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News Library News is the quarterly bulletin of the Special Libraries Association News Division.

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Current Issue: Winter 2008 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights SLA conference returns to Seattle | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | Conference advance: 2008 SLA Conference News Division Programs | People | Research librarian wins special award

News Library News is now only available electronically. In 2003, the Special Libraries Association News Division decided to stop distributing a print version of the newsletter.


Past Issues:

Fall 2007 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Everest Awaits | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | News Division Board 2007 Candidates | People | Foreign Newspaper Preservation ... A Brief History | The Age ... One of Australia’s Largest News Libraries | Award presentations at SLA’s Annual Conference

Summer 2007 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights The NPR Music Library: Notes that Help Deliver the News | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | Things to do in Denver when you are a First-time SLA Attendee | People | Technology as a Tool for News Library Promotion | Supporting the ‘Hometown Newspaper’and the Town is New York City… The Daily News Library | Meet your Librarian - again, and again and again! | Ann Sausedo, 1929-2007 | Annual Business Meeting Minutes | News Division at Poynter: Leadership for New Managers, March 2-5, 2008

Spring 2007 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Library Profile: The Denver Post Library: Reaching Greater Heights in the Mile-High City | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | Conference Preview: Welcome to Denver! | People | Media Libraries in Germany: A Canadian Perspective | New Book ... Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, Peace, and Everything Else | 2007 SLA News Division Awards Announced | Taking advantage of tabs in Firefox | News Researchers at NICAR Conference | In Memoriam ... Sandy Macomber

Winter 2007 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Library Profile: Meet the Gleaner's Library | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | News Librarians attend Knight/Salzburg Reunion in New York | People | Knight/Salzburg Conference - In Summary | Tech Tips | Tech Tips Web Links | Military Periscope Celebrates 20 Years as an Electronic Weapons Database

Fall 2006 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Yowza! Two Transformative Years in the Energetic Life of The Associated Press News Research Center | Going Global: Librarians in two countries share knowledge about an archiving system in common | Librarian by Day, Professor by Night: News librarians in front of lecture halls and classrooms | Library Profile: A Longtime Librarian: Kathy Waxler | News Researchers Gather for Academy at Poynter | Nominations for Division Board Announced | News Research Databases: Developed by the AP/NRC

Summer 2006 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | SLA 2006: A Researcher’s Perspective | Lessons Learned at SLA 2006: Baltimore, Or, 5,000 Librarians in 5 Days Can’t Be Wrong | Library Profile: People Who Need People | Tech Tips | A Tale of Two Sessions: Mary Ellen Bates Speaks at SLA | Random Wisdom | The Future’s So Bright... | Annual Business Meeting Minutes

Spring 2006 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Harboring History: SLA in Baltimore | Conference Advance: Celebrating the Best in Baltimore - Under the Sea! | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Library Profile: Changes Arise at The Sun | Vormelker-Thomas Award Winner: Proving Our Value | Conference Advance: 2006 News Division Programming | The Increasing Utility of XML Feeds | Integrating XML Feeds into the Newsroom | Gary Price Visits Boston

Winter 2006 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | High-powered Web pages for the newsroom | Conference Advance: Charm City welcomes SLA | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Library Profile: Sports Illustrated library's all-star team | Conference Advance: SLA 2006 Online Planner now available | Wikimania comes to America | New Members

Fall 2005 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | The wonderful world of wikis | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Library Profile: Kalamazoo reaps benefits of new librarian | Who says we can't plan for disasters? How news librarians can make a difference in covering breaking news | NewslibMini

Summer 2005 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Conference Highlights | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Library Profile: This is CNN | New Members

Spring 2005 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | A Wealth of History, Culture and Entertainment is Waiting in Toronto | Library Profile: Toronto Rich in Media Outlets | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Conference Advance: 2005 News Division Programming | Join us at Toronto's "House on the Hill" | Vormelker-Thomas Award Winner a Team Player | Make librarians part of the newsroom team | Conference Highlights: Hooray for CAR in Hollywood | What's the Buzz? | New Members

Winter 2005 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Libraries mission, future discussed at international seminar | Library Profile: Danes deliver a decade of service | Who wants to be a news librarian? | Nominations for Division Board announced | Romanian Press, Libraries still face steep journey | Conference Advance: Toronto: You belong here

Fall 2004 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Hurrican Alley: News Librarians Weather the Storms | Librarians join elephant stampede through NYC's midtown | Library Profile: Off the Air: Behind the Scenes at the NPR Library

Summer 2004 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Preservation of Valuable Collections is a Common Dilemma of News Organizations | Highlights from the 2004 Special Libraries Association Annual Conference | First Conference Experience is Worth Repeating | 2004 Conference Pics | SLA News Division Annual Business Meeting Minutes

Spring 2004 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | More Than Just Music City, USA ... the Sites and Sounds of Nashville | 2004 News Division Awards Banquet | Amy Disch Named Recipient of the Vormelker-Thomas Student Award | Recruiting the Next Generation of News Librarians | The Tennessean Library and Archives | News Division Programming for 2004 SLA Annual Conference | Poynter Seminar Held on Future of News Libraries

Winter 2004 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | An Introduction to RSS Feeds | Nominees for Division Board Announced | Favorite Books and Web Sites | The Oregnoian's Research Blog | Conference Advance: Pack your bags for the Music City ... the News Division is ready

Fall 2003 (available as a .pdf)
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Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Digitizing Microfilm: An Overview | Issues in Digitization of Microfilm | Digitization Is a Success for the AugustaArchives | Blackout Magic | Accomplishments Add Up; Santa Fe Library Enjoys Steady Ride

This issue of News Library News is the first issue that was only available electronically. The Special Libraries Association News Division decided to stop distributing a print version of the newsletter.

Summer 2003

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Blogging for research | New Member Profile: Roy Booker | Conference Highlights: SLA News Division Annual Business Meeting Minutes | Conference Highlights: Results of the Vote to Change the Association's Name | Conference Highlights: Conference experiences from a newbie | Conference Highlights: Finding public records - for fee or for free | Conference Highlights: Vendor Roundtable

Spring 2003

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Take a big juicy bite out of The Big Apple | The News Division's Annual Reception & Awards Banquet | Vormelker-Thomas Student Award Winner Named | Library Profile: Newsday library keeps pace with changes and growth | New Member Profile: Annette Griswold | Intranet Q&A: The Modesto Bee

Winter 2003

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | News librarian becomes "bridge" for Bolivian journalists | New Member Profile: Debora Cheney | Intranet Profile: Intranet Q&A: The Boston Herald | Nominees for Division Board Announced | New England News Librarians Meet in Providence | Impressions from the 2002 Internet Librarian Conference

Fall 2002

Highlights Notes from the Chair | People | Intranet Profile: The Bangor Daily News | International Relations: Small Country, Big World | New Members

Summer 2002

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Library Profile: USA Today | A First Time Conference Experience | News Division Annual Business Meeting Minutes

Spring 2002

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Small Libraries | Intranet Q&A | Librarian's Guide to L.A.  | Awards Banquet | Vormelker-Thomas winner

Winter 2002

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | New Members | Small Libraries | Intranet Q&A | Library Profile: AMI | Nominations | Planning an Archive

Fall 2001

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | New Members | Small Libraries | Remembering September 11th | NENLA Workshop | Library Profile | Book Review

Summer 2001

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | New Members | Intranet Q&A | Small Libraries | Conference Highlights: News Research by the Beat | Business Meeting | Photos from San Antonio | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act | David Bender in Atlanta | Poem | Nominations

Spring 2001

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | New Members | Intranet Q&A | Bienvenidos a San Antonio | Conference Schedule | CE Course | Vormelker-Thomas Essay | Merger in San Francisco

Winter 2001

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Small Libraries | New Members | Intranet Q&A | Palm Beach Post Saga | Elections: Nominees | News Division Awards | Conference Corner

Fall 2000

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Small Libraries | Library Profile | Global 2000 | News Division at Global 2000 | New Members | Intranets | NICAR | Poetry Read-In

Summer 2000

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Small Libraries | Tech Tips | Legislative Proposals | SLA Conference 2000 Highlights | Business Meeting | Student's 1st Time | CE Course | Awards | Sponsors | Being Digital, and Keeping Focus | Web Extras: Photos from Philly

Spring 2000

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | News Librarians - Getting the Story | People | Small Libraries | Tech Tips | Philadephia SLA Conference 2000 | Notes from Debra Bade | News Division Schedule | Henebry Award | Kwapil Award

Winter 2000

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Library Profile | Small Libraries | Tech Tips | Internet Librarian Dispatch |  Florida News Librarians' Meet | Millennium Research | USA Today Overnight | Officer Nominees Kudos...

Fall 1999

Highlights Aside Bar | Awards | CARR Bootcamp | Global 2000 | Library Profile | Notes from the Chair | Off the Shelf | Officers | People | Small Libraries | Summer Intern | Technology Tips | Web Extras: CARR links

Summer 1999

Highlights Conference Report | CE Course | Conference Pictures | Field Trip | Board Minutes | Treasurer's Report | Student's 1st Time | Aside Bar | Awards | Footprints & Roadsigns | Library Profile---NJ Star-Ledger | Notes from the Chair | People | Small Libraries | Technology Tips | Tracking Down Secrets | Web Extras: Continuing Ed Recap | Field Trip at SLA | Conference Pictures

Spring 1999

Highlights Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | News Research at the Post | People | Rewarding a Job Well Done | Winter SLA Recap | Poynter: News Research in the  Newsroom | News Research with an Ethnic Touch | Technology Tips: ABC's Intranet | Public Reference | Footprints & Roadsigns | Web Extras: Training Copy Editors | Election Winners

Winter 1999

Highlights  Aside Bar | Holocaust Library and Archives are Open to the Public | Notes from the Chair | Preliminary Conference Schedule | Nominations | People | Charting the Work in the Small Library | Technology Tips | Nuts & Bolts: Make Your Own "Integrated" Archive | A View from Internet Librarian 1998 | Library Profile - The Baltimore Sun | Footprints and Road Signs | Indispensable News Librarians | A Researcher's Job is Often Messy

Fall 1998

Highlights Third Party Contributions | Aside Bar | Notes from the Chair | People | Library Profile: The Montreal Gazette | News Librarians Getting the Story | Small News Libraries | Footprints and Road Signs | Technology Tips | MidAtlantic News Librarians Conference | Visual Edge at Poynter

Summer 1998

Highlights  Business is News in Indy: Well Stocked With Insider Information | Notes from the Chair | Committees |/ A Wet Tour of a Lovely Place - the Indianapolis Museum of Art | The Pros and Cons of News Library Internsips | The Art of Intranet Ornamentation | The Aside Bar | Minutes of the annual Business Meeting | Confessions of a Newcomer | Please Welcome New Members | People | In Passing ...

Spring 1998

Highlights The Aside Bar | An Indy Librarian Welcomes Us to Her City | News Division Honors Award Winners | Doris Kearns Goodwin Helps the Social Science Division Celebrate | People | A Modern Newspaper Embraces Its' History | Look Out, It's More Progress! Lessons from Poynter | Advanced Intranet Design the Subject of Winter CE Class | In Case You Missed It...

Winter 1998

Highlights Internet Librarian '97 Conference | 1998 SLA News Division Preliminary Program | Research at the Front End | Nominees for Division Board Announced | Vormelker-Thomas Student Award | The Best of the News Sites on the Web | Push Technology in the Newsroom | To Russia, With Love

Fall 1997

Highlights Impossible for God: Making Sense of Copyright in the Digital Age | A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet | News Division Communications Survey | Online Searching Moves to the Web | News Division Greets New Members | A Success Story: Working with the I.S. Department | Last-Minute Call for Nominations | Getting Down to Business | News Division Annual Financial Statement | Advanced Intranet Development for News Librarians

Summer 1997

Highlights The Grand Forks Herald's Librarian Tells Her Story | New Role for News Librarians As Internet Trainers | Minutes of the News Division Business Meeting | The Best of the Rest of Conference: A News Librarian Steps Outside the Division | Seattle Librarian Sums Up the Experience |North Carolina Newcomer Makes Friends

Spring 1997

Highlights Ten Big Puget Sound Region News Stories | Start Reading For Your Library MBA | As long as you're out in the Pacific Northwest... | Important new changes in photo subject headings | Lessons from the Poynter Seminar | Small Libraries Need Our Support

Winter 1997

Highlights Vermont Joins Newspaper Program | News Division Chair Thanks Division Volunteers | Seattle Conference Advance | Candidate Profiles | Regional News Librarian Meetings | Press Club Library Renovates

Fall 1996 In Progress

Summer 1996

Highlights News Division Chair Teresa Leonard on the Joys of Professional Communication | SLA Conference Highlights | News Division Executive Board Meeting | News Library News Changes Editors | In Memoriam: Michael A. Marler

Spring 1996

Highlights Nordic News Libraians Meet in Sweden | Conference Advance | News Division Chair Welcomes Members to Boston | John Cronin Outlines the Boston Sights | Awards Recipients Announced | News Library Managers Must Stay Visible

Winter 1996

Highlights Major Broadcast Groups on the Net | News Division Chair on Downsizing | Division Candidate Profiles | Weeding Photos and Public Service | Treasurer's Report

Fall 1995 In Progress

Summer 1995

Highlights SLA Conference Highlights | Betty Bao Lord | News Division Executive Board Meeting | The Wired City | CE Courses | News Division Annual Meeting Minutes | Tribute to Rose Vormelker | IRE in Miami | Association of UK Media Librarians Meets in Wales | Revised NAA/ITPC Keyword List

Spring 1995

Highlights Report from Down Under: Challenges for Information Management in the Radio Division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Nuts and Bolts: Space Management in News Libraries | USA Today Librarians Visit Major News Libraries | Final Thoughts from Outgoing Division Chair Mary Kate Leming

Winter 1995

Highlights Poynter Institute's News Research and the Newsroom Seminar | Attending the Electronic | Photojournalism Workshop | Working with the AP Photo Archiving Team | Seven Principles of Highly Effective Networking

Fall 1994

Highlights Creating an Online Card Catalog at USA Today | The Research Desk CD-ROM Network at ABC News | Seybold '94 | Let's Get Networking

Summer 1994

Highlights Television on the Information Highway | Surveying the Electronic Landscape | Dialing for Dollars: The USA Today Library ResearchLine | Building Bridges to News Librarians in Europe

Spring 1994

Hightlights Creating an Internet Node at the Columbus Dispatch | What Can You Find on the Internet? | Poynter Seminar on News Library Management | The USA Today Library Authors Series | The Federal Communications Commission and Canadian Radio-Television Commission Libraries

Winter 1994

Hightlights Altanta SLA Conference Schedule | Promoting Your News Library | The Value of Regional News Library Conferences | Digital News Photo Survey | Library-sponsored Focus Groups | News Researchers at the Winter Olympics | Sporting News Archives | News Division Candidates | Los Angeles Times Electronic Picture Library | Copyright Registration for Newspapers


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Last Updated: 02/27/08
Comments about News Library News should go to the editor, Leigh Montgomery: montgomeryl[at]csmonitor.com
Comments about the Web site should go to Amy Disch, Webmaster, at newsdivisionweb@yahoo.com.