Released on: 25, February 2007
, Author: Karen Tarica/SmallTownPapers, Inc.
, Audience: Internet related
As many newspaper publishers struggle with how to provideaccess to their printed archives without the content being exploited, small-marketpublishers are lining up to have their archives digitized and made online-accessibleby SmallTownPapers, Inc. The Seattle-based company is working with more than 300publishers from across the US to create high-quality digital images of theirnewspaper pages which are searchable and distributed online through definedpartnerships. To date, the company has scanned more than two million newspaper pagesof its 20 million page archive and its digital database is expanding daily.
 While large newspapers have long had their archives electronically available, thesmall town newspapers were generally unable to do that because of the costsinvolved, explained Paul Jeffko, president and founder of SmallTownPapers, Inc.  With this program, millions of newspaper pages are being viewed and searched onlinefor the first time.Â
SmallTownPapersÂ' growing collection of newly-digitized historical content is a boonto the search engine community which is seeking to deliver more relevant searchresults by providing access to digitized printed materials like newspapers. Just asGoogle, Microsoft and others are beginning to scan books; SmallTownPapers isdigitizing the complete archives of newspapers from small towns across America,including the current printed weekly editions.
Newspaper publishers, seeing the world pull away from paper and ink, understand thepublicÂ's desire for immediate access and delivery of the unique information theirarchives hold.  Our archives were previously only available to customers coming tothe office, thumbing through our faded and fragile large bound volumes and placingthem on a copier, said Cara Young from Charles Town, West VirginiaÂ's Spirit ofJefferson FarmerÂ's Advocate.  WeÂ're thrilled customers can now find what theyÂ'relooking for online and print out the information in their own home without having tohandle the aging books.Â
Small market newspaper archives are of intense interest to millions of people  authors conducting research, journalists needing background information, thosetracking business, environmental and cultural trends, and historians andgenealogists looking for vital records.  The SmallTownPapers collection isextremely valuable for family history researchers and has been one of the mostaccessed and favorite databases on our website, said Walter Fuller, President ofEvertonÂ's Genealogical Helper.
The SmallTownPapers archive, which includes current editions and those printed backto the 1800s, is available for online search through a distribution partnership withWorld Vital Records, Inc., which operates a genealogy-based research website. Morethan one million pages of the archive are available today with 100,000 pages addedto the World Vital Records website each month.
Source: Express-Press-Release.com
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