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Tundra Times
Indexing Project
The primary goal of
this project is to provide the people of the North
Slope, as well as Alaska Natives and researchers in
Alaska and beyond, with access to the articles which
appeared in the Tundra Times newspaper over a 35-year
period from 1962 to 1997. This important resource which
documents the history of Alaska Natives and their
pivotal political struggles during this period of
intense change has never been indexed. The project will
additionally enhance the ongoing projects being
conducted by the Tuzzy Consortium Library to digitize
the entire photograph collection of the newspaper.
The project objectives
are to digitize the microfilm of the 35-year run of the
weekly Tundra Times newspaper, create a full text index
to the articles with links to the scanned newspaper
images, to provide the Alaska Periodicals Index with
3000 indexing records, and to develop local talent in
advanced library technology practices. The Library will
capitalize on existing technology to accomplish these
objectives and will do so in the environment of a small,
remote library. Training for staff in the most current
indexing techniques, support from a consultant and from
the Alaska State Library and Rasmuson Library at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks will guide Library staff
to achieve and maintain nationally recognized standards
for access to digital collections and newspaper
indexing.
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Darcie Koonook,
Principle Project Technician
Michael Riley, Indexer
Ben Nageak, Archivist
David Ongley, Library Director
Phone: 800.478.6916
Fax: 907.852.1729
Tuzzy Consortium Library
P.O. Box 749
Barrow, AK 99723
Project Consultant:
Judith A. K. Terpstra,
Information Access
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Tundra Times Photograph Project
Page last updated:
April 06, 2004
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