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INP @ ALPL |
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INP catalogers are beginning work at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in preparation for the close of the INP grant in 2009. The goal of this work is to update our INP Database to include the most recent information about microfilm held at the ALPL, the largest microfilm repository of Illinois newspapers. In 1995, INP completed initial inventorying and cataloging work in Springfield; this current project will make their ever-growing collection even more accessible.
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Preservation Microfilming: INP Schedule |
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We have recently received microfilm for the Arsenal Target published for personnel at the Rock Island Arsenal (1963-2000); South End Citizen published in Chicago (1972-1991); and El Puertorriqueno published in Chicago (1968-1973). This microfilm is available from the UIUC Library via interlibrary loan.
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INP Begins Work in Cataloging Region 3 |
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During the fall of 2007 , we began visiting libraries and historical/genealogical societies in INP Cataloging Region 3. This region includes the following counties: Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Moultrie, Richland, Shelby, Wabash, and Wayne.
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Help Us Spread the Word about the INP! |
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We have created an informational flyer about the INP that can be posted in your institution. Copies of this flyer are available for printing here.
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The Illinois Newspaper Project (INP) is part of the U.S. Newspaper Program (USNP), a cooperative effort between the states and the federal government designed to identify, catalog and preserve on microfilm the nation's historic newspaper heritage. The USNP is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and administered by the Library of Congress.
The INP team travels throughout Illinois inventorying and cataloging collections held by libraries and repositories, private organizations, and individuals. Newspapers that have not already been preserved on microfilm are filmed to create a permanent record of this vanishing material.
The goal of the project is to facilitate access to Illinois newspapers. We host a web-based searchable database of all newspapers discovered and preserved through the project. All microfilm produced for INP is made available to Illinois citizens through interlibrary loan.
Since its establishment in 1987, the INP has been staffed by librarians from the Illinois State Historical Library (ISHL), the Chicago Historical Society (CHS), and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. The ISHL, now the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library (ALPL), participated from 1987 to 1995. The CHS, now the Chicago History Museum (CHM), has worked on the project since 1989 in the 19 northernmost Illinois counties. The UIUC Library has been responsible for central and southern Illinois counties since June 1995.
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