# Scriptorium (website)

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{{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](/source/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](/source/digital_library) of the [Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne](/source/Cantonal_and_University_Library_of_Lausanne), part of the [University of Lausanne](/source/University_of_Lausanne) in the Swiss canton of [Vaud](/source/Vaud). It was launched on 7 December 2012 and initially included more than a million pages of [digitized newspapers](/source/digital_newspaper) published in Vaud canton. All of the content is freely available to the public and the site allows [full-text search](/source/full-text_search) through its entire collection.

== History ==
It was launched on 7 December 2012 by the [Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne](/source/Cantonal_and_University_Library_of_Lausanne) (BCU), part of the [University of Lausanne](/source/University_of_Lausanne) in the Swiss canton of [Vaud](/source/Vaud),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2012-12-10 |title=Scriptorium |url=http://www.unil.ch/getactu/wwwbcu/1355127584228/ |website=[University of Lausanne](/source/University_of_Lausanne) |language=fr-CH}}</ref> and initially included more than a million pages of [digitized newspapers](/source/digital_newspaper) published in Vaud canton.<ref name=":0" /> The initiative was done with the support of the [Tamedia](/source/Tamedia) publishing group and the [Swiss National Library](/source/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](/source/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Suisse) |language=fr-CH |agency=ats/gchi}}</ref> The first paper digitized was ''[24 heures](/source/24_heures_(Switzerland))'' 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/La_C%C3%B4te_(newspaper)) |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](/source/24_heures_(Switzerland))''
*''Allez savoir!''
*''Almanach Balthasar''
*''Almanach de Chalamala''
*''L'ami de la vérité''
*''[Annonces et avis divers](/source/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](/source/La_C%C3%B4te_(newspaper))''
*''La Crecelle''
*''Croquis vaudois''
*''Domaine Public''
*''L’Echo''
*''L'Estafette''
*''[Feuille d'avis de Lausanne](/source/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](/source/L'Hebdo)''
*''[L'Illustré](/source/L'Illustr%C3%A9)''
*''Journal de Charles Constant''
*''Journal helvétique''
*''Le Journal de Jack Rollan''
*''Le Kangourou''
*''La Lanterne de Petollion''
*''Lausanne-Soir''
*''La Marge''
*''[Le Matin](/source/Le_Matin_(Switzerland))''
*''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](/source/TV8_(magazine))''
*''UNI Lausanne''
*''Uniscope''
{{div col end}}

== See also ==

* [e-newspaperarchives.ch](/source/e-newspaperarchives.ch)

==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

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