''Scriptorium'' is the

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of the

Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne The Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (''Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne'', BCU) was founded in the 16th century and became one of the most important public libraries in Switzerland. History The University of ...

, part of the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; ) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second-oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities ...

in the Swiss canton of

Vaud Vaud ( ; , ), more formally Canton of Vaud, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of Subdivisions of the canton of Vaud, ten districts; its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat ...

. It was launched on 7 December 2012 and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. All of the content is freely available to the public and the site allows

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through its entire collection.

History

It was launched on 7 December 2012 by the

(BCU), part of the

in the Swiss canton of

, and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. The initiative was done with the support of the

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publishing group and the

Swiss National Library The Swiss National Library (, , , ) is the national library of Switzerland. Part of the Federal Office of Culture, it is charged with collecting, cataloging and conserving information in all fields, disciplines, and media connected with Switzerla ...

, in an effort to preserve the history of the canton The first paper digitized was '' 24 heures'' and its predecessor paper . In their annual report, BCU reported 2,973,638 visits to Scriptorium Digital Library for its first full year of availability (2013). As of 2022, there were 7.5 million pages in 120 titles.

Features

All of the content is freely available to the public on the Scriptorium website. Scriptorium allows

through its entire collection. The pages can be printed, sent by email or downloaded. Search can be done with keywords, dates or the specific publication.

List of newspapers

Scriptorium includes the following digital collections: *'' 24 heures'' *''Allez savoir!'' *''Almanach Balthasar'' *''Almanach de Chalamala'' *''L'ami de la vérité'' *''

Annonces et avis divers (, ) is a Swiss regional Swiss-French-language daily newspaper, published by Tamedia in Lausanne, Vaud. Founded in 1762 as a collection of announcements and official communications, it claims to be the oldest newspaper in the world with uninte ...

'' *''L'Arbalète'' *''Le Bistouri'' *''La Bombe'' *''Le Bonjour de Jack Rollan'' *''Le Canard libre'' *''La Cancoire'' *''Le Charivari'' *''Chut'' *''Le Clairon du Nord'' *''

La Côte La Côte (, ) is part of the sloping Lake Geneva () north shore, stretching from Nyon to Lausanne in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. Known for its vineyards, the area has views towards the high Alps across the lake. Communes * Mies * Coppet ...

'' *''La Crecelle'' *''Croquis vaudois'' *''Domaine Public'' *''L’Echo'' *''L'Estafette'' *''

Feuille d'avis de Lausanne (, ) is a Swiss regional Swiss-French-language daily newspaper, published by Tamedia in Lausanne, Vaud. Founded in 1762 as a collection of announcements and official communications, it claims to be the oldest newspaper in the world with uninte ...

'' *''Feuille d'avis de la Vallée de Joux'' *''Feuille périodique'' *''La Fronde'' *''Le Frondeur'' *''Le Grelot'' *''Gribouille et Redzipe'' *''La Griffe'' *''La Guêpe'' *''

L'Hebdo ''L'Hebdo'' (, ) was a weekly French language news magazine published in Lausanne, Switzerland. Founded in 1981, it focused on social, economic and cultural issues. It was published by Ringier. Following its unprofitability, it ceased publicati ...

*''

L'Illustré ''L'Illustré'' () is a weekly consumer magazine published in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is one of the earliest magazines published in the country and has been in circulation since 1921. History and profile ''L'Illustré'' was first published ...

*''Journal de Charles Constant'' *''Journal helvétique'' *''Le Journal de Jack Rollan'' *''Le Kangourou'' *''La Lanterne de Petollion'' *''Lausanne-Soir'' *''La Marge'' *'' Le Matin'' *''Mépris'' *''Mercure suisse'' *''Messager boiteux'' *''Le Moniteur'' *''Le Moustique'' *''Nouvelle revue'' *''Nouvelle revue de Lausanne'' *''Nouvelle revue de Lausanne et du Pays de Vaud'' *''Nouvelle revue et journal politique'' *''Nouvelle revue hebdo'' *''Nouvelliste suisse'' *''Le nouvelliste vaudois'' *''Nouvelliste vaudois'' *''Nouvelliste vaudois et journal national suisse'' *''Le Passe-Temps'' *''Le Père Jérôme'' *''La petite revue'' *''La Pomme'' *''Presse Lausannoise'' *''La Presse Riviera-Chablais'' *''Propos vaudois'' *''Le Régional'' *''La revue'' *''La revue agricole'' *''La revue de Lausanne'' *''La revue du dimanche'' *''Le Semeur'' *''Tribune de Lausanne - Le Matin'' *''Tribune de Lausanne et Estafette'' *'' TV8'' *''UNI Lausanne'' *''Uniscope''

References

External links

* {{Official website Swiss digital libraries Online archives Internet properties established in 2012 Newspaper archives Historic newspaper digitization projects Archives in Switzerland

History

Features

List of newspapers

See also

References

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