London Letter: Researching the Historical Press, Now and Here
L Brake - Victorian Periodicals Review, 2015 - muse.jhu.edu
L Brake
Victorian Periodicals Review, 2015•muse.jhu.eduA decade ago, nineteenth-century serial runs were conspicuous candidates for digitization
by enterprising publishers since they were the most recent historic titles available that were
free of copyright restrictions. It was in this climate that “Googling the Victorians” appeared in
spring 2005. As Patrick Leary reminds us, only two newspapers were then available online,
the Scotsman and the Times Digital Archive (2003–). In their wake, a succession of
ambitious digital projects ensued, from the Joint Information Systems Committee's …
by enterprising publishers since they were the most recent historic titles available that were
free of copyright restrictions. It was in this climate that “Googling the Victorians” appeared in
spring 2005. As Patrick Leary reminds us, only two newspapers were then available online,
the Scotsman and the Times Digital Archive (2003–). In their wake, a succession of
ambitious digital projects ensued, from the Joint Information Systems Committee's …
A decade ago, nineteenth-century serial runs were conspicuous candidates for digitization by enterprising publishers since they were the most recent historic titles available that were free of copyright restrictions. It was in this climate that “Googling the Victorians” appeared in spring 2005. As Patrick Leary reminds us, only two newspapers were then available online, the Scotsman and the Times Digital Archive (2003–). In their wake, a succession of ambitious digital projects ensued, from the Joint Information Systems Committee’s distribution of British Periodicals and Nineteenth-
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