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Overview

The Global Press Archive (GPA) is an initiative by East View Information Services in partnership with Stanford University Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives to digitize over 2,000 predominantly foreign-language newspaper titles ranging in coverage from the late 19th century to present times. The GPA reportedly will digitally preserve and make searchable "more than 30 million pages of newspaper content" over several years.

GPA includes stand-alone titles and databases aggregating multiple titles from a specific region and time period. As of October 2019, GPA includes 20+ newspaper titles and aggregated archives available for purchase through East View.

In 2018, CRL and East View entered into a partnership to develop a special series of thematically-designed collections to meet the priorities of CRL members. The CRL/East View Global Press Archive Charter Alliance will result in the creation of nine collections over a period of three years, encompassing hundreds of newspaper titles and totaling over 4.5 million pages.

Provider:

East View Information Services

Posted:

Nov 1, 2019 3:51pm

Updated:

Jun 5, 2020 1:02pm

Source

CRL reviews are based on independent research. Information is researched by CRL staff and other specialists at CRL libraries. See CRL Review for additional source notes.

Details

Collection Content

Subject Areas:

Unclassified

Resource Types:

News databases

Newspapers

- Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider:

East View Information Services

Website:

http://www.eastview.com/

Main Address:

10601 Wayzata Boulevard

Minneapolis, MN 55305

United States

CRL Review

Collection Content:

The Global Press Archive™ (GPA) is an initiative launched by East View Information Services in 2017 to index, digitize and consolidate global newspapers "to create the most comprehensive archival collection of digital news sources" (publisher's site). The genesis of GPA was the agreement with Stanford University Libraries and the Hoover Institution Library & Archives to digitally preserve and make searchable "potentially 25 million pages of newspaper content" that are part of the collections at Stanford Libraries (Press Release 02 Nov 2016).

GPA initially launched with an aggregation of titles already available from East View, with the announcement of additional titles and aggregated collections to come beginning in 2018.

Delivery:

Titles will be made accessible through the customized "GPA Platform" based on the Veridian presentation platform. Veridian was developed specifically to support the presentation of newspaper content and has been employed by projects such as the California Digital Newspaper Collection and Singapore National Library. The platform is able to support discovery in a wide variety of languages and scripts.

Content purchased by institutions are accessible through IP Authentication and will be cross-discoverable within the platform. Some titles will be made available through partners on their respective platforms.

Terms:

GPA titles available for purchase are licensed through East View Information Services. Although the majority of titles are one-time purchases, some titles may include options for annual updates to content for an additional annual fee.Purchases are subject to ongoing maintenance fees.

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.

CRL Offers & Status

Status	Current	Description
CRL Flagged	no	Potential interest to CRL community
Offer Pending	no	Currently a candidate for CRL offer
Active Offer	yes	Currently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial Access	no	Available for trial
Renewal Offer	no	Currently offered for renewal
Expired Offer	no	Past offers
Inactive / Declined	no	No longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRL	yes	Evaluation available by CRL and community
Special Access	no	Member-only access available for a limited time

The complete offer and activity details for this resource are only available to CRL members.

Appendix

Title List:

EVIS_Global_Press_Archive_Newspaper_Title_List_Oct2019.xlsx

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