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ANNO – A ustria N N ewspapers O nline. A digitisation initiative of the Austrian National Library. Why to digitise Newspapers ?. Accessibility Integrated collections Protection of originals Additional uses. What to digitise ?. List of priorities :
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ANNO – AustriaN Newspapers Online A digitisation initiativeof the Austrian National Library
Why to digitise Newspapers? • Accessibility • Integrated collections • Protection of originals • Additional uses http://anno.onb.ac.at
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 http://anno.onb.ac.at
How to digitise? An external service provider • Planetary scanner • Document scanner http://anno.onb.ac.at
Demands of quality • TIFF • 300x300dpi • black/white • Index- and File-structure http://anno.onb.ac.at
Longtime-Archiving • Originals are restored and preserved • Microfilms • Digitisation and microfilming • Hybrid procedure and COM films • Scan files http://anno.onb.ac.at
Co-operation • Austrian Parliamentary Library • Innsbruck University Library • Wiener Zeitung http://anno.onb.ac.at
How does ANNO work? • It is possible to enter via • the name of the newspaper • the date • The future: searching through texts http://anno.onb.ac.at
Challenges • Quality of print of old newspapers • Paper quality • Old Gothic script (Fraktur) • Copyright http://anno.onb.ac.at
ANNO – AustriaN Newspapers Online A digitisation initiativeof the Austrian National Library http://anno.onb.ac.at