[SOA] Call for Papers - Information Technology joint with Preservation/Conservation and News Media Sections Open Session - IFLA WLIC

[Jenni Salamon]

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IFLA's Information Technology, Preservation and Conservation, and News Media Sections are accepting proposals for their joint open session at this year's IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Columbus, Ohio. This all-day session will be held at the Ohio History Center on Monday, August 15, 2016.

The session's theme is Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Current State of Born Digital News. Papers chosen for presentation should address, but are not limited to the following sub-themes:


*         Digital news media archiving and preservation

*         Collaboration with news organizations

*         Legal deposit of born-digital material - centralized or decentralized

*         Challenges in web harvesting

*         Institutional commitment to preservation sustainability

*         Tools and technical infrastructure for preservation

*         Environmental scans of the media landscape - from newspaper journalism to social media

*         Accessing and searching harvested materials

Other proposals relevant to the main conference theme will also be considered. Proposal abstracts are due by April 1, 2016. Selected presenters will be notified by April 15, 2016. For more information, see the full CFP here: http://2016.ifla.org/cfp-calls/information-technology-joint-with-preservation-and-news-media

Jenni Salamon | Coordinator, Ohio Digital Newspaper Program<http://www.ohiohistoryhost.org/ohiomemory/newspapers>
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