The document discusses the value and use of digitized newspapers over 11 years from the perspective of the Austrian National Library. It outlines how digitized newspapers benefit readers and libraries by making collections more accessible and reducing handling of physical materials. The ideal scenario is described as having newspapers digitized and accessible online through 1995, with improved optical character recognition especially for Gothic fonts. Barriers to the ideal scenario include copyright law, scanning large format newspapers, and budget constraints.
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1. ANNO – AustriaN Newsapapers
Online.
11 years of experience with digitised
newspapers
Christa Müller, Austrian National Library
2. The value of digitised newspapers –
for readers?
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climate
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gender
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3. … and some more value!
no microfilm
complete set
of
newspaper
not filtered by
future
source
everybody
knows
same event –
various
sights
4. The value of digitised newspapers –
for libraries?
less
handling
of large
format
volumes
more
readers
lots of
contact
with
readers
chance
to keep
material
offsite
easier
preser-vation
5. How do you exploit digitised
newspapers?
search
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use
browse calendar
6. How does the ideal situation look like
– accessibility-wise?
integrate
lexika in
OCR
newspapers
online till
1995
improve
OCR for
gothic fonts
good
realtionship
with
newspaper
publishers
enough
money to
scan and
scan and
scan
7. Barriers to an ideal situation?
OCR of
fraktur scanning
copyrig
ht law
of large
format
newspap
ers
readers
who
can‘t
read
budget fraktur
to scan
reaching
teachers
for
promotio
n
?