Scriptorium (website)

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Scriptorium
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Type of site
Online newspaper archive
Available in2 languages
List of languages
French, English
Country of originSwitzerland
Owner Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne
URL scriptorium.ch OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Launched7 December 2012
Current statusOnline

Scriptorium is the digital library of the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne, part of the University of Lausanne in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was launched on 7 December 2012 and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. All of the content is freely available to the public and the site allows full-text search through its entire collection.

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History

It was launched on 7 December 2012 by the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (BCU), part of the University of Lausanne in the Swiss canton of Vaud, [1] and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. [1] The initiative was done with the support of the Tamedia publishing group and the Swiss National Library, in an effort to preserve the history of the canton [1] [2] The first paper digitized was 24 heures and its predecessor paper Feuille d'avis de Lausanne. [1]

In their annual report, BCU reported 2,973,638 visits to Scriptorium Digital Library for its first full year of availability (2013). [3] As of 2022, there were 7.5 million pages in 120 titles. [4]

Features

All of the content is freely available to the public on the Scriptorium website. Scriptorium allows full-text search through its entire collection. [1] [5] The pages can be printed, sent by email or downloaded. Search can be done with keywords, dates or the specific publication. [4] [2]

List of newspapers

Scriptorium includes the following digital collections:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Scriptorium". University of Lausanne (in Swiss French). 10 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Les principaux quotidiens vaudois et leurs archives seront disponibles en ligne". Radio Télévision Suisse (in Swiss French). ats/gchi. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Rapport annuel BCU Lausanne (PDF) (Report) (in Swiss French). Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 "La presse de la Broye, du Jorat et du Gros-de-Vaud numérisée" [Press from the Broye, Jorat and Gros-de-Vaud regions digitized]. LFM (in French). ATS. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Sandoz, Didier (26 January 2021). "L'histoire de La Côte au jour le jour depuis 180 ans en quelques clics" [The day-by-day history of La Côte for 180 years in just a few clicks]. La Côte (in Swiss French). Nyon. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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