VINTAGE NEWS LIBRARY ARTICLES and Publications
Compiled by Barbara Semonche, November 2004
 

• 1910    "Journalistic 'Morgues,'" The Bookman, vol. 31, August 1910, pp. 597-599. By George Jean Nathan.
  
  

• 1913    "The Clipping Bureau and the Library," Special Libraries, vol. 4, Sept./Oct. 1913, pp. 142-157. By Robert Luce, President, Luce Clipping Bureau.
  
  

• 1921    "The 'Morgue' as a Factor in Journalism," Library Journal, vol. 46, May 15, 1921, pp. 443-446. By Joseph F. Kwapil.
  
  

• 1924    "Newspaper Libraries, their History, function and Methods: a Symposium by Librarians in Various Parts of the Countries," Special Libraries, vol. 15, no. 1, January 1924. [Note: includes papers presented by Joseph F. Kwapil, William Alcott, Maurice Symonds, among others.]
  
  

• 1926    "Newspaper Number," Special Libraries, vol. 17, no. 9, December 1926. [Note: includes articles about saving time in research (by the editor of the World Almanac, Robert Hunt Lyman), co-operation among newspaper librarians (by Paul Foster, Philadelphia Inquirer), standard classification for news clippings (by Jospeh F. Kwapil, Philadelphia Public Ledger), a questionnaire for newspaper librarians (by Agnes J. Petersen, Milwaukee Journal), photo morgues (by Maurice Symonds, New York Daily News), newspaper library efficiency (by Richard Meyer, New York Daily Union), publishing a news index (by Stella Champney, Michigan News Index), and reference books for newspaper libraries (by Frank H. Chase, Boston Public Library).
  
  

• 1927    "Newspaper Morgues become Libraries of Value," Special Libraries, vol. 18, no. 10, December 1927. [Note: includes articles on newspaper copyright and a report on Agnes Petersen's survey of newspaper libraries.] 
  
  

• 1928    "Getting the Thing You Haven't Got," Special Libraries, vol. 19, no. 8, October 1928. [Note: includes proceedings from the Newspaper Group at the Washington Conference. Features "Four Great Newspaper Libraries:" The Evening Star in Washington, DC, The New York Herald-Tribune, The Detroit News Library, and The Cincinnati Enquirer. Also highlights the "Problems of the One-Man Library:" Dayton Journal and Herald, The Decatur Herald, The Sheboygan Press, Camden Courier, and the Akron Beacon Journal.
  
  

• 1929    "Newspaper Number," Special Libraries, vol. 20, no. 9, November 1929. [Note: includes, "An Instructor in Journalism Outlines Newspaper Library Methods" (by Univ. of Minnesota journalism professor Robert W. Desmond), "Value and Depreciation of Photos" (by H. A. Baker, Pacific and Atlantic Photos and J. Sheldon Cartwright, Appraisal Engineer),  and "Keeping a Record of Library Calls and Its Use" (by Blanche Davenport, The Christian Science Monitor).
  
  

• 1930     "Newspaper Number," Special Libraries, vol. 21, no. 10, December 1930. [Note: includes an address by Helen Hayes Peffer, Instructor in Journalism, Univ. of Illinois at the Pacific Coast Conference of Newspaper Librarians. Featured the history and accomplishments of the Newspaper Group compiled by William Alcott, The Boston Globe. Additional articles covered subject filing, relationships between news and library departments, and making the reference library the hub of the wheel (by Joseph F. Kwapil, Philadelphia Public Ledger). Four newspaper libraries were featured: The Christian Science Monitor, Spokane Spokesman-Review, Illustrated Daily News in Los Angeles, and the Daily Californian the University of California's student newspaper.
  
  

• 1943    "A Survey of Journalism Libraries," Special Libraries, vol. 34, no. 9, November 1943, pp 454-456. By Annette Lewis. [Note: Ms Lewis documents that the first Journalism School Library for Negroes was established in May 1942, at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.]
  
  

• 1956    "Weeding and Other Space-Saving Methods," Special Libraries, vol. 47, no. 8, October 1956, pp. 357-360. By Ralph J. Shoemaker.
  
  

• 1974    Guidelines for Newspaper Libraries. Published by American Newspaper Publishers Association, 1974. Revised editions were published in 1976 and 1983. Chapters on newspaper library policies, procedures and practices were written by veteran News Division members.
  
  

• 1977    "Installation of a Computerized Information Storage and Retrieval System at The Globe and Mail Library," Special Libraries, vol. 68, no. 2, February 1977. (By David Rhydwen, former chair of the Newspaper Division.)  
  
  

• 1979     Basic Specifications for a Full-Text On-Line Automated Newspaper Library System. This publication was highly successful in terms of readership and revenue for the Division. The editorial board included James S. Scofield from the St. Petersburg Times library, Andrew V. Ippolito with Newsday's library, Kathleen Trimble from the Toledo Blade library, Ernest Perez with the Houston Chronicle library, and Beverly Russell from the Seattle Times library.  [Note: It was superceded by the Division's 1987 publication, Automating Newspaper Clipping Files.]