Getting the crowd into obituaries: How a unique partnership combined the world’s largest obituary index with Utah’s largest historic newspaper database

Authors

Jeremy Myntti, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
John Alexander
John Herbert
Alan Witkowski, University of Utah

Keywords

Newspaper, operating principles, obituaries, FamilySearch, Utah Digital Newspaper

Abstract

Utah Digital Newspaper

What we do

• Create digital images of historic Utah newspapers
• Create searchable text of every page/article
• Make both images and text available on the Internet

Who we are

• Run by J. Willard Marriott Library, Univ. of Utah
• Entirely a “soft money” program
• National leader, especially within the public sector

Original Publication Citation

Herbert, J., Alexander, J., Myntti, J., and Witkowski, A. “Getting the crowd into obituaries: How a unique partnership combined the world’s largest obituary index with Utah’s largest historic newspaper database.” IFLA International Newspapers Conference. February 4, 2014. Salt Lake City, UT. https://collections.lib.utah.edu/file?id=1283536

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Myntti, Jeremy; Alexander, John; Herbert, John; and Witkowski, Alan, "Getting the crowd into obituaries: How a unique partnership combined the world’s largest obituary index with Utah’s largest historic newspaper database" (2014). Faculty Publications. 6394.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6394

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

2014-02-04

Publisher

University of Utah

Language

English

College

Harold B. Lee Library

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

Copyright Use Information

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