ANNO – AustriaN Newspapers Online A digitisation initiative of the Austrian National Library.
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Transcript of ANNO – AustriaN Newspapers Online A digitisation initiative of the Austrian National Library.
http://anno.onb.ac.at 2
Why to digitise Newspapers?
• Accessibility• Integrated collections• Protection of originals• Additional uses
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What to digitise?
List of priorities :– a poor state of preservation, as
yet no microfilm– used very often, a microfilm is old
and of poor quality– financiers, cooperating partners
can be found
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How to digitise?
An external service provider
• Planetary scanner• Document scanner
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Demands of quality
• TIFF• 300x300dpi• black/white• Index- and File-structure
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Longtime-Archiving
• Originals are restored and preserved
• Microfilms– Digitisation and microfilming– Hybrid procedure and COM films
• Scan files
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Co-operation
• Austrian Parliamentary Library• Innsbruck University Library• Wiener Zeitung
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How does ANNO work?
• It is possible to enter via– the name of the newspaper– the date
• The future: searching through texts
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Challenges
• Quality of print of old newspapers
• Paper quality• Old Gothic script (Fraktur)• Copyright