Rotary, Google join forces
Scans of Rotarian Covers through the years |
Scans of issues of The Rotarian are now available through Google Books. Rotary has teamed up with Google to make nearly 100 years of The Rotarian available free online.
Users can select from a gallery of issues organized by decade or
click "Search all issues" to search the entire catalog for a word or
phrase. The collaboration is part of an initiative to make Rotary's historical
resources more accessible to Rotarians worldwide.
"Google is doing all of the scanning and indexing to make
the material searchable -- and at no cost to Rotary," says Stephanie
Giordano, archivist for Rotary International.
More than 72,000 pages will be available once Google finishes
scanning and uploading all 1,100 issues. The first issue was published in
January 1911, when the magazine was called The National Rotarian
.
Some issues of interest include December 1979, which reported on
Rotary's first polio immunization project; the February 2005 centennial issue;
and issues from the 1980s discussing the admission of women into Rotary.
Try it for yourself. Browse past
issues now.