The Maine State Library strives to gather and protect newspapers revealed for the French-American group in Maine.

Adam Fisher, director of collections growth and digital initiatives, mentioned the library is about to launch its fourth spherical of a nationally funded effort to digitize outdated Maine newspapers.

This time round, Fisher says, they’re specializing in underrepresented populations just like the French-Individuals in Maine.

“Through the years, various French-language newspapers have been revealed in Maine with a selected deal with the French-American group and French Canadian immigrants in a few of our cities, and this provides us digitization, preservation, and on-line entry to those newspapers.”

Fisher says 30 or extra French-language newspapers are revealed in Maine, however solely half are in any organized assortment. It reaches out to individuals who have copies of outdated publications that they might be prepared to lend to the library because it digitizes the content material for future analysis.

The funding will enable the library to digitize almost 100,000 pages of historic Maine newspapers.