Digital interfaces of historical newspapers: opportunities, restrictions and recommendations

Many libraries offer free access to digitised historical newspapers via user interfaces. After an initial period of search and filter options as the only features, the availability of more advanced tools and the desire for more options among users has ushered in a period of interface development. Ho...

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Published in:Journal of data mining and digital humanities Vol. HistoInformatics; no. HistoInformatics
Main Authors: Pfanzelter, Eva, Oberbichler, Sarah, Marjanen, Jani, Langlais, Pierre-Carl, Hechl, Stefan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: INRIA 11.01.2021
Nicolas Turenne
Subjects:
[info.info-dl]computer science [cs]/digital libraries [cs.dl]
[info.info-lg]computer science [cs]/machine learning [cs.lg]
[shs.hist]humanities and social sciences/history
[shs.stat]humanities and social sciences/methods and statistics
[shs]humanities and social sciences
Computer Science
digital humanities
Digital Libraries
digital newspapers
frequencies
historical newspapers
History
Humanities and Social Sciences
interfaces
Machine Learning
Methods and statistics
topic modelling
interfaces
frequencies
topic modelling
historical newspapers
digital newspapers
digital humanities
ISSN:2416-5999, 2416-5999
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Summary:Many libraries offer free access to digitised historical newspapers via user interfaces. After an initial period of search and filter options as the only features, the availability of more advanced tools and the desire for more options among users has ushered in a period of interface development. However, this raises a number of open questions and challenges. For example, how can we provide interfaces for different user groups? What tools should be available on interfaces and how can we avoid too much complexity? What tools are helpful and how can we improve usability? This paper will not provide definite answers to these questions, but it gives an insight into the difficulties, challenges and risks of using interfaces to investigate historical newspapers. More importantly, it provides ideas and recommendations for the improvement of user interfaces and digital tools.
ISSN:2416-5999
2416-5999
DOI:10.46298/jdmdh.6121