Increased Content for Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection

We hope that you have had a look at the new and improved Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection online. When you do – I am sure you will notice the improved… (Search hits: 8 in body, 2 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 516.56)

Share Your Take and Make Activities

…a way to share these activities that libraries have created to avoid reinventing the wheel and make it easy to exchange ideas and promising practices. To that end, here is… (Search hits: 5 in body, 1 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 393.62)

CHNC Welcomes School of Mines Oredigger

The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection is thrilled to welcome the Colorado School of Mines student newspaper, The Oredigger, to our collection. Nearly a century after its establishment, The Oredigger’s addition… (Search hits: 18 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 386.19)

Share Your Community’s Story Online with CVL Collections

The Colorado State Library is pleased to announce the launch of the CVL Collections program. This program was created to help libraries and cultural heritage organizations that want to share (Search hits: 3 in body, 1 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 385.46)

CHNC is Growing! Again!

…on to have a long career in newspapers in Colorado, publishing the Lafayette News, the Keota News and the Pawnee Herald. The Palisade Tribune, added to CHNC by the Palisade… (Search hits: 25 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 384.22)

Topics in History: Baseball

…about Baseball Local Baseball News There will be a meeting Rocky Mountain News February 5, 1866 Base Ball Rocky Mountain News February 28, 1866 The National Game Rocky Mountain News (Search hits: 18 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 378.87)

Topics in History: Colorado’s Homegrown History

Newspaper Articles/Ads About Rocky Ford Melons La Junta Tribune, Volume 21, Number 41, August 15, 1900 Middle Park Times, July 12, 1912 Aspen Daily Times, August 25, 1908 Historic Newspaper… (Search hits: 9 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 370.88)

Want to become a Top Journeyman Editor?

Maybe what you’re really asking yourself is what is a Journeyman Editor? In the world of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC), a journeyman editor is a text corrector. Correcting… (Search hits: 11 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 377.93)

A Window to History: Roarin’ 20s Newspapers

One of the many joys of old newspapers is reading with the benefit of hindsight. It is with this hindsight that I wish to explore 1920s newspapers for this installment… (Search hits: 28 in body, 2 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 404.55)

April is Earth Month – How Well Do You Know Our Amazing Planet?

…that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours—vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and… (Search hits: 43 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 377.03)

CHNC Contest Results and More Text Correcting Opportunities!

…digitized newspapers to become keyword searchable and more discoverable on the internet. Having reliable transcription in place is a key aspect of CHNC, as increasing searchability makes for quicker, more… (Search hits: 10 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 373.25)

LGBTQ History Now Included in CHNC

…on Colorado that cannot be found in other newspapers, and will be invaluable to students and researchers searching historic newspapers and those researching the LGBTQ community. CSL staff member, Mike… (Search hits: 11 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 372.53)

Topics in History: Dearfield, Colorado

…in 1948. Jackson’s niece remained in Dearfield until her death in 1973. A few of the buildings still exist today. Historic Newspaper Articles About Dearfield News Items Negro Town for… (Search hits: 9 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 360.47)

Guest Post: Communicating Value Through a Shared Vocabulary

…use words that everyone understands. At our library we are reconsidering our typical vocabulary choices. A “program” is a TV show, or a set of code that runs a computer,… (Search hits: 4 in body, 1 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 223.36)

Important Tips and Tricks for Correcting CHNC Text

…correct an incomplete word or word connected by hyphen, for example “depart-ment”? If the word has a hyphen the system will search the word by removing the hyphen and join… (Search hits: 25 in body, 0 in title, 2 in categories, 2 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 417.71)

A Window to History: Alternative Newspapers from 1969-1980

I might have extolled the virtues of the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection’s (CHNC) diverse titles once or twice before, and this month’s Window to History is no exception. Today, we… (Search hits: 7 in body, 2 in title, 2 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 352.66)

Free Online Learning Opportunities for November 2023

…webinar will introduce learners to library marketing terminology and concepts. Mark Aaron Polger will introduce beginners to the library marketing “umbrella” and explain the differences between the terms outreach, marketing,… (Search hits: 55 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 302.96)

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

…  Related Reading: The Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection (CHNC) – a service of the Colorado State Library – has also added to the online collection several newspapers representing AAPI communities…. (Search hits: 77 in body, 0 in title, 0 in categories, 0 in tags, 0 in other taxonomies, 0 in comments. Score: 309.6)