A Familiar Collection of Historical Newspapers Gets a New Home | Katina Magazine

"Founded in 1990, Accessible Archives provided academic libraries and genealogists access to 18th, 19th, and early 20th century primary sources and historical US newspapers (Accessible Archives, 2023). In 2023, Coherent Digital, publisher of the Commons platforms of gray literature, acquired Accessible Archives and incorporated it into its History Commons product (Coherent Digital, 2023). Although the same archival material is now accessible through History Commons, the changes Coherent Digital has made to its readability and discoverability, for both academic researchers and the general public, are significant enough to warrant examining this well-known resource’s new iteration...."