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GNED 008 EUREKA! INFORMATION SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING NEWS SOURCES Eunice WONG Email: lbeunice@ust.hk HISTORY OF NEWSPAPER Periodical publication conveying news comment on current events. Handwritten news-sheets were posted in public places in ancient Rome under such titles as Acta Diurna (Daily Events) around 59BC. The invention of printing facilitated the growth of newspapers. Papers printed from movable type started to appear in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands in the first half of the 17th century. Daily Courant (launched in 1702) was the first regular daily newspaper publi