Dundee lecture to reveal the story behind the British Newspaper Archive
ByNews reporter
The history of newspaper archives and how they are being updated for the digital world will be explored at a lecture next month.
Chris van der Kuyl, the chief executive of Dundee-based online publishing and technology company brightsolid, will be giving one in the series of Armitstead lectures entitled, The British Newspaper Archive: Creating a 21st Century Business Out of Old News.
The lecture will look at: The background to the project and the British Library/brightsolid collaboration The physical to digital journey how we do it Brief overview of the website and next steps for the project Bringing history to life through the archive a newspaper portrait of Baron George Armitstead (”Lord Dundee”).
The talk takes place at the D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre on Friday, November 9, starting at 7.30pm.
