--- title: Veridian Blog - Resources on Digitizing Archives & Historic Newspapers | Digitization & Preservation (2) description: Digitization & Preservation | Get expert insights, proven strategies & case studies on digitizing archives & historical newspapers—ideal for every stage of your digitization project. 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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) February 12, 2019 ### [Case Western Reserve Launches Digital Student Newspaper Archive From 1862 to 2010: 55,000+ pages of CWRU student newspapers are now digitised and searchable in the new Digital Student Newspaper Archive.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-western-reserve-launches-digital-student-newspaper-archive) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/case-western-reserve-launches-digital-student-newspaper-archive) January 23, 2019 ### [400K Pages Online in Washington Digital Newspapers Archive The Washington State Library launches its new Washington Digital Newspapers site, with 400k+ pages of history now more accessible than ever.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/400k-pages-online-in-washington-digital-newspapers-archive) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/400k-pages-online-in-washington-digital-newspapers-archive) January 15, 2019 ### [Digitize and Engage: Transforming Historic Collections with Veridian Veridian software and services make it easy to digitize and provide online access to historic newspaper and archive collections.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-services) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/veridian-services) December 13, 2018 ### [Washington State Library Selects Veridian for Newspaper Archive From 19th-century headlines to today, Washington Digital Newspapers moves to Veridian—offering richer search, preservation, and public access.](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/washington-state-library-selects-veridian-for-newspaper-archive) [Read More](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/washington-state-library-selects-veridian-for-newspaper-archive) [1](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base) [2](https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/tag/digitization-preservation/page/2) ## **Subscribe for updates** Keep up with digitization best practices, case studies, Veridian feature updates and more. 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