This blog shows us that what was always in print and in the past is now becoming modernised and more importantly digitised. Historical Welsh newspapers being available online, does as Niamh comments, pose advantages. This new, more convenient proposal means that we can access reliable newspaper information from times gone by very easily, and from the comfort of our own homes and laptops.
But as Niamh notes, there is an element of sadness in the loss of those dusty pages. The image of the reporter/ researcher as an investigator, sifting through these old papers is gone and replaced with the reporter glued to a computer, almost everything available online, and with this it sort of loses some of the appeal. There is no doubt that it is more practical and in these days when there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day, it’s probably more necessary.
The project which is being undertaken by the National library in Wales is due to be finished in 2012 and to cost £2m, a pound for every page they hope to digitalise, estimating there are 2million pages to be done.
Niamh’s blog is up to date on the digital media and gives another example of where our future as journalists is headed.
