And while every high school government student learns the importance of our First Amendment rights to freedom of the press, the essay asks them to examine what that means to them personally, by citing examples from state, local, and regional newspapers. Periodical Archive will consist of 300 high-demand titles in general news, opinion, science, contemporary issues and lifestyles, and business, in full runs beginning as early as 1845. Together they include more than 27 million page images, linked with ongoing issues of the same titles through ProQuest. Access is password-protected and priced to reflect the value of the information. In subsequent phases of the Digital Vault, we will release additional periodical bundles in religion, education, and other subject areas, with titles to be selected by an advisory board of librarians and educators subject to publisher participation.
Plans are also underway for digital archives of retrospective newspapers.