Scriptorium (website)

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, and initially included more than a million pages of digitized newspapers published in Vaud canton. 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 The first paper digitized was 24 heures and its predecessor paper Feuille d'avis de Lausanne.

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 full-text search 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.