Siberian newspapers of the Russian Empire and USSR periods : issues of conservation

• Published in: Sibirica
• Main Authors: Shevtsov, Vyacheslav V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: сибирские газеты; оцифровка; научные библиотеки; Сибирь; Sibirica; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2016.150105; http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000622869

This report reflects the work that leading academic libraries in Siberia (in Tomsk Irkutsk and Krasnoyarsk) have been conducting over the past ten years on digitization of Siberian newspapers published between 1857 and 1991. These newspapers are valuable and often unique sources for the history ethnography economy and everyday life of the Siberian people. Creating a comprehensive and common free-access database of Siberian newspapers promotes their preservation for current and future researchers introduces them to scientific use. The report contains brief data on already digitized newspapers and on electronic sources where these newspapers can be found. The report shows the challenges perspectives and achievements of digitization as well as possible ways of systematization search for information and analysis of a large set of various newspaper texts.