ONLINE NEWSPAPERS : A NEW ERA

This paper will be in two parts: the first will be a brief survey of current newspapers online throughout the world. It will attempt to: • provide some information regarding the archiving of information held within online newspapers. • Show how far screen technology and software has removed users from the form of the presentation of information traditionally presented upon printed newspaper • To explore briefly the role of interactive/dynamic updates to live screen feeds • To look briefly at the rapid development of online newspaper archives throughout the world during the last few years • the conversion of back runs of printed newspapers into digital format and the presentation of pages on the web. The paper will attempt to discern possible patterns of provision and preservation arising from the information gathered. It will also look briefly at the possible impact of all these developments upon the rule of libraries, both public and national in providing and preserving large quantities of digital data for newspapers.