Dept. of Education/LSTA and the Lancaster County Historical Society.

• Digitization of the Millersville University Snapper (1993-2005) through the Keystone Library Network.

• Implementation of DSpace open source institutional repositories by Lancaster Theological Seminary and Franklin and Marshall College

LCDP Fifth Year Results - 2008/09
• Digitization of the F&M College Days and F&M Weekly newspapers - phase 4(1873-1915) through the F&M Friends of the Library and Digital Preservation funds.
• Received local press coverage of the LCDP, and New Holland Clarion newspaper digitization.
• Migrated LCDP website to interactive WetPaint website.
• Digitized ten bound volumes the Lancaster Farmer (1875-1884) as part of Palinet's Mass Digitization Collaborative in association with the Internet Archive.

• PA Dept. of Education/LSTA grant awarded to Millersville University and Dickinson College to extend their collaborative project Slavery & Abolition in the US

Current Projects

craab — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:24:25 CDT

The Lancaster County Historical Society in conjunction with the Lancaster Public Library has received an LSTA grant to digitize Lancaster County and City Directories for the years 1843-1900.
The Lancaster County Historical Society and Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society have both launched new web sites featuring increased access to collections, member benefit areas, and online book stores.
Franklin and Marshall College is currently digitizing its Pennsylvania German Broadsides Collection using DSpace open source software.

Participating Institutions

craab — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:41:01 CDT

Lancaster County Historical Society Digital Collections Heather Tennies, Marge Bardeen, Rob Weber
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society Carolyn C. Wenger, Steve Ness
ELANCO Library Donna Brice, Robert Spotts, Cindi Knauer
Lancaster Public Library Philip Crnkovich
Franklin and Marshall College Digital Collections Christopher Raab
Millersville University Marilyn Parrish, Janet Dotterer
Elizabethtown College Digital Collections Peter DePuydt
Linden Hall Joey Yocum
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland Patrick Clarke, Robert Coley
Lancaster Theological Seminary Digital Collections Chris Beldan

Digital Resources

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Microfilming and Digitization Services
OCLC Preservation Services
OCLC Preservation Services Project Questionnaires
IMR - Information Management Resources

Digitization Management Software
Olive Software - ActivePaper Archive
OCLC Contentdm
Learning About Contentdm
AccessPA Digital Repository - How Libraries Participate
AccessPA Digital Repository - Collections
Pennsylvania Digital Library - Search Across the AccessPA Digital Repository

Digitization Tutorials/Education/Tools
Cornell Digital Imaging Tutorial
NEDCC's Digital Directions - formerly School for Scanning
BCR CDP Digital Toolbox
Penn State Digital Projects ToolKit
NINCH Guide to Good Practice
Metadata Terminologies List - Controlled Vocabularies

Digital Newspaper Programs
National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)

Project Presentations & Press

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Presentations
"Lancaster County Digitization Project: The Birth of a Digital Cooperative"
ACRL/DVC & ACLCP Joint Meeting Poster Session, 18 March 2005
Christopher Raab, Marilyn McKinley Parrish, Heather Tennies
[PowerPoint presentation]

"Digitization Projects: Internal Development vs. Outsourcing Production"
Palinet & Olive Software Webinar, 30 November 2005
Christopher Raab
[PowerPoint presentation]

"Digital News You Can Use: Observations on Digitizing Historic Newspapers"
Readex Report Online Newsletter, Vol. 1 No.1 (Spring 2006)
Christopher Raab
[Link to Article]

Press
"Read Columbia's Spy from comfort of your own computer chair"
Jack Brubaker, Lancaster New Era, 17 March 2006
SECTION: A; Pg. 10; LENGTH: 632 words

"Clarion On Call; New Holland's Stories Are Told In Old Newspapers Now Online"
Stephanie Weaver, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal, 11 August 2008
SECTION: B; Pg. 1; LENGTH: 705 words

"Piece Of Town's Past Saved For All Time"
Editorial, Lancaster New Era, 20 September 2008
SECTION: A; Pg. 11; LENGTH: 416 words