Journal de Genève completely digitized on the Internet
What the Neue Zürcher Zeitung has so far failed to do, the people of Geneva are now showing it how: The long-established Journal de Genève, the predecessor of Le Temps, has been fully digitized and archived online, including all 172 volumes.
What the Neue Zürcher Zeitung has so far failed to do, the Genevans are now showing it how to do it: The traditional Geneva newspaper Journal de Genève has been completely digitized on the Internet. The 172 volumes from 1826 to 1998 can be searched in full text and downloaded free of charge. can be viewed. They contain around 550,000 articles or approximately 30 linear meters of newspapers.
The mammoth project, which began in 2006, was made possible by a cooperation between Le Temps and the Swiss National Library and the Bibliothèque de Genève, with both libraries providing financial and technical support for the project. Le Temps emerged from a merger between the Journal and the Nouveau Quotidien in 1998 and inherited the archives of both newspapers.
The mammoth project, which began in 2006, was made possible by a cooperation between Le Temps and the Swiss National Library and the Bibliothèque de Genève, with both libraries providing financial and technical support for the project. Le Temps emerged from a merger between the Journal and the Nouveau Quotidien in 1998 and inherited the archives of both newspapers.
