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29/10/2026

Our October newsletter has dropped with two new articles and the second part of our Veridian Feature Showcase webinar.

📊 Are automated scrapers affecting your collection's usage statistics? We look at how scraping can inflate visitor numbers and make accurate reporting more difficult.

📚 Improving digital collections without changing the originals. Explore how text corrections, image adjustments, and other features can improve access while keeping original archival files intact.

🎥 Watch Part 2 of our Veridian Feature Showcase! Discover more custom features developed for the Irish Newspaper Archives, including community features, advanced search, and contrast adjustment tools.

Catch up on the latest articles and webinar here 👇

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/october-2026-website-scraping-archival-hitbe

09/10/2026

🏔️ Explore more than 1.2 million pieces of Colorado and Wyoming's history!

From historical photographs and manuscripts to books, audio recordings, paintings, and cultural artifacts, the Plains to Peaks Collective brings together fascinating historical materials from more than 60 organizations across Colorado and Wyoming.

🔎 With its newly launched website, you can explore collections by topic, discover materials from different institutions, save your searches, and revisit interesting finds.

Whether you're researching family history, exploring local communities, or simply curious about the past, there's plenty to discover!

👉 Explore the collection: https://www.plains2peaks.org/

📖 Read about the new website and its features: https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/plains-to-peaks-collective-digital-heritage-platform

Discover how the Plains to Peaks Collective is bringing 1.2 million digital heritage items from Colorado and Wyoming together with Veridian.

01/10/2026

Our latest Veridian newsletter is out 📬

This month, we’re exploring:

• The new Plains to Peaks Collective website, bringing together more than 1.2 million digital heritage items from across Colorado and Wyoming.

• What semantic search and RAG could mean for the future of searching and exploring digital collections.

• Part 1 of our Veridian Feature Showcase webinar, featuring custom tools developed for the Irish Newspaper Archives — including publication updates, email alerts, saved searches, and integrated content publishing.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-veridian-ppc-migration-semantic-search-ugc2e

As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions. If there's a topic or trend you'd like us to explore, please share it with us here.

10/09/2026

New AI transparency rules are making it easier to identify content that has been created or manipulated by AI — an important step in helping people understand what they’re seeing online.

But there’s a broader question too: how can we establish where authentic digital material came from and understand its history?

Our latest article looks at why digital provenance is becoming increasingly important, particularly for libraries, archives, and other cultural heritage organizations.

https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/ai-transparency-digital-provenance-content-credentials

As AI transparency laws expand, discover why provenance matters for digital collections and how Content Credentials could help preserve source context.

03/09/2026

This month: AI transparency, bilingual access, and major digital collection milestones.

🔎 Why provenance matters as AI-generated content becomes easier to identify.

📰 Explore more than 1.3 million pages in the expanded Swedish American Newspapers collection, now with a bilingual English-Swedish interface.

📚 See how Washington Digital Newspapers has grown beyond one million pages.

Read the latest Veridian newsletter for all three stories.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-transparency-bilingual-collections-1-mh9ke

As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions. If there's a topic or trend you'd like us to explore, please share it with us here.

20/08/2026

Looking for Swedish American ancestors, local history, or stories from Swedish communities across North America?

There’s a major free resource to explore 🔎

Swedish American Newspapers now brings together more than 1.3 million digitized newspaper pages from 348 publications, covering the years 1851–2007.

The free, searchable collection includes Swedish-language newspapers published across the United States and Canada, offering genealogists, family historians, students, and curious researchers a new way to uncover names, places, events, and community stories.

The expanded collection is available through an updated English and Swedish website hosted by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Explore the collection👇
https://swedishamericannews.mnhs.org/

06/08/2026

Discover New Ways to Explore Irish History

With more than 19 million newspaper pages, Irish Newspaper Archives offers a remarkable window into Ireland’s past—from major historical events to the local stories, family notices, and everyday moments that shaped communities.

A range of new features is making it easier for members to discover publications, explore historical content, save and organise their research, receive personalised alerts, and access newly available material.

These include:

📰 A ‘New and Updated Publications’ module
🔖 Community features for clipping, following, and tagging content
🔔 Personalised notifications and content alerts
✍️ Integrated articles and historical features
🌓 Adjustable contrast for easier reading
🔍 More advanced search options

Explore how Irish Newspaper Archives is creating new ways to discover, research, and connect with Irish history.

🔗 Read the full feature: https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/irish-newspaper-archives-case-study

Learn how Irish Newspaper Archives uses Veridian to power a 19-million-page digital archive, combining scalability with advanced discovery features.

30/07/2026

Our latest monthly round-up is here 📰

This month, we explore:

🔎 More custom features powering Irish Newspaper Archives
Discover how integrated publishing, enhanced accessibility, advanced search, and flexible embargo management are supporting a collection of more than 19 million newspaper pages.

📚 Catholic News Archive surpasses one million pages
Learn how this growing collection is helping researchers connect records, uncover richer stories, and explore Catholic history.

🕰️ From the Archives: July 1955
We revisit a memorable newspaper headline from this month in history.

Read the full round-up below 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/july-2026-new-custom-veridian-features-jcoqe

As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions. If there's a topic or trend you'd like us to explore, please share it with us here.

27/07/2026

AI is making it easier than ever to create convincing historical content—but not necessarily content people can trust 🧐

This places even greater value on digital collections that provide clear provenance, reliable source attribution, and direct access to original materials.

Our latest article explores why libraries, archives, and cultural heritage organisations are uniquely positioned to strengthen trust and accountability in the AI era. ✨

Read the full article: https://veridiansoftware.com/knowledge-base/ai-is-making-trust-the-most-valuable-asset-in-digital-collections

AI can create history-inspired stories, but provenance builds trust. Discover why digital collections are becoming more important than ever.

17/07/2026

In our latest round-up:

Explore new custom features powering Irish Newspaper Archives — and see how one of Ireland's largest newspaper collections is using Veridian to enhance discovery, engagement, and member experiences.

AI is making trust the most valuable asset in digital collections — why provenance, transparency, and source attribution are becoming increasingly important in the age of AI-generated content.

Cloudflare for Digital Collections: FAQs — answers to common questions about performance, security, automated scraping, and protecting digital collections online.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-features-ai-trust-cloudflare-faqs-ciwbe

As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions. If there's a topic or trend you'd like us to explore, please share it with us here.