[PADG:1642] Newspapers Digitization Redux

["Robert J. Milevski" <milevski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

Based on the one reply so far, it is evident that I did not ask my question 
correctly.

I would like to know if anyone has digitized newspapers and makes them 
available for viewing page by page, as with the Making of America books.

I am not interested so much in searching (via OCR'd text and a good search 
engine) for specific information in the newspaper, eg the obituary of some 
famous person or the chronicling of a major event, etc., but in having the 
ability to browse through the paper--looking at headlines, illustrations, 
advertisements, etc--and then zooming in on what I fancy, much like how we 
look at newspapers today.

My other key interest is discovering whether any such digitizing newspapers 
were scanned in color, grayscale, or black and white.  Thank you.

Robert

  At 08:28 AM 4/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>At 08:10 AM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>>I do have another newspaper question, however.  Has anyone digitized bound
>>or unbound newspapers (or do you know of someone who has)?  If so, is this
>>work available on the web?  I am referring here to digitizing the actual
>>newspaper rather than a microfilm of it.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Robert
>
>Hi Robert,
>
>Try this link for the New York Times digitization.
>http://www.proquest.com
>Try the digitized vault first
>Kopana
>
>Kopana Terry
>University of Kentucky
>Reprographics Department
>110A M. I. King Library South
>Lexington, KY 40506-3329
>859-257-3329
>Fax: 859-257-3388
>klterr0@xxxxxxx
>
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