--- title: Veridian Blog - Resources on Digitizing Archives & Historic Newspapers (5) description: Get expert insights, proven strategies & case studies on digitizing archives & historical newspapers—ideal for every stage of your digitization project. 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Whether you're just starting your digitisation project or looking to optimise your digital collections, there’s something here for every stage. - [Show All](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base) - [Case Studies](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/case-studies) - [Digitization & Preservation](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/digitization-preservation) - [Collection Management](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/collection-management) - [Collection Health](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/collection-health) - [Veridian Software Updates](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/veridian-software-updates) - [Audience Engagement](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/audience-engagement) - [Search & Discovery](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/search-discovery) - [People & Culture](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/people-culture) - [Platform Migration](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/platform-migration) - [Accessibility](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/accessibility) - [Case Studies](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/case-studies) - [Digitization & Preservation](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/digitization-preservation) - [Collection Management](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/collection-management) - [Collection Health](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/collection-health) - [Veridian Software Updates](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/veridian-software-updates) - [Audience Engagement](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/audience-engagement) - [Search & Discovery](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/search-discovery) - [People & Culture](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/people-culture) - [Platform Migration](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/platform-migration) - [Accessibility](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/accessibility) August 03, 2021 ### [Case Study: Plains to Peaks—The First Inter-Collection Collaboration Find out about the Plains to Peaks digital collection, a joint collection combining the content of the CHNC, Wyoming State Library and University of Wyoming collections.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-study-plains-to-peaks-the-first-inter-collection-collaboration) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-study-plains-to-peaks-the-first-inter-collection-collaboration) July 21, 2021 ### [Ernest Hemingway Digital Collection Used in New Documentary Central Michigan University’s Hemingway Family Scrapbooks featured in PBS’s “Hemingway” documentary, thanks to their Veridian-built digital collection.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/ernest-hemingway-digital-collection-used-in-new-documentary) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/ernest-hemingway-digital-collection-used-in-new-documentary) June 20, 2021 ### [Date Validation and Enhanced Features in the New Veridian Viewer Learn about Veridian’s source data validation and new viewer capabilities illustrated by an interesting newspaper issue.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/date-validation-and-new-veridian-viewer) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/date-validation-and-new-veridian-viewer) May 20, 2021 ### [New Student Newspaper Collection Launched for Yale University From 1878 to today: Yale’s historic Daily News archive launches on Veridian, preserving over a century of student journalism and debate.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/new-student-newspaper-collection-launched-for-yale-university) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/new-student-newspaper-collection-launched-for-yale-university) May 19, 2021 ### [Enhancing Multilingual Archive Search with Transliteration & Stemming Making multilingual archives easier to search: how Veridian uses transliteration and stemming to improve results — and the technical challenges along the way.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/cracking-the-code-for-multilingual-archive-search) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/cracking-the-code-for-multilingual-archive-search) April 12, 2021 ### [Swiss National Library Newspapers Archive Tops 6.5 Million Pages From 3.3M to 6.5M pages in just a few years—the Swiss National Library’s Veridian collection continues to grow as a leading archive of Swiss newspapers.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/swiss-national-library-newspapers-archive-tops-6.5-million-pages) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/swiss-national-library-newspapers-archive-tops-6.5-million-pages) February 21, 2021 ### [Discovering Topics in the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection From gold mines to flying machines — see how the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection’s new ‘topics’ page makes millions of pages more discoverable.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/discovering-topics-in-the-colorado-historic-newspapers-collection) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/discovering-topics-in-the-colorado-historic-newspapers-collection) January 26, 2021 ### [Q&A with Ryan - Veridian Software Engineer Ryan reflects on his first year at Veridian—expanding his computer science skills, working on major collections, and enjoying life beyond the keyboard.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/qa-with-ryan-veridian-software-engineer) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/qa-with-ryan-veridian-software-engineer) December 21, 2020 ### [Reflecting on 2020: Growth, Innovation, and Digital Milestones From new collections and features to Zero Carbon certification, we reflect on a year of growth, innovation, and resilience through 2020.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/quite-a-year.-looking-back-on-the-good-bits-of-2020) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/quite-a-year.-looking-back-on-the-good-bits-of-2020) December 09, 2020 ### [Ohio State University Selects Veridian for Student Newspaper Archive Ohio State University selects Veridian for its student newspaper archive, enhancing access and engagement with over a century of student publications..](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/osu-newspaper-archive) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/osu-newspaper-archive) November 10, 2020 ### [National Library of Israel Unveils Enhanced Digital Newspaper Archive The National Library of Israel has relaunched its historical newspaper archive on Veridian Software](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/national-library-of-israel-newspaper-collection) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/national-library-of-israel-newspaper-collection) October 18, 2020 ### [Spotlight on Veridian's New User Text Correction Dashboard Veridian’s debuts new User Text Correction Dashboard—engaging readers to fix OCR errors and improve search results.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-feature-spotlight-the-user-text-correction-dashboard) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-feature-spotlight-the-user-text-correction-dashboard) October 11, 2020 ### [Veridian Software: Accessibility and Responsiveness Veridian software is constantly evolving so our users can enjoy the very best in functionality and appearance.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/new-veridian-user-interface) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/new-veridian-user-interface) October 11, 2020 ### [Digitizing History: Success of New Zealand's Papers Past Initiative The National Library of New Zealand was looking for key features like full-text search, article-level access, and search term highlighting. Veridian was the solution.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/papers-past) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/papers-past) October 11, 2020 ### [Optimizing Newspaper Digitization Inside Papers Past’s Data Management An overview of each step in their data management process, including their automated and manual data acceptance testing, and how and when they reprocess data.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-study-a-close-look-at-papers-pasts-data-management-processes) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-study-a-close-look-at-papers-pasts-data-management-processes) August 25, 2020 ### [Meet Andrew, Veridian Project Lead Andrew is skilled in customizing digital collections so that each client’s website can reflect their unique branding and style. He maintains a number of our](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/meet-andrew-veridian-project-lead) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/meet-andrew-veridian-project-lead) August 23, 2020 ### [Implementing IIIF Enhances Access to Swiss National Library Archives After recently adding International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) support to Veridian, we jumped at the opportunity to implement IIIF into the Swiss](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/implementation-of-iiif-for-the-swiss-national-library) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/implementation-of-iiif-for-the-swiss-national-library) May 13, 2020 ### [Meet Pei - Veridian Project Lead Pei is an experienced software developer and designer, and an important part of our team.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/meet-pei-veridian-project-lead) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/meet-pei-veridian-project-lead) May 11, 2020 ### [Crowdsourced Text Correction Thrives During Pandemic Lockdowns With libraries closed, Veridian collections thrived—communities embraced crowdsourced text correction, making digital history more accurate and accessible.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/crowdsourced-text-correction-thrives-during-pandemic-lockdowns) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/crowdsourced-text-correction-thrives-during-pandemic-lockdowns) April 14, 2020 ### [Veridian Achieves Zero Carbon Certification A milestone for Veridian: Zero Carbon certification achieved, balancing innovation in digital collections with environmental responsibility.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-achieves-zero-carbon-certification) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-achieves-zero-carbon-certification) [3](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/page/3) [4](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/page/4) [5](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/page/5) [6](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/page/6) [7](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/page/7) ## **Subscribe for updates** Keep up with digitization best practices, case studies, Veridian feature updates and more. 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