| Betreff: | [AISWorld] 2015 IFLA International News Media Conference: “Transformation of the online news media: implications for preservation and access” |
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| Datum: | Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:13:19 -0800 |
| Von: | Frederick Zarndt <frederick@global-connexions.com> |
| Antwort an: | frederick@global-connexions.com |
| An: | aisworld@lists.aisnet.org |
Call
for Papers
Dates
14
April 2015 Center for Research Libraries Newspapers digitization
summit
15-16 April 2015 Transformation
of the online news media conference
Location
The
National Library of Sweden, Stockholm Sweden
Conference
website http://goo.gl/3c4iWi
Organizers
Center
for Research Libraries (http://www.crl.edu/)
IFLAÂ News Media (Newspapers) Section (http://www.ifla.org/news-media)
IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (http://www.ifla.org/avms)
Theme
& sub-themes
News
media material published online is an important first draft of
history as the printed newspaper and broadcast news has been
and still is. The digital transformation of news multiplies
the usage and current online news media constantly develop new
channels and modes of communication, redefine the roles of all
stakeholders and transform the news in an infinite process.
The
IFLA 2015 International News Media Conference has as its focus
the transformation aspects of born digital news media and the
implications for long term archiving and access.
The
main theme of the conference is
Transformation of the
online news media: implications for preservation and access
with the following possible sub-themes â
and papers chosen for presentation should address, but are not
limited to:
·      Reporting
the news in the digital and social media age: from big
corporations to citizen journalism
·      Trends
in the news media market
·      The
advertising industry and its influence on online news media
·      Latest
initiatives and technologies in online news media preservation
and access
·      Challenges
in archiving, preserving and using online audiovisual material
·      Text
mining born digital news content
·      Issues
of e-legal deposit: online news media
·      Web
harvesting of online news media
·      Issues
on long term access to and preservation of news databases
·      Services
built on born digital newspaper collections
·      Research
being done on the basis of born digital news media collections
·      Usersâ
experiences with born digital news media collections -
usability expectations
·      Integrating
born digital news media and digitized newspaper and
audiovisual news collections
Other
proposals relevant to the main conference theme will also be
considered.
The
day before the conference, April 14, the Center for Research
Libraries, Chicago will hold a digitization summit in
conjunction with the IFLA News Media (Newspapers) and Audio
Visual Sections. The theme of the workshop is to create
consensus on priorities for future digitization and it is
intended for major actors in the newspaper digitization
community.
Submission Guidelines
·      Proposal
abstracts should be submitted in English as an Microsoft
Office Word file
·      Proposal
abstracts for the IFLA pre-conference must be submitted by 20
February 2015, must be in English and should clearly
include:
o  Title of proposed
presentation
o  Abstract
of proposed paper (no more than 300 words)
o  Name(s)
of presenter(s) plus position and/or title
o  Employer /
affiliated institution
o  Contact
information including e-mail address, telephone number
o  Short
biographical statement of presenter(s)
Proposal
abstracts should be submitted to program committee (yes to all 4!):
Pär NilssonÂ
Email:Â par.nilsson@kb.se
Bernard F. ReillyÂ
Email:Â reilly@crl.edu
Mona LøkÃ¥sÂ
Email:Â mona.lokas@nb.no
Mikael JohanssonÂ
Email:Â mikael.johansson@kb.se
Selected
presenters will be notified by 27 February 2015.
Accepted
papers
·      Complete
accepted papers should be c. 3000-6000 words in length, be an
original submission not published elsewhere
·      Complete
accepted papers and accompanying presentation slides must be
submitted by April 3 2015
·      Final
papers should be written in English
·      20-25
minutes will be allowed for the delivery of the paper
·      The
papers will be made available on the Conference website and
the Sectionsâ webpages
·      Author(s)
must agree to make their paper available under the terms of
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
To
discuss any matter relating to this Call for Papers, please
contact:
Pär
Nilsson, Bernard F. Reilly, Mona
Løkås or Mikael Johansson.
Important
dates
|
20
February 2015 |
Proposal
abstracts due |
|
27
February 2015 |
Acceptance
notices sent to authors |
|
6
February 2015 |
Start
of registration |
|
3
April 2015 |
Completed
papers and presentation submitted |
Submissions
All
proposal abstracts must be in before 20 February 2015.
Please
note
The
Programme Committee regrets that it has no funding to assist
prospective authors and the submission of an abstract must be
on the understanding that the costs of attending the
conference including registration, travel, accommodation and
other expenses, are the responsibility of the presenters of
the accepted papers, or their institutions. No financial
support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation can
be issued to authors.