The NDNP project has digitized over 60,000 newspaper pages from 13 Nevada titles with a goal of 100,000 pages by August 2018. They are 60% completed and have uploaded nearly 40,000 pages to Chronicling America with another 20,000 pending upload. The project team includes 3 PIs, 2 full-time employees, and 2 external vendors. Outreach efforts include a project website and presentations to genealogy societies to spread awareness of the digitized newspapers.

1. NDNP Accomplishments | Jan 2017 - Feb 2018
Goal 100,000 newspaper pages
Timeline Jan 2017 - August 2018
Digitized pages 60,504 60% completed
Feb 2018 Aug 2018Jan 2017
Digitized,uploaded
ChroniclingAmerica
39,871 Digitized,
pending
upload 20,633 39,496
Tobedigitized
Goal 13 newspaper titles
Timeline Jan 2017 - August 2018
Elko Independent Group
● The Elko Independent
● Weekly Elko Independent
● Daily Independent
● Weekly Independent
● Elko Independent
Gold Hill Group
● Gold Hill Daily News
Eureka Sentinel Group
● Eureka Daily Sentinel
● Eureka Weekly Sentinel
● The Eureka Sentinel
Goldfield News Group
● Goldfield News
● Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune
Lyon County Times Group
● Lyon County Times
● Yerington Times
DONE TO DO
Project team and labor
3 Principle
Investigators
2 Full-time
employees
2 External
vendors
duplication preparation collation digitization quality review
102 1241201870
days days days days days
Chronicling America | Historic American Newspapers
Freely accessible Nevada newspapers at
www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
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➢ 3
The Elko Independent | 1869-1872 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022043/
Weekly Elko Independent | 1872-1887 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86091341/
Daily Independent | 1887-1915 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020355/
Weekly Independent | 1887-1914 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076366/
Elko Independent | 1915-1921 | chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86076367/

2. NDNP | Spreading the word
Outreach campaigns and events Project website
Newly developed section | Nevada History
● Preserving the past
● Carson City, NV
● Elko, NV
● Eureka, NV
● Goldfield, NV
● Gold Hill, NV
● Pioche, NV
● Silver City, NV
● Tonopah, NV
● Yerington, NV
Updated section | Newspapers
● First cycle
● Second cycle
○ Progress update
● Third cycle
● Interactive map
● Title changes
www.nvdnp.wordpress.com
Call for contributors
Area
● History of Nevada
boomtowns
● Boomtown photographs |
1860s - 1920s
● Eureka (history)
● Silver City (history & photos)
● Tonopah (history)
● Yerington (history & photos)
● Checking the accuracy of all
cities’ Quick Facts section
Past
● NDNP meeting | NSLA, Carson City, NV | Apr 2017
● Open house Special Collections | UNLV Libraries | June 2017
● Genealogy Fair | Paseo Verde Library, Henderson, NV | June
2017
● Open house Research Week | UNLV Libraries | Oct 2017
● Social media campaigns | Facebook, Twitter | Oct, Nov, Dec
2017, Jan 2018
Coming up
● NDNP presentation and Chronicling America demo, Clark
County Genealogy Society | Paseo Verde Library, Henderson,
NV | Mar 2018
● NDNP presentation and Chronicling America demo, public
library district librarians | Windmill Library, Las Vegas, NV |
TBD
Marina Georgieva
Project Manager