"For the publication's centennial anniversary, its editorial team has spent months painstakingly scanning, digitizing, and organizing every single issue it's ever published, or more than half a million individual pages. Each issue is artfully arranged in a chronological display under a purpose-built archive section of the website; but the content has also been incorporated into The New Yorker 's search algorithm so that readers can come across it organically."
"Digitizing a century-old archive The process of digitizing The New Yorker's full catalog actually started back in 2005. That year, explains Nicholas Henriquez, the publication's director of editorial infrastructure, Random House published The Complete New Yorker, a book that came with DVD-ROMs (now retro tech) containing scanned pages from all the pre-digital issues. Then, in early 2024, Henriquez's team started to convert those scans into digital text."
The New Yorker converted its entire print archive, dating back to February 1925, into a searchable digital collection arranged chronologically on a purpose-built archive. The project built on 2005 DVD-ROM scans and required re-scanning damaged or poorly captured pages from the magazine's physical library. The team formatted and styled articles for the web, assigning workable headlines, descriptions, and images while addressing issues like tricky bylines. The archive has been integrated into the site's search algorithm so older material can be discovered organically. The effort preserves print journalism and underscores the value of archiving magazine history for the future.
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