From Tortoise to Hare: Digitizing the New Hampshire City and Town Annual Reports Collection
Type
Presentation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/mjv1-4224
Session Description
The New Hampshire City and Town Annual Reports Collection is used widely throughout the state and beyond and is a valuable source of historical data on the fiscal management and vital statistics of New Hampshire's municipalities. With funding from the American Rescue Plan Act through the New Hampshire State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, we successfully completed the goals of an ongoing project initiated more than ten years ago and internally funded by The UNH Library. The final grant funded sprint of our multi-year digitization work was completed on a short timeline, had many moving pieces, and required collaboration with several partners. The completed project makes all known New Hampshire annual reports from the University of New Hampshire Library and New Hampshire State Library (NHSL) collections accessible to the public, and more than doubles the size of the original collection. This presentation will give an overview of this project and discuss our collaborations with NHSL and the Internet Archive in accomplishing this work on time and on budget. Drawing from this experience, we will pass along lessons learned in managing complex collaborations, tight time frames, and engaging with a public eagerly anticipating the results of a project.
Type of Library
University Library
From Tortoise to Hare: Digitizing the New Hampshire City and Town Annual Reports Collection
Hogan 401
The New Hampshire City and Town Annual Reports Collection is used widely throughout the state and beyond and is a valuable source of historical data on the fiscal management and vital statistics of New Hampshire's municipalities. With funding from the American Rescue Plan Act through the New Hampshire State Library and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, we successfully completed the goals of an ongoing project initiated more than ten years ago and internally funded by The UNH Library. The final grant funded sprint of our multi-year digitization work was completed on a short timeline, had many moving pieces, and required collaboration with several partners. The completed project makes all known New Hampshire annual reports from the University of New Hampshire Library and New Hampshire State Library (NHSL) collections accessible to the public, and more than doubles the size of the original collection. This presentation will give an overview of this project and discuss our collaborations with NHSL and the Internet Archive in accomplishing this work on time and on budget. Drawing from this experience, we will pass along lessons learned in managing complex collaborations, tight time frames, and engaging with a public eagerly anticipating the results of a project.
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