Current, upcoming and past conferences

2013

World Library and Information Congress: 79th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
17–23 August 2013, Singapore
Theme: Open access and digital resources

WLIC 2013 Satellite Meeting
14-15 August 2013, Singapore
Theme: Newspapers to the People
See: Call for papers

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11–17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Users and portals: digital newspapers, usability, and genealogy
Newspapers with Genealogy and Local History

IFLA 2012 Pre-Conference
7–9 August 2012, Mikkeli, Finland
Theme: The Electronic Re-evolution - News Media in the Digital Age

IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2012
11–13 April 2012, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Theme: Newspaper Digitization and Preservation: New Prospects. Stakeholders, Practices, Users and Business Models

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13–18 August 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: Newspapers in the Caribbean, Central and South America: production, distribution and conservation. Cultural heritage and news media in the digital age

IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2011
25–27 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Newspaper in Multiple Scripts and Multiple Languages: Issues and Challenges for National Heritage

2010

World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10–15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: Relations between publishers, standards, organisations and libraries: Transforming links between publishers, readers and libraries

IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2010: New Delhi, India
25–28 February
Theme: Digital Preservation and Access to News and Views
- Final Report

2009

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
23–27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: Newspapers in the Mediterranean and the evolution of the modern state

Satellite Meeting of the World Library and Information Congress: Stockholm, Sweden
19-20 August
Theme: "The Present becomes the past: harvesting, archiving, presenting today’s digitally produced newspapers"

IFLA International Newspaper Conference: Mozhaisk, Russian Federation
13-16 April
"Legal deposit of newspapers for libraries: challenges of the digital environment"
Slide show on YouTube

1994-2008: Papers Presented at IFLA Conferences

2008

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 2008, Québec, Canada
Theme: The North American Ethnic Press

IFLA International Newspaper Conference: Singapore, National Library of Singapore
1-3 April
"Old Issues, New Issues - Impact of Digital Technology upon Contemporary and Historic Newspapers"

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Durban, South Africa
Theme: African Newspapers: Access and Technology