guardian workshop presentation
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Guardian Archive presentation-14th March 08TRANSCRIPT
To r s t e n de Ri e s e & Dan He dl e y, Guar di an Ne ws & Me di a
t h e p r o j e c t
obj e c t i ve :
- t o p r e s e r v e t h e Gu a r d i a n a n d Ob s e r v e r n e ws p a p e r a r c h i v e
- t o ma k e t h e a r c h i v e a c c e s s i b l e t o t h e p u b l i c
f ac t s & f i gur e s :
- p r o j e c t i n d e v e l o p me n t f o r t wo y e a r s
- 1 . 3 mi l l i o n p a g e s s c a n n e d
- c o n t a i n s 2 0 mi l l i o n i t e ms
- 4 t e r a b y t e s o f d a t a
- 5 , 0 0 0 DVDs
s c o p e o f t h e d i g i t a l a r c h i v e
t h e d i g i t a l a r c h i v e i n s c h o o l s
t he ar c hi ve
- i s e s s e n t i a l d i g i t a l r e s o u r c e t o s u p p o r t t e a c h i n g i n a l l c o r e s u b j e c t s
- a l l o ws p u p i l s t o s e e t h e d e v e l o p me n t o f i mp o r t a n t e v e n t s a n d t h e i r c o n t e x t
- r e p r e s e n t s a v a l u a b l e r e s o u r c e f o r d e v e l o p i n g r e s e a r c h s k i l l s
our vi s i on
a c c e s s t o t h e Di g i t a l Ar c h i v e f o r a l l p u p i l s
a n d t e a c h i n g s t a f f i n t h e UK
©D
urham C
ounty Council
Du r h a m LEA
- Du r h a m LEA t r i a l s t a r t e d i n Ap r i l 2 0 0 7
- i n i t i a l l y a s s u me d wo u l d b e a r e s o u r c e f o r s e c o n d a r y a g e g r o u p o n l y
n o w a l l p u p i l s u s e i t
- Du r h a m p u r c h a s e d p e r p e t u a l l i c e n c e t o t h e Ar c h i v e i n Au g u s t 2 0 0 7
“I l i ke d l ooki ng at t he ol d ne ws pape r s and t he t ype s of i nf or mat i on t he y put i n t he m”
– Emi l y, 8
©Durham County Council
©D
urham C
ounty Council
