LIS Extra - News Librarianship

Outline of talk:

Responsibilities at a news library:

• Research/reference
• Finding experts/sources
• Archive paper (photos, pages, and cartoons)
• Update news calendar
• Attend meetings
• Lead training sessions

Tools of the trade:

• Nexis
• Databases and subscription websites
• Open web

• - pages used frequently

• second
• third

State of the profession:

• Past - inauspicious beginnings
• Present - a time of consolidation, need for marketing library, adding value, embracing change
• Future - not as grim as supposed