OUR WORK CONTINUES
Thank you to all our donors to Read All About It!: Finish Digitizing the Diamondback! We've made a great start on raising the the funds we need to complete this transformational project and will push ahead on converting issues of the paper to digital form. If you missed the deadline to contribute to this effort through our Launch campaign (midnight on December 17, 2017), you can still give a gift to the Diamondback Preservation and Access Fund to support our project. To donate online, visit go.umd.edu/givedbk. If you wish to send a check, please visit the How To Give page on go.umd.edu/dbk_archives for directions.
Thank you again for your support!
LAUNCH DEADLINE EXTENDED
The deadline for completing Read All About It!: Finish Digitizing the Diamondback has been extended to midnight, Sunday, December 17! Please consider making a year-end gift to this transformational digitization project, and help make UMD history come alive!
OUR PROJECT
We are nearing the finish line! The University of Maryland Archives is seeking funding to complete the work of preserving and making accessible all surviving issues of The Diamondback (1910-present), one of the key history resources of the University of Maryland. Phase one of this project, digital files for issues from 1910 to 1985, is now live and searchable at go.umd.edu/dbk_archives. Current students, faculty, staff, alumni, and researchers can access the paper's content via keyword or date search and clip articles from the first 75 years from anywhere in the world. This is truly a transformational project for researching UMD history, and we need your help to finish digitizing the remaining Diamondback issues and maintaining this resource in perpetuity!
SPECIAL PROMOTIONS
Mangia! Mangia! The following local restaurants are supporting our project by donating a portion of their proceeds on a specified day. Team DigitalDBK hopes you will join us for a tasty treat on the designated days, a delicious way to give! You can dine in or carry out. Print the flyer from our Project Updates page or tell your server you are there to support the Diamondback project..
You Too Could Be A Winner! In addition to the perks already offered for your gift, we will be running special contests during the time periods listed below. Each donor who gives a minimum of $100 will be entered to win:
Your Very Own Spectacular Testudo! On #Giving Tuesday, November 28, all donors who give $1000 will win a shiny, red, 3-D printed Testudo statue, created in the UMD Libraries’ MakerSpace.
WHY CONTRIBUTE?
HELP US MEET OUR MATCH
The executive board of Maryland Media Inc. has pledged a dollar-for-dollar match up to $2500 for gifts from Diamondback alumni. If you were on the staff of the paper, you can help us meet this challenge and really get our project off to a great start! As of December 11, we are very close to hitting this target, only a few hundred dollars short, so give a gift today and help us win this extra $2500 of support!
The Friends of the Libraries have also pledged to match the first $10,000 we raise, and we hit this figure at the first-ever reunion of Diamondback editors and reporters on December 9. Thank you to the Friends of the Libraries for their generous support!
Please make a gift today and help us meet this final challenge!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!
Take a trip down memory lane and help the University Archives preserve and make accessible one of UMD’s most important historical resources! Thank you for your support, and GO #digiDBK!
Gifts in support of the University of Maryland are accepted and managed by the University of Maryland College Park Foundation, INc., an affiliated 501(c)(3) organization authorized by the Board of Regents. Contributions to the University of Maryland are tax deductible as allowed by law. Please see your tax advisor for details.
A gift of $10 will digitize 3 issues of the Diamondback.
A gift of $25 will digitize 1 week of the Diamondback.
A gift of $55 will digitize 2 weeks of the Diamondback. Donors at this level will receive a Testudo pinback button.
A gift of $100 will digitize 1 month of the Diamondback. Donors at this level will receive one of Anne Turkos’ famous crocheted turtle bookmarks.
A gift of $250 will digitize 1 semester of the Diamondback. Donors at this level will receive a Friends of the Libraries tote bag.
A gift of $500 will digitize almost an entire year of the Diamondback. Donors at this level will get to take a selfie with the real Testudo.
A gift of $1000 will digitize almost 2 years of the Diamondback. A donor at this level will receive a personal, behind-the-scenes tour of the University Archives for you and a group of 10 friends/family members.