UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

Agency: National Endowment For The Humanities
NAICS: 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Period start: 2026-09-01
Period end: 2028-08-31
Budget: 324979.0
Place of performance: SOUTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES

Description

SOUTH CAROLINA DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM, 2026-28 [THE SOUTH CAROLINA DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM (SCDNP), A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA (USC) LIBRARIES DIGITAL COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND THE SOUTH CAROLINIANA LIBRARY (SCL), WILL SCAN AND DELIVER TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (LOC) THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) NATIONAL DIGITAL NEWSPAPER PROGRAM (NDNP) 100,000 PAGES OF HISTORICAL SOUTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED PRIOR TO 1963. OVER THE TWO-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD (2026-28), THE SCDNP TEAM WILL WORK WITH ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS TO SELECT NEWSPAPERS AND WITH EXTERNAL VENDORS TO DIGITIZE AND DUPLICATE NEWSPAPERS (CHIEFLY FROM MICROFILM). THE TEAM WILL PROMOTE CHRONICLING AMERICA AND THE NDNP THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS AND WILL SUBMIT DELIVERABLES (INCLUDING THE TITLE SELECTION LIST, DATA BATCHES, DUPLICATE NEGATIVE MICROFILM REELS, NEWSPAPER TITLE ESSAYS, UPDATED CATALOG RECORDS, AND NON-NDNP NEWS ARCHIVES SURVEY) TO LOC ON SCHEDULE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NDNP TECHNICAL GUIDELINES.]

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