The JISC-funded 19th Century Newspapers digitisation project was highlighted in today’s Guardian as part of a growing number of online newspaper archives which constitute an invaluable resource for historians and researchers.
Stephen Hoare commented:
“The digitisation of the British Library’s 19th-century newspaper collection – the most comprehensive archive ever to go online – was launched in November 2007 after three years of preparation and scanning. The archive covers billions of words and its two million computer-readable pages are a historian’s treasure trove. It represents 48 titles such as the Morning Chronicle, the Graphic, the Examiner and a cluster of Chartist publications.”
Read the full article on The Guardian web site.