Concept in Definition ABC

A Newspaper Library is that library that specializes in collecting, conservation and storage of newspapers, magazines or other periodical publications related to these for later consultation. It can be erected and operated in its own building, in a specific room or in a specific sector but within a traditional Library.

Generally, newspaper libraries carry out classification of its contents through the following criteria: subject, country, origin, date.

On the other hand, It turns out to be a very common practice in almost all countries for the graphic media themselves to have their own newspaper archives. in which they keep, filing their copies so that they can be consulted by the people who so wish, but beware, in some cases, not in all, since some do allow access to any type of public, meanwhile, there are some media that prefer authorize access to its newspaper archives only to its employees or to certain people, for example, those scientists or researchers enrolled in some investigation special.

Without a doubt, the arrival of Internet, in addition to certainly changing the rules and ways of communication among people, it has also led to important modifications and changes in the functioning of the newspaper archives, since many newspaper libraries have decided to use new technologies and thus digitize their documentary collections so that they can be consulted at any time and at distance by the people, facilitating access and paving the way greatly, of course.

Meanwhile, there are other newspaper libraries that, although they did not digitize their content completely, have developed are databases so that the interested party can consult the Catalogue before going to the building, that is, also to facilitate access in some way, because if that search returns zero results, then the person will not go and will look elsewhere.

The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library is the most outstanding virtual newspaper library. It presents digital editions of many cultural and scientific journals that correspond to various subject areas and which can be accessed very easily through search forms or title listings organized based on various criteria.