Bell & Howell Signs Landmark Agreement with The New York Times Company to Digitize Historical Backfiles of The New York Times.Business Editors NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2001 Full page images of issues dating back to 1851 to become available via ProQuest(R) online information system Bell & Howell's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BHW BHW Beamten Heimstätten Werk (German Building Society) BHW Boiler Hot Water BHW Brick Headwall BHW Blackman-Harris Window Function BHW Binary Halfword ) Information and Learning unit and The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ) announced today an agreement that will bring The New York Times newspaper's backfile dating back to its first issue in 1851 to the Web through the ProQuest(R) online information service. This landmark agreement allows for Bell & Howell to digitize the backfile of the nation's newspaper of record - some 3,500,000 pages in total - and to distribute the resulting database to educational institutions and libraries around the world. The New York Times digital backfile will be part of Bell & Howell's recently announced ProQuest Historical Newspapers(TM) project. "This agreement will bring uniquely valuable materials to researchers, scholars, students, and historians of just about every discipline everywhere," said Joe Reynolds, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bell & Howell Information and Learning. "Since The New York Times was first produced on microfilm more than 50 years ago, it has been considered to be one of the most valued resources in academic and public libraries, if not 'the' premium national information source. We are deeply honored and enthusiastic to proceed with digitization and electronic distribution of, essentially, the nation's history in journalism. We know that the educational and library markets are excited at the prospect of being able to access what has only been available on microfilm - this information and historical treasure wrapped up in The New York Times. We will continue to bring to market archival products in all formats for scholars, researchers, faculty and students around the world. We will now be able to offer a complete New York Times in microfilm and online electronic formats." The electronic file will be released in segments covering 10 years each. The digitization is expected to be completed in just 15 months, with monthly releases beginning in March 2001. The resulting database, which will be sold as an annual subscription to libraries and schools, will feature ASCII text Alphanumeric characters that are not in any proprietary file format. See ASCII file. and index searching, and will display article and full-page images. Page images provide unique view to the past The ProQuest historical archive of The New York Times will digitally reproduce every issue from cover to cover--not just the news stories and editorials, but also the photos, graphics, and advertisements. Searchers will be able to enter terms (keywords, such as "Hindenberg" or "Hooverville," or Boolean operators such as "keyword(general motors) and doc_type(display ad)" or "title(lindbergh) and date(1927)") to search the full file. A results list will supply bibliographic information, including date, page number, and writer's name Noun 1. writer's name - the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work author's name name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" (where given). To see the text, the user simply chooses the article, and the article image is displayed. Users will also be able to display the full image of any page in any issue. Janet Robinson, president and general manager of The New York Times newspaper, said: "We have been working with Bell & Howell for the past 17 years to produce and distribute The Times on microfilm and are pleased to be continuing that relationship and extending it to embark upon this digitization project." Martin Nisenholtz, chief executive officer of New York Times Digital, the Internet division of the Times Company, said: "This digitization project promises to increase the availability and accessibility of The New York Times archive to scholars and researchers of all types. In addition, we look forward to enhancing our Web sites by utilizing various elements of the digital archive in a number of different ways." In the second release of the product, expected in June 2001, the database will be completely browseable by issue, allowing searchers to browse through entire issues as they would a printed paper. Dates of coverage The database will cover the years 1851 to 1998 - a span of issues currently not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. by any existing electronic database. In addition, Bell & Howell will be able to offer subscriptions to the full text in ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. format dating from January 1, 1999 (up from the current 90-day rolling file). This change in coverage is effective immediately. The interface The award-winning ProQuest(R) online information system features a user-friendly interface that allows beginners to pinpoint highly specific information (a photograph of John D. Rockefeller, for instance, or an eyewitness An individual who was present during an event and is called by a party in a lawsuit to testify as to what he or she observed. The state and Federal Rules of Evidence, which govern the admissibility of evidence in civil actions and criminal proceedings, impose requirements account of McKinley's assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. ) or conduct in-depth longitudinal research (on topics like the changing status of African-Americans from antebellum days through the recent past). The interface is familiar to many; it is currently available to 10 million higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. users globally. Demo available A demonstration of the database is available for review at www.bellhowell.infolearning.com. Free trials will be available in March. Libraries may receive more information by contacting their account representative at 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3183 or 3452 (outside the U.S., call +44-1-223-215-512) or pqsales@bellhowell.infolearning.com. Editors may call 1-800-521-0600, ext. 3805 or email pr@bellhowell.infolearning.com. More information about the ProQuest Historical Newspapers project is available at www.bellhowell.infolearning.com. About The New York Times Company The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is a diversified media company including newspapers, magazines, television and radio stations, and electronic information and publishing. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. In 2000 the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's survey of the Global Most Admired Companies and was ranked first among all companies in the survey for the quality of its products and services. The Company, which had 1999 revenues of $3.1 billion, publishes The New York Times, The New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. Boston Globe and 15 other newspapers; publishes four magazines, including Golf Digest Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Advance Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. ; operates eight network-affiliated television stations and owns two New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. radio stations. It also operates news, photo and graphics services as well as news and feature syndicates. A division of the Company, New York Times Digital, operates Internet properties such as NYTimes.com, Boston.com and newyorktoday.com. The Company holds interests in one newsprint mill, one supercalendered paper mill and the International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. S.A.S. About Bell & Howell Information and Learning Bell & Howell Company (NYSE:BHW), headquartered in Skokie, Ill., is a leading information solutions and services provider to industries worldwide. In each of its businesses, the company transforms information through software and services, helping its customers operate more effectively and efficiently. Additional information on Bell & Howell Company can be found at www.bellhowell.com. Bell & Howell Information and Learning (formerly UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) ) is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and distributing information worldwide to researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business, general-reference, humanities, and social sciences content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,000 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through ProQuest(R), the company's Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-Healey(R) electronic and microform In micrographics, a medium that contains microminiaturized images such as microfiche and microfilm. See micrographics. resources, and UMI(R) microform and print reference products. For more information about Bell & Howell Information and Learning, visit www.infolearning.com. |
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