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ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SCAN: INCREASING ACCESS TO HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS
A one-day workshop to be held at Senate House, University of London, 12 July 2001
10.00am-4.00pm, with a wine reception 5.00-7.00pm
The workshop is sponsored by the British Library; the Institute for
English Studies; Olive Software; the Office for Humanities Communication,
King's College, London; the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford;
the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Its aim is to present the
results of a unique pilot project in the digitization and delivery of
historic newspapers to a wider audience, and to discuss the implications
of this remarkable system for the preservation and presentation of similar
materials in UK HE, archives and public libraries.
Since January 2001, the British Library Newspaper Library, the Refugee
Studies Centre at Oxford University, OCLC, the Malibu Hybrid Library
Project at King's College London, and Olive Software have been working
together to produce a prototype system for the digitization, indexing, and
presentation of historic newspapers from the British Library Newspaper
Library collection. 18 reels of microfilm have been scanned, and some
500,000 newspaper articles indexed. Speakers will demonstrate the pilot
project and discuss the practical implications of the various
technologies.
The workshop is free to all participants, who are also invited to a wine
reception afterwards.
See the programme at http://www.uk.olivesoftware.com/conference
Bookings should be made through:
Ms Joanne Nixon
Institute of English Studies
Room 308
School of Advanced Study
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HU
+44 (0) 207 862 8675
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