New York Times Now Free …
So maybe this news is a bit old already, nevertheless, as of September 18, The New York Times is making portions of its archives available for free to everyone. The Times had previously charged for some content including Op Ed pieces and their achives, going back to 1851.
Freely available will be content from 1851-1922 and after 1987.
What does this mean for libraries? NJCU Library subscribes to the Historical New York Times which provides coverage to the newspaper from 1851 to 2003. Lexis Nexis Academic provides coverage from 1980 to the present.
But might smaller libraries drop subscriptions in a budget pinch? Are libraries still keeping microfilm issues of the NYT?
