This presentation provides an overview for the University of North Texas Libraries' digital collections: The Portal to Texas History, the UNT Digital Library, and the Gateway to Oklahoma History.

This presentation discusses the development of the Texas Digital Newspaper Program as it expands to include larger collaborations, such as the Texas Press Association Archive.

Photograph of Digital Projects Unit in Willis Library, at the University of North Texas campus. A woman and man are both sitting in front of computers, with their backs facing the camera. The woman is identified as Ann Howington, and the man is identified as Jeremy Moore. A projection screen is hanging on the wall to the right. In the background, there is a book cart and refrigerator with a photograph of a white ferret on it. A man identified as Brandon Fredericks is sitting in front of a computer in a room in the far background.

Photograph of computer hardware in Digital Project Unit at Willis Library, on University of North Texas campus. A computer with two ViewSonic monitors is set up in the foreground. A book is open in front of the keyboard; an Epson scanner is sitting to the right of the computer. In the background, there is a man identified as Andres Cardonas sitting behind two computer monitors; a woman identified as Sarah Lynn Fisher is standing to the left.

Photograph of Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardona in Digital Projects Unit at Willis Library on University of North Texas campus. Fisher is sitting at a computer with two monitors; she has a UNT yearbook open on the desk in front of her and is processing scans in Photoshop. Other yearbooks are stacked on her left. In the background Cardona is sitting in front of a computer. Behind him, there are stacks of books on a cart and other computers.

Photograph of Sarah Lynn Fisher and Andres Cardona in the Digital Projects Unit at Willis Library on University of North Texas campus. Fisher is sitting at a computer with two monitors. An open UNT yearbook is sitting in front of the keyboard, and another is to her left. In the background, Cardona is sitting in front of a computer. Behind him, there are stacks of books on a cart, and other computers.

This presentation provides a brief look into the digital collections added to The University of North Texas’ The Portal to Texas History in the last year. Examples include projects completed through our Rescuing Texas History Mini-Grant program for 2014, The Barbara Jordan Archives Collection, and the Texas Historical Commission’s Historic Building Negatives Collection among others.

Presentation for the East Texas Genealogical Society. This presentation provides an overview of how The Portal to Texas History can be used for genealogical research.