The European Library acts as a central index for libraries across Europe, providing access to over 130 million digitized newspaper pages from more than 29,000 titles, around 85% of which are freely available. A presentation proposed adding the 18 million digitized pages of Welsh newspapers to this index, which would expose Welsh language, history, and ideas to a broader international audience and research community while recognizing the work of the National Library of Wales. Integrating the Welsh collections could provide educational and research opportunities within a larger European context.

1. Launch of Welsh
Newspapers Online
Alastair Dunning
The European Library
13th March, Cardiff

2. The European Library acts as central index
point for library’s materials from
throughout Europe

3. Historic Newspaper Digitisation in Europe
Around 130,000,000 pages scanned
Just over 29,000 newspaper titles online
Around 85% are freely available

4. The Welsh Newspapers are in a perfect
position to add to this
Creating an index of 18m
pages that point to
library’s newspaper
webpages

5. Why share with Europe?

7. New international contexts and
research questions

8. Exposure of Welsh language

9. Exposure of Welsh ideas / thinking /
history

10. Recognition of LLGC / NLW identity

11. Potential to work with others to
enrich the data

12. Within a European context a critical a
mass of data to help reach education,
creative industries, tourism, research

13. Openness of content
Strong technical underpinnings – speedy, secure
delivery of image & text to user
A focussed collection for education and research
A resource that can expand and exploit other
opportunities
The Welsh Newspapers are in a perfect position to
add to that