The Hesburgh Libraries has expanded its New York Times digital subscription to New York Times All Access, giving Notre Dame faculty, staff and students access to the full suite of digital products, including News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic.

“Our previous subscription included only News and The Athletic, as well as audio, multimedia and the Spanish and Mandarin Chinese versions of the site,” Mark Robison, department head of Academic Collections and Services, said. “These updates ensure that the Notre Dame community will have access to the New York Times’ reporting, podcasts, reviews, recipes and games for the foreseeable future.”

New York Times access is popular at Notre Dame

Since launching in 2023 through a partnership with Student Government and the Kresge Law Library, access to the Times has been demonstrably the most popular library resource on campus, Robison said. A majority of faculty, staff and students maintain active NYT accounts through the institutional subscription, and over the past 12 months, Notre Dame users viewed more than 7 million news articles across nearly 2 million sessions.

But even with its popularity, Robison had heard repeated calls for access to features not covered by the subscription, particularly games.

“Although the Libraries’ collections primarily support the University’s research and learning needs, we heard repeated demand for Games,” he said. “Many people were even maintaining personal NYT subscriptions exclusively to play the locked games.”

What is included with New York Times All Access?

In addition to Games, faculty, staff and students will be able to access the full suite of New York Times content and products, including News, Cooking, Wirecutter and The Athletic.

The all-access subscription will be in place for the next five years and will continue to be supported in part by the Kresge Law Library and Notre Dame Student Government. Users with existing accounts will see the new features when they log in. New users can register using instructions on the Libraries website.

“In this age of AI-generated content and shifting media consumption habits, Americans’ trust in traditional news sources remains near record lows,” Robison said. “The continued massive usage of the NYT among Notre Dame students, faculty and staff demonstrates that the resource remains vital not just to Notre Dame users’ research and teaching, but also to their everyday understanding of the world.”

For more information, contact Mark Robison, Hesburgh Libraries.