Important also are tips from members of the Notre Dame and Saint Mary's community who call, write or e-mail The Observer staff regarding upcoming events or interesting features. Story ideas also come from advertisements in The Observer and on campus posters, as well as from Notre Dame's Office of Public Relations, Saint Mary's Department of Marketing and Communications, Information and Sports Information Department and Saint Mary's Athletic Department. Story ideas predominantly are generated by student reporters who focus on specific beats or who regularly cover council meetings and sporting events. As an Associated Press newspaper, The Observer prints wire stories and graphics to inform readers of national and world news and sports. The major sections of the newspaper with articles written by students includes Viewpoint (the editorial columns), News, Sports, and Scene (the entertainment section). The Observer publishes stories about local events and issues that affect students and staff members of both institutions. The Observer was established in 1966 and began offering an online electronic format since 1999 in addition to the traditional print version. The Observer is the independent, student-run, daily print and online newspaper serving Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College. There is additional metadata (keywords, file size, camera specifications, etc.) associated with each digital file that is not reported in this finding aid. The dates associated with the photos are generally either the date the photo was taken or the anticipated publication date. The Archivist created descriptions for the finding aid pulled directly from The Observer articles to which the photographs correspond. An original, untouched version may not still exist in all cases. The staff photographers would also edit these images for publication. The "selects" folder reflects the choice images of The Observer staff photographer. The exception would be found in the "selects" files. Generally the original file name has little use as it was the generic name the camera assigned to the file. For the most part, this is the same arrangement The Observer student photographers maintained. The digital photograph collection is arranged by academic year and then sorted under three major headings: News, Scene, and Sports. The print and negative collection is arranged first by photographer, then in chronological order, where such information is available. In many cases, the student photographers retained their original prints and negatives. This is not a complete collection of all photos published in The Observer. Since 2002, the student photographers have been using digital photography. The print and negative collection of The Observer graphics (GOBS) ranges in dates from 1988-2002. The photograph collection from The Observer contains multiple formats. Records of The Observer, including a large collection of photographs, a collection of issues of the newspaper, and a digital collection with black-and-white and color page images of the newspaper.
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