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Keeping the Faith and Sharing it too
The Biblical Recorder Digitization Project
Vicki Johnson & Rebecca Petersen
A River Runs Through It- 1992
"They were Methodists, a denomination my father referred to as
Baptists who could read."
History of The Biblical Recorder
• Started in 1833
• Founded by Thomas Meredith, a pastor in New Bern, NC
• The Biblical Recorder documents many themes and trends including:
• the preoccupations, ideals and controversies that characterized NC Baptist life over a century and a half
• prominent attitudes and opinions expressed through editorial columns and letters to the editor
• the development of churches throughout NC
• the development of Baptist schools and colleges throughout the South
• examples of advertising and products that were available during the Civil War
• changes in attitudes and the political views of Baptists in NC and the United States over the decades
• the history of Baptist benevolence work
• the experiences of missionaries in China, Africa and Southeast Asia
History of the Baptist Collection at Wake Forest
• Wake Forest College founded in 1834
• ZSR Library's NC Baptist Historical Collection is the official repository for NC Baptist churches and institutions
• We hold one of the most complete runs of The Biblical Recorder, and it is the most highly used collection in the archives
• Other Baptist Archives:
Mercer University, GA
Richmond University, VA
Furman University, SC
Permission from the Publishers
• Editor and Board members of The Biblical Recorder voted on permission
• They granted permission for digitization
• The editor wrote a letter to include with the grant proposal
Grant Funding, Outsourcing, and Hosting
• Dream of keyword search-ability and online access
• Demand for online access of high use collection
• Not enough people, money or time to do it on our own
• Applied for IMLS Grant
• Outsourced digitization to Olive from existing microfilm reels
• Digitized 1834-1970
• Olive worked to digitize materials and get online at their hosted site
Challenges
• Planning and execution of grant was not fluid
• The distance and locations that the microfilm and paper copies had to travel
• Time-the grant had to be completed by a certain time
• Turnover in personnel as well as varied work flows and styles
Olive to host the materials on Remote Server
• Olive will hosto Frees up server space for ZSRo Limits our controlo Any changes have to be made through Olive
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• Ongoing maintenance (for a fee)
http://recorder.zsr.wfu.edu
Benefits!!
• Users benefit
• Do not have to search paper copies or microfilm
• Online patron access
• Keyword searching
• Frees up spaceo Sending paper copies (up to 1970) to off-site
Questions?
Please email Vicki Johnson [email protected]
or Rebecca Petersen [email protected]
AND, check out The Biblical Recorder site
http://recorder.zsr.wfu.edu