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The Future is Digital, Local, and Read All Over: Visions for Library-Newsroom Collaboration
- Published September 15, 2025
- Authors Thomas Alexander
- Category Article
- Link www.libraryfutures.net
How can libraries, journalists, and newsrooms collaborate to create the future of local digital news? Our new report Exploring the Future of Library-Local News Collaboration seeks to answer that question.
Libraries have long provided free access to news as part of their mission to lend, preserve, and acquire knowledge in service of the public good.
Your nearest public library branch probably makes some digital news content available to their patrons through subscription to databases like PressReader or NewsBank. Many also offer free digital access to The New York Times (though such offerings are potentially threatened due to recent cuts in federal funding).
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