Will it be searchable or is that too much to ask? I am never satisfied. Edward Crawford ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Falink" <jfalink@rconnect.com> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:59 AM Subject: NewspaperArchive.com - Notice issued on 3/11/2003 > An interesting find at NewspaperArchive.com is as follows: > > NewspaperArchive.com to Put Entire History of the Jamaica Gleaner Online > NewspaperArchive.com. > > "The world's first, largest and busiest website of fully-searchable > historic newspapers, is proud to announce its latest contract with the > Jamaica Gleaner. > > The Gleaner, which boasts a Sunday circulation of 100,000, is the paper > of record for the entire Caribbean region. Established in 1834, it has > maintained a standard of journalistic excellence and in-depth reporting > that set it among the flagship papers of the world. The Jamaica Gleaner > is published seven days a week. Its headquarters are in Kingston, > Jamaica with offices in London and Toronto. Errol Knight, director of > Technology at The Gleaner, initiated the NewspaperArchive.com Gleaner > project. Mr. Knight has been the driving force behind the evolution of > the Gleaner from a print-only publication to a leading online force in > the Caribbean. > > With the approval of Oliver Clark, the well-respected publisher of The > Gleaner, the project is set to commence immediately, and will take > approximately 6 months to complete. This will establish The Gleaner as a > fully integrated historic resource on the Internet. > > We are beginning with the most recent history, and working backward from > there, said Tim Johnston, marketing director for NewspaperArchive.com. > It is fascinating to read about world events from the unique perspective > of Jamaica. > > Online memberships to the entire Gleaner archives will be available > online later this year. Patrons may have unlimited access for only > $29.95 per year. Monthly rates and one-day passes will also be available > for credit card purchase." > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > > > ______________________________________________________________ > This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, > powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please > visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk. > ______________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk.
Hi Edward: I would hazard a guess that it will be like the the Toronto Star, also the Globe and Mail, both of which have been digitized and the digitized copy put on line. The search is on OCR, optical character recognition, which does have its drawbacks, particularly with poor copy. As I've been going through microfilm of the Gleaner from about 1866 .... I've just completed 1881 ... I can attest to the fact that sometimes the copy is very poor indeed, poor leading, many broken characters, so it will be interesting to see how OCR works with the Gleaner. That apart, I think this is excellent news! If the subscription is a mere US $29.95 per year, that's a fantastic bargain, especially for a newspaper which goes back to 1834! I can assure that the subscription rates for the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail are so high that only institutions such as libraries can afford to pay for them. The proposed subscription rate for the Gleaner puts it within the reach of the ordinary researcher. On another note, I'm unsubscribing from the List for 3 weeks as I'm off to sunny Jamaica tomorrow morning. Since we just had a couple centimetres of snow here in Burlington I would say it's not a moment too soon! Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Crawford" <tcrawford@revhist.datanet.co.uk> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: April 1, 2003 2:40 AM Subject: Re: NewspaperArchive.com - Notice issued on 3/11/2003 > Will it be searchable or is that too much to ask? I am never satisfied. > Edward Crawford > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Falink" <jfalink@rconnect.com> > To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:59 AM > Subject: NewspaperArchive.com - Notice issued on 3/11/2003 > > > > An interesting find at NewspaperArchive.com is as follows: > > > > NewspaperArchive.com to Put Entire History of the Jamaica Gleaner Online > > NewspaperArchive.com. > > > > "The world's first, largest and busiest website of fully-searchable > > historic newspapers, is proud to announce its latest contract with the > > Jamaica Gleaner. > > > > The Gleaner, which boasts a Sunday circulation of 100,000, is the paper > > of record for the entire Caribbean region. Established in 1834, it has > > maintained a standard of journalistic excellence and in-depth reporting > > that set it among the flagship papers of the world. The Jamaica Gleaner > > is published seven days a week. Its headquarters are in Kingston, > > Jamaica with offices in London and Toronto. Errol Knight, director of > > Technology at The Gleaner, initiated the NewspaperArchive.com Gleaner > > project. Mr. Knight has been the driving force behind the evolution of > > the Gleaner from a print-only publication to a leading online force in > > the Caribbean. > > > > With the approval of Oliver Clark, the well-respected publisher of The > > Gleaner, the project is set to commence immediately, and will take > > approximately 6 months to complete. This will establish The Gleaner as a > > fully integrated historic resource on the Internet. > > > > We are beginning with the most recent history, and working backward from > > there, said Tim Johnston, marketing director for NewspaperArchive.com. > > It is fascinating to read about world events from the unique perspective > > of Jamaica. > > > > Online memberships to the entire Gleaner archives will be available > > online later this year. Patrons may have unlimited access for only > > $29.95 per year. Monthly rates and one-day passes will also be available > > for credit card purchase." > > > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, > > powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please > > visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > This message has been scanned by the Datanet VirusScreen Service, > powered by BT Ignite and Messagelabs. For more information please > visit http://www.VirusScreen.co.uk. > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked >