17 Appendix: Maps Digitised Newspapers around the World

Many national libraries now publish lists of newspapers. As I find them, I’ll add interactive maps here.

17.1 United Kingdom

Based on a ‘live’ title list provided by the British Newspaper Archive:

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Figure 17.1: Interactive map of the JISC Newspapers

17.2 United States

Based on a list of newspapers published here.

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Figure 17.2: Interactive map of Library of Congress Newspapers

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