Newsplan - national
Background: A national overview
Phase 1 of the national Newsplan 2000 project reached a very successful conclusion. 1,350 newspaper titles, including some lengthy runs of 150 years or more, have been preserved on 30,000 reels of microfilm.
A national overview of Newsplan, can be found at www.bl.uk/concord/linc/newsplan.html
The British Library has now ceased the microfilming of newspapers and closed the British LIbrary Microfilm Unit. Information about NEWSPLAN 2000 Microfilm orders and a complete list of titles that have been microfilmed by the NEWSPLAN2000 Project can be found at:
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/newscopy/micro/microfilm.html
Regional catalogues:
Useful links
NEWSPLAN at the British Library
Search newspapers subset of the integrated BL catalogue
Free historic newspapers available online
Storage and retention of newspapers guidelines
