[A2k] Google news: bringing history online, one newspaper at a time

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Manon and all,

  Problem is that not all newspapers like their newspapers
extra-edited as Google has a tendancy to do, and so they
are not listed online accordingly.  Additionally due to
Googles lack of privacy concerns is a concern as well for
some small town newspapers.

  Perhaps when Google changes it business practices in a very
fundemental way, small town newspapers will be more willing
to work with Google more closely.

Manon Ress wrote:

> http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/bringing-history-online-one-newspa=
per.html
>
> Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time
> 9/08/2008 09:33:00 AM
> For more than 200 years, matters of local and national significance
> have been conveyed in newsprint -- from revolutions and politics to
> fashion to local weather or high school football scores. Around the
> globe, we estimate that there are billions of news pages containing
> every story ever written. And it's our goal to help readers find all
> of them, from the smallest local weekly paper up to the largest
> national daily.
>
> The problem is that most of these newspapers are not available online.
> We want to change that.
>
> Today, we're launching an initiative to make more old newspapers
> accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper
> publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. Let's say
> you want to learn more about the landing on the Moon. Try a search for
> [Americans walk on moon] on Google News Archive Search, and you'll be
> able to find and read an original article from a 1969 edition of the
> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
>
> Not only will you be able to search these newspapers, you'll also be
> able to browse through them exactly as they were printed --
> photographs, headlines, articles, advertisements and all.
>
> This effort expands on the contributions of others who've already
> begun digitizing historical newspapers. In 2006, we started working
> with publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post to
> index existing digital archives and make them searchable via the
> Google News Archive. Now, this effort will enable us to help you find
> an even greater range of material from newspapers large and small, in
> conjunction with partners such as ProQuest and Heritage, who've joined
> in this initiative. One of our partners, the Quebec Chronicle-
> Telegraph, is actually the oldest newspaper in North America=97history
> buffs, take note: it has been publishing continuously for more than
> 244 years.
>
> You=92ll be able to explore this historical treasure trove by searching
> the Google News Archive or by using the timeline feature after
> searching Google News. Not every search will trigger this new content,
> but you can start by trying queries like [Nixon space shuttle] or
> [Titanic located]. Stories we've scanned under this initiative will
> appear alongside already-digitized material from publications like the
> New York Times as well as from archive aggregators, and are marked
> "Google News Archive." Over time, as we scan more articles and our
> index grows, we'll also start blending these archives into our main
> search results so that when you search Google.com, you'll be searching
> the full text of these newspapers as well.
>
> This effort is just the beginning. As we work with more and more
> publishers, we'll move closer towards our goal of making those
> billions of pages of newsprint from around the world searchable,
> discoverable, and accessible online.
>
> Posted by Punit Soni, Product Manager
>
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