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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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Nanyang shang bao

Microfilming of Chinese language newspaper from Malaysia.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
May 18, 2020 10:52am

Nation (Blantyre, Malawi)

A major daily newspaper based in Blantyre, Malawi, the capital of the country's southern region, as well as Blantyre district.  It is owned by Nation Publications Limited (NPL) which was established by the veteran politician the late Dr. Aleke Banda back in 1993.  The Nation began distribution in July 1993, became a daily in 1994 and an important voice against multi-party rule and the MCP party during the transition to multi-party rule.  Over the years its circulation has increased from the initial 5,000 copies to many thousands of copies.

Source Format: 
Paper
Target Format: 
Microfilm
Updated: 
Dec 18, 2020 10:55am

Naw Bahar

I am suggesting to digitize the Iranian newspaper “Naw Bahar,” a title held across different institutions and in different formats.  

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Oct 14, 2020 3:30pm

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

This project would digitize the Center for Research Libraries’ holdings of a German language newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung, which was published in Zurich, Switzerland.   

The holdings to be included in this digitization project are from 1882-1925, with some gaps.  This material would then be openly accessible through CRL’s online platform. 

Source Format: 
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Aug 11, 2021 11:01am

New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung

This project would digitize the Center for Research Libraries’ holdings of a German language newspaper New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung, which was a series of related titles published in New York, NY from the 1830s until at least 1991.

The holdings to be included in this digitization project are from 1891-1921, 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 11:04am

NewePel

This semimonthly ceased newspaper was published in the Zaza dialect and focuses on the Zazas Iranian people living in Turkey.

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

Novyi Mir

This project would digitize CRL’s holdings of Novyĭ mir ezhenedi︠e︡lʹnai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ gazeta for the years:

In print – Sept 1913-1914; Sept 1917-June 1918

In microfilm – Jan-Nov 1917; Jan-Jun 1918; Jan-Jul 1919

Source Format: 
Paper
Microfilm
Target Format: 
Digital
Updated: 
Jun 18, 2021 10:30am


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