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The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record
Presnell, Jenny Morris, Sara E.
Presnell, Jenny
Morris, Sara E.
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Abstract
This paper discusses, investigates, and theorizes on three themes related to the use of newspapers as
primary sources: discoverability, access, and preservation. Evidence includes: the evolution of
discovery from union lists and indexes to keyword searching; access overtime of various formats
including New York Times microformat and digital holdings in academic Association of Research
Libraries (ARL); preservation challenges of multiple formats in the past and future. The authors,
academic librarians in the United States, offer insight about how these three themes should be
considered in collection development, reference and instruction, and acquisition activities in academic
libraries. Finally, the paper will speculate on future challenges librarians and scholars may face
discovering and using news sources in light of the shrinking number of newspapers, the lack of a version
of record for those existing papers, and the growth of alternative and fleeting news sources.
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2017
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Digitization, Historical Newspapers, News, Primary Sources, Preservation, Access, Discovery
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Presnell, Jenny, and Sara E Morris. "The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record." In IFLA International News Media Conference. 2017.