IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010

Digital Preservation and Access to news and views.

Libraries the world over are facing the dual challenges of preserving the printed newspapers as part of the culture of countries, and responding to the changes that new technologies bring on to managing both printed and online (born digital) newspapers. Rapid advancements of digital technologies affect the various aspects relating to newspapers in libraries and archives such as acquisition, collection development, access, storage, preservation of newspapers and their contents, and interlibrary lending.

The purpose of this conference aims not only at the sharing of collective knowledge about how libraries can tackle these challenges but also to open up opportunities for libraries, librarians and associated industry players to interact with one another and work out suitable partnerships that will help to improve the provision of newspaper services at libraries.

At this dedicated arena for professionals in the industry, delegates will gain valuable insights, exchange ideas, explore opportunities and build new networks and strategic alliances.

The IFLA Newspaper Conference will be held at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi from 25th – 28th February 2010.

Important dates to Note
Abstract submission	14th December 2009
Notification of acceptance of your paper	21st December 2009
Submission of full paper and slides by approved speakers	7th February 2010

The Conference is co-organised by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and IFLA News Paper Section.

Theme, sub-themes and Objectives

Objectives:
This conference aims at not only sharing of collective knowledge about how newspaper and media libraries can tackle these challenges but also to open up opportunities for such libraries, librarians and associated publishing industry players to interact with one another and work out suitable partnerships that will help to improve the provision of newspaper information and services to the users.

The expected audiences are:

• Library administrators, librarians, information specialists/managers in the newspaper, media, public, national or academic libraries who are working or interested in these aspects of newspaper librarianship.

• Service providers who are interested in new projects/initiatives and approaches in newspaper librarianship.

• Vendors who supply software to publishers

• Newspaper publishers

• Archivists dealing with sound and moving images

Main Theme

Digital Preservation and Access to News and Views.

Sub Themes

• History, Heritage and Tradition Newspaper Libraries in South and South East Asia.
• Physical Preservation of Newspaper Resources (hardcopies archives, Microfilm Archives etc.)
• Digital Preservation of Newspaper Resources (digital text archives, e-paper archives, online web archives).
• Digital Preservation of News Resources: Clippings, Photographs, Cartoons and Infographics etc.
• Metadata Standards, Consistency and Harmonization for both digitized newspapers and born digital newspapers
• Newspaper Library Users and Their Information Needs
• Newspaper Digital Library Services and Access Methods
• Marketing and Promotion of Newspaper Library Services
• Library Staff Training and User Education in Newspaper Libraries
• Resource Sharing Among Newspaper Libraries
• IPR and Copyrights Issues in Newspaper Libraries
• Issues in Digital Preservation, Access and Management (ICT, Manpower, Budget Constraints etc.)
• Technical issues of preservation
• The publisher perspective and needs
• The software suppliers perspectives and needs from libraries
• Selection of newspapers for digitization and preservation: a user perspective case study
• Significances of historical newspaper indexing in a digital age
• Online Newspapers

Conference website: http://ignca.nic.in/IFLA2010/ifla2010.htm

Published: 1.13.10 / 3pm
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