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ANNO – AustriaN Newsapapers 
Online. 
11 years of experience with digitised 
newspapers 
Christa Müller, Austrian National Library
The value of digitised newspapers – 
for readers? 
radioho 
st 
local 
historian 
bio-grapher 
econo 
mic 
historia 
literary n 
historia 
n 
climate 
re-search 
er 
gender 
studies
… and some more value! 
no microfilm 
complete set 
of 
newspaper 
not filtered by 
future 
source 
everybody 
knows 
same event – 
various 
sights
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
How do you exploit digitised 
newspapers? 
search 
READ 
READ 
READ 
READ 
READ 
READ 
READ 
READ 
use 
browse calendar
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
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 
?

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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? radioho st local historian bio-grapher econo mic historia literary n historia n climate re-search er gender studies
  • 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 READ READ READ READ READ READ READ READ 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 ?