Global Newspaper Initiative
More than any other medium, newspapers serve to record the daily lives of a people and the world around them. But in many countries, the rich cultural narration that has been recorded in historical newspapers is in danger of being lost to future generations because of the cost inherent in digital archival.

The Global Newspaper Initiative was formed in response to the daunting task of preserving these irreplaceable collections. The mission of the Global Newspaper Initiative is to act as a catalyst for newspaper preservation and digitization in countries whose cultures are the least understood and least able to fund newspaper digitization.

Apex Newspaper Advisory Board
The Global Newspaper Initiative will be directed by an Advisory Board whose members are recognized experts, luminaries, and thought-leaders who recognize the power of these ideas and share the aspirations of the Initiative. The Advisory Board will develop and direct activities that will advance the mission of the Initiative.

It is our distinct privilege to announce the members of the Apex Newspaper Advisory Board:

Abdelaziz Abid, Director
Division de la Société de l’information, UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/webworld/mdm  

Frank Menchaca, Senior Vice President
Academic, Public and Academic Research Library Publishing
Thomson Gale
http://www.gale.com

James Simon, Director of International Resources
Center of Research Libraries
http://www.crl.edu/default.asp

Hartmut Walravens, Director
Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/

Henry Snyder, Professor of History
University of California, Riverside
http://www.ucr.edu

Directing this effort is Peggy Glahn, Solutions Architect for Apex Publishing.

Advisory Board News and Calendar ...

We at Apex CoVantage look forward with great enthusiasm to the future of the Global Newspaper Initiative and the Advisory Board. The world community will ultimately benefit from the deeper level of mutual understanding that will come from opening historic newspapers from every culture to anyone in the world with access to the Internet. IFLA Newspaper Conference Santiago, Chile April 3-5 August 2007 Pre-IFLA Conference Board Meeting Durban or Cape Town, S.A. Date and Location TBD