{{Short description|Newspaper archive website}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox website | name = Scriptorium | logo = Scriptorium logo.svg | type = Online newspaper archive | language = French, English | language_count = 2 | country_of_origin = Switzerland | owner = Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne | url = {{Official URL}} | commercial = No | registration = Optional | launch_date = 7 December 2012 | current_status = Online }}
'''''Scriptorium''''' is the digital library of the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne, part of the University of Lausanne in the Swiss canton of Vaud. 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 full-text search through its entire collection.
== History == It was launched on 7 December 2012 by the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne (BCU), part of the University of Lausanne in the Swiss canton of Vaud,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-12-10 |title=Scriptorium |url=http://www.unil.ch/getactu/wwwbcu/1355127584228/ |website=University of Lausanne |language=fr-CH}}</ref> and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton.<ref name=":0" /> The initiative was done with the support of the Tamedia publishing group and the Swiss National Library, in an effort to preserve the history of the canton<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2012-12-07 |title=Les principaux quotidiens vaudois et leurs archives seront disponibles en ligne |url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/valais/4490686-les-principaux-quotidiens-vaudois-et-leurs-archives-seront-disponibles-en-ligne.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |work=Radio Télévision Suisse |language=fr-CH |agency=ats/gchi}}</ref> The first paper digitized was ''24 heures'' and its predecessor paper {{Lang|fr|Feuille d'avis de Lausanne}}.<ref name=":0" />
In their annual report, BCU reported 2,973,638 visits to Scriptorium Digital Library for its first full year of availability (2013).<ref>{{Cite report |url=http://www.bcu-lausanne.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140619_BCUL-RAPPORT-ANNUEL-2013_web_+erratum.pdf |title=Rapport annuel BCU Lausanne |date=2013 |publisher=Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne |language=fr-CH |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703001148/https://www.bcu-lausanne.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/20140619_BCUL-RAPPORT-ANNUEL-2013_web_+erratum.pdf |archive-date=2014-07-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2022, there were 7.5 million pages in 120 titles.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=2022-01-31 |title=La presse de la Broye, du Jorat et du Gros-de-Vaud numérisée |trans-title=Press from the Broye, Jorat and Gros-de-Vaud regions digitized |url=https://www.lfm.ch/actualite/suisse/romandie/vaud/lausanne/la-presse-de-la-broye-du-jorat-et-du-gros-de-vaud-numerisee/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=LFM |language=fr-FR |agency=ATS}}</ref>
== Features == All of the content is freely available to the public on the Scriptorium website. Scriptorium allows full-text search through its entire collection.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandoz |first=Didier |date=2021-01-26 |title=L'histoire de La Côte au jour le jour depuis 180 ans en quelques clics |trans-title=The day-by-day history of La Côte for 180 years in just a few clicks |url=https://www.lacote.ch/vaud/la-cote/nyon-district/l-histoire-de-la-cote-au-jour-le-jour-depuis-180-ans-en-quelques-clics-1036529 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=La Côte |place=Nyon |language=fr-CH}}</ref> The pages can be printed, sent by email or downloaded. Search can be done with keywords, dates or the specific publication.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" />
== List of newspapers == Scriptorium includes the following digital collections: {{div col}} *''24 heures'' *''Allez savoir!'' *''Almanach Balthasar'' *''Almanach de Chalamala'' *''L'ami de la vérité'' *''Annonces et avis divers'' *''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 Crecelle'' *''Croquis vaudois'' *''Domaine Public'' *''L’Echo'' *''L'Estafette'' *''Feuille d'avis de Lausanne'' *''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'Illustré'' *''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'' {{div col end}}
== See also ==
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
Category:Swiss digital libraries Category:Online archives Category:Internet properties established in 2012 Category:Historic newspaper digitization projects Category:Archives in Switzerland