Preserving Local History - With Columbus Metropolitan Library

Local Historical Newspaper Archives bring the history of your community to life. By providing digital access to decades of local news and information, your library can support the interests of multiple patrons. For many, it is the crown jewel of their digital collections and one of the most used resources in the library.

In this presentation with Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Local History & Genealogy staff as we discuss:
• The acquisition, impact, promotion and use of the Columbus
Dispatch digital archive.
• Other efforts to digitize small and minority-owned newspapers.
• How the library collaborated with the Columbus Dispatch to
preserve their entire photo archive.

To learn more about NewsBank's historical newspaper archives visit