COOPERATIVE EFFORTS IN PRESERVATION OF ANDACCESS TO THE WORLD'S NEWSPAPERS

摘要

This paper will discuss the worldwide cooperative efforts of The Center for Research Libraries (CRL), the International Coalition of Newspapers (ICON) and the Southeast Asia Microform Project (SEAMP) to preserve global newspapers and provide both bibliographic and physical access to them. Also important in this discussion is strategic long-range planning for the continuation and sustainability of such programs. Cultural and language barriers are more easily overcome as these cooperative ventures continue, yet financial and technical barriers are certain to remain. These are the challenges to cooperative ventures going forward. Some possible solutions will be discussed, and an invitation for further dialog will be extended.