A Newspaper Library is a library that specializes in the collection, conservation and storage of newspapers, magazines or other periodical publications related to these for later consultation. It can be erected and operated in its own building, in a specific room or in a specific sector but within a traditional Library.
Generally, newspaper libraries classify their contents through the following criteria: subject, country, origin, date.
Secondly, It turns out to be a very common practice in almost all countries that the graphic media themselves have their own newspaper archives in which they keep, archiving their copies so that they can be consulted by people who wish to do so., but beware, in some cases, not in all, since some do allow access to any type of public, meanwhile, there are some media that prefer to authorize access to their newspaper archives only to their employees or to certain people, for example , those scientists or researchers enrolled in some special investigation.
Without a doubt, The arrival of the Internet, in addition to certainly changing the rules and forms of communication between people, has also led to important modifications and changes in the operation of newspaper archives., since many newspaper libraries have decided to use new technologies and thus digitize their documentary collections so that they can be consulted at any time and remotely by people, facilitating access and paving the way greatly, of course.
Meanwhile, there are other newspaper libraries that, although they did not digitize their content completely, they have developed are databases so that the interested party can consult the catalog before going to the building, that is, also to facilitate access in some way, because if that search returns zero results, then the person will not go and search elsewhere.
The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library is the most outstanding virtual newspaper library. It presents digital editions of many cultural and scientific journals that correspond to various subject areas and which can be accessed very easily through search forms or lists of titles organized based on various criteria.
