Collection, preservation, and access for born digital

newspapers

Frederick Zarndt

PlanmanConsulting, IncCoronado CA USANew Delhi India

What is a born digital newspaper?

Any print newspaper whose first instantiation is digital

Any print newspaper whose content and format are created using software such as Adobe CSx Quark CCI

Any newspaper printed from a digital file

Born digital newspapers collection and preservation

Born digital newspapers are collected and preserved at Bibliothequenationale de France British Library Singapore National Library Board University of California Riverside University of Kentucky Others?

Born digital newspapers access

Access to born digital newspapers provided at University of Kentucky Singapore National Library Board coming 2010 University of California Riverside coming 2010 British Library Others?

Born digital newspapers PDF variations are significant between

publishers PDF’s from publisher have no metadata PDF/A

1b for long term visual preservation 1a metadata plus 1b

METS wrapper for PDF’s Image derivative of PDF (JPEG2000) ALTO

In-copyright newspapers Straits Times from 1845 to the present day

News source: SPH, AP, Reuters, … Access policies for each

Issue Article Photo / illustration

Copyright holder permits Searchable from anywhere Restricted views

In-copyright newspapers

University of Kentucky Small, mid-sized Kentucky newspapers Collaboration with Kentucky Press Association

Copyright holder permits No quarantine period Searchable anywhere Viewable anywhere

Recipe for born digital newspapers

1 Decide if access will be page-level, article-level, or both2 Agree with publisher about

1 Copyright2 Distribution restrictions3 Blackout period

3 Collect born digital newspapers1 File naming convention, for example,

title_yyyymmdd_ppp2 FTP server3 CDs, DVDs, etc

4 Processing software for METS/ALTO XML ?5 Access and access control software

Cost per page (USD)

Print newspapers Low High

Microfilm production from printed newspaper $0.15 $0.20

Image production from microfilm $0.05 $0.10

Data production from images $0.40 $0.60

Total $0.60 $0.90

Born digital newspapers

Microfilm production from digital files (COM) $0.10 $0.15

Data production from digital files $0.20 $0.30

Total $0.30 $0.45

Digital object production costs

?Frederick Zarndt

Planman Consulting, IncCoronado CA USANew Delhi India