launch of welsh newspapers online
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Launch of Welsh Newspapers
Onlinehttp://welshnewspapers.llgc.org.uk/
Alastair DunningThe European Library
13th March, Cardiff
The European Library (http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org
) acts as central index point for library’s materials from throughout
Europe
Historic Newspaper Digitisation in Europe
Around 130,000,000 pages scanned
Just over 29,000 newspaper titles online
Around 85% are freely available
The Welsh Newspapers are in a perfect position to add to this
Europeana Newspapers
project is creating an index of 18m
pages that point to library’s newspaper
webpages
Why share with Europe?
New international contexts and
research questions
Exposure of Welsh language
Exposure of Welsh ideas / thinking / history
Recognition of LLGC / NLW identity
Potential to work with others to enrich the data
Within a European context a critical a mass of data to help
reach education, creative industries, tourism, research
Openness of content
Strong technical underpinnings – speedy, secure delivery of image & text to user
A focussed collection for education and research
A resource that can expand and exploit other opportunities
The Welsh Newspapers are in a perfect position to add to that
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