There are over 1,917 NSW newspapers in the State Library's collection including 305 current titles and 1,612 'dead' titles.
Newspapers are a heavily used resource and provide an interesting reflection of the community. The city/country breakdown is 55% of NSW newspaper titles published in rural areas and 45% of titles in cities. Twenty-three percent, or about 70 titles, currently received are in 35 community languages other than English.
Information about newspapers at the State Library of New South Wales and how to access them is available in the following places on their website:
In addition to the current newspaper microfilming program, in which all current newspapers are microfilmed systematically as a volume is completed, in 2007/8, nine titles were acquired and microfilmed:
In 2007/8, a total of 1,164,132 pages (4,946 reels; this number includes masters, duplicates and negatives) were added to the State Library of New South Wales' collection. The State Library's paper copy is completely microfilmed for 1,880 or 98% of titles.
Transfer of newspapers filmed on the unstable cellulose acetate to polyester is a continuing program for the Library as is the creation of 'printing master' (duplicate negative) copies for each newspaper, thus preserving the original 'preservation master'.
In 2007/8, replacement polyester masters and duplicate negatives were produced for the following New South Wales newspapers that were jointly filmed from 1969 to 1992 as part of the Provincial Newspaper Joint Copying Project, before the production of three generations of film was policy:
See also Cooperative Newspaper Microfilming 2009/10.
An up-to-date list of missing newspapers is available on this website. Please contact the State Library if you are able to help locate these titles.
Last updated 13/8/09