What types of people are served by newspaper libraries?
A2. Reporters, editors, news photographers, and news artists are the main users of newspaper libraries. But occasionally other company members (advertising sales people, business office personnel, production staff, etc.) call on librarians for research and access to clippings and microfilm copies of the paper and other materials. Libraries often help the general public with reference questions related to the news. At larger papers public service is handled by an “information store,” fee-based operations which sell copies of stories and photographs that ran in the publication.
