ABSTRACT
The United States Newspaper Project (USNP) is comprised of a number of state projects, each of which is responsible for identifying, locating, creating and making available catalog records for and preserving all extant newspapers published in that particular state. This paper presents a discussion of the most common uses of microcomputers in state newspaper projects. A summary of results from a survey made of all the state projects active in Phase II USNP activities as of May 1986 is presented with regard to the use in these projects of wordprocessing, database management, spreadsheet, electronic mail, and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) software. From the results, it is clear that the advantages of using a microcomputer in a state newspaper project more than compensate for the initial costs. The number of uses for a microcomputer in all three phases of a newspaper project is almost unlimited. It can be advantageous during the initial planning and grant proposal writing phase, during the cataloging and collection of holdings phase, and during the microfilming preservation phase.
