Thread: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive

kptz · 15-10-2007, 06:14 PM

Every edition of the Guardian and Observer newspapers is to be made available via a newly launched online digital archive. The first phase of the Guardian News & Media archive, containing the Guardian from 1821 to 1975 and The Observer from 1900 to 1975, will launch on November 3. It will contain exact replicas of the original newspapers, both as full pages and individual articles. and will be fully searchable and viewable at http://guardian.co.uk/archive. Readers will be offered free 24-hour access during November, but after this trial period charging will be introduced.

The rest of the archive will launch early in 2008, making more than 1.2m pages of digitised news content available, with Observer content available from its launch as the world's first Sunday newspaper in 1791.

Read full article here http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,2191657,00.html

petal · 15-10-2007, 07:10 PM

Thanks for that. Could be some interesting reading. Have made a note of the date so I don't forget it.

kptz · 15-10-2007, 07:17 PM

I came across this on a genealogy group site on Yahoo and thought it might be useful -- if for nothing else, a historical perspective on the time.

slizzy · 15-10-2007, 08:07 PM

Sounds interesting. Thanks.

kptz · 15-10-2007, 08:18 PM

Welcome!

nanna · 15-10-2007, 10:23 PM

Sounds very interesting, thanx for posting on boards.

Nanna

15-10-2007, 06:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
kptz AA SUPPORTER Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,673 Total Awards: 4	Guardian and Observer to launch online archive Every edition of the Guardian and Observer newspapers is to be made available via a newly launched online digital archive. The first phase of the Guardian News & Media archive, containing the Guardian from 1821 to 1975 and The Observer from 1900 to 1975, will launch on November 3. It will contain exact replicas of the original newspapers, both as full pages and individual articles. and will be fully searchable and viewable at http://guardian.co.uk/archive. Readers will be offered free 24-hour access during November, but after this trial period charging will be introduced. The rest of the archive will launch early in 2008, making more than 1.2m pages of digitised news content available, with Observer content available from its launch as the world's first Sunday newspaper in 1791. Read full article here http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,,2191657,00.html

15-10-2007, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,639 Total Awards: 5	Re: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive Thanks for that. Could be some interesting reading. Have made a note of the date so I don't forget it.
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15-10-2007, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
kptz AA SUPPORTER Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,673 Total Awards: 4	Re: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive I came across this on a genealogy group site on Yahoo and thought it might be useful -- if for nothing else, a historical perspective on the time.

15-10-2007, 08:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
slizzy Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16,216 Total Awards: 8	Re: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive Sounds interesting. Thanks.

15-10-2007, 08:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
kptz AA SUPPORTER Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,673 Total Awards: 4	Re: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive Welcome!

15-10-2007, 10:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
nanna Ancestry Aid Staff Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Liverpool, Merseyside.U.K Posts: 11,524 Total Awards: 3	Re: Guardian and Observer to launch online archive Sounds very interesting, thanx for posting on boards. Nanna
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