Newspapers Section
International Conference
3-5 April 2007
Newspapers Collection Management:
"Printed and Digital Challenges"
Santiago, Chile
Strive, too, that in reading your story ...
that
the judicious shall admire the invention...
Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote
This Conference is to promote good practice in Newspaper Collection, Management and Preservation.
It is being co-Organised by the
National Library of Chile, the
IFLA Newspapers Section, and
IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC).
Programme
The conference is to be divided into 6 themes:
- The digital future for newspapers in Chile and Latin America (to include metadata, interoperability and publisher issues).
El futuro digital de los periódicos en Chile y América Latina (inclusión de los metadatos, temas sobre interoperabilidad y editores).
- The digital future for newspapers in North American and European countries.
El futuro digital de los periódicos en los países norteamericanos y europeos.
- The role of newspapers preservation in digitization.
El papel de la preservación de los periódicos en la digitalización.
- Copyright, Publishers, legal matters for newspapers.
Derechos de autores, editores, temas legales para los periódicos.
- The role of newspaper cataloguing in digitization.
El papel de la catalogación de periódicos en la digitalización Introduction, Introducción
- Education of librarians in newspaper collection management: new perspectives for the role of librarians.
Capacitación bibliotecaria en la gestión de periódicos: nuevas perspectivas en el papel de los bibliotecarios.
This is an opportunity for all professionals who have responsibility for newspaper collections to learn more about standards, best practice and digital developments in both historic and contemporary newspapers.
Full Final Programme now available:
[Programme]
Registration
There will be a registration fee of 25,000 Chilean Pesos
(48.00 USD) payable when delegates register for the Conference.
[Registration Form]
Further information:
Sandra Meneses
National Library of Chile
E-mail: sandra.meneses@bndechile.cl
Hotel Reservation
The Conference organisers suggest to delegates that they contact one of the hotels listed below, to make their own arrangements for acoomdation in Santiago.
Galerias Hotel Santiago
(see also http://www.chile-hotels.com/galerias.htm)
San Antonio 65
Santiago, Chile
The Hotel Plaza San Francisco
Alameda 816
Santiago, Chile
Operator: +(56-2) 639 3832
Reservations: +(56-2)360 4445
Ceasar Business Santiago Centro
Alameda Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Nº 632
Santiago, Centro, Chile
Tel: +(56-2)595 6622 / 595 6611
Fax: +(56-2)595 6600
