Current Projects

The Lancaster County Historical Society in conjunction with the Lancaster Public Library has received an LSTA grant to digitize Lancaster County and City Directories for the years 1843-1900.
The Lancaster County Historical Society and Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society have both launched new web sites featuring increased access to collections, member benefit areas, and online book stores.
Franklin and Marshall College is currently digitizing its Pennsylvania German Broadsides Collection using DSpace open source software.
The LCDP is a county-wide consortium of cultural institutions interested in digitizing Lancaster county newspaper and manuscript collections. The consortium was formed in the spring of 2004, with regularly scheduled meetings at the Lancaster County Historical Society, and other member institutions. The consortium welcomes additional Lancaster county institutions interested in digitizing and preserving their historic, print based collections.