the future of online newspapers, presented by debora cheney, the pennsylvania state university...
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Librarians are wondering about the future of newspapers and news magazines—do we continue to buy microfilm for archival purposes or look to aggregators? As the news media industry transitions to meet the future, what does this mean for libraries that provide access to newspapers? Frederic Zarndt will moderate a panel that examines shifting sands of newspaper and newsmagazine access.Debora Cheney’s perspective is that libraries have long-provided access to back issues of newspapers and play a significant role in providing research support for these collections. Changing publishing patterns, user expectations, and library budgets and information economics have raised many questions about what role can and should libraries play in preserving today’s news content for tomorrow’s researchers. She will share her views on why libraries will need to begin to plan today for what access they will be able to provide and begin to consider trends in news publishing and distribution and changing roles and expectations for the future.TRANSCRIPT
NEWS CONTENT PRESERVATION AND ACCESS IN THE FUTURE
What will it look like?
Debora Cheney, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian and Head, News and Microforms Library, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Confusion about which way next
News Trends…
1. Newspapers Becomes News Content
Changes in Content
2. News Content becomes more viewed/observational
3. Old Media Companies compete with New companies
4. Less original reported news
5. More Pay Walls
Changes in Delivery and Access
6. Minute-by-minute news cycle
7. News content will find readers
8. Monetizing news content
What do these trends mean for libraries?
• Definition of • “news” less clear • More sources and
streams for “news”
• More varied “news” forms
• Less able to capture/preserve all the “news”
What and how do we collect and preserve today?
Whither microfilm?
Whether database aggregators?
Act Local—Just-in-Time
Think global—share collections
NEWS COLLECTIONS OF THE FUTURE
• Focused on local needs • Rely more on database aggregators• Rely more on access rather than
ownership—more collection sharing• Source for access to news behind pay
walls• Provide supporting news research and
reference services