Extra! Extra! Building Community Metadata through Historical Black Newspapers
Students used the Clinton Wright Photograph Collection and Las Vegas Voice newspapers to create metadata and link data enhancements in a database. This presentation highlights archival research workflows, entity identification, and community discovery while demonstrating how student-driven metadata projects can support African American history, linked data initiatives, and student engagement.
Authors
- Darnelle O. Melvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-3504)
- Amy Check (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4615-6268)
Institutions
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23354882
- Primary Topic
- Digital and Traditional Archives Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00