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.

1. Debora Cheney, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications
Librarian and Head, News and Microforms Library, The
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
What will it look like?
NEWS CONTENT PRESERVATION
AND ACCESS IN THE FUTURE

2. Confusion about which way next

4. 1. Newspapers Becomes News
Content
2. News Content becomes more
viewed/observational
3. Old Media Companies
compete with New companies
4. Less original reported news
Changes in Content

5. 5. More Pay Walls
6. Minute-by-minute news
cycle
7. News content will find
readers
8. Monetizing news
content
Changes in Delivery
and Access

6. What do these trends mean
for libraries?

7. • Definition of
• “news” less clear
• More sources and
streams for
“news”
• More varied
“news” forms
• Less able to
capture/preserve
all the “news”

8. What and how do
we collect and
preserve today?

9. Whither microfilm?

10. Whether database aggregators?

11. Act Local—Just-in-Time

12. Think global—share collections

13. • 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
NEWS COLLECTIONS OF THE FUTURE