British Library Newspapers

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Aly Conteh of the British Library presents the library's work to make digitised historic newspapers accessible online. This presentation was delivered at the Europeana Newspapers Project workshop in Amsterdam.

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Challenges & Considerations
• Who is the site for?
• How will users interact with the site?
• How do we deal with recognition errors?
• How do you get the balance right in a public private
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Who is it for?
• Academic Researcher
• Local Historian
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