Changeset 26256 for main/trunk/model-cols/niupepa/resources/niupepa.properties

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2012-09-26T13:27:59+12:00 (12 years ago)

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sjm84

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Added an about page complete with translations

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main/trunk/model-cols/niupepa/resources/niupepa.properties

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+about.textxwelcome=<h2>Welcome to the Maori Niupepa Collection</h2>
+about.textxwelcome2=<p>Here we have a collection of historic newspapers published primarily for a Maori audience between 1842 and 1932. The newspapers can be <a href="_httpquery_"><b>searched</b></a> (full text), <a href="_httpbrowseSeries_"><b>browsed</b></a> (by series) or accessed by <a href="_httpbrowseDate_"><b>date</b></a>. This collection has been made available by the <a href="http://www.nzdl.org">New Zealand Digital Library Project</a>, at the <a href="http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cs/">Department of Computer Science</a>, <a href="http://www.waikato.ac.nz">University of Waikato</a>.</p>
+about.textxbackground=<p><a href="#background">Background information</a> about the collection can be accessed below.</p>
+about.textxgrateful=<p>We are grateful for the support of many organisations that have assisted in making this collection freely available, in particular the <a href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz">Ministry of Education</a> and university libraries throughout New Zealand. Please see our <a href="#supportorgs">supporting organisations</a> section below.</p>
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+about.textxbackground2=<h2>Background Information</h2>
+about.textxbackground3=<p>The niupepa collection consists of over 17,000 pages taken from 34 separate periodicals. It is based on &quot;Niupepa 1842-1933&quot;, a microfiche collection produced by the <a href="http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/using/8atl.html">Alexander Turnbull Library</a>. 70% of the collection is written solely inMaori, 27% is bilingual and about 3% is written in English. There were three main types of niupepa published; government sponsored, Maori initiated, and religious.</p><p>There are four main parts to the Maori niupepa collection:</p><ul><li>facsimile images of the original pages</li><li>text extracted from the newspapers (for searching)</li><li>bibliographic commentaries for each newspaper title</li><li><a href="_httppagex_(abexpl)">English abstracts</a> for each issue</li></ul><p>Further information about the Niupepa Collection can be found in <i>Rere Atu Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Maori Language Newspapers</i>. Edited by Jennifer Curnow, Ngapare Hopa, and Jane McRae. Auckland University Press (2002). </p>
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+about.textxsupporgs=<h2>Supporting Organisations</h2>
+about.textyaymined=<p>The <a href="http://www.minedu.govt.nz">Ministry of Education</a> are the principal sponsors of this project.</p>
+about.textxsupporgs2=<p>Financial support was also generously given by the following university libraries:</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/">Waikato University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://www.library.otago.ac.nz">Otago University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwwlib/">Massey University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://www.victoria.ac.nz/library/">Victoria University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/">Auckland University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://library.canterbury.ac.nz"</a>Canterbury University Library</a></li><li><a href="http://prod.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/default.htm"</a>Lincoln University Library</a></li></ul><p>The newspapers are also available on 35mm microfilm and microfiche. They can be borrowed on interloan through your local library or purchased from the <a href="http://www.natlib.govt.nz/en/using/8atl.html">Alexander Turnbull Library</a>.</p><p>Digital image capture was provided by <a href="http://www.micrographics.co.nz">New Zealand Micrographic Services Ltd.</a></p><p>Commentaries on titles provided by Gail Dallimore.</p><p><a href="_httppagex_(abexpl)">English abstracts</a> are provided by a team working through the Department of Maori Studies at the University of Auckland.</a>.</p>
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