Heritage Microfilm announces a partnership with Califa
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Heritage Microfilm, microfilm preservation vendor for more than 600 U.S. newspapers, will offer member libraries of Califa, a not-for-profit library cooperative, a steep discount to the ACCESS NewspaperARCHIVE newspaper research database to give library patrons the opportunity to access millions of historical newspaper pages.
“This partnership gives us the unique opportunity to work with libraries in California on a large scale, promoting great historical newspaper content to researchers and genealogists around the region,” said Jamie Leon, Account Manager for Heritage Microfilm. “With more than 6 million newspaper pages in California alone, ACCESS NewspaperARCHIVE will prove a valuable database for researchers.”
ACCESS NewspaperARCHIVE is a version of NewspaperARCHIVE, the world’s largest online newspaper archive, created for libraries and other research institutions. It features more than 90 million searchable newspaper page images from hundreds of cities and thousands of publications. ACCESS NewspaperARCHIVE can be found at http://access.newspaperarchive.com.
“It’s great to be able to work with Heritage Microfilm and NewspaperArchive.com directly to offer our members a huge value,” said Heather Teysko, Califa Manager. “Their California newspaper content makes them a natural fit for Califa, bringing the first-person history of California towns to life and making genealogy and historical research easier.”
Califa will hold a webinar with Access.NewspaperArchive.com following the official beginning of the agreement. All member libraries interested in learning about what Heritage Microfilm and Access.NewspaperArchive.com has to offer will be invited, and the public is welcome to attend as well. A webinar will be held on September 29. Interested parties can follow the Califa Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/califaor the Califa Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=califa&init=quick#/pages/San-Mateo-CA/Califa-Library-Group/18963104703.
Institutions interested in Heritage Microfilm can contact Jamie Leon at jleon@newspaperarchive.com.
