Hello, 

I just joined the Society of Rocky Mountain Archivists. I live in Durango, CO and work at the Durango Herald. We just initiated a new project to archive and catalog our newspaper archives. We have a variety of archives at different locations, as well as various reasons to do this project. We also want to incorporate AI to be able to search and analyze the archive when it's digitized and up and running.

I have an MLIS degree, and I have worked at some libraries in Los Angeles where I lived previously, including a film archive. 

I'm here looking for any guidance or advice from people who may have ideas and/or experience doing something similar. 

David - have you seen the Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection? This is managed through the Colorado State Library and Leigh Jeremias (ljeremias@coloradovirtuallibrary.org) could walk you through what it would take to archive your newspapers there. We've archived our local newspapers, The Steamboat Pilot and The Steamboat Today in this repository. Super searchable, and pretty easy to use. I highly recommend this, unless you REALLY want to do this project on your own.

Warm regards, 

Nina Darlington (Bud Werner Memorial Library, Steamboat Springs)