> 02/28/01 - NY POST TO PUT ENTIRE ARCHIVES ONLINE > I found the following news item to be quite interesting and thought I would > pass it on. Could be a valuable and inexpensive tool. Wednesday, February 28, 2001 NY POST TO PUT ENTIRE ARCHIVES ONLINE > Microfilm To Be Digitized By Canadian Company > by Wayne Robins > Alexander Hamilton's editorials online from the New York Post? The > archives of America's oldest continually-published daily are going online, > and may be accessible in time for the November bicentennial of the > Federalists' paper, founded in 1801. > "Our archives are really a treasure trove," said Post Editor Ken > Chandler. "Over the years we've kept them intact on microfilm, but obviously > that's a very cumbersome way to reach them." > The digitizing is being done by Cold North Wind, a two-year-old > company based in Ottawa, Ontario, with a division in Framingham, Mass. Last > year the parent company of The Toronto Star bought a minority share in Cold > North Wind, which is also digitizing the entire archives of that newspaper. > "Newspapers are the only record of continuous daily life for the last > 400 years," Cold North Wind's CEO Bob Huggins said in an interview with E&P > Online last week. The company says it has acquired digital rights to > thousands of newspapers dating back to the 1700's. Its proprietary software, > known as Paper of Record, scans microfilm to create digital images of the > original newspaper pages. The archives will be searchable, and can be > automatically updated with a streaming feed. > Cold North Wind and the newspapers with which it works will share > revenue. Neither Huggins nor Chandler of the Post knows how the numbers or > percentages will play out. But Huggins expects that subscriptions will > "eliminate the nonsense of paying $2.95 or whatever per article." > Chandler added, "We don't look at it as something that's going to > generate great revenues. But we're sitting on an asset we haven't been able > to exploit until now, so it's all kind of gravy." > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wayne Robins (wrobins@editorandpublisher.com) is an associate editor > covering new media for E&P. > Return to More News > © 2001, Editor & Publisher. > ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C0A98B.D72A5D40 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>02/28/01 - NY POST TO PUT ENTIRE ARCHIVES = > ONLINE</TITLE> > <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = > http-equiv=3DContent-Type><BASE=20 > href=3Dhttp://www.editorandpublisher.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/0228= > 01n8.htm> > <SCRIPT language=3Djavascript1.2><!-- > document.write('<SCRIPT language=3D"javascript1.2" = > src=3D"http://a449.g.akamai.net/7/449/1776/000/button.clickability.com/60= > /top.js"><\/SCRIPT>'); // --> > </SCRIPT> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> > <DIV> </DIV> > <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT = > color=3D#0000ff=20 > face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D470364701-11032001>I found the = > following news item=20 > to be quite interesting and thought I would pass it on. 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//--> > </SCRIPT> > </TD></TR> > <TR> > <TD colSpan=3D2> > <HR> > </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!-- = > endclickprintexclude --> > <P>by Wayne Robins</P> > <P>Alexander Hamilton's editorials — online from the <I>New = > York Post</I>?=20 > The archives of America's oldest continually-published daily are = > going=20 > online, and may be accessible in time for the November = > bicentennial of the=20 > Federalists' paper, founded in 1801.</P> > <P>"Our archives are really a treasure trove," said <I>Post</I> = > Editor Ken=20 > Chandler. "Over the years we've kept them intact on microfilm, but = > obviously that's a very cumbersome way to reach them."</P> > <P>The digitizing is being done by Cold North Wind, a two-year-old = > company=20 > based in Ottawa, Ontario, with a division in Framingham, Mass. = > Last year=20 > the parent company of <I>The Toronto Star</I> bought a minority = > share in=20 > Cold North Wind, which is also digitizing the entire archives of = > that=20 > newspaper.</P> > <P>"Newspapers are the only record of continuous daily life for = > the last=20 > 400 years," Cold North Wind's CEO Bob Huggins said in an interview = > with=20 > E&P Online last week. The company says it has acquired digital = > rights=20 > to thousands of newspapers dating back to the 1700's. Its = > proprietary=20 > software, known as Paper of Record, scans microfilm to create = > digital=20 > images of the original newspaper pages. The archives will be = > searchable,=20 > and can be automatically updated with a streaming feed.</P> > <P>Cold North Wind and the newspapers with which it works will = > share=20 > revenue. Neither Huggins nor Chandler of the <I>Post</I> knows how = > the=20 > numbers or percentages will play out. But Huggins expects that=20 > subscriptions will "eliminate the nonsense of paying $2.95 or = > whatever per=20 > article."</P> > <P>Chandler added, "We don't look at it as something that's going = > to=20 > generate great revenues. But we're sitting on an asset we haven't = > been=20 > able to exploit until now, so it's all kind of gravy."</P> > <P> > <HR> > <P><I>Wayne Robins (<A=20 > = > href=3D"mailto:wrobins@editorandpublisher.com">wrobins@editorandpublisher= > .com</A>)=20 > is an associate editor covering new media for</I> E&P.=20 > <P><!-- endclickprintinclude --></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> > <P> > <P align=3Dcenter>Return to <A = > href=3D"/ephome/news/newshtm/news.htm">More News</A>=20 > <P>=A9 2001, Editor & Publisher. > <SCRIPT language=3Djavascript1.2><!-- > document.write('<SCRIPT language=3D"javascript1.2" = > src=3D"http://a449.g.akamai.net/7/449/1776/000/button.clickability.com/60= > /layer.js"><\/SCRIPT>');//--> > </SCRIPT> > </P></BODY></HTML> > ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C0A98B.D72A5D40-- > ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C0A98B.D72A5D40 > Content-Type: text/plain; > name="ATT00001.txt" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="ATT00001.txt" > ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C0A98B.D72A5D40-- Hi -- The message you submitted to this list (included above) wasn't sent to the list subscribers. 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