Student Equity, Excellence, and Diversity

Digitizing Hawaiian Language Newspapers to Promote
Wider Use via the World Wide Web

Continuation of Project

In April 1998, a grant request was submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grant competition in the hopes of receiving a little over $100,000 in funding. The grant request proposed to buy the microfilm scanning equipment which was leased in Phases I and II of our SEED grant and to digitize an additional 9-13 titles.

Based on the achievements made possible by the SEED funding of our pilot project, and the value of the undertaking, Hamilton Library was awarded a 2-year $100,000 federal grant in October 1998. The grant has been used to fund purchase of digitizing production equipment and to hire student assistants to continue the work of digitizing of Hawaiian language newspapers on microfilm

The Web site has been moved to a dedicated image server (Sun Enterprise250 equipment) located within the Hamilton Library computer room. The new URL is: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/ -- and a redirect message notifies and transfers users who connect to the previous URL location. Significant portions of the following titles have been added to the web site since receipt of the federal grant: Ka Leo o ka Lahui, 1889-1896 and Ka Makaainana, 1887-1899.

The following additional 5 titles will be digitized over the next year:

1. Ka Na'i Aupuni, 1905-08;
2. Ke Aloha Aina Oiaio, 1896-1897;
3. Hawaii Holomua, 1912;
4. Ke Kilohana o ka Malamalama, 1907-1919;
5. Loea Kalaiaina, 1897-1900.

Next semester, follow-up with the 5 sites will continue - to assist with the use of the web resources and to refine the User Survey.

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