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Proposals A-Z

Participating librarians and scholars provide information here about collections, archives and data sets of interest to area and international studies (AIS) research, propose preservation of those collections and the creation of new digital resources from data sets, and vote on the merits of those proposals. Community input provided here informs and guides the building of new AIS resources.

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Abendpost

This project would digitize the Center for Research Libraries’ holdings of a German language newspaper Abendpost, which was published in Chicago, IL 1889-1950, and in 1950 merged with a Milwaukee paper to become Abendpost und Milwaukee Deutsche Zeitung until publication ceased in 1991.

The holdings to be included in this digitization project are from 1894-1925, with some gaps.  This material would then be openly accessible through CRL’s online platform. 

Source Format: 
Paper
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Aug 11, 2021 10:59am

Addis Zemen

Pro government newspaper founded by Haile Selassie in 1941. Its name refers to the liberation of Ethiopia after Italian occupation. The Sunday issue provides news about children and cultural activities.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Feb 24, 2020 4:24pm

African Newspapers 1986-2015 Library of Congress - Nairobi

Library of Congress, Nairobi Office proposes for microfilming a collection of 96 African newspaper titles from 1986-2015 with an estimated 58,211 pages. Countries covered include Burundi, Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Rwanda. The collection covers varied topics including business, politics, leisure and economics news that would greatly inform the intellectual debates of the period covered.

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Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Aug 18, 2021 3:24pm

African Newspapers 1992-2016 from the Library of Congress Nairobi Office. Part 3

Library of Congress, Nairobi Office proposes for microfilming a collection of 38 African newspaper titles (approximately 6,600 pages) distributed among 10 countries including: Botswana, Cameroon, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda and Tanzania. Most of the titles were part of an earlier proposal submitted to CRL during November 2020 meeting

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Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Apr 8, 2021 3:17pm

African Newspapers 1992-2018 Library of Congress - Nairobi, Part 2

Library of Congress, Nairobi Office proposes for microfilming a collection of 100 African newspaper titles from 1992-2018 with an estimated 48,000 pages. Countries covered include Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Senegal, Somalia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The collection covers varied topics including business, politics, leisure and economics news that would greatly inform the intellectual debates of the period covered.

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Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Aug 18, 2021 3:23pm

African Newspapers from CRL and the British Library

Selected newspapers published in sub-Saharan Africa between 1800 and 1922, microfilmed and held by the British Library.  

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Oct 2, 2018 4:53pm

Archives of Professor Samik Bandyopadhyay

The four hundred files in this collection contain newspaper and periodical clippings; reviews of plays, performances, exhibitions and films; the collector’s own notes from lectures and seminars attended over six decades or more; notes from lectures delivered by him and research projects he has been part of; correspondence with authors, filmmakers, theatre directors, playwrights, painters and scholars whose works Prof. Bandyopadhyay has reviewed, critiqued, introduced or translated, as well as those whom he has interviewed for publication or broadcast/telecast; documents and correspondence related to Bandyopadhyay’s engagements in various official and advisory capacities with governmental and institutional bodies like the central Sangeet...

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Paper
Other Paper
Audio
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jul 21, 2021 10:15am

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Bangkok Post Weekly Review

The Bangkok Post is the oldest, national English-language daily published in Thailand since 1946. It was founded by Alexander MacDonald who was an American ex-navy lieutenant. It covers local and global news on all topics. It is still a very popular English newspaper read by educated Thais and foreigners in Thailand. The Bangkok Post Weekly Review summarizes weekly political, business and social news reported by The Bangkok Post.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Mar 6, 2019 1:36pm

al-Bayane

This Moroccan newspaper was established in 1971.  It is the media outlet of the Party of Progress and Socialism.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Nov 19, 2018 6:12pm

Bob Jones Indochina Collection of rare newspapers and serials

Funds are requested to digitize a number of rare serial titles from the Bob Jones Indochina Collection.  These materials, collected by Jones while stationed in Saigon during the War, are mostly brittle or in poor condition.  Two of the titles are already held by Cornell, and we intend to amalgamate our holdings, digitizing the better volumes from both collections.

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Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
May 18, 2020 10:53am

Bob Jones Indochina Serials 2022

The project continues the work of my previous proposals to digitize important materials from the Bob Jones collection on Indochina.  These materials include some of the larger runs of serials as well as a selection of short runs of Saigon newspapers from the 1960s.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Mar 28, 2023 9:45am

Burmese newspaper collection Post Feb 2021

I am requesting the digitization of a collection of miscellaneous newspapers that a former graduate student living in Yangon was able to collect for the University of Washington, before he was obliged to leave several months after the February 2021 military coup.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Digital
Microfilm
Updated: 
Mar 6, 2023 3:15pm

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Cameroon Newspapers 1997-2018 from the Library of Congress

Library of Congress, Nairobi Office proposes for microfilming through CAMP a collection of 156 Cameroon Newspapers from 1997 to 2018 (approximately 30,236 pages).

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Feb 24, 2020 4:24pm

Cenderawasih Pos

Newspaper (daily except Sunday); January 2017-December 2019, in Indonesian language.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Mar 22, 2022 11:10pm

Central Asian Newspapers from the University of Washington

Ilse Cirtautas, a retired professor specializing in Central Asian languages and retired professor, contributed her large collection of Central Asian materials to the University of Washington Libraries upon her death.  After sorting and de-duping, about 2750 newspaper issues remain that need preservation.  Most of the newspapers were published between 1968 and 2000, with greater concentrations in the 1970s and early 1990s.  The remaining issues do not duplicate the issues SEEMP microfilmed from the similar collection William Fierman donated to Indiana University, Bloomington.  Like Prof. Fierman, Prof. Cirtautas’ collection includes Uzbek and Kazakh...

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Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Nov 14, 2019 10:19am

Central Asian Newspapers, Part IV

William Fierman, professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University, amassed a large collection of newspapers and periodicals from the Central Asian States of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan during the course of his career. He is willing to donate the runs of titles for preservation and academic use.

This collection contains more than 60 newspaper titles from Kazakhstan, 35 from Uzbekistan, and additional titles from Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Apr 24, 2019 10:16am

Critica (Buenos Aires, Argentina : 1913)

Title:    Critica (Buenos Aires, Argentina : 1913). Publication:    Buenos Aires [Argentina] : [s.n.] Place:    Argentina; Buenos Aires. Year:    1913-? Description:    Began with Sept. 15, 1913 issue; ceased with Oct. 20, 1963 issue.; volumes : illustrations ; 46-59 cm Language:    Spanish Note(s):    Reproduction: Microfilm./ Oct. 14,/ 1941-1949:[Gaps]/ Berkeley :/ University of California, Library Photographic Service./ microfilm reels ; 35 mm. OCLC: 213809750

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jan 14, 2019 3:12pm

Current Southeast Asia Newspapers

Except for Cornell and LC, very few members of SEAM subscribe to newspapers from Southeast Asia and rely mostly on Press Display, Factiva, etc or going directly to the websites of these titles.  This leaves US scholars without a basic historical record from the region.  This proposal will ease our budget, preserve and allow researchers to access newspapers.

 

This two year experiment whereby SEAM will pay and subscribe to newspaper titles from Southeast Asia through the Library of Congress Jakarta that will ship collated issues to CRL for microfilming using SEAM workflow.  All microfilmed copies can be accessed through CRL. 

The titles include:  Indonesia (Jakarta Post, Kompas); Malaysia (New Straits Times, Berita...

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Aug 11, 2023 5:38pm

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Democratic Republic of Congo newspapers from Northwestern University

Northwestern University Library proposes to arrange for the microfilming through CAMP of about 47,000 pages of two newspapers and a supplement from the Democratic Republic of Congo

La prospérité : journal d'actions pour la démocratie et le dévéloppement (Kinshasa, Congo).  La saga (Kinshasa, Congo) – Supplemet to La prospérité.  La Référence plus.
Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Feb 24, 2020 4:24pm

Diario de Pernambuco

Microfilm holdings of Diario de Pernambuco (Brazil) for years 1825-1923 digitized.

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Oct 2, 2018 3:02pm

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