Next week we’ll be launching a redesigned DigitalNC.org. You’ll be able to do everything you can on the current site, with the same great content. The new site has an updated look and some new browsing options, and the “front pages” are also mobile friendly. Take a look and let us know what you think by leaving a comment or emailing us at digitalnc@unc.edu.
The front page of the new site.
The North Carolina Yearbooks home page.
The landing page for partner institutions.
The following newspapers were digitized from microfilm in 2013.
| Title | Years | Nominating Institution |
|---|---|---|
| The Enterprise (Williamston) | 1901-1932 | Martin Memorial Library |
| Forest City Courier | 1919-1931 | Rutherford County Public Library |
| Danbury Reporter | 1872-1945 | Danbury Public Library |
| Elkin Tribune | 1930-1940 | Elkin Public Library |
| Central Times (Dunn) | 1891-1895 | Harnett County Public Library |
| County Union (Dunn) | 1897-1899 | Harnett County Public Library |
| Democratic Banner (Dunn) | 1901-1902 | Harnett County Public Library |
| Rocky Mount Herald | 1934-1938 | Braswell Memorial Library |
| Press and Carolinian (Hickory) | 1887-1892 | Catawba County Library |
| Hickory Democrat | 1906-1915 | Hickory Public Library |
| Polk County News (Columbus) | 1902-1921 | Polk County Public Libraries |
| The Carolina Times (Durham) | 1965-1972 | Durham County Library |
| Erwin Chatter (Cooleemee) | 1944-1954 | Davie County Public Library |
| Cooleemee Journal | 1965-1970 | Davie County Public Library |
| Alamance Gleaner (Graham) | 1875-1880 | Alamance County Public Library |
Elon University, Pender County Public Library, and UNC-Charlotte are the three newest North Carolina institutions to join the Digital Public Library of America. North Carolina institutions are now represented with almost 160,000 digital items.
The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is the DPLA’s hub in North Carolina. You can read more about the DPLA and North Carolina in an earlier blog post from the official launch last month.
North Carolina institutions with digital collections can now have their content added to the Digital Public Library of America through the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center.
With over 5 million records and counting, the DPLA is a national digital library that brings together metadata from digital collections around the country into a single, searchable website. It also makes that metadata available to developers through an API (application programming interface), enabling reuse for all kinds of purposes – from visualization to data mining.<
North Carolina’s participation was announced last night at DPLA Fest in Boston. With over 120,000 items, these North Carolina institutions were partners in the initial launch:
The Summer 2013 newsletter from the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is now available online. Inside, you’ll find news about a major milestone for the Center, learn about historic newspapers available on DigitalNC, and see featured materials from Stanly, Rockingham, and Alleghany counties.
The North Carolina City Directories collection in DigitalNC continues to grow. There are now more than 900 directories online, spanning more than a century. Published from early 1860s to the early 1960s, the directories cover cities and towns across North Carolina. There are 107 cities and 63 counties represented in the online collection. Most of the directories that were digitized come from the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill, though several other libraries have contributed copies, including the Durham County Library, Duke University, the Forsyth County Public Library, and the Hickory Public Library.
There’s lots going on at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center with new material digitized and published online every week. We want to make it as easy as possible for users to keep with our work and to learn about new materials as soon as they’re available online. Here are several ways we share news and interesting items from our online collections:
If you don’t see your favorite social network here, or you have suggestions of other ways that we can let you know about our work and collections, drop us a line at digitalnc@unc.edu and let us know.
The North Carolina Digital Heritage Center is continuing its popular newspaper digitization program in 2013 with the addition of fifteen new titles from towns and communities around the state.
Primary creator, Murray Jones, Jr. of Durham, worked on Caro-Graphics during his time as a student at Duke University – we have included a photo of him from the 1934 edition of Duke’s yearbook, The Chanticleer. He went on to become a prominent artist and professor of the arts. He died in 1964; today would have been his 97th birthday.Read about recent activities at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, including highlights from the newspaper collection, featured projects, and more in the Summer 2012 newsletter, now available online.
This blog is maintained by the staff of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center and features the latest news and highlights from the collections at DigitalNC, an online library of primary sources from organizations across North Carolina.