Conferences
1994-2008: Papers Presented at IFLA Conferences
- 2009, 23-27 August:
World Library and Information Congress: Milan, Italy
"Newspapers in the Mediterranean and the Evolution of the Modern State"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
- 2009, 19-20 August:
Satellite Meeting of the World Library and Information Congress: Stockholm, Sweden
"The Present becomes the past: harvesting, archiving, presenting today’s digitally produced newspapers"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Conference website
- 2009, 13-16 April:
IFLA International Newspaper Conference: Mozhaisk, Russian Federation
"Legal deposit of newspapers for libraries: challenges of the digital environment"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Conference website
Slide show on YouTube
- 2008, 10-14 August:
World Library and Information Congress: Québec, Canada
"The North American Ethnic Press"
Call for Papers
Papers presented:
Canadian Inuit newspapers and periodicals: past, present and future
SHARON RANKIN (McGill University Library, Montréal, Canada)
Publication, access and preservation of Scandinavian immigrant press in North America
JAMES SIMON and PATRICIA FINNEY (Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, USA)
Documenting immigrant experiences: a study of the Chinese-language newspapers published in the USA and Canada
TAO YANG (The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA)
Sauvegarder et numériser la presse des immigrations en France à la BnF, XIXème-XXème siècles
PHILIPPE MEZZASALMA (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France)
- 2008, 1-3 April:
IFLA International Newspaper Conference: Singapore, National Library of Singapore
"Old Issues, New Issues - Impact of Digital Technology upon Contemporary and Historic Newspapers"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Conference website
- 2007, 19-23 August:
World Library and Information Congress: Durban, South Africa
"African Newspapers: Access and Technology"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Initiatives in Kenya for digitizing, indexing and preserving newspapers
PAMELA HOWARD-REGUINDIN (U.S. Library of Congress Office, Nairobi, Kenya)
Strategies for increased access to older newspapers: the experience of Makarere University Africana / Special Collection Section
MARGARET NAKIGANDA (Makerere University Library, Kampala, Uganda)
Alternative solutions for storing, archiving and preserving newspaper collections: the National Library of South Africa's recent experience
DOUWE DRIJFHOUT (National Library of South Africa, South Africa)
Ipsissima Verba: The Future of Newspaper Preservation In an Age of Epidemic URLitis
DOROTHY C. WOODSON (Yale University, New Haven, USA)
- 2007, 3-5 April:
International Conference on Newspapers Collection Management: Santiago de Chile, National Library of Chile
"Printed and Digital Challenges"
Call for papers
Papers presented
Conference website
- 2006, 19-21 October:
International Newspaper Conference: Poznan, Poland
"Newspapers: Resources, Processing, Preservation, Digitization, Promotion / Information"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Conference website
- 2006, 17-18 May:
International Newspaper Conference: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
"Newspapers of the World Online: U.S. and International Perspectives"
Call for Papers
Papers presented
Conference website
Last update: 20 November 2009
