Hullo,
The British Library has put 4 million pages of 19th century newspapers online:
http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/Murder-mania-and-a-leech-powered-...
http://www1.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
You can try a search and click view which, in my case, gave me a page of the subscription fees. Two day, one month and one year packages are available.
Bodnotbod
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
The British Library has put 4 million pages of 19th century newspapers online:
http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/Murder-mania-and-a-leech-powered-...
http://www1.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
You can try a search and click view which, in my case, gave me a page of the subscription fees. Two day, one month and one year packages are available.
Oh. I had (foolishly) assumed it would be free. I can still access this for free, but only by going there. I wonder if libraries around the country will be able to access this for free and provide online access for their members? Still doesn't help those outside the UK.
Carcharoth
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Carcharoth carcharothwp@googlemail.com wrote:
Oh. I had (foolishly) assumed it would be free.
That would have been lovely :O)
It would have been good just to have a few free searches before tripping the paywall, just to see if you like the product. And if there were a small number of free views per month it would have greatly helped us when using material as a source because it would mean Wikipedia readers could at least see whether, if and when the archive was used as a source, it had been cited correctly.
Fees are:
Price: £79.95 GBP Valid For: 365 days Credits: Unlimited (subject to a fair usage policy)
Price: £29.95 GBP Valid For: 30 days Credits: 3000 (equivalent to 5p a page)
Price: £6.95 GBP Valid For: 2 days Credits: 500 (7p per page)
I'm not sure how they're calculating the "per page" figure. 500 * 7p comes out as £35 for me, though maths is definitely not my strong point. I'm guessing I'm misunderstanding what they mean by a "credit".
The pricing also seems rather strange. The relative cheapness of the year subscription compared to the monthly seems odd: ie, one year is equal to 2.6 months.
Bodnotbod
Bodnotbod
On 29 November 2011 11:25, Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
The pricing also seems rather strange. The relative cheapness of the year subscription compared to the monthly seems odd: ie, one year is equal to 2.6 months.
You've got to remember that there are people who are effectively professional British library users and I expect the British library would rather keep them onside.
In any case I guess we will have to go somewhere else to get a complete set of London illustrated news scans.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:06 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 29 November 2011 11:25, Bod Notbod bodnotbod@gmail.com wrote:
The pricing also seems rather strange. The relative cheapness of the year subscription compared to the monthly seems odd: ie, one year is equal to 2.6 months.
You've got to remember that there are people who are effectively professional British library users and I expect the British library would rather keep them onside.
In any case I guess we will have to go somewhere else to get a complete set of London illustrated news scans.
Those with UK public library membership should be able to access the ILN archives. At least the one I have through Westminster Libraries recently added a link to the ILN archives.
Carcharoth