[English] fwd: Australian Newspapers Beta service

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

> From: Debbie Campbell <dcampbel at nla.gov.au> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2008 3:22 PM
> Subject: Discover the wealth of Australian Newspapers online at the
           Australian Newspapers Beta service


. On 25 July 2008, in collaboration with the State and Territory
libraries, the National Library of Australia launched the Australian
Newspapers Beta service which makes available out-of-copyright digitised
Australian newspapers. 

This exciting new online service enables the full-text searching of
newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the
mid-1950s. 

The first Australian newspaper, the Sydney Gazette published in Sydney
in 1803, is included in the service.

The Australian Newspapers Beta service already contains over 90,000
newspaper pages from 1803 onwards, with more pages being added daily -

  see http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ <http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au>

The National Library of Australia welcomes your feedback on the service.

Details on the way in which feedback can be provided are on the 'about'
page of the service. The Library will continue to develop the Beta
service and fix any bugs and major issues that arise over the next few
months.  

The Beta service, will be further developed in line with user feedback
into version 1 of the Australian Newspapers service and be officially
launched in 2009. 

The progress and extent of newspaper titles being digitised is outlined on
the ANDP website - see  http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp.


The Australian Newspaper Digitisation Team
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Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia