19th Century UK newspapers to be digitized, searchable
Media links master Martin Stabe today pointed to an article in the Press Gazette that has newsophiles like me jumping for joy:
The British Library is putting the finishing touches to a website
that will give journalists and academics access to two million pages of
newspapers from the 19th century.
The library will launch its
newspaper digitisation project next month, which will give readers free
electronic versions of every national, regional and locally important
newspaper from 1800 to 1900...
While writing my book about media errors and accuracy, I plumbed the digital archives of papers like The New York Times and Chicago Tribune and often used the wonderful NewspaperArchive.com to locate old corrections and examine famous press errors of history.
Though there have been some excellent books written about the early British press, I longed for a digital archive that could make my research easier. My book will be hitting shelves in a matter of weeks, but I plan to make use of this new archive to find even more gems of history. Can't wait.
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