Project Leads To Trip To Arizona Conference

Carol White, newly retired director of the Akwesasne Library, and Thomas Blauvelt of NNYLN, recently presented a report on their Model Project at the 2nd Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums National Conference in Mesa, Arizona.

With a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Akwesasne Library scanned and indexed an extensive collection of newspaper clippings and other cultural documents from the library's collection.

This was done to preserve the fragile material and to provide greater access by way of full text indexing.

NNYLN provided advice on the digitization project with knowledge gained from experience with its Historical Newspapers program.

Carol White with some of the vertical file material digitized by the project.                                                  Martha LaFrance scans an article.