Defunct Newspaper Libraries: Why Keep Them?.

Jones, Sister Martin Joseph

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ERIC Number: EJ538027

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Publication Date: 1995

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Defunct Newspaper Libraries: Why Keep Them?

Jones, Sister Martin Joseph

Catholic Library World, v66 n1 p31-34 Sep 1995

Describes the value of defunct newspaper morgues, with a focus on the E. H. Butler Library at Buffalo State University (New York), and provides the historical background of two Buffalo newspapers. Discusses challenges facing the special collections librarian: storage facilities, requests for information by patrons from all over the world, indexing, and preservation. (AEF)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Higher Education, Indexes, Information Storage, Library Collection Development, Library Facilities, Library Services, Newspapers, Preservation, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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