This is great news :) 2009/3/25 Liam Wyatt <liamwy...@gmail.com>: > Dear Wikimedia Australia list, > > I just received this from the National Library of Australia newspaper > digisation project - they're moving out of Beta and into "real project" > mode. All very exciting... > > What I find particularly cool about their interface is the way that they > have permanent links to not only each page but also the specific article. > Furthermore there is a wiki-like interface for people to improve the OCR'd > text. > > For the purposes of Wikipedia this project is a real boon as 1) Everything > they publish is out of copyright and 2) It gives us invaluable citation > material. Previously we could write articles about old events and refer to > them only in the print edition (which requires great difficulty to check > references). Now we can cite the original edition of the newspaper and link > directly to the article for all to see! > > I've worked with Rose Holley in my capacity at the Dictionary of Sydney and > she (and the project) are keen for Wiki-folk to jump in and use their > important service. As you can see by the title of the first research paper > listed below, they're also helping improve the understanding in the > academic/library sector of the values of mass-collaboration which is great. > > All the best, > -Liam > [[Witty lama]] > > ________________________________ > From: Rose Holley [mailto:rhol...@nla.gov.au] > Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2009 3:48 PM > To: undisclosed-recipients > Subject: National Library of Australia - Newspaper digitisation - articles > published > > Dear colleagues > > Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program > > I've recently published 2 articles which you may be interested to read: > > 1. Many Hands Make Light Work: Public Collaborative OCR Text Correction in > Australian Historic Newspapers. ISBN 978-0-642-27694-0 > http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march09/03clips.html#HOLLEYBK (reviewed in D-Lib) > http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/project_details/documents/ANDP_ManyHands.pdf > (document here) > > 2. How good can it get? Analysing and Improving OCR accuracy in large scale > historic newspaper digitisation programs.(NLA) Just published in this > months D-Lib Magazine. > http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march09/holley/03holley.html > > All other project documents including feedback on the Australian Newspapers > beta service are on the main webpage here: > http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/project_details/ > > We are now nearing the end of the 2 year project 'setup' and software > development. The Australian Newspapers service will be officially launched > this year and be managed in an ongoing operational mode with the newspapers > digitisation program ongoing indefinitely. > > Thanks > Rose > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Rose Holley > Manager - Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program (ANDP) > National Library of Australia > e-mail: rhol...@nla.gov.au > website: http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp > Phone: +61 2 6262 1224 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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