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When reporters searched
out information they looked at:
Clip
files: Stories cut out of the newspaper and filed according to whatever the librarian thought was pertinent,
that is, the person involved, the person’s rank, the subject, etc. Libarary has more than 2 million files.
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Photo files: First, zinc printing plates were kept. Later, any photograph that appeared in
the newspaper, stamped with the date the photo was taken and when it appeared. Then each photo was filed according to however
the librarian thought pertinent.
Byline files: Any stories written by staff reporters, filed under that person’s last
name
Bound copies: A year’s work of newspapers bound into a hardcover book. Many loaned to
the Hartford Public Library were vandalized.
Microfilm: Past issues of the newspaper put onto microfilm, a year at a time, that could be
viewed with a microfilm viewer
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| A photo file of singer Vic Damone |
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Pamphlet files: Special sections of the newspaper, such as education tabloids, health tabloids, etc.,
filed by subject
Reference
books: included Jane’s Defense Weekly, encyclopedias, unabridged dictionaries, magazines, almanacs,
"Facts on File"
Role of newspaper librarian: Clip stories and file them and photos under whatever categories each deemed appropriate. Simple searches, such as for the correct
spelling of a person’s name. More complex searches, using whatever books and clip files available
Problems:
—Files taken
from the library were lost, damaged, or not returned
—Files could
be returned with items missing
—Files could
be misfiled, put in the wrong place
—Files took up a tremendous amount of space. Lektrievers, an electronic
rotating filing cabinet, installed to accommodate more files.
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