New CRL Analysis: "Preserving News in the Digital Environment”"

The new CRL report, Preserving News in the Digital Environment: Mapping the Newspaper Industry in Transition, supported by the Library of Congress Office of Strategic Initiatives, outlines the "lifecycle" of news content. It examines information that is published in newspapers and online, providing an overview of news workflow and production systems. This analysis offers the basis for a rational and effective strategy for libraries to preserve news in electronic formats, whether the contents of newspaper websites or news distributed on the growing number of mobile and personal device platforms and services