Shanghai library digitises over 100 years of English-languag
Nov 23, 2013 5:16:53 GMT -5
Post by helen on Nov 23, 2013 5:16:53 GMT -5
Shanghai Library has finished digitising over 100 years of print editions of the city's first English language newspaper, the North-China Daily News.
One of the most influential foreign newspapers of its day, the North-China Daily News began life in August 1850 as the North-China Herald, changing its name to the Daily News on July 1, 1864 when it switched from being a weekly paper to a daily. The newspaper, produced in Shanghai, was in print for over 100 years, ceasing publication on March 31, 1951.
Staff at the library have spent the last four years scanning more than 500,000 pages of the Daily News and the Herald.
"The newspaper covered many historic events that took place in China at the time, such as The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), so it has great value because it gives us a firsthand account of history," a library spokesperson told the Oriental Morning Post.
The newspaper was founded by British businessman Henry Sherman, and remains the longest-running English-language paper in the city's history. At its peak, the Daily News had a circulation of 7,817 papers.
The newspaper cooperated with Reuters' Far East Bureau in Shanghai for three decades from 1872 to the paper's closure.
According to a press release from the library, the database of the scanned pages is still being upgraded. At present, readers can only search by date, the library plans to enable headline, reporter, and location search by the end of next year.
The newspaper's archives are viewable at the Shanghai Library, it is unclear whether the library plans to make the archives available to view online.
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One of the most influential foreign newspapers of its day, the North-China Daily News began life in August 1850 as the North-China Herald, changing its name to the Daily News on July 1, 1864 when it switched from being a weekly paper to a daily. The newspaper, produced in Shanghai, was in print for over 100 years, ceasing publication on March 31, 1951.
Staff at the library have spent the last four years scanning more than 500,000 pages of the Daily News and the Herald.
"The newspaper covered many historic events that took place in China at the time, such as The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864), so it has great value because it gives us a firsthand account of history," a library spokesperson told the Oriental Morning Post.
The newspaper was founded by British businessman Henry Sherman, and remains the longest-running English-language paper in the city's history. At its peak, the Daily News had a circulation of 7,817 papers.
The newspaper cooperated with Reuters' Far East Bureau in Shanghai for three decades from 1872 to the paper's closure.
According to a press release from the library, the database of the scanned pages is still being upgraded. At present, readers can only search by date, the library plans to enable headline, reporter, and location search by the end of next year.
The newspaper's archives are viewable at the Shanghai Library, it is unclear whether the library plans to make the archives available to view online.
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