The Digicenter, located on the ground floor of the James B. Duke Library keeps a steady stream of projects going that stretch across all academic departments.
The digitization of physical objects such as photos, slides, maps, and any number of formats of text greatly broadens the access and increases the value of the original resources in ways that could not be done before.
One of the most transformative projects involves the digitization of a number of library resources that to this point have existed only in microfilm or microcard formats. In addition a number of these items never made the transition to the library’s catalog, and have therefore remained “hidden” to users. Now not only have they come to light but by virtue of the Digicenter’s work of employing Optical Character Recognition software, many are fully searchable. Included among the titles completed are the only only black newspaper published in Greenville, SC during the 1960’s civil rights era, The Carolina News and Guide . Only 16 issues survived but at some point were saved on microfilm, and now they find life in the digital world.
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Republished from Greffitti, The Research Assistance and Reference blog of Furman University Libraries
wow!!! i had no idea that these resources were available. i actually looked at a couple of the newspapers and they are digitized beautifully. thank you for providing this extremely useful information. i look forward to your future blog entries.