TY - JOUR
T1 - The Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive
T2 - Harnessing an open-source platform to host digitized collections online
AU - Knapp, Jeffrey A.
AU - Gearhart, Andrew
AU - Kellerman, L. Suzanne
AU - Klimczyk, Linda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - Providing online access to historical newspaper content is a strategic priority for many libraries. As early adopters in hosting an in-house newspaper repository for its own scanned newspapers, Penn State University’s online collection has grown substantially. New systems become necessary over time, however, due to system obsolescence, infrequent vendor upgrades, and maintenance and user needs. This was the case when the University Libraries adopted the open-source “Open ONI” platform in creating its Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive (http://panewsarchive.psu.edu), replacing its aging Olive Software ActivePaper Archive™ system. This paper chronicles the planning and design phases of the project, the adoption of the “Agile Scrum” project management framework, and the migration processes developed to transfer 450,000 pages of historical legacy newspaper content from a commercial system to an open-source system hosted in-house.
AB - Providing online access to historical newspaper content is a strategic priority for many libraries. As early adopters in hosting an in-house newspaper repository for its own scanned newspapers, Penn State University’s online collection has grown substantially. New systems become necessary over time, however, due to system obsolescence, infrequent vendor upgrades, and maintenance and user needs. This was the case when the University Libraries adopted the open-source “Open ONI” platform in creating its Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive (http://panewsarchive.psu.edu), replacing its aging Olive Software ActivePaper Archive™ system. This paper chronicles the planning and design phases of the project, the adoption of the “Agile Scrum” project management framework, and the migration processes developed to transfer 450,000 pages of historical legacy newspaper content from a commercial system to an open-source system hosted in-house.
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U2 - 10.1177/0340035218771095
DO - 10.1177/0340035218771095
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046755839
SN - 0340-0352
VL - 44
SP - 143
EP - 153
JO - IFLA Journal
JF - IFLA Journal
IS - 2
ER -