Librarians involved in digitizing historic newspapers well know the unique challenges they present. Newspapers are quite different from other digitization projects, and demand specific abilities of the technologies and operators involved. Here we look at large-scale newspaper digitization projects and how careful planning can both ease the aches and ensure a smooth project completion. The success-stories of the large newspaper [...]
The unique challenges of newspaper digitization
Librarians involved in digitizing historic newspapers well know the unique challenges they present. Newspapers are quite different from other digitization projects, and demand specific abilities of the technologies and operators involved. Here we look at large-scale newspaper digitization projects and how careful planning can both ease the aches and ensure a smooth project completion. The success-stories of the large newspaper [...]