Managing Newspaper Clippings in Print Media Libraries: A Study

Authors

  • T.S. Central State Library, Sector 17, Chandigarh - 160017
  • Department of Library and Information Science, Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh - 160014

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2018/v55i4/122837

Keywords:

Indexing, Newspaper Clippings, Newspaper Libraries, Print Media Libraries

Abstract

This study is about the management of newspaper clippings in print media libraries of North India. The study includes data from twelve print media libraries from north India. The data was collected using the questionnaire method. The result shows that the print media libraries used traditional methods for storing newspaper clippings. Only 16.66% of the newspaper libraries used computerized indexing for managing their newspaper collection.

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Published

2018-08-31

How to Cite

Kumar, P., & Mahajan, P. (2018). Managing Newspaper Clippings in Print Media Libraries: A Study. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 55(4), 204–208. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2018/v55i4/122837

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Articles
Received 2018-04-13
Accepted 2018-08-29
Published 2018-08-31