Media News - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Entire Guardian and Observer archives go online

Guardian News and Media is to make its entire archive, 212 years of material, available online as a paid-for service. The first phase of the online archive, comprising the Guardian from 1821 to 1975 and The Observer from 1900 to 1975, will launch on 3 November, the company said Monday. Material from the Observer from 1791 to 1900 and after 1975, and from the Guardian after 1975, will become available next year. In total, the service will make more than 1.2 million pages of news content available online at guardian.co.uk/archive. Material available in the archive will include the Guardian's coverage of the Kennedy assassination in 1963 and the Observer's coverage of the execution of Louis XVI in 1793 and the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 The archive will be accessible to the public via an online subscription service, although it will be made available free during November. The archive will be searchable and exact replicas of the original newspapers will be viewable, both at full page and individual article level. The group says the move will ensure the preservation of the papers’ legacy as microfilm and paper archives are in danger of degrading beyond repair. (Press Gazette)

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