Australian Newspaper Plan
Annual Report 2009/10
National & State Libraries Australasia
September 2010
Australian Newspaper Plan
Preserving for Permanent Access
Annual Report 2009/10
PURPOSE
This report describes progress with the Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPlan) in 2009/10 and
presents a new Five Year Plan, July 2010 – June 2015 (Appendix A), for consideration by
NSLA. The achievements of ANPlan are evaluated against a set of Key Indicators and the
goals set out in ANPlan’s Five Year Plan, July 2005 - June 2010 (Appendix G).
BACKGROUND
ANPlan (www.nla.gov.au/anplan) is a cooperative endeavour established by NSLA through
which the Australian national, state and territory libraries are comprehensively collecting,
preserving and providing access to Australian newspapers. The National Library of Australia
(NLA) coordinates the Plan. The National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has observer
status.
Like the first Five Year Plan, ANPlan’s second Five Year Plan, July 2010 – June 2015, is
intended to provide focus to current efforts to address certain key ‘at risk’ newspapers. It has
also been developed to provide impetus to ANPlan libraries’ endeavours in those areas of
newspaper stewardship which are not currently well met and to ANPlan libraries’ outreach
activities.
This is the second year that ANPlan libraries have reported against the Key Indicators in the
areas of collecting, preserving and providing access to newspapers, developed and agreed by
ANPlan libraries in June 2009.
Significant achievements for the period include:
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additions to the ANPlan libraries’ newspaper collections including 3 significant
newspaper finds (Key Indicator 1; KI 1);
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the identification of newspapers commencing and ceasing publication over 2009/10
and further work in identifying missing newspapers (KI 2);
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the preservation for permanent access through microfilming of a substantial quantity
of Australian newspapers (see Appendix D). This includes the final year of the
cooperative newspaper microfilming funding program which in 2009/10 enabled the
microfilming of 32 Australian titles on 502 reels (KI 3);
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all 21 nationally significant newspapers to be re-filmed to support subsequent
digitisation listed in the Five Year Plan (July 2005 – June 2010), have now been refilmed (KI 3);
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a substantial increase in the proportion of ACT newspaper titles which have been
microfilmed (KI 3);
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a steady increase in the number of newspapers accessible through the Australian
newspapers service (38 newspaper titles on 30 June 2010; KI 4);
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the issuing of Contributor Guidelines by the NLA to assist other libraries and
organisations to contribute newspaper content to the Australian newspapers service
(KI 4);
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an increase in the extent to which newspaper microfilm is catalogued on the National
Bibliographic Database (NBD) according to the current cataloguing guidelines (KI 10
& 11);
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maintaining public and media awareness of the role of libraries in collecting,
preserving and providing access to newspapers through a range of publicity strategies
including the ongoing Search and Rescue campaign to locate missing Australian
newspapers;
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the drafting of a new Five Year Plan, July 2010 – June 2015 (Appendix A).
Steady progress is being made with finding missing Australian newspapers. The percentage
of their state/territory’s hard copy newspapers which ANPlan libraries have been able to
microfilm ranges from 53 to 96% across the reporting libraries. Five of the ANPlan libraries
have now completed their acetate duplication programs or hold no acetate newspaper
microfilm. Over 2009/10, a steadily increasing number of historic Australian newspapers have
been made accessible through the NLA’s Australian newspapers service.
Most ANPlan libraries (eight out of nine) are able to store their hard copy newspapers under
environmental conditions which they consider to be optimal. Seven of the eight ANPlan
libraries holding first generation newspaper microfilm masters report that they are able to
store all of these under optimal environmental conditions. The overwhelming majority of
Australian newspaper microfilm masters are owned by ANPlan libraries; those which are not
are mostly catalogued on Libraries Australia with the location of the masters.
Most hard copy Australian newspapers are accessible through the National Bibliographic
Database (NBD), with detailed and up-to-date holdings information; (six of the nine libraries
reporting indicate 100% of their newspapers catalogued). While significant progress has been
made over 2009/10 in cataloguing newspaper microform onto the NBD according to current
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guidelines, the majority of libraries have less than half of their newspaper microfilm
catalogued in this way.
PROGRESS
A. Collecting
Key Indicator 1: Newspapers found
ANPlan libraries report 12 newspaper finds in 2009/10 including 3 significant newspaper
finds. These are listed in Appendix B.
Five Year Plan reporting One of the newspapers found is listed in the ‘nationally significant
missing newspapers’ in the Five Year Plan, July 2005 – June 2010. This newspaper has not yet
been microfilmed.
Key Indicator 2: Missing newspapers
There are 26 South Australian newspapers which are entirely missing and 30 known to have
significant portions missing.
There are 39 Queensland newspapers which are entirely missing and 10 known to have
significant portions missing.
Two newspapers from New South Wales are known to be entirely missing with greater than
10 titles having more than 20 years missing.
No Tasmanian newspapers are known to be entirely missing; 18 have significant portions
missing. No ACT newspapers are entirely missing; more than 10 have significant portions
missing.
The State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) and the Northern Territory Library (NTL)
report that they are unable to estimate the number of newspapers published within their
state/territory which are missing. The State Library of Victoria (SLV) reports 4 Victorian
newspapers with significant portions missing.
There are no national newspapers1 known to be entirely missing or with significant gaps.
The titles of newspapers which are entirely missing or which have significant portions missing
are published on ANPlan’s website at: www.nla.gov.au/anplan/about/collect.html
Changes from last year in the numbers of newspapers reported missing largely reflect further
work in identifying missing newspapers.
ANPlan libraries reported 15 new newspaper titles commencing publication from July 2009 to
June 2010 and 13 newspapers ceasing publication. The titles of these newspapers are given in
Appendix C.
Newspapers which are national in scope, coverage and distribution which the NLA has assumed responsibility for are:
Australian (national edition), Australian Financial Review, National Times, Nation Review and Independent Monthly.
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B. Reformatting
Key Indicator 3: Microfilming
The percentage of their state/territory’s hard copy newspapers which ANPlan libraries have
been able to microfilm ranges from 53-96% across those states/territories reporting. These
figures are very similar to those provided in 2008/9 except that the percentage of ACT
newspapers microfilmed has risen from 25% to 53%. The percentage of these microfilmed
newspapers which have been filmed to current preservation standards2 is very high, being
between 80-98% for all states/territories with the exception of the national newspapers which
are not known to be filmed to current standards. No data is available for Victorian
newspapers.
A list of Australian newspaper titles microfilmed in 2009/10 is given in Appendix D.
In 2009/10, the final year of cooperative newspaper microfilming funding, the NLA provided
$358,939.50 (GST incl.) for the microfilming of ‘at risk’ newspapers. Through this program, 502
reels of first generation newspaper microfilm (and additional reels for subsequent
generations) were produced in 2009/10. Over the years that this funding program has
operated, the National Library has provided around $2 million to the state and territory
libraries to rescue newspapers which may be fragile, in heavy demand, or otherwise ‘at risk’.
A significant portion of the microfilm which has been produced through this program has
been digitised or is earmarked for digitisation.
i.e. microfilmed onto polyester with three generations of microfilm produced and of a quality suitable to support
subsequent digitisation and OCR.
2
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In April 2010, the State Library of South Australia (SLSA) completed its Sunday Mail
Alternative Newspaper Editions Project. This initiative, begun September 2008, identified
the final edition (of up to eight editions) for the microfilming gap 1956-1992. The next-mostrequested edition (containing country sports results), was moved from off-site to on-site for
ease of retrieval. The off-site holdings of other editions were consolidated, freeing up 108
linear metres of shelving. The project reduced the preparation time required to microfilm the
years 1956-1992.
Five Year Plan reporting All of the 11 newspaper titles designated as nationally significant ‘at
risk’ on the Five Year Plan, July 2005 – June 2010, were reported as having been microfilmed to
preservation standards in last year’s annual report to NSLA (2008/09).
Of the 21 nationally significant newspapers to be re-filmed to support subsequent digitisation
listed in the Five Year Plan, July 2005 – June 2010, all 21 have now been re-filmed:
Advertiser 1923-1959 (SLSA)
Albany Advertiser 1897-1950 (SLWA)
Army News 1941-1946 (NTL)
Bunbury Herald 1892-1929 (SLWA)
Centralian Advocate 1947-1954 (NTL)
Coolgardie Miner 1894-1918; 1935-1950 (SLWA) 1894 –1911, 1913-1917, 1935-1950 refilmed to
required standard, (Jun 1911-Feb 1913 were missing at the time of filming; paper ceased
publication from 1917 – 1935).
Daily News 1882-1950 (SLWA)
Eastern Districts Chronicle 1877-1926 (SLWA)
Geraldton Guardian 1906-1950 (SLWA)
Kalgoorlie Miner 1895-1950 (SLWA)
North Australian 1883-1889 (NTL)
Northern Standard 1921-1955 (NTL)
Northern Times 1905-1950 (SLWA)
Pilbarra Goldfields News 1897-1923 (SLWA)
South Western News 1903-1949 (SLWA)
South Western Times 1917-1929 (SLWA)
Southern Times 1888-1916 (SLWA)
Sunday Times 1897-1950 (SLWA)
Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser 1803-1842 (State Library of New South Wales;
SLNSW)
Western Australian Times 1874-1879 (SLWA)
Western Mail 1885-1950 (SLWA)
ANPlan libraries continue to monitor the future viability of microfilming.
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Key Indicator 4: Digitisation
Over 2009/10, the National Library’s Australian newspapers service has provided access to a
steadily increasing number of historic Australian newspapers. Following extensive feedback
on the functionality of the beta version of the Australian newspapers service, the production
version was released in August 2009. Access to content is through Trove (trove.nla.gov.au/),
the national resource discovery service. Content is text-searchable and is delivered in the
context of other Australian newspaper titles. All of the digitised newspapers are fully textsearchable and ways to refine results are supported. The digitised newspapers are made
accessible in a way that enables users to enrich and enhance the data through subject tagging,
text correction and annotations. By searching in Trove, users can also easily find related
information in a range of other formats such as books, pictures, maps and sound recordings.
The newspapers in the service are digitised in a standard format which supports long-term
preservation and ongoing access.
In May 2010, the NLA issued its Contributor Guidelines:
http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/get_involved/documents/ANScontributorguidelines2010final.pdf
which outline how public libraries, historical societies and other organisations can contribute
newspaper content to the service. The National Library will continue to work closely with the
state and territory libraries in communicating with potential contributors and users about the
Australian newspapers service.
A collaborative project between the State Library of Queensland (SLQ), NLA and Longreach
City Council to make the Longreach Leader (1923-38) accessible through the Australian
newspapers service has commenced and the SLQ has communicated with the Toowoomba
Regional Library regarding the contribution of the Darling Downs Gazette.
There are other Australian newspapers that are being digitised that are not currently
accessible through the Australian newspapers service. Encouragingly, given the ANPlan
libraries’ goal to make all digitised newspaper content accessible through this infrastructure,
this number has not increased significantly (only 3 additional titles reported this year).
Titles of all digitised newspapers are given in Appendices E and F. Numbers of titles
accessible through the Australian newspapers service and those known to be digitised but not
accessible through the service, at 30 June 2010, are shown graphically below. A comparison of
the number of newspapers in the service in June 2009 and June 2010 is also given:
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ANPlan libraries collaborated on an unsuccessful bid to secure funding for the digitisation
and online delivery of regional Australian newspapers under the federal government’s Digital
Regions Initiative.
Acetate replacement
Key Indicator 5: Replacing acetate microfilm
Replacing unstable acetate microfilm with polyester film is one of the strategies which
ANPlan libraries have been using to preserve access to their newspaper collections. In 2009/10
no ANPlan libraries undertook any copying of first generation newspaper microfilm masters
from acetate to polyester microfilm. (Last year, three libraries undertook acetate copying
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projects). Five libraries (NLA, NTL, SLNSW, SLSA, SLT) have now completed their acetate
duplication programs or hold no acetate microfilm.
D. Storage
Key Indicator 6: Storing hard copy newspapers
ANPlan libraries are generally able to store the hard copy newspapers which they hold
primary responsibility for under ANPlan under environmental conditions which they
consider to be optimal. Only one library reports that it is unable to store 100% of its
newspapers ideally. These environmental conditions are reported in the table beneath the
graph.
Environmental conditions used to store hard copy newspapers
ACT
NLA
NTL
SLNSW
SLQ
SLSA
SLT
SLV
SLWA
Heritage
Library
temp.(°C)
22±2
15±23; 20±24
21±2
23±2
21±2
21±2
20±2
21±2
20±2
humid.
50±5
35±55; 50±56
50±2
50±5
50±5
50±5
50±5
50±5
50±5
(%RH)
national titles
ACT titles
5 see footnote 3
6 see footnote 4
3
4
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Key Indicator 7: Storing 1st generation microfilm masters
ANPlan libraries are able to store most of their first generation newspaper microfilm masters
under environmental conditions which they consider to be optimal to preserve permanent
access. These environmental parameters, which vary between libraries, are listed in the table
beneath the graph below. All but one library reports storing 100% of first generation masters
ideally; this library is able to store 70% of its first generation masters optimally. These
estimates are identical to those provided by ANPlan libraries for the previous year. Four
libraries (NLA, NTL, SLSA and SLV) store their preservation masters in the NLA’s cold store.
The SLNSW is in the process of transferring first generation microfilm of all ‘closed’ titles to
the NLA’s cold store. All data refers to the newspaper titles which libraries hold primary
responsibility for under ANPlan (i.e. are published within their jurisdiction).
Environmental conditions used to store first generation newspaper microform masters
NLA
NTL
SLNSW
SLQ
SLSA
SLT
SLV
SLWA
temp.(°C)
8±1
8±1
15±1
10
8±1
127; 198
8±1
10
humid.
35±5
35±5
45±5
40-45
35±5
409; 40-4510
35±5
35-40
(%RH)
70% of first generation newspaper microfilm masters are stored under these conditions
30% of first generation newspaper microfilm masters are stored under these conditions
9 See footnote 7
10 See footnote 8
7
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Key Indicator 8: Control of microfilm masters
As reported last year, the overwhelming majority of Australian newspaper microfilm masters
are owned by ANPlan libraries.
The NLA, NTL and SLSA report that they own masters for all microfilmed titles from their
state/territory and, in the case of the NLA, for national titles. All masters of ACT newspapers
are owned by the NLA.
The SLNSW identified 11 NSW titles which it does not own the masters for. All of these titles
have been catalogued onto Libraries Australia with the location of the masters recorded. There
is one title which the SLWA does not own first generation masters from 1992 onwards; their
location has been recorded on Libraries Australia.
The SLQ estimates that masters for four Queensland titles are not owned by the SLQ. The SLT
has identified three Tasmanian titles which it does not own the microfilm masters for. None of
these titles has been catalogued onto Libraries Australia.
The SLV is unable to estimate the number of newspaper titles which have been microfilmed
but which it does not own the masters for.
E. Cataloguing on the National Bibliographic Database
Key Indicator 9: Cataloguing hard copy newspaper titles
Most Australian newspapers (hard copy) are accessible through the NBD and most libraries
report that catalogue records for newspapers published in their state/territory include detailed
and up-to-date holdings information.11 Compared with last year, the NTL reports a 5%
improvement in the percentage of catalogue records with detailed and up-to-date holdings
information. Libraries reported only on the newspapers which they hold primary
responsibility for under ANPlan—newspapers from their state/territory.
While it is not possible to list all individual issue gaps on Libraries Australia, detailed holdings means that any significant
gaps are recorded as well as accurate start and end dates. If holdings change, then holdings on the NBD are amended to
reflect this.
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Key Indicator 10: Cataloguing 1st generation microfilm masters
Compared with last year, there has been a significant improvement in the ability of ANPlan
libraries to catalogue first generation microfilm masters for newspapers published in their
state/territory according to the revised guidelines.12 Three ANPlan libraries now report that
100% of their first generation newspaper microfilm masters are catalogued according to these
guidelines which were developed in consultation with all ANPlan libraries in 2006:
(http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/descriptive_cat_pol.html#ch11).
Figures shown for the SLQ for June 2009 represent the upper end of an estimated range provided at that time. The SLV
reports that it catalogues 100% of new microfilm according to the current guidelines, but is unable to estimate the
percentage of its total first generation microfilm masters which it has been able to catalogue according to these guidelines.
12
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Key Indicator 11: Cataloguing microfilm
The extent to which ANPlan libraries have been able to adopt the revised guidelines for all
microfilmed titles (including all generations of microfilm) and with holdings attached to the
correct format and generation also varies markedly. While significant progress has been made
over 2009/10 in cataloguing newspaper microform onto the NBD according to current
guidelines, the majority of libraries have less than half of their newspaper microfilm
catalogued in this way. Libraries have again reported only on newspaper titles which they
hold primary responsibility for under ANPlan.13
13
SLV: see footnote 12
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‘Born digital’ newspapers
The NLA continues its website archiving program which includes a small number of
newspaper titles. In July 2009, the NLA commenced the daily harvesting of the front page
plus material obtained with one click from the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald.
ANPlan libraries continue to maintain an active interest in the collection of pre-press
electronic versions of newspapers with a couple of libraries indicating their intention to collect
these over the next couple of years. The NTL is now receiving pre-press issues of the Northern
Territory News.
Meetings and communication
ANPlan meetings were held in October 2009 (in Canberra) and in April 2010 (by
teleconference). ANPlan libraries continue to communicate and collaborate via the ANPlan
email discussion list and the ANPlan wiki.
Further cooperative activities
The SLNSW, which holds the only original issues of the Moonta Herald, published on board the
Moonta as it sailed from Adelaide to Darwin in 1869, agreed to microfilm this newspaper
which has also been scheduled for inclusion in the Australian newspapers service.
Publicity
A media release—‘Adelaide philanthropist donates $140,000 to preserve fragile newspapers’—
issued by the SLSA on 10 June 2010, resulted in a radio interview on ABC 891 with Beth
Robertson, Manager, Preservation talking about the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation’s
$140,000 gift to microfilm twelve at risk oversize broadsheet newspapers.
Within the SLSA, training sessions on searching digitised newspapers accessible through the
Australian newspapers service have been conducted for library staff. A staff member
specialising in family history has contributed to text correction of the Advertiser.
The SLNSW has presented talks about newspaper reformatting to a range of groups and has
prepared a new listing of NSW newspapers by geographical location to assist clients.
Search and rescue campaign
ANPlan’s search and rescue campaign to locate missing newspapers has continued to attract
interest from the public with a steady flow of offers of material being received and responded
to by libraries. Several of these offers have been accepted by ANPlan libraries (see Collecting:
Key Indicator 1 – Newspapers found). Bookmarks publicising the search for missing
newspapers and the Australian newspapers service were produced and distributed by the NLA
and other ANPlan libraries. Many of the libraries continue to promote the campaign through
the display of posters and flyers, through email distribution lists, and talks to the public and
professional bodies.
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The SLSA issued a media release on 3 August 2009 on the search and rescue campaign to
South Australian rural and regional media resulting in radio interviews with Anthony Laube,
Newspaper Librarian, on four local and regional ABC radio stations, articles in the Border
Watch and SA PS News, an items on the 7 News (Channel 7) website and a range of responses
from the public.
The SLT has liaised with a local publisher to recover missing issues of the North Eastern
Advertiser.
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the report be noted and that the Five Year Plan (July 2010 – June 2015; Appendix A) be
considered for endorsement.
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Appendix A
Australian Newspaper Plan
Preserving for Permanent Access
Five Year Plan
July 2010 - June 2015
Established in the early 1990s, the Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPlan) aims to ensure
that newspapers published in Australia are collected and preserved for permanent access.
ANPlan is a cooperative initiative of National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA). It
relies on collaboration between Australia's national, state and territory libraries. The
National Library of New Zealand has observer status.
Under ANPlan, primary responsibility for a newspaper rests with the ANPlan library in
the state or territory of the newspaper's origin. The National Library of Australia shares
responsibility for ACT newspapers with the ACT Heritage Library and has assumed
responsibility for a number of newspapers that are national in scope, coverage and
distribution.14
The Australian partners report to NSLA annually against a set of Key Indicators in the
areas of collecting, preserving and providing access to newspapers. ANPlan’s second Five
Year Plan (2010-1015) is intended to provide impetus to ANPlan libraries’ endeavours in
those areas which are not currently well met. It is also intended to provide focus to
current efforts to address certain key ‘at risk’ newspapers and to ANPlan libraries’
outreach activities.
Collect
ANPlan libraries will continue to enlist the help of community groups and the public in
finding missing newspapers. The following goal has been identified for July 2010 – June
2015:
1. To identify all Australian newspapers which are entirely missing, in any format,
from the national collection held within the ANPlan libraries, or for which substantial
portions are missing.
14
Australian (national edition), Australian Financial Review, National Times, Nation Review and Independent
Monthly.
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Preserve
Preservation microfilming remains a key strategy for preserving permanent access to
Australian newspapers. ANPlan libraries will continue to preserve their newspaper
collections through preservation microfilming, re-filming poorly filmed material, copying
from acetate microfilm to stable polyester microfilm, as well as through digitisation.
ANPlan libraries will aim to store all newspapers (hard copy and microform masters)
under optimal physical and environmental conditions to preserve ongoing access and
take steps to ensure permanent access to those newspapers whose microfilm preservation
masters are not currently owned by the ANPlan libraries responsible for these titles (e.g.
by ensuring that there are catalogue records for these titles or by negotiating transfer of
custody).
ANPlan libraries will continue to explore the collection, archiving and provision of access
to online newspaper material.
The following preservation goals have been identified for July 2010 – June 2015:
2. To preserve, for permanent access, the following significant ‘at risk’ newspapers
through microfilming, re-filming or acetate duplication:
Blyth Agriculturalist 1912-1969 (State Library of South Australia; SLSA)
Copper Age 1906-1908 (SLSA)
Daily Herald 1910-1924 (SLSA)
Evening Journal/Journal/Saturday Journal 1869-1923 (SLSA)
Glenelg Guardian 1914-1936 (SLSA)
Jamestown Star and Farmers' Journal 1903-1946 (SLSA)
Mining Standard 1904-1909 (SLSA)
South Australian [South Australian Liberal Federation] 1925-1929 (SLSA)
South Australian Times 1883-1885 (SLSA)
Transcontinental January-June 1951 (SLSA)
Wakefield Sun 1910-1912 (SLSA)
West Australian 1955-1972 (State Library of Western Australia; SLWA)
West Suburban Echo 1923-1924 (SLSA)
West Torrens Gazette 1913-1914 (SLSA)
3. To investigate the issues associated with collecting pre-press electronic versions of
Australian newspapers as a preservation/access strategy including the costeffectiveness of this strategy.
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4. To develop guidelines for the storage of newspapers which outline the impact of
environmental conditions on the longevity of newspapers and which include critical
factors which influence libraries’ ability to provide permanent access to newspapers.
Access
To ensure that Australian newspapers are universally accessible, ANPlan libraries will
endeavour to catalogue all newspapers (hard copy, all generations of microfilm and
digitised) onto the national bibliographic database, including detailed and up-to-date
holdings information.
The following goals relating to newspaper access have been identified for July 2010 – June
2015:
5. To ensure that all generations of newspaper microfilm titles which ANPlan libraries
hold responsibility for are catalogued onto the national bibliographic database,
according to the microform cataloguing guidelines developed by ANPlan libraries in
2006, with holdings attached to the correct format and generation.
6. To ensure that all digitised newspapers are catalogued onto the national
bibliographic database, according to the Guidelines for Cataloguing Remote Electronic
Resources.
7. To provide and maintain digital access to those titles and corresponding date ranges
listed in the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program, Phase 1.
8. To contribute all digitised newspaper content to the Australian newspapers service
as outlined in the National Library’s Contributor Guidelines.
Outreach
ANPlan libraries will continue to participate, as they are able, to raise awareness in the
community of the role of libraries in collecting, preserving and providing access to
newspapers.
The following goal relating to outreach has been identified for July 2010 – June 2015:
9. ANPlan libraries will work through their networks with public libraries to raise
awareness of and knowledge about the national infrastructure which exists for
collecting, preserving and providing access to Australian newspapers including how to
contribute to and use the Australian newspapers service. ANPlan libraries will play a
key role in facilitating contributions from local libraries and organisations to the
service, as outlined in the Australian newspapers service Contributor Guidelines, and in
raising awareness of funding strategies that may be available for newspaper
digitisation projects.
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Appendix B: Significant newspaper finds in 2009/10
Braidwood dispatch and mining journal (1858-1860) donated to NLA
*Catholic Standard (1937)
North Eastern Advertiser (various issues, 1913-1914 & 1917) to Tasmanian Archive and Heritage
Office; collaboration with publisher
Other newspaper finds in 2009/10
Esk Record (19 Jun 1942) to SLQ
Goondiwindi Argus (selected issues 1915 & 1931) to SLQ
McIntyre Herald (selected issues Apr-May 1915) to SLQ
Pacific Airlines News (Oct 1969 - Apr 1977) will be loaned to SLQ by Gold Coast Local Studies
Library for microfilming
Queensland Times (23 June 1896) donated to SLQ by Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery,
Tasmania
Queenslander Annual (6 Nov 1934) donated to SLQ by Gold Coast Local Studies Library
Sun News Pictorial (11 Dec 1927) donated to SLQ by Gold Coast Local Studies Library
Thargomindah Herald (pages from 14 Jan 1913; 13 Jan 1914; 12 Jan 1915) to SLQ
Wide Bay and Burnett News (4 Feb 1893) to SLQ
* In 2008 the Archives Office of Tasmania (AOT) combined with the Heritage Collections
section of the State Library of Tasmania to form the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office
(TAHO). This title, formerly on the 'missing' list was in the AOT and has been incorporated
into the newspaper collection in TAHO.
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Appendix C: Newspaper titles which have (a) commenced and (b) ceased publication
from July 2009 to June 2010
(a) Commenced
New South Wales
Inner West independent, Broadway, N.S.W. :Alternative Media Group Australia, 2009Rouse Hill - Stanhope Gardens News (previously Northern News (Castle Hill, N.S.W.))
South West Advertiser (previously South Western Rural Advertiser)
Queensland
Community Advocate (previously the Port Curtis Post)
Mareeba Express (April 2010)
North Lakes Times
Warrego Watchman (previously The Western Sun)
South Australia
City North Messenger, 14 Oct 2009 (previously titled Standard Messenger)
(Monitor (Roxby Downs), commenced publication in 2003 but SLSA started collecting it in Dec
2009)
Tasmania
The Kingborough Chronicle, commenced Oct 2009
Victoria
Melbourne City Newspaper: MCN, 1 March 2010Mount Evelyn Mail, 20 October 2009Southern Peninsula News, February 2010Western Australia
Avon Valley Gazette (October 2009)
North Coast Weekender (October 2009)
Oriental Weekly (February 2010)
(b) Ceased
New South Wales
Australian Punjabi Herald
Indian sub-continent Times
Inner West Weekly
Northern news (Castle Hill, N.S.W.) (changed name to Rouse Hill - Stanhope Gardens News)
O Portugues na Australia
South Western Rural Advertiser (changed name to South West Advertiser).
www.nla.gov.au
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Annual Report 2009/10
Queensland
Port Curtis Post (changed its title to the Community Advocate)
The Western Sun (changed its title to the Warrego Watchman)
South Australia
Coober Pedy News, July 27 2006 - July 30 2009, now available in electronic format only via their
website
Standard Messenger, ceased 7 Oct 2009 and changed title to City North Messenger
Victoria
Chelsea, Mordialloc, Mentone Independent, ceased 22 June, 2010
Trading Post, ceased 29 October, 2009
Western Australia
Oriental Post, ceased November 2009
www.nla.gov.au
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Appendix D
Australian Newspaper Plan
Annual Report 2009/10
Appendix D: Newspaper titles microfilmed in 2009/10
NLA
Access – Independent community newspaper (June 1980 – Aug 1980; 1 reel)
Aozhou shi bao = The Australian times (Nov 2001 – Apr 2003; 1 reel)
Belconnen Banner (Apr 1988 – July 1989; 1 reel)
Belconnen chronicle (May 1997 – Dec 2002; 31 reels)
Belconnen community news (June 1972 – Mar 1973; 1 reel)
Bush week rag (1979; 1 reel)
Canberra capital review (Dec 1995 – Dec 1997; 1 reel)
Canberra life (May – June 1990; 1 reel)
Canberra Monaro Searchlight (Mar 1981 – Dec 1981; 1 reel)
Canberra weekend (Mar 1978 – Dec 1979; 1 reel)
Canberra weekly (Nov 1962 – Feb 1964; 1 reel)
Daily Constitutional (Nov 1975 – Dec 1975; 1 reel)
Good neighbour (Aug 1950 – Oct 1969; 1 reel)
Hard times (Apr 1979 – Dec [1981]; 1 reel)
Hard word (May 1981; 1 reel)
Limelight entertainment (Oct 1990 – Feb 1991; 1 reel)
Limestone review/Canberra’s limestone review/Limestone review (June 1984 – Oct 1984; 1 reel)
Northside chronicle (2004-2008; 15 reels)
Old Canberra post (Dec 1986 – Nov 1987; 1 reel)
Shou du Hua ren bao = Canberra Chinese news (Nov 1997 – Dec 1998; 1 reel)
Shou du Hua wen bao = Canberra Chinese news (Jan 1999 – Aug 2001; 1 reel)
Southern Cross (Nov 1978 – July 1979; 1 reel)
Southside chronicle (2003-2008; 18 reels)
Valley Chronicle (Jan 1991 – Apr 1992; 2 reels)
Woden-Weston community news (Aug 1972 – July 1973; 1 reel)
NTL
In addition to all current Northern Territory newspapers which are microfilmed
systematically the following retrospective titles were microfilmed:
*Centralian Advocate (May 1947 - Dec 1961; 9 reels)
Moonta Herald (Jan 30, 1869 - Jan 30, 1869; supplement Feb 24, 1869; 1 reel)
SLNSW
In addition to the current newspaper microfilming where all current NSW newspapers are
microfilmed systematically, the following retrospective titles were filmed:
Blayney West Macquarie (1900-1973; 3 reels)
Constructions (Feb. 1908-May 1974; 71 reels)
Klondyke Miner (1898-1899; 1 reel) non NSW
Lakes Mail (Sept. 1977-Dec. 2009; 7 reels)
Lake Macquarie Advocate (Aug. 1987-Mar. 1992; 6 reels)
Lake Macquarie Gazette (April 1988-Mar. 1992; 6 reels)
Newcastle Morning Herald (Dec. 1873-June 2004; 581 reels)
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader (June 1960-June 1962; 4 reels)
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Valley Advertiser (Feb. 1971-June 1977; 2 reels)
VEMA (1971-1989; 54 reels)
Western Standards (Oct. 1973-1982; 13 reels)
Wyndham Observer (Jan. 1981-May 1988; 11 reels)
SLQ
Advocate (Ayr) (5 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2008; 10 reels)
Allora Advertiser (6 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2009; 5 reels)
Beaudesdert Times (7 Jan 2009 - 31 Dec 2009; 3 reels)
*Border Star (Jan 1930-Jan 1941; 4 reels)
*Bribie Times (26 Sep 1986-Apr 1988; 2 reels)
*Brisbane Valley Advertiser (Toogoolawah) (7 Jan 1931-12 Aug 1942; 4 reels)
Bundaberg Newsmail (1 May 2009 - 31 Mar 2010; 22 reels)
Cairns Post (1 May 2009 - 30 Apr 2010; 36 reels)
Capricorn Local News (5 Jan 2005 - 31 Jan 2007; 4 reels)
*Central Queensland Herald (Jan 1930-Dec 1939; Jan 1941-Jun 1941; 31 reels)
*Christian Ensign (Mar 1896-Apr 1897; 1 reels)
Daily Mercury (1 May 2009 - 31 Mar 2010; 22 reels)
Dalby Herald (1 May 2007 - 29 Dec 2009; 9 reels)
Fraser Coast Chronicle (1 May 2009 – 31 Mar 2010; 22 reels)
Gatton, Lockyer & Brisbane Valley Star (5 Jan 1994 - 29 Jun 1994; 2 reels)
Gold Coast Bulletin (1 May 2009 - 31 Dec 2009; 44 reels)
Gympie Times (1 May 2009 - 31 Mar 2010; 11 reels)
Innisfail Advocate (1 Jan 2005 - 30 Dec 2008; 12 reels)
Isis Town & Country (6 Jan 2005 - 25 Dec 2008; 8 reels)
Jimboomba Times (5 Jan 2006 - 31 Dec 2008; 24 reels)
Longreach Leader (7 Jan 2005 - 26 Dec 2008; 4 reels)
Maroochy Weekly (7 May 2008 - 31 Dec 2008; 2 reels)
*Maryborough Chronicle (Jul 1861- Dec 1878; 20 reels)
*Methodist Leader (May 1897-Sep 1926; 6 reels)
Nambour Weekly (3 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2008; 6 reels)
North Qld Register (6 Jan 2005 - 25 Dec 2008; 12 reels)
North West Star (Mt Isa) (1 Jan 2007 - 31 Dec 2009; 22 reels)
*Nundah Express (May 1952-Feb 1960; 4 reels)
Observer (Home Hill) (6 Jan 2005 - 24 Dec 2008; 4 reels)
Proserpine Guardian (5 Jan 2005 - 27 Jun 2007; 5 reels)
*Protestant Clarion (27 Jan 1938-31 Oct 1940; 2 reels)
*Qld Christian Witness & Methodist Journal (Jan 1889-1897; 2 reels)
*Queensland Times (1 Jan 2005 - 30 Apr 2010; 94 reels)
*Railway Advocate (Brisbane) (Jan 1979-Aug 1993; 2 reels)
Rural Weekly (4 Jan 2008 - 25 Dec 2009; 4 reels)
South Burnett Times (3 Jan 1968 – 24 Apr 1968; 3 Jan 2003 - 30 Dec 2008; 30 reels)
*South Coast Express (Surfers Paradise) (Sep 1949-Aug 1951; 1 reels)
*South Western Sentinel (7 Jan 1931-30 May 1933; 3 reels)
*Stanthorpe Star (26 Feb 1957-Nov 1958; 1 reels)
*Sunday Australian (North Queensland) (Mar 1950-Apr 1952; 4 Aug 1957-8 Dec 1957; 6 reels)
Sunshine Coast Daily (1 May 2009 - 31 Jul 2009; 24 reels)
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*Tableland Examiner (Jan 1931-May 1937; 9 reels)
*Toowoomba Adviser (Feb 1957-Mar 1959; 3 reels)
Townsville Bulletin (1 May 2009 - 31 Mar 2010; 33 reels)
UQ News (1 Feb 2005 - 30 June 2009; 1 reels)
Weekly (Maroochydore) (3 Jan 2007 - 30 Apr 2008; 4 reels)
Western Sun (5 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2008; 4 reels)
Western Times (4 Jan 2007 - 25 Dec 2008; 2 reels)
Whitsunday Coast Guardian (4 Jul 2007 - 31 Dec 2008; 3 reels)
SLSA
Advertiser (July 2009 - June 2010; 36 reels)
Bunyip (1971-1980; 16 reels)
*Chronicle (1955-1975; 63 reels)
Courier (Mount Barker) (1963-1967 & 1974; 7 reels)
Echo (1982; 1 reel)
Recorder (Port Pirie) (1989-1991; 9 reels)
*Sunday Mail (1956-1977; 144 reels, July 2009 - June 2010; 12 reels)
Voice (1982; 1 reel)
Western Weekly News (April 1902-March 1904; 1 reel)
SLT
Advocate (July 2009 – May 2010; 22 reels)
Examiner (July 2009 – Feb 2010; 20 reels)
Mercury (July 2009 – May 2010; 22 reels)
SLWA
*Advertiser (Fremantle, WA; 13 May 1921 - 6 Oct 1932; 7 reels)
*Avon Gazette and Kellerberrin News successors (Jul 1914 - Oct 1931; 10 reels)
Fremantle Herald (18 Apr 1913-6 May 1921; 4 reels)
*Fremantle Times (Fremantle, WA; 7 Feb 1919- 6 May 1921, 13 Oct – 22 Dec 1932; 3 reels)
*The Herald (Feb 1867 - Jul 1886; 11 reels)
*Manjimup & Warren Times (Jun 1927 – Dec 1962; 24 reels)
*Narrogin Advocate and Southern Districts Courier (Jan 1904 – Mar 1906; 2 reels)
*Nungarin-Trayning Mail (Jul 1917 – Mar 1922; 2 reels)
Pingelly Brookton Leader (15 Jul 1926-31 Dec 1952; 15 reels)
South Western Times (2 Jan 1917-31 Dec 1929 & 26 Mar 1996-29 Dec 2005; 87 reels)
Sunday Times (23 Apr 2006-25 Jun 2006; 5 reels)
Swan & Canning Leader (14 Dec 1928-19 Jun 1931; 2 reels)
Swan & Canning Times (3 Dec 1926-7 Dec 1928; 2 reels)
Swan Leader (19 Jun 1931-25 Jun 1937; 3 reels)
*Tambellup Times (12 Oct 1912-9 Aug 1924; 9 reels)
*The Umpire (30 Oct 1897-11 Jan 1903; 3 reels)
*The Westonian (24 April 1915- 24 Dec 1920; 3 reels)
Westralian Worker (7 Sep 1900-22 Jun 1951; 48 reels)
*York Chronicle (14 Jan 1927-31 Dec 1959; 17 reels)
*Microfilmed with funding from the NLA under the cooperative newspaper microfilming
program.
www.nla.gov.au
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Appendix E
Australian Newspaper Plan
Annual Report 2009/10
Appendix E: Newspapers known to be digitised at 30 June 2010 which are not
currently accessible through the Australian Newspapers service
New South Wales
Illustrated Sydney News (Oct 1853-Jun 1854; Jun 1864-Feb 10, 1894)
Northern Territory
Centralian Advocate (1955-2008)
Queensland
Dalby Herald (date ranges not known)
Nambour Chronicle (1903-1958)
South Australia
Bell's Life in Adelaide and Sporting Chronicle (April 1861-Mar 1862; 1 reel; approx 700 images)
Border Watch (1910-1912 - digitised from original hardcopy; 1617 images)
County Light Times (1949-1951; 1 reel; approx 700 images)
Kingston Weekly (Mar 1946-Mar 1951; 2 reels; approx 2000 images)
Northern Districts Courier (Aug 1925-Dec 1927; 1 reel; approx 1000 images)
Northern Suburbs Weekly (Oct 1952-Dec 1961; 2 reels; approx 2000 images)
Port Wakefield Monitor (1915-1941; 9 reels; approx 9000 images)
Southern Argus (Mar 1866-1913; 21 reels; 15,928 images)
Stanley Herald (1909-1948; 12 reels; approx 12,000 images)
Unley Welfare (Aug 1921-Oct 1924; 2 reels; approx 1400 images)
Unley Citizen and Suburban Chronicle (22 June 1906-27 Dec 1912; 3 reels; approx 2100 images)
Victor Harbor Times (1912-1985; 50 reels; approx 43,600 images)
Tasmania
Derwent Gazette (1953)
Derwent Valley and Moonah News (1954)
Tasmanian Mail (1901 - 1935)
Weekly Courier (1901 - 1935)
Victoria
Buzz (1933-1948; 1 reel)
Dandenong Journal (Sept 1965-Dec 1965; 1 reel)
Donald Times (Feb1882-July 1885; 3reels)
Kyabram Free Press (Feb 1892-Dec 1920; 22 reels)
Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Jan 1921-Dec 1962; 24 reels)
Lilydale Express (June 1886-Feb 1902; Jan 1936- June 1965;18 reels)
Moorabbin News (April 1900-Dec 1950; 17 reels)
Nathalia Herald, (1884-1974, 30 reels)
Nhill Free Press (Oct 1882-Dec 1930; 39 reels)
Ripponshire Advocate (1919-1925; 7 reels; 1934-1994; 19 reels)
Riverine Herald (Echuca), (1863-1884, 23 reels)
www.nla.gov.au
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Rochester Express (Jan 1874-April 1895; 5 reels)
Southern Cross (Feb 1871-Jan 1908; 15 reels)
Warragul Guardian (Oct 1879-Dec1900; 15 reels )
West Gippsland Gazette (Jan 1906-Dec 1930; 15 reels)
www.nla.gov.au
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Appendix F
Australian Newspaper Plan
Annual Report 2009/10
Appendix F: Newspapers digitised at 30 June 2010 which are accessible through
the Australian Newspapers service
Australian Capital Territory
The Canberra Times (1926 – 1954)
New South Wales
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW) (1843-1893)
The Sun-Herald (Sydney, NSW) (1953-1954)
The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW) (1949-1953)
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW) (1803-1842)
The Sydney Herald (NSW) (1831-1842)
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) (1842-1954)
Northern Territory
Northern Territory Times (Darwin, NT) (1927-1932)
Northern Territory Times and Gazette (Darwin, NT) (1873-1927)
Queensland
The Brisbane Courier (Qld.) (1864-1933)
The Courier (Brisbane, Qld.) (1861-1864)
The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld.) (1933-1934)
The Moreton Bay Courier (Brisbane, Qld.) (1846-1861)
The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld.) (1866-1939)
South Australia
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) (1889-1919, 1928-1931)
The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA) (1858-1875)
South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA) (1839-1846)
Tasmania
Colonial Times (Hobart, Tas.) (1828-1857)
Colonial Times and Tasmanian Advertiser (Hobart, Tas.) (1825-1827)
The Courier (Hobart, Tas.) (1840-1859)
The Hobart Town Courier (Tas.) (1827-1839)
The Hobart Town Courier and Van Diemen’s Land Gazette (Tas.) (1839-1840)
The Hobart Town Daily Mercury (Tas.) (1858-1860)
Hobart Town Gazette (Tas.) (1825-1827)
The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas.) (1816-1821)
Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser (Tas.) (1821-1825)
The Hobart Town Mercury (Tas.) (1857)
The Hobarton Mercury (Tas.) (1854-1857)
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) (1860-1954)
Victoria
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.)(1848-1954)
Camperdown Chronicle (Vic.) (1878-1909, 1911-1919, 1923-1954)
The Melbourne Argus (Vic.) (1846-1848)
www.nla.gov.au
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Western Australia
The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News (WA) (1848-1864)
The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times (WA) (1864-1874)
The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (WA) (1833-1847)
The West Australian (Perth, WA) (1879-1925, 1930, 1936)
The West Australian Times (Perth, WA) (1863-1864)
The Western Australian Times (Perth, WA) (1874-1879)
www.nla.gov.au
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Appendix G
Australian Newspaper Plan
Preserving for Permanent Access
Five Year Plan
July 2005–June 2010
Appendix G
Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
CONTENTS
Page No.
1. Background
3
2. Aims of the Five Year Plan
3
3. Australian Newspaper Plan activities
4
4. National goals for July 2005–June 2010
5
5. State/Territory goals for July 2005–June 2010
11
Appendix A: List of abbreviations used
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Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
1. Background
The Australian Newspaper Plan (formerly NPLAN) is a cooperative initiative established by National and State Libraries
Australasia (NSLA – formerly CASL) in 1992 in recognition of the importance of newspapers as primary sources of
historical information and a growing concern about the status and preservation of Australian newspapers.
Australian Newspaper Plan partners are:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
National Library of Australia (NLA) in consultation with the Australian Capital Territory Library and Information
Service (ACTLIS)
Northern Territory Library (NTL)
State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW)
State Library of Queensland (SLQ)
State Library of South Australia (SLSA)
State Library of Tasmania (SLT)
State Library of Victoria (SLV)
State Library of Western Australia (SLWA)
The National Library of New Zealand/Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is a full member of the Australian Newspaper Plan
with observer status.
The Australian Newspaper Plan is currently coordinated by the National Library of Australia.
2. Aims of the Five Year Plan
The Australian Newspaper Plan aims to preserve all Australian newspapers and ensure the public has adequate access to
them. In 2004 NSLA endorsed the development of a five year national plan addressing, in particular, actions relating to
key 'at risk' newspapers. Following an Australian Newspaper Plan workshop on the implications of digital technology for
newspaper preservation and access, held in June 2007, further actions were incorporated into the Five Year Plan.
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The Five Year Plan is designed to provide impetus to the Australian Newspaper Plan through the setting of clear goals and
reporting mechanisms, emphasising the national context within which partners carry out their Australian Newspaper Plan
activities, and raising the profile of the Plan nationally. Sections 4 and 5 below provide a list of specific national and
state/territory goals for the period July 2005—June 2010.
It is intended that the Australian Newspaper Plan will be jointly monitored and reviewed by all partners. Progress on the
Plan will be reported by means of annual partner reports and progress reports to NSLA.
3. Australian Newspaper Plan activities
Preserving access to Australian newspapers is reliant on a wide range of activities. These include:
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
identifying, locating and acquiring missing newspapers and/or issues;
microfilming newspapers to ensure their preservation or re-filming/duplication if the quality of the filming or film is
poor;
re-filming significant newspapers to a quality which will support subsequent digitisation;
storing newspapers and microfilm in a way that will optimise their life expectancy;
checking the condition of microfilm masters;
reviewing custody arrangements for preservation masters;
cataloguing newspaper titles, including microfilm generations and digital copies;
digitising historic newspapers and managing, storing and preserving digital versions using standards and
technologies currently being explored as part of the National Library of Australia’s Newspapers Digitisation
Program;
collecting, archiving and providing access to ‘born digital’ newspapers;
linking the digitisation activities of public libraries and local organisations with national endeavours.
Together, these activities ensure that our Australian newspaper heritage will remain accessible into the future.
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4. National goals (July 2005–June 2010)
The following national goals have been agreed to by Australian Newspaper Plan partners for the period July 2005—June
2010:
A. Collecting
4.1 To find, acquire and preserve access to the following nationally significant missing newspaper titles/issues:
Adelaide advertiser 1840-1841 [SLSA]
Adelaide general advertiser and Port Lincoln Herald 1840 [SLSA]
Adelaide guardian 1839 [SLSA]
Adelaide Punch 1868-1869 [SLSA]
Adelaide times 1848-1858 [SLSA]
Adelaide truth (any dates) [SLSA]
Adelaider Deustche Zeitung pre-1860; 1927-1929 [SLSA]
Adelaider Post 1957-1959 [SLSA]
Arab orient June-July 1979 [SLSA]
Australijos Lietuvis 1955- [SLSA]
Bendigo Advertiser 1853-1856 [SLV]
Blyth Agriculturist* 1908-1911 [SLSA] 1910-1911
Bulong Bulletin and Mining Register 1897 various issues [SLWA]
Bunyip* pre 1865 [SLSA]
Burnside & Knightsbridge Herald* 1893 [SLSA]
Butterfly 1869-1870 [SLT]
Catholic Standard (Hobart) 1937-1940 [SLT]
Colonial Record 1839 [SLT]
Colonial Times 1825-1857 [SLT]
Cornwall Chronicle 1835-1880 [SLT]
Deutsche Post 1848- [SLSA]
Deutsche Zeitung 1851 [SLSA]
Ellinika Nea pre-1979 [SLSA]
English and Chinese Advertiser Ballarat* 1856-1858 [SLV]
Hobart Town Courier 1827-1859 [SLT]
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Hobart Town Punch 1867-1868 [SLT]
Huon Times 1913-1916 [SLT]
Illustrated Adelaide Post no. 1 and no. 2 1867 [SLSA]
Illustrated Tasmanian Mail 1921-1935 [SLT]
Illustrated Tasmanian News 1873-1877 [SLT]
Latvis (Australian Latvian news bulletin) 1949-1950 [SLSA]
The Mercury and South Australian sporting chronicle 1849-1851 [SLSA]
Monitor 1834-1923 [SLT]
Morning Star 1891-1894 [SLT]
Neue Deutsche Zeitung fur Australien 1876- [SLSA]
Okeanis 1914-August 1915 (thence to Sydney) [SLSA]
Perth Gazette, and Independent Journal of Politics and News 1855-1857 various issues [SLWA]
Pharos 1936- [SLSA]
Renmark Pioneer 1893-1895; 1908; 1911 [SLSA]
South Australian 1840-1843 [SLSA]
South Australian chronicle and gold mining reporter 1853 [SLSA]
South Australian free press 1853-1854 [SLSA]
South Australian Weekly Dispatch* 1853- [SLSA]
Southern Freeman 1889-1890 [SLSA]
Sud Australische Zeitung any dates; 1851-1862 [SLSA]
Swan Express 1916 [SLWA]
Swan River Guardian 1836 and 1838 various issues [SLWA]
Tanunda Deutsche Zeitung various issues 1863-1868 [SLSA]
Tasmanian Mail 1877-1921 [SLT]
Tasmanian Punch 1866-1878 [SLT]
Tasmanian Punch Review 1866-1878 [SLT]
Uralla Times Vol. 1, no. 1 Apr 15, 1876-1894; 1897; 1907-Aug 1956; 1976-Aug 1980; Jan 1983 [SLNSW]
Weekly Courier* 1901-1935 [SLT]
*This paper has been found or part of the date range has been found
B. Microfilming
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4.2 To preserve access to the following nationally significant ‘at risk’ newspaper titles:
Advertiser 1923-1959 [SLSA]
Army News 1941-1946 [NTL]
Centralian Advocate 1947-1954 [NTL]
Evening Star (Boulder) 1900-21 [SLWA]
North Australian 1883-1889 [NTL]
Northern Standard 1921-1955 [NTL]
South Bourke and Mornington Journal 1921-1927 [SLV]
Wangaratta Chronicle 1938-1960 [SLV]
Western Argus 1915-38 [SLWA]
Western Mail July 1926-1940 [SLWA]
Winner (Melbourne) 1914-1918 [SLV]
4.3 To re-film the following nationally significant newspapers to a quality which will support
subsequent digitisation:
Advertiser 1923-1959- [SLSA priority 1]
Albany Advertiser 1897-1950 [SLWA]
Army News 1941-1946 [NTL]
Centralian Advocate 1947-1954 [NTL]
Bunbury Herald 1892-1929 [SLWA]
Coolgardie Miner 1894-1918; 1935-1950 [SLWA]
Daily News 1882-1950 [SLWA]
Eastern Districts Chronicle 1877-1926 [SLWA]
Geraldton Guardian 1906-1950 [SLWA]
Kalgoorlie Miner 1895-1950 [SLWA]
North Australian 1883-1889 [NTL]
Northern Standard 1921-1955 [NTL]
Northern Times 1905-1950 [SLWA]
Pilbarra Goldfields News 1897-1923 [SLWA]
South Western News 1903-1949 [SLWA]
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South Western Times 1917-1929 [SLWA]
Southern Times 1888-1916 [SLWA]
Sydney Gazette & New South Wales Advertiser [SLNSW]
Sunday Times 1897-1950 [SLWA]
Western Australian Times 1874-1879 [SLWA]
Western Mail 1885-1950 [SLWA]
4.4 Develop a better understanding of the future viability of microfilming by (a) discussing issues with
microfilming providers; (b) investigating attitudes of universities.
4.5 Develop a contingency plan in case commercial microfilming bureau services are withdrawn.
C. Digitisation and Maintaining Access to Digital Versions of Newspapers
4.6 Confirm what ANPlan libraries’ rights under copyright law are in relation to preservation of and access to
newspapers in the digital environment.
4.7 Develop standards/guidelines for digital capture of (a) hard copy newspapers; (b) microform copies of
newspapers and for (c) digitisation for access purposes only.
4.8 Develop standards/guidelines for the management, storage and preservation of digital newspaper files.
4.9 State/territory libraries to provide comment on whether the standards/guidelines described in 4.7 and 4.8
are practical and achievable for state/territory libraries.
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4.10 Develop guidelines on how to contribute to the national newspaper digitisation service.
D. Costing Different Approaches to Preserving Access to Newspapers
4.11 Develop a costing framework for comparing newspaper microfilming and digitisation costs.
4.12 Gather data about the comparative costs of newspaper microfilming and digitisation.
E. ‘Born digital’ newspapers
4.13 Investigate issues involved in collecting, archiving and providing access to online newspapers.
4.14 Investigate the gathering of pre-press electronic versions of newspapers; decide which file types would be
suitable for preservation and develop an issues paper on the feasibility of a pre-press preservation strategy for
ANPlan libraries.
F. Roles and Responsibilities in the Digital Era
4.15 Conduct a national survey of activity and attitudes towards newspaper digitisation within public libraries.
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4.16 Develop and circulate an issues paper and proposed responses to public libraries requesting
assistance/advice in digitising newspaper titles.
4.17 Review and revise ANPlan’s Five Year Plan to reflect the Action Plan developed at the Australian
Newspaper Plan workshop on the implications of digital technology for newspaper preservation access, held in
June 2007.
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5. State/Territory goals (July 2005–June 2010)
The following State/Territory goals have been nominated by Australian Newspaper Plan partners for the period July 2005—June
2010:
Australian
Capital
Territory
5.1
Checking
condition of
masters
Masters which
are poorly
filmed or
which are on
unstable film
will be
identified.
5.2
Microfilming
All acetate
masters to be
replaced
through
duplication or
digitisation.
Creation of
copy masters
where
preservation
masters
already exist
to be
New South
Wales
Identifying
significant
newspapers
filmed prior to
the
introduction
of standards,
carrying out
quality checks
and re-filming
as necessary.
Checking
condition of
masters and
duplicate
negatives.
Ensuring that
masters and
duplicate
negatives
exist for
every
newspaper.
Transferring
‘at risk’
cellulose
masters to
polyester.
Northern
Territory
Microfilming
of current
newspaper
titles to
continue.
Queensland
South
Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western
Australia
National
Retrieve
preservation
masters that
are held by
agencies to
determine
whether they
are at a quality
designated by
Australian
Microfilm
standards.
Continue the
Acetate
Microfilm
Copying
Project begun
in 2001-2002,
involving the
methodical
replacement of
acetate
masters and
direct
duplicates with
polyester film.
Checking of
masters is
undertaken
by vendor.
Checking of
masters is
ongoing,
masters
which are
poorly filmed
or on
unstable film
are identified
and re-filmed
as
necessary.
Checking of
masters is
ongoing,
masters which
are poorly
filmed or on
unstable film
are identified
and re-filmed
as necessary.
Masters
which are
poorly filmed
or which are
on unstable
film will be
identified.
Complete
1 500 000
frames of
remaining
3 000 000
pages yet to be
filmed
(predominantly
smaller run
titles that
make up a
large
component of
Continuation of
microfilming
the Advertiser
- 100 reels per
annum so that
by June 2010
we have
reached the
1942 editions,
at which point
the editions
increase
dramatically in
There are no
non-filmed
titles in the
SLT
collection.
The SLV will
microfilm a
substantial
run of one
provincial
newspaper,
one
significant
suburban
newspaper
and possibly
a shorter run
of a
Microfilming of
high priority
unfilmed WA
papers.
All acetate
masters to
be replaced
through
duplication
or
digitisation.
The creation
of
preservation
and copy
masters for
high priority
Further
priority
microfilming
is dependent
on results of
SLT’s ‘most
wanted’
Re-filming of
newspapers
which have
been identified
as not meeting
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Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
Australian
Capital
Territory
New South
Wales
Northern
Territory
pursued.
Queensland
the aggregate
of 860 Qld
newspaper
titles).
Microfilming
of current
newspaper
titles to
continue.
Following
retrieval and
assessment of
preservation
masters held in
agencies, refilm if required.
Program to film
a portion of the
current
newspaper
output will
continue.
South
Australia
size.
Re-film and
digitize the
Register - 20
reels per
annum so that
by June 2010
we will have
completed at
least 100 of
the 376 reels
to be
produced.
Microfilming of
current
newspaper
titles to
continue.
Tasmania
missing
titles/issues
list.
Microfilm of
Mercury is in
part
incomplete.
The missing
issues will be
identified
once the
existing
microfilm is
digitised.
Then the
missing
issues will be
filmed.
Microfilming
of current
newspaper
titles to
continue.
5.3
Improvement
of storage
arrangements
for
preservation
masters
Locate
microfilm
preservation
masters and
copy masters
for all ACT
titles;
negotiate, if
appropriate,
to obtain copy
Ensuring all
masters and
duplicate
negatives are
in optimum
storage.
Relocation of
preservation
master
microfilm to
NLA.
Following
retrieval and
assessment of
preservation
masters held in
agencies,
deposit
masters in cold
storage. SLQ
has a MOU
Ensuring all
masters and
duplicates are
held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Vendor
ensures all
masters and
duplicates
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Victoria
specialist
newspaper,
such as a
sporting or
religious
newspaper
as a
minimum
annual
achievement.
Titles
selected will
have a high
level of
significance,
will be at risk
due to poor
quality and
in high
demand. A
priority list
has been
developed,
mainly
covering
1920-1960.
Ensuring all
masters and
duplicates
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Western
Australia
quality
standards.
National
unfilmed ACT
papers will
be pursued.
Microfilming of
current
newspaper
titles to
continue.
Ensuring all
masters and
duplicates are
held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Provision of
cold storage.
Locate
microfilm
preservation
masters and
copy masters
for all
national
titles;
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Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
Australian
Capital
Territory
New South
Wales
for storage at
NLA.
5.4
Improvement
of storage
arrangements
for
newspapers
Ensuring all
newspapers
are in
optimum
storage.
Northern
Territory
Queensland
lease
arrangement
with Qld State
Archives in
storing masters
in cold store
off-site.
For the term of
this plan, Qld
Newspapers
will be housed
in two separate
repositories
with 60% at
the off-site
facility with
sound climate
controls and
40% in the
main South
Bank repository
with
improvised
means in
achieving
conditions for
preservation.
In the
duration,
following up
and planning
for whole of
government
approach to
archival
storage.
South
Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western
Australia
National
negotiate, if
appropriate,
to obtain
copy for
storage at
NLA.
Continue to
ensure that all
newspapers
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Continue to
ensure that
all
newspapers
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Completion
of new
purpose built
storage
facility at
Ballarat in
December
2005 will
continue to
ensure that
all
newspapers
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
Continue to
ensure that all
newspapers
are held in
optimum
storage
conditions.
NLA will
construct
cool store for
storage of
significant
national
newspapers.
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5.5
Identification
location,
acquisition of
missing
newspaper
titles and
issues
5.6
Reviewing
custody
arrangements
for
preservation
masters
5.7
Cataloguing
on the NBD
5.8
Digitisation
Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
Australian
Capital
Territory
New South
Wales
In association
with ACT
Heritage
Library,
identify and
publicise
missing
issues.
Continuing to
identify,
research,
locate and
film missing
or previously
unfilmed
newspapers.
Identifying
and
recovering
missing
issues.
Locate
masters,
negotiate with
holders of
masters, if
not NLA, to
obtain copy
for storage in
NLA, if
appropriate.
Locate
masters not
held,
negotiate
custody.
Reviewing
custody
arrangements
of microfilm
masters.
Northern
Territory
Queensland
Recovery of
missing issues
as part of
project
involving
retrieval of
preservation
masters held in
agencies.
Retrieve
preservation
masters held in
agencies (for
assessment,
re-filming, cold
storage as
appropriate).
South
Australia
Continue to
identify, locate
and film
missing or
previously
unfilmed titles.
Tasmania
Victoria
Continue to
identify,
locate and
film missing
or previously
unfilmed
titles.
Continue to
identify,
locate and
film missing
or previously
unfilmed
titles.
Western
Australia
Continue to
identify, locate
and film
missing or
previously
unfilmed titles.
National
Identifying
and
recovering
missing
issues.
Arrangements
for masters are
considered
satisfactory at
this time.
Arrangement Locate
Arrangements
Locate
s for masters masters,
for masters are masters,
are
negotiate
considered
negotiate
considered
with holders
satisfactory at
with holders
satisfactory
of masters, if this time.
of masters, if
at this time.
not NLA, to
Obtain copies
not NLA, to
Obtain
obtain copy
for NLA
obtain copy
copies for
for storage in storage if
for storage in
NLA storage
NLA, if
appropriate.
NLA, if
if
appropriate.
appropriate.
appropriate.
The NLA will undertake a feasibility study into how the NBD can be effectively used as a register of microform, including preservation masters, and
the location of preservation masters.
Development and implementation of standardised newspaper cataloguing protocols for all versions of newspapers.
All partners have indicated the intention to undertake some digitisation activity. The conditions under which digital copies of newspapers would be
accepted as preservation masters and the conditions under which digital copies would be preferred to microfilm copies as preservation masters will
be considered by Australian Newspaper Plan partners.
The National Library of Australia’s Newspapers Digitisation Program will explore standards and technologies to develop a national infrastructure
which will support unmediated access to the content of digitised historical newspapers.
Partners will contribute content to the Newspapers Digitisation Program, facilitate information sharing about the program and will work to encourage
adoption of standards and technologies which will be suitable for long-term management of newspapers within the national infrastructure.
See also National Goals (Section 4C).
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Appendix G
Five Year Plan, July 2005–June 2010
Australian
Capital
Territory
5.9
Promotion
of
Australian
Newspaper
Plan
New South
Wales
Northern
Territory
Queensland
South
Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western
Australia
National
All Australian Newspaper Plan partners to participate in cooperative communication strategy.
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Appendix A
List of abbreviations used
ACTLIS
Australian Capital Territory Library and Information Service
ANPlan
Australian Newspaper Plan
CASL
Council of Australian State Libraries (now NSLA)
NBD
National Bibliographic Database
NLA
National Library of Australia
NPLAN
National Plan for Australian Newspapers (now known as the Australian Newspaper Plan or ANPlan)
NSLA
National and State Libraries Australasia
NTL
Northern Territory Library
SLNSW
State Library of New South Wales
SLQ
State Library of Queensland
SLSA
State Library of South Australia
SLT
State Library of Tasmania
SLV
State Library of Victoria
SLWA
State Library of Western Australia