Same request of Issaquah Historical Society.
We are looking at the same type of project and are finding little info to assist in planning with our local library. Appreciate any responses on the list - especially with info on computer programs to use in developing the index on this scale.
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Chris Taylor
Executive Director
Atchison County Historical Society
P.O. Box 201
200 S. 10th Street, Santa Fe Depot
Atchison, KS 66002
913-367-6238
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Issaquah Historical Society Info wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> In my spare time (ha ha) I have been pondering a joint venture with our
> local library and the local newspaper. Like most newspapers, ours is not
> indexed at all, yet it has a lot of great information in it. It is also
> currently available only as microfilm - and not they great a quality at
> that. I would love to get the whole thing digitized and indexed for use by
> researchers. I know that the library here is interested also, and the
> newspaper folks probably would be also. I'm just not sure what the
> mechnanics of it would be.
>
> Has anyone else done a project similar to this one? How did you go about it?
> Where did you get funding? I'd be interested in picking your brain!
>
> Thanks!
> Erica
>
> Erica S. Maniez
> Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
> 425/392-3500
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> www.issaquahhistory.org
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