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Literary and Linguistic Computing 1998 13(2):89-94; doi:10.1093/llc/13.2.89
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Lessons from the Palestine Post Project

RONALD W. ZWEIG

Faculty of the Humanities, Tel Aviv University Isrsel

The digitization of an entire run of a historic newspaper has createda resource for researchers that opens up the wealth of information contained in a daily newspaper. By using a technology that combines full text retrieval with high resolution images of the original, this project provides the best of both worlds in information retrieval and document delivery. The project has solved the problem of accessibilityof difficult-to-use, rare and voluminous source material. However, bymaking 40,000 pages of broadsheet newsprint instantly accessible, we have generated an entirely new problem. A surfeit of information has been created. While it is possible to be nourished by a stream, it isimpossible to drink when the floodgates of the dam have been opened. New techniques of information retrieval and understanding will be required before we can approaches in these directions are suggested in the article.


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