Digitization

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
In Progress
Start Date
July 2020
End Date
September 2020
Activity Type
Digitization/Online Information Access
Counties Affected
Houston
Houston
Project Overview

Local documents digitized.

Project Details

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Legal Citation / Subdivision
2017 Minnesota Special Session Laws, Chapter 91 - HF.No 707, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 5
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

SELCO will prioritize which counties will be eligible to have their newspapers digitized. SELCO with contract with Minnesota Historical Society to do the digitization.
Libraries, historical societies, and other local organizations will be able to work with patrons to develop potential new uses of the digitized newspapers.
Create a treasury of long-sought or unexpected information from digitizing newspapers from Southeastern Minnesota. In addition, anecdotes and stories will be collected from users of the digitized collection. As a central repository and resource for digitized Minnesota newspapers, the Hub will make historic newspapers freely accessible over the Internet and provide greatly improved access through keyword searching of the page content. The SELCO newspapers are a key component and MHS has uploaded all of the digitized SELCO newspapers to the Hub.

Measurable Outcome(s)

As a central repository and resource for digitized Minnesota newspapers, the Hub will make historic newspapers freely accessible over the Internet and provide greatly improved access through keyword searching of the page content. The SELCO newspapers are a key component and MHS has uploaded all of the digitized SELCO newspapers to the Hub.

Source of Additional Funds

Hokah Public Library, Houston Public Library, Spring Grove Public Library

Project Manager
First Name
Krista
Last Name
Ross
Organization Name
Southeastern Libraries Cooperating
Street Address
2600 19th Street NW
City
Rochester
State
MN
Zip Code
55901-0779
Phone
507-288-5525
Email
kross@selco.info
Administered By
Administered by
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200