Megan Gallup of the Daytona Beach News-Journal conducted this survey of newspaper libraries via Newslib in December 2003. E-mail Jessica Baumgart to add or update any of the data.
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Newspaper |
Daily Circulation |
Circulation |
Editorial Staff Size |
Total Library Staff |
Full Time Staff |
Part-Time Staff |
Hours open |
Staff breakdown |
Other |
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Allentown (PA) Morning Call |
116,000 |
177,000 |
155 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
Sun.- 11 to 7pm; M-Thurs. - 9 to 10pm; Fri.- 9 to 8pm; Sat. - 10 to 6pm |
3 FT researchers/enhancers, 1FT assistant, 1FT clerk, 1 FT Library director |
|
Anchorage Daily News |
80,000 |
85,000 |
92 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
|
|
Arizona Daily Star |
100,000 |
165,000 |
150 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
Also have the equivalent of one person at a 20 hour week dealing with archiving issues. |
Boston Herald |
248,816 |
156,267 |
180 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
M-F 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Wknds 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. |
|
|
Buffalo News |
223,957 |
306,102 |
210 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
|
|
Charlotte Observer |
234,000 |
285,000 |
275 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 6:30 for research; enhancers work seven days/wk. |
3 FT (manager/researcher, researcher, photo librarian); 3 PT enhancers who total 100 hours per week |
|
Cincinnati Enquirer |
200,000 |
309,000 |
190 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
|
1 Librarian, 2 assistants |
|
Columbus Dispatch |
262,000 |
390,000 |
240 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sat-Sun 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
Library staff performs archiving functions, reference during day, librarian in newsroom at night. Provides research on projects including GIS, CAR support, some training. Owns & operates editorial intranet with large numbers of public records |
6 on staff have MLS. Two vutext SAVE systems using XTQ to process Quark pages, adding text archive to NICA now image archive NICA 420,000 images graphics archive NICA about 3000 graphics PDF archive NICA 66,000 |
Daytona Beach News-Journal |
100,528 |
117,854 |
160 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
M-F |
1 library director, 4 FT who do archiving and researcher, 1 FT clerk |
|
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
228,573 |
323,373 |
375 |
16 |
15 |
1 |
M-F 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Processors work 8 p.m.-4 a.m. to deliver daily content to vendors. |
Librarians and database manager handle research requests, quality control and photo archive. Processors do text archiving and assist with photo archiving. |
|
Free Lance-Star |
46,000 |
52,000 |
100 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
News Librarian (full-time) does research, some archiving, staff training, CAR support, intranet, edits book review page Assistant (full-time) does most of the archiving, some research Clerk (half-time) takes care of mail, newspaper distribution and supplies for news staff. |
|
Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) |
317,400 M-F, 389,000 Sat. |
- |
280 |
13 |
8 |
5 |
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
7 FT day staff, 1 PT student: 1 Chief librarian (manager and backup on reference and photo reference); 2 FT reference librarians; 2 FT photo librarians; 1 FT cataloguer/serials/backup on reference; 1 FT photo/business collection library technician; 1 PT student (filing/processing pictures, quick reference questions); Night Staff: 4 PT and 1 FT -database indexer and enhancers who work 9 p.m-5 a.m. |
|
Journal News (White Plains, NY) |
139,170 |
164,195 |
275 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
M-F 8:40 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
|
|
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
166,274 |
234,862 |
120 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
M-Sat. 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
1 professional, 1 clerical |
|
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
244,000 |
438,000 |
315 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
|
1 Manager/researcher/trainer/text reuse sales; 1 asst. manager/researcher,archivist/tex reuse sales; 1 photo researcher/photo sales; 3 archivists |
|
New York Daily News |
700,000 |
800,000 |
370 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
M-F 9 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.; Sat 10 - 6; Sun 10 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
|
Main duties include archiving and research. |
News & Record (Greensboro, NC) |
90,432 |
110,846 |
n/a |
4 |
3 |
1 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., 5 hrs. on Sat. & Sun. |
3 FT, 1 clerk, 1 PT |
|
Oklahoman |
199,581 |
289,605 |
180 |
9 |
8 |
1 |
|
1 News Research Editor, 1 Asst. News Research Editor, 5 Research specialists, 1 Database Editor, 1 PT Data researcher |
|
Omaha World-Herald |
196,798 |
247,574 |
200 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
M-Sat. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
|
|
Oregonian (Portland, OR) |
350,354 |
419,515 |
400 |
11 |
10 |
1 |
News research: M-F 8 a.m. - 8 p.m., S/S 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Library staff: M-F 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., S/S 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
News Research team: 5 including director (research, training, intranet, blog). Library staff: 6 including chief librarian and PT clerk (text and photo archiving, manage print collection, permissions, photo and library intranet) |
|
Orlando Sentinel |
244,154 |
362,170 |
344 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
M-F |
News Research -- 7 plus manager; responsible for electronically archiving text & photos; do research, reference requests for newsroom & bureaus and CAR all staff is cross trained and works all areas but each has a specialty; Production specialty 3; CAR specialy 2; Research specialty 2 |
|
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
243,000 |
407,000 |
270 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
M-F 6:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. |
Manager, 2 FT -enhancing, research, public service; 1 PT (3 days in library, 2 with web team) |
|
Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) |
89,000 |
97,000 |
100 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
Providence Journal |
170,000 |
230,000 |
280 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. |
Two have MLS degree |
|
Republican (Springfield, MA) |
90,000 |
134,000 |
150 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
|
1 Librarian, 2 FT assistants, 3 PT assistants |
|
Salt Lake Tribune |
142,400 |
165,300 |
175 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
M-F 9 a.m. - 5:30, Sat. about 6 hours |
Text & photo archiving, staff research, printing photo orders, some public research |
|
San Antonio Express News |
251,460 |
356,377 |
270 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
San Jose Mercury News |
272,000 |
303,000 |
330 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
|
1 library director, 2 FT researchers, 2 FT archivers, 2 PT archivers, 1 clerk |
|
Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
107,000 |
130,000 |
200 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
M-F 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Weekends: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
1 News Research Manager, 2 FT library assistants, 1 PT assistant-job sharing. Manager handles most research requests from newsroom and bureaus; library assistants handle electronic archiving of text and photos; basic research requests for newsroom & bureaus; answers customer requests for back issues, photo reprints and general inquiries. |
|
Savannah Morning News |
40-50,000 |
60-70,000 |
80 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
M-F 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
|
|
Singapore Press Holdings |
600,000 |
- |
1200 |
50 |
49 |
1 |
M-F 6 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Wknds 8:30 a.m. - midnight |
Users Services (quick reference, research, copyright clearance, sales of pictures): 4 executive, 13 non-executive; Training & application development: 2 exec.; Archival services (text, photos, web papers and videos): 3 exec., 15 non-exec.; Digitisation project (of film negatives) 2 exec., plus 1 part-time exe.; Corporate archives: 1 exec., 1 non-exec.. Of the 14 exec. staff, 8 have post-grad library or information studies qualifications. The other 6: one has non-library degree, the other 5 were raised from the rank (with 2 having library diploma qualification). |
SPH Information Resource Centre supports editorials of 11 papers (6 papers have circulation figures of above 100,000 each) and 2 TV news bulletins in 3 languages published/produced by Singapore Press Holdings. |
South Florida Sun-Sentinel |
250,000 |
360,000 |
360 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
4 a.m. - 9 p.m. - enhancers start at 4 a.m.; open for requests 9 a.m.-9 p.m. |
|
|
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
287,424 |
468,134 |
355 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
M-F 6 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.; Sat/Sun noon - 8 p.m. |
Responsible for electronically archiving text & photos; do research & reference requests for newsroom & bureaus |
|
Star-Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul) |
380,354 |
677,929 |
400 |
11 |
10 |
1 |
M-F 7 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sun 4 - 8 p.m. |
Head librarian, Asst. librarian, 2 news researchers, 1 photo archivist, 5 database archivists (1 PT), 1 administrative asst>./photo archivist. The archivists and administrative asst. all provide research backup as needed. |
|
Tennessean (Nashville) |
180,000 |
260,000 |
220 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
M-F 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.; a researcher works one evening a week 7-10 PM; a clerk is in for another 3 nights (roughly 3-10). |
2 FT, 3 PT (about 45 hrs. per week total, 1 Systems Editor/Library manager who spends about 20-25% of his time on the library |
A reporter at the largest bureau does photo/text archiving for their daily section. |
Vancouver Sun and The Province |
150,000 (Sun) and 167,000 (Province) |
240,000 (Sun) and 198,000 (Province) |
300 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
M-F 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., Sat. 12 p.m. - 7 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. |
2 FT librarians, 2 PT jobsharing, 6 FTE assistants, 1 PT assistant |
Reference, research, digital image archiving, permissions & reprints sales, training, photo workflow, FOI filings. Text database is centralized, but we check database vs. hardcopy; prepare papers for microfilm. Page archives of PDFs & Quark layouts, coordinate paper award submissions. Book & journal processing & filing; refiling microforms, older photos & negs. Ref & research for 'sister' newspapers and tv stations. |
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