1. Primary Sources of the Serial and Government Publications Division by Georgia Higley Head, Newspaper Section ghig@loc.gov

2. Overview Collections Newspapers Comic books Periodicals Government Publications Electronic Resources Digital projects of the division Chronicling America

3. Working with Newspapers Newspapers = fundamentals of history Broad user-base, high demand for access No single U.S. collection (distributed) 100 million+ frames of newspaper microfilm created by libraries and archives

4. The Newspaper Collection All Western European languages 9,000 U.S. titles 25,000 foreign titles from 180 countries Formats: microfilm, bound volumes, portfolios, paper issues, and digital

5. The Comic Book Collection Over 120,000 issues Primarily US receipts Late 1930s- Special collection: underground comics Reliance on copyright deposit Special issue purchases

6. Newspaper Resources at Your Fingertips Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room Digital Collection and Projects of Our Division Newspaper Pictorials Stars and Stripes Newspaper Guide to the Serials Division Digital Reference Collection Publishing the Declaration of Independence Chronicling America

7. Approximately 2 million pages presently 250 titles from 15 states and DC 1880-1922 Updated quarterly (June 2010 next release) 22 participants

8. Chronicling America Features CA: Search Full text Download options CA: Directory Locating originals, service copy microfilm, master microfilm Narrow by ethnic press, language, frequency Not full text Added information

9. Beyond Chronicling America… Illustrated Newspapers in Flickr LC Flickr Commons Photostream pilot project - Illustrated supplements from the New-York Tribune, 1909 Illustrated supplements from the New-York Tribune Tag it, add a note, see a slideshow, or make it a favorite! Linked data access in Chronicling America OpenSearch and Atom APIs for search queries Bookmarkable URIs for all pages Blog it, Find it, Mash it up, and Mine it!

10. Beyond Chronicling America… Keep up with new developments in Chronicling America through weekly updates and highlights: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Email subscription

11. Beyond Chronicling America… Topic Pages: tips from division staff to explore history in Chronicling America with sample links to articles Topics in Chronicling America Clara Barton http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8506638 7/1899-01-15/ed-1/seq-17/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8506638 7/1899-01-15/ed-1/seq-17/ San Francisco Earthquake http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8402674 9/1906-04-18/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn8402674 9/1906-04-18/ed-1/seq-1/

12. Resource Sites Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ Digital collections of the division: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ammemser.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/ammemser.html Division Presentations: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/presentations.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/presentations.html Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Topic pages in Chronicling America: http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topics.html http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/topics.html