<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
is	O
a	O
news	O
database	O
resource	O
that	O
provides	O
archives	O
of	O
media	O
publications	O
as	O
reference	O
materials	O
to	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Naisbitt	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
Megatrends	O
,	O
founded	O
NewsBank	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
was	O
bought	O
from	O
Naisbitt	O
by	O
Daniel	O
S	O
.	O
Jones	O
,	O
who	O
subsequently	O
became	O
its	O
president	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Naisbitt	O
left	O
NewsBank	B-Library
in	O
1973	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
acquired	O
Readex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
merger	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
had	O
acquired	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
organizations	O
in	O
America	O
to	O
archive	O
microform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
had	O
one	O
hundred	O
employees	O
in-house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Andrews	O
was	O
brought	O
on	O
in	O
1986	O
as	O
product	O
manager	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
job	O
was	O
to	O
help	O
the	O
company	O
transition	O
from	O
a	O
paper	O
format	O
of	O
delivery	O
to	O
libraries	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
its	O
indexes	O
and	O
full-text	O
articles	O
were	O
available	O
in	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visitors	O
to	O
libraries	O
found	O
that	O
their	O
search	O
time	O
was	O
cut	O
from	O
30	O
minutes	O
using	O
paper	O
indexes	O
to	O
five	O
minutes	O
using	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
used	O
an	O
arbitrary	O
selection	O
process	O
for	O
determining	O
which	O
news	O
articles	O
the	O
company	O
considered	O
worthy	O
for	O
archiving	O
;	O
it	O
based	O
their	O
selection	O
on	O
articles	O
that	O
were	O
more	O
likely	O
to	O
be	O
widely	O
appealing	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
potential	O
audience	O
of	O
future	O
researchers	O
,	O
not	O
simply	O
stories	O
of	O
regional	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
had	O
difficulty	O
providing	O
its	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
information	O
based	O
upon	O
a	O
specific	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
announced	O
in	O
1993	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
product	O
indexing	O
full	O
text	O
of	O
35	O
publications	O
including	O
The	O
Christian	O
Science	O
Monitor	O
,	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
,	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
,	O
The	O
Dallas	O
Morning	O
News	O
,	O
Chicago	O
Tribune	O
,	O
The	O
Boston	O
Globe	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Atlanta	O
Journal-Constitution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
was	O
the	O
only	O
company	O
providing	O
researchers	O
access	O
to	O
an	O
index	O
to	O
periodical	O
literature	O
in	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
theater	O
with	O
its	O
NewsBank	B-Library
's	O
Review	O
of	O
the	O
Arts	O
:	O
Performing	O
Arts	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
started	O
compiling	O
the	O
full	O
text	O
of	O
articles	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
local	O
economy	O
of	O
geographic	O
areas	O
and	O
providing	O
this	O
information	O
via	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
to	O
its	O
clients	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1998	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
provided	O
indexes	O
via	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
to	O
newspaper	O
articles	O
from	O
over	O
450	O
cities	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
compiled	O
the	O
Foreign	O
Broadcast	O
Information	O
Service	O
index	O
and	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
via	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
joined	O
forces	O
with	O
Micromedia	O
,	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
IHS	O
Canada	O
,	O
to	O
help	O
distribute	O
its	O
products	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
NewsBank	B-Library
maintained	O
archival	O
access	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
media	O
references	O
since	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
was	O
structured	O
in	O
a	O
pay-for-use	O
format	O
,	O
with	O
access	O
differentiated	O
for	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
users	O
including	O
public	O
libraries	O
,	O
public	O
schools	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
higher	O
education	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
in	O
2011	O
with	O
The	O
Daily	O
Northwestern	O
newspaper	O
of	O
Northwestern	O
University	O
to	O
archive	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
historical	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Jones	O
,	O
President	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
NewsBank	B-Library
,	O
had	O
a	O
prior	O
relationship	O
with	O
the	O
university	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
university	O
trustee	O
and	O
president-elect	O
of	O
the	O
Northwestern	O
Alumni	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
NewsBank	B-Library
provided	O
users	O
with	O
its	O
service	O
Access	B-Library
World	I-Library
News	I-Library
,	O
which	O
Reference	O
Skills	O
for	O
the	O
School	O
Librarian	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
full-text	O
news	O
database	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
book	O
Communication	O
and	O
Language	O
Analysis	O
in	O
the	O
Public	O
Sphere	O
,	O
in	O
2014	O
NewsBank	B-Library
contained	O
"	O
over	O
990	O
news	O
sources	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
state	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
represented	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
national	O
publications	O
,	O
television	O
and	O
radio	O
programs.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
NewsBank	B-Library
's	O
offerings	O
include	O
a	O
Black	O
Life	O
in	O
America	O
archive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2004	O
book	O
Reference	O
Sources	O
in	O
History	O
by	O
Ronald	O
H	O
.	O
Fritze	O
,	O
Brian	O
E	O
.	O
Coutts	O
,	O
and	O
Louis	O
Andrew	O
Vyhnanek	O
wrote	O
that	O
:	O
"	O
NewsBank	B-Library
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
largest	O
information	O
providers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
her	O
book	O
Journalism	O
:	O
A	O
Guide	O
to	O
the	O
Reference	O
Literature	O
(	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
Jo	O
A	O
.	O
Cates	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
NewsBank	B-Library
is	O
a	O
massive	O
database	O
,	O
the	O
NewsFile	O
Collection	O
alone	O
providing	O
access	O
to	O
full	O
text	O
articles	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
500	O
newspapers	O
,	O
wire	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
broadcasts.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2013	O
book	O
Reference	O
Skills	O
for	O
the	O
School	O
Librarian	O
by	O
authors	O
Ann	O
Marlow	O
Riedling	O
,	O
Loretta	O
Shake	O
,	O
and	O
Cynthia	O
Houston	O
called	O
NewsBank	B-Library
a	O
"	O
popular	O
indexing	O
series	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
NewsBank	B-Library
provided	O
access	O
to	O
"	O
an	O
easy-to-search	O
database	O
of	O
articles	O
,	O
activities	O
,	O
and	O
lesson	O
plans	O
for	O
the	O
elementary	O
and	O
middle	O
grades	O
,	O
covering	O
key	O
issues	O
and	O
events	O
in	O
every	O
subject	O
area.	O
"	O
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