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[...] to the competition . No major changes will be implemented during our third grant cycle though we are working on fine tuning the OCR correction process. By deciding to outsource our early stages of image processing, the de-skewing and text-zoning stages, we are speeding up some of the processing time and allowing more time for local correction of spelling people and place names and key search terms in effort to improve overall search results. In the case of the Seattle Star we found that the OCR accuracy levels were very poor without some intervention due to the quality [...]
Working Group Reports
April 26, 2012 Spring Report Production
We've really picked up speed with two more batches out the door and the next one in the data verfication stage. Batch_wa_bumping and batch_wa_columbia were shipped at the end of March and mid-April respectively. They have been received at the LC receiving center and are waiting to be approved and uploaded by LC. Newpspaer titles that will be uploaded from these batches include The Lynden Tribune (sn88085445) and The Spokane Press (LCCN: 88085947). Batch_wa_duwamish is in [...]
Working group Loryn Lestz , WA-NDNP Project Assistant, University of Washington Rachel Foshag , WA-NDNP Project Assistant, University of Washington Glenda Pearson , University of Washington, 206.685.1645 | 206.543.4164 Jessica Albano , University of Washington, 206.543.4164 | 206.685.1637 Judy Pitchford , Washington State Library, 360.704.5254 Marlys Rudeen , WA-NDNP Director, Washington State Library, 360.704.7132 Shawn Schollmeyer , WA-NDNP Coordinator, Washington State Library, 360.480.9538 Contributors Albert Ybarra, WA-NDNP [...]
[...] http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/docs/iii/charts/statesmanexaminer.htm Essay Draft Short version for LOC
In 1907 a group of Colville, Washington, democrats formed a corporation to produce a new weekly paper. They hired J. C. Harrigan, a twenty-nine year old newspaperman, to serve as editor. They also financed the purchase of modern printing equipment. Harrigan had learned his trade in the mining towns of Montana and had worked at such prestigious papers as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [LCCN: sn 83045604] and the Spokane Spokesman Review [LCCN: sn 84024754], but was enchanted by [...]
[...] was worth the time and money involved in capturing data from non-targeted film. The project manager, working with UW, hired a student from the Information School and together they evaluated the microfilm and captured title, reel and issue data on a spreadsheet using Google Docs. Google Docs was chosen because of its use of versioning and the easy access between locations and institutions. The data was imported into an Access database and delivered to OCLC. The data was also used for WSL’s QA processes which will be discussed in further detail in the Quality Review section [...]
[...] deep in the cozy basement of Suzzallo Library at the University of Washington, my colleagues and I are working to prepare Washington newspapers from the late 1800′s to 1922 for OCR (optical character recognition) software that will make each paper searchable. I am working with the Washington State Library as a part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP); a project that will digitize many historic newspapers across the United States. Now in the fourth year of the program we are deep in the midst of processing important Washington State [...]
[...] statehood. Hit hard during the national financial Panic of 1893, Hunt was forced to sell the paper to a group of Ohio-based investors in 1894. Under new [...]
[...] Libby formed the Yakima Publishing Company and bought the Yakima Republic [LCCN: sn88085525] . The group also took responsibility for the Ranch. Financial [...]
[...] journal (sn87093055) Related titles: NEH Approved Essay
In the spring of 1878, Philip Ritz led a group of white settlers into northern Adams County, [...]
[...] better communicate with the outside world and with members of the BCC who did not live in Washington the group decided to publish Industrial freedom. Lermond [...]
[...] batchID/snXXXXXXX/reel_barcode_number/issue_date_edition Naming schemes and examples batchID = the group of reels scanned together BATCH.xml = Delivery [...]
[...] re-process Documented Alder_errors Top Notes Batch rejected by LC due to corrupt jp2s. CCS is re-working these images. ~~~ CCS is using version 1.4.1_3.1 [...]
[...] published numerous small papers while moving the family westward. Miller had learned printing while working on the Frontier Index [LCCN:sn84022156] (also [...]
[...] Times features many of these graphics. It was Scripps' ambition to provide news that would serve a working-class audience, and the Tacoma Times does [...]
[...] WA-NDNP contact Shawn Schollmeyer , Washington State Library, 360.570.5568 | 360.480.9538 See also Working Groups for more contacts Library of Congress [...]
See also Progress Reports for formal reports to the Working Groups Milestones
2012-2014 Progress Chart [...]
[...] hands-off approach to the daily management of his papers, he conceived of his business as a service to the working people. Occasionally his editorial staff would [...]
[...] the day-to-day operations of the paper, but the Spokane Press fulfilled its mission of serving the working classes by supporting labor issues and maintaining [...]
