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