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The article offers information on increasing trends of genealogy with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. It mentions that Genealogy depends heavily on newspaper research to peel back the many layers of what makes up a life. It discusses that Newspapers.com has claimed to be the largest online newspaper archive.

The article offers a look at the problems associated with the efforts of small newspapers to publish their online versions. The costs associated with electronic publishing hinder the efforts of small newspapers to take advantage of the popularity of the Internet. There are Web sites that publish papers online for free. Such Web sites do not charge the publishers but charge the users a fee for access. These sites ask a publisher to send a microfilm containing the papers to be published online. Since most small newspapers do not have microfilm, entrepreneur Paul Jeffko thought of digitizing as a method of online publishing. In May 2005, SmallTownPapers was launched by Jeffko providing an area for small newspapers to be published online by digitizing original pages.

The article focuses on finding community news in the algorithmic era. Topics inlcude the researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Media and Journalism decided to study the exact penetration of news deserts in the U.S., the loss of community information a dearth of local news coverage can lead to dire consequences, and the result was that some of the most-affected counties, which represent some of the most rural and economically has depressed areas in the U.S. INSETS: WHO OWNS ALGORITHMIC NEWS?;CANARIES IN THE AI COAL MINE.

This article reports on the launch of Infomart Online, a new information retrieval service from Canadian communications company and newspaper publisher Southam Inc. in November 1986. The service features full text of major regional Canadian newspapers. Infomart Online, which began a limited market trial run in June 1986, currently has approximately 225 subscribers in banks, government agencies, financial institutions, law firms, insurance companies, and a broad spectrum of other corporations. The new service is available seven days a week from seven in the morning to two in the afternoon, Eastern Time, and can be accessed from almost any communicating ASCII-based terminal, word processor, or micro equipped with a modem.

Focuses on the evolution of several newspaper Web sites in the United States. Discussion on competition in the newspaper industry; Innovations in content distribution; Features of the Web site of NewspaperLinks, a service of the Newspaper Association of America.

The article examines the impact of the transition from paper to Internet and from print on multimedia to newspaper professionals. Newspaper professionals will continue to grapple with issues created by the transition. Because of this transition, newspapers will never be the same. However, the movement is still in its early stages and the state of the art of multimedia on newspaper Web sites is still far from impressive.

The article offers industry related news briefs. Financial Times newspaper partners with :CRUX for knowledge score and reading behavior based suggestions. Elsevier AI Lab opened by Elsevier on the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launches Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial technology.

The article focuses on the online version of newspapers in the U.S. Newspapers continue to morph into online services. Not only do almost all newspapers today have Web sites, but most of them regularly produce Web-only content, and many have begun networking to content flows from beyond the paper's own staff and control. And this trend seems set to grow. The nation's leading papers continue to report steady annual declines in print circulation, while a Newspaper Association report shows a 24-percent increase in Web readers on newspaper Web sites.

The article evaluates information technology products including Global CONNECT print-on-demand technology from Ingram Content Group, Inc., PaperStream cloud based app from Pubget, Inc. and iPeerReview app for mobile access for submitted papers to AIP Publishing.

The article offers advice on how newspapers and media libraries can survive despite the competition posed by the Internet. According to the author, the newspaper industry and the whole publishing market need to explore other areas of business to be able to survive, and one example is online publishing. Several recommendations are also made to minimize the number of newspaper closures and job reductions in the publishing industry.

The article presents information on the Utah Digital Newspapers (UDN) program being run by The J. Willard Marriott Library at The University of Utah, in partnership with Brigham Young University (BYU) and Utah State University (USU). The statewide program quickly became a model for other institutions across the country and have been and remain a leading edge for newspaper digitization, especially within the public sector. The program presents digital images and searchable text of historic Utah newspapers to the general public through its website. Anyone with an interest in history can search by keyword or browse by title and date, from any computer.

The author provides information on community-based Web logs. One can search for local blogs by using some blog directories and blog search engines. Finding blog directories is not hard; wading through the directories to find a local blog that interests an individual is another story. Major newspapers offer long lists of blogs the papers, their writers and readers recommend or links to categorized local blogs such as arts and entertainment, sports and other topics. Several online resources are recommended.

This article speculates on the future of newspapers in the U.S. Newspapers, a combination of reporting, analysis, features, and ads, used to occupy the top spot as the major source in the U.S. for local, national, and world news. However, newspapers are had more than TV and radio to worry about. The world had split into mainstream media. Mainstream implies the existence of a majority of people who think, believe, and act a certain way. With all the competition and change, newspapers have had to adapt. Newspapers also find themselves grappling with another problem: a general lack of trust and confidence, not just in them, but in all sources of news.

The article provides information on "The Daily," a daily digital newspaper owned by News Corp. and available only through the Apple iPad.

The article discusses the importance of maintaining a dead man's switch to archives in view of the seizure order and deletion of all digital archives of the newspaper Zaman by Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Topics discussed include factors that drive the disappearance of digital archives including politics, business issues, legal constraints and technological obsolescence. Also mentioned is the case of the disappearance of the digital archive of the "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel."

The article offers news briefs related to the electronic publishing sector as of November 2018. Topics include the partnership between Springer Nature and Watson Health to extend Watson's artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to Springer Nature, the availability of PACER Docker Alerts from Free Law Projects on CourtListener.com, and the acquisition of technology startup Lean Library by Sage Publishing.

The article reports that the newspaper "Arizona Star" has required its library staff to contribute news to the publication in an effort to counteract diminishing resources brought on by competition from online news sources. Library staff at the publication have contributed by adding "Did You Know?" sidebars and Local Angle boxes, or stories providing a local angle to a national report. A history blog was also launched as part of the effort to give more focus to local news.

In this article, the author presents his views on evolution in the information landscape with time. It mentions information on peer-reviewed journals which are making available the research datasets on which their articles are based, and libraries are curating collections of high-quality open access; and also mentions information on deep searches in fee-based online services, which offer powerful search functions, consistent indexing of reputable published sources, and documented coverage.

The article identifies several free research resources from business schools, publishing companies, management consultancies, and think tanks. Topics discussed include the publication of books and journals by business schools and the use of social media by publishers for informing the public about the release of a new book. The "Harvard Business Review" issued by Harvard Business School and the release of the "McKinsey Quarterly" of research firm McKinsey & Co. are then mentioned.

This article reports that The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star have joined 62 other U.S. newspapers online with Vu/Text in 1990. Both papers provide in-depth coverage of area military installations, including the world's largest naval installation, Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia. Other military posts include headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Norfolk Naval Air Station, and Oceana Naval Air Station. Related industries such as shipbuilding and repairing are also covered by the papers. They are rich resources for other regional topics as well, such as financial information, medicine, and the state government.

The article discusses how news papers' word factories ran out of ways to make money from words, and they started casting off the ink-stained wretches who had grown up in the newspaper business. It reports that several of the more notable papers have figured out ways to make a little capital, some by using their extensive and well-preserved archives.

The article reviews an article which appeared in the January/February 2012 issue of "The Information Advisor" and was a review of the web site Lead411 and the article "Cyberselection" by Susanne Bjørner, which was published in the March 2012 issue of "The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research and was a review of the web site Today's Front Pages.

This article reports on the addition of the Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times to VU/TEXT's newspaper databank, in the U.S. in May 1990. Both papers are based in Madison, the state capital of Wisconsin and the house of the University of Wisconsin which is one of the nation's largest research institutions. These additions bring the total number of newspaper online with VU/TEXT to over 50. VU/TEXT subscribers accessing the newspapers will not only find comprehensive coverage of state government and university news, but also detailed business information.

The article presents an update related to libraries as of July 2021. Topics discussed include the recovery plans for the University of Cape Town (UCT) Jagger Library in South Africa after a fire, continuation of the grassroots campaign #ebookSOS by British academic librarians to promote fair pricing for electronic books with a meeting with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), and auction of the Harry Potter first edition books by Hansons Auctioneers.

The article explores the three specific comprehensive digital resources relevant on various instructional activities in the U.S. It states that the "Chronicling America, Historic American Newspaper" from the Library of Congress provides access to more than 500 historic newspapers from 1836 to 1922. On the other hand, the "Today in History" is another content-rich resource that pulls together all historic information while the "Newseum" provides multiple perspectives to students.

This article reviews the database USA Today Decisiononline from Gannett New Media Services. The database is arranged in sections, not the four familiar ones in the paper, but into 18 separate departments. It deals with business-related matters including Advertising, Banking and Economy, Business Law and Energy. Each department has about a dozen stories in each daily update. Most of them deal with major business news stories. The stories in the database are short, averaging about 100 words. The departments that can be found in Decisiononline includes: Health, International News, Issues and Debates and Bonus Reports.

The article focuses on the importance of websites, repositories and databases to libraries. It discusses how to make a decision as to whether it is better to provide users with an interface designed to deliver the ultimate user engagement experience with a particular type of materials or to just leave everything into an all-in-one system.

The article focuses on digitization and preservation of content. It comments on some challenges concerning copyright enforcement of digitized material and mentions that the Publishers Association established a website link where copyright abuse allegations can be made. It talks about copyright abuses in China, with best-selling novels, scientific and technical journal articles, and texbooks being susceptible to piracy in China. It talks about the digitization of works by scientist Isaac Newton. INSET: WORLD OF LIBRARIES.

The author focuses on the status of the newspaper. She cites some of the problems faced by newspaper companies, including financial turmoil because of declining advertising revenues. She mentions the impact of the green movement on the newspaper. She also cites the efforts of the web site Helium to partner with newspapers in an effort to fill the void that will be left by many newspapers.

The article focuses on increase in the use of digital version of news papers in the U.S. than the paper publications. Topics discussed include the challenges faced by paper version from the digitization of publications, the advantages offered by digital publications like the ability to access more related articles online and paper books preferred over electronic books by teenagers in the U.S.

The article discusses the available online resources for researching about the 2016 presidential election in the U.S. Topics covered include the recommended resources for various aspects of the election including party politics, campaign finance and the opinion of potential voters and features of the suggested online resources such as Political Resource On-Line, Academic Blogs and the web site of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.

Reports on the persona investigation for the newspaper's developing Web site, Northbay.com. Target user group; Interview sample for persona building; Number of personas created for the project.

This article focuses on the modification of newspapers in providing information on demand in the U.S., as of June 1990. Newspapers are a visual medium, composed of text and graphics, and that if newspapers want to provide information on demand to their customers they should be using a text and graphics medium like videotex systems. This was the logic behind the valiant attempts of newspaper publishers to provide their product to ordinary consumers in electronic form. But leaders in the field provided a background on interactive voice services generally, shared newspapers' experiences with talking services. Talking newspapers with the use of audiotex are only one market being addressed by the rapidly growing voice services industry.

Presents updates related to electronic information services in the U.S., as of October 1989. Program launched by the National Endowment for the Humanities to initiate the U.S. Newspaper Program; Announcement by the library of Congress that it intends to issue licenses to subscribers to its Machine Readable Cataloging services and charge for the complete database as well as a range of individual magnetic tape services; Information on the ultimate Request for Proposal for an automated system emanating from the offices of the Ohio Board of Regents.

Evaluates the online service DataTimes. Details of the user guide of the database for logon protocols; Total number of newspapers representing U.S. states, contained by the database; Expectations on the search software of DataTimes; Primary application and users of the database.

The article offers world news briefs in 2018. SAGE Publishing has launched SAGE Ocean to aid researchers in developing computational social science skills. Elsevier works with Beijing University of Chinese Medicine to make a taxonomy for traditional Chinese medicine in Embase. Access Innovations Inc. revealed that the Library of Congress has assigned GEOTHES, a Classification Scheme Source Code to Access Innovations.

Statistics are presented regarding the number of U.S. adults who believe that fake news stories, percentage by which the newspaper workforce has contracted in the past 20 years and position of Pokémon GO in the list of the most downloaded apps worldwide from Apple's App Store.

The article offers information on the Annual Conference & Exhibition 2022 which was held in Washington from June 23-28, 2022. It discusses Federal Communication Commission chair Jessica Rosenworcel shared a conversation with ALA president Patty Wong where she emphasized the importance of broadband for daily life, particularly for education, and applauded the involvement of libraries in helping people get connected.

The article presents interviews with John Chrastka executive director of EveryLibrary, Jenny Arch information services and children's services librarian at Winchester Public Library in Massachusetts, and Brendan Gallagher from ByWater Solutions. Topics discussed include views of John Chrastka, on librarianship; views of Jenny Arch on the future of libraries; and views of Brendan Gallagher on involvement of libraries in communities.

Reports on the availability of full-text versions of 'The New York Times' articles in Gale Group's InfoTrac Custom Newspapers online database. Research value of the 'Times'; Features and search capabilities of the database.

Reviews the software IssueQuest from UMI, which contains newspaper articles from around the world.

The article offers news briefs related to online information industry as of May 2017. Topics discussed include partnership between ProQuest and Gridlogics to provide ProQuest Dialog searchers using the single user interface PatSeer, a web-based platform of Gridlogics; partnership of Emerald Publishing with EBSCO Information Services to develop the new database, the EBSCO Discovery Services (EDS) Emerald Insight; and launch of the Springer Nature SciGraph for researchers by Springer Nature.

The article offers brief information on several information resources including the North Korean Serials Database from the Asian Division at the Library of Congress (LC), the Open Bookshelf from the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), and the Nature Index 2018 Annual Tables.

The article reviews the website "ReFigure," offers information on a digital collection of English-language periodicals titled "Left of Liberalism: Marxist-Socialist Newspapers, 1900-2015," and offers information on the digital archive of the magazine "Creative Review."

This article reports on a license signed by online information service provider Information Access Co. to distribute the full text of the Financial Times through CD-ROM to clients in North America. Robin Oliphant, managing director of FT Profile, comments that the addition of the leading business newspaper of Europe to the library will allow cost effective access to the information. FT Profile is the Financial Times' business information service.

Presents news briefs on the U.S. information services industry as of April 1, 1991. Availability of Flightline, the online database offering global coverage of the worldwide civil and military aerospace industry, via FT Profile, Reuters Textline and Predicasts; Launch of Major Papers, a group file featuring the nation's leading newspapers on the Nexis service; Donation of historic microfiche of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings to Harvard Business School's Baker Library by Disclosure Inc.

This article reports on the availability of the online version of the Washington Post on Dialog as of February 1984. The Washington Post Index became available for searching on Dialog as File 184. The database corresponds to the microfilm edition of the Washington Post and contains articles that have appeared in the daily paper and three regional weeklies from 1979 to present. News, feature stories, editorials, letters to the editor, local and syndicated columns, and special commentaries are included in the file. Well-known columnists can be located by name in the description field.

The article cites librarians who look into the Best Picture nominees and how they have been interpreted. According to Danielle Aloia, collection management librarian at the New York Medical College's Health Sciences Library, movies can be divided into two categories as either a lightning rod, making bold statements and producing a shock to the current culture, or they are a seismograph that tells the story of a current event that reflects the cultural climate of the times.

The article looks at the comparison between online and traditional methods of news research. A study was performed on traditional news databases like NewsBank and LexisNexis, and online search site Google News, where the former 2 were used in searching historical news articles and the latter for present news. Results showed that news databases saved time in searching for historical news articles while Google News rendered more news article search results.

This section offers news briefs on issues related to journalism. American Newspaper Archives, an expanding online collection of major U.S. newspapers, has been introduced to the market by Readex. An agreement has been entered into by ProQuest and Gannett Co. Inc., under which the former will be the provider of 85 full-text newspaper titles from the latter.