«East View» Global Press Archive: lessons learned from the massive newspaper digitization program
Abstract
This paper highlights both partnerships as successful models for supporting the digitization and distribution of massive newspaper collections, and highlights key lessons learned from the program. Topics include: logistical challenges; development of cloud-based workflows; publishers and copyright; challenges of working with languages in non-Roman scripts, and broad accessibility through consortia and Open Access collections.
About the Authors
B. BenilousUnited States
Bryan Benilous, director Newspaper Products
Minneapolis
B. Krupa
United States
Barbara Krupa, Newspaper Digitization Project manager
Stanford
J. Simon
United States
James Simon, vice president of Collections and Services
Chicago
F. Zarndt
Russian Federation
Frederick Zarndt, consultant
New York
References
1. Stanford Libraries https://library.stanford.edu/.
2. Hoover Institution Library & Archives https://www.hoover.org/library-archives.
3. Center for Research Libraries http://www.crl.edu/.
4. East View Global Press Archive https://www.eastview.com/resources/gpa/.
5. Digital Divide Data https://www.digitaldividedata.com/.
6. CCS Content Conversion www.content-conversion.com/.
7. IMPACT Centre of Competencehttps://www.digitisation.eu/.
8. Open Islamicate Texts Initiative OpenITI https://iti-corpus.github.io/).
Review
For citations:
Benilous B., Krupa B., Simon J., Zarndt F. «East View» Global Press Archive: lessons learned from the massive newspaper digitization program. Bibliography and Bibliology. 2020;(4):140-155. (In Russ.)