Digitised History: the impact of digitisation on research into 18th and 19th
Century Britain
20 July 2010, 10-4pm
British Library Conference Centre
• Explore the impact of the large scale digitisation of newspapers
• Consider the effect that this has had on research and researchers
• Question the implied changes to research methodologies
Not only has the digitisation of historical newspapers made it easier to
discover information about events from the past, but the way in which they
have been digitised makes it possible to discover how those events were
represented, debated and sold as news. This conference will debate current
limitations of this digitisation as well as opportunities for future development.
The conference is being organised jointly by the British Library and JISC.
Speakers will include Professor Laurel Brake, Professor Tim Hitchcock,
Professor Robert Shoemaker, Professor Miles Taylor and Dr James Mussell.
For more information and to book tickets visit:
http://www.history.ac.uk/british-library/register
£35.00
£25.00 student concession
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