ProQuest Information and Learning's ambitious Historical Newspapers project launched with much anticipation in 2001. Four years later, the project has made admirable progress, with 125 million documents expected to be digitized by June. The company's purpose, however, is not just to push content out onto the web in hopes that libraries can use it. ProQuest's philosophy is to take the end user into the creation process. Publications in the program include the New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1997), Washington Post (1877-1988), Los Angeles Times (1881-1984), ChicagoTribune (1849-1984), Boston Globe (1872-1922), Atlanta Con-stitution (1868-1925), and Christian Science Monitor (1908-91). All of the digital files begin with the first issue, and most go up until the publication itself began offering electronic editions. Together, they represent 16 terabytes of data, which double the size of Pro-Quest's digital stockpile, making the project the single largest investment in the company's history. Each publication is presented in full-image scans and ASCII text, allowing for full searching.
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机译：ProQuest Information and Learning的雄心勃勃的Historical Newspapers项目于2001年启动，前景令人瞩目。四年后，该项目取得了令人钦佩的进展，预计到6月将数字化1.25亿份文档。但是，该公司的目的不仅仅是将内容发布到网络上，希望图书馆可以使用它。 ProQuest的理念是将最终用户带入创建过程。该计划的出版物包括《纽约时报》（1851-2001），《华尔街日报》（1889-1997），《华盛顿邮报》（1877-1988），《洛杉矶时报》（1881-1984），《芝加哥论坛报》（1849-1984），《波士顿环球报》 （1872-1922），亚特兰大宪法（1868-1925）和基督教科学箴言报（1908-91）。所有数字文件都从第一期开始，直到出版本身开始提供电子版本为止。它们一起代表了16 TB的数据，是Pro-Quest的数字库存的两倍，使该项目成为公司历史上最大的一笔投资。每个出版物均以全图扫描和ASCII文本显示，以便进行全面搜索。
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