Scan all about it... newspapers to be put online
Millions of newspaper pages are to be digitised and made available online for the first time.
Online publisher brightsolid will digitise 40 million pages of the British Library's newspaper archive, which spans 300 years.
The 10-year project will save researchers from travelling to the newspaper library in Colindale, north London, to look at hard copies and microfilm.
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Hide AdIt will also cut down on wear and tear on fragile items in the collection and help to preserve them.
The British Library is moving the hard-copy collections from Colindale to be stored in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire.