ProQuest Historical Newspapers gains The Guardian and The Observer

More than 212 years of British news contained within The Guardian and The Observer has been added to ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Dating from 1791, the collection will allow researchers near-instant access to millions of pages, digitized by Olive Software, Inc.

The ability to cross-search the archives of two major British newspapers with ProQuest’s existing American historical newspapers provides researchers with contrasting perspectives on key international events, such as World Wars I and II, the Middle East peace process, and the terrorist attacks in the United States September 11, 2001. Researchers will be able to compare news, political cartoons, and editorials about the same events in both American and British newspapers.

The Guardian’s and The Observer’s archive will be cross-searchable with ProQuest Historical Newspapers, the world’s largest digital newspaper archive, encompassing more than 17 million pages dating from 1764.

Olive Software announces “next-generation publishing platform”

Olive Software, an electronic publishing, archiving and XML conversion company, has announced the release of its digital publishing platform, ViewPoint 2.0. The Sept. 24 press release states:

ViewPoint 2.0 provides an easy way to capture, preserve, access, componentize, repurpose and monetize content for the web, as well as redefine the traditional markets for rich content.

The release of this product promises easier access to digitized documentation for institutions and publishers alike.