Australian Newspapers BetaThe National Library of Australia, in collaboration with the Australian State and Territory libraries, are creating a free online service that gives full-text searching of newspaper articles. This will include newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies. The first Australian newspaper, published in Sydney in 1803, is included in the program.
The Library is looking for feedback, and will continue development of the beta service over the next few months. Check it here.
An hour ago, they launched a Facebook supporters page. I like this idea. The project lead is Rose Holley who used to be at the University of Auckland Library team, and was a key supporter and advocate for the NZ National Digital Forum.
And yes , I know I should mention that if people, especially offshore are keen to follow this link, they should also be advised that the New Zealand effort, Papers Past is also well worth a visit, here.
2 comments:
Take a look at what http://www.nambour-chronicle.com is doing. It's an archive of the Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser first published in 1903.
Although not on scale of NATIONAL Library Project I think the Sunshine Coast Regional Council have achieved a good result with their digitisation and web access. I gather work was done in Australia and not shipped of to India like the NLA project.
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