[AISWorld] Call for Papers for the Joint IFLA News Media, IT, and Preservation and Conservation Sections at WLIC 2016 in Columbus OH

Thu Jan 14 17:34:30 EST 2016

Also see 
http://2016.ifla.org/cfp-calls/information-technology-joint-with-preservation-and-news-media

    Call for Papers: Open Sessions

  Information Technology Section joint with Preservation and
  Conservation Section and News Media SectionTheme:

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    "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Current State of Born Digital News"

The IFLA 2016 theme,/“Collections. Collaboration. Community,”/touches on 
highly significant elements required to make digital preservation of 
news content possible. Access to large-scale digital newspaper content 
has evolved how libraries and library professionals deal with multiple 
aspects of their work, including civic engagement, technology, legal 
considerations, and researcher support. Programmes and initiatives 
across the world are devoted to digitising and preserving yesterday’s 
news. But what about today’s news which is often created and delivered 
in a digital only format? Everyone is struggling with identifying and 
collecting material from the ever increasing and constantly changing 
sources in a diversified media landscape. Failing to preserve today’s 
news not only means losing large amounts of our cultural heritage, but 
it will impact how tomorrow’s news is reported as the available body of 
information will be incomplete.

For libraries and archives to maintain our mission to preserve and make 
accessible these cultural resources, we need to collaborate within our 
local communities and home institutions, between organizations, and 
across borders, all of which require close collaboration with publishers 
themselves.

Information Technology Section <http://www.ifla.org/it>joint 
withPreservation and Conservation Section 
<http://www.ifla.org/preservation-and-conservation>andNews Media Section 
<http://www.ifla.org/news-media>invites proposals for papers to be 
presented at its Open Session during the IFLA World Library and 
Information Congress/ 82th Annual Conference, 13-19 August 2016, 
Columbus, Ohio, United States. (Note that this will be an all-day, 
off-site session.)

This open session will reflect on how the task of continuously creating 
new solutions for preserving born digital media is a collaboration 
between many different stakeholders, some with competing interests.

    The main theme of the open session

/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.

    Submission Guidelines

Proposal abstracts for the IFLA Open Session must be submitted by*4 
March 2016*, must be in*English or French*and should clearly include:

  * Title of the proposed presentation
  * Abstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words)
  * Name(s) of presenter(s) plus position and/or title
  * Employer / affiliated institution
  * Contact information including email address, telephone number
  * Short biographical statement of authors(s)

Language of the paper and presentation: English or French.

*Proposal abstracts should be submitted to*(yes to all 3):

*P&C:*Alenka Kavčič – Čolić
E-mail:alenka.kavcic at nuk.uni-lj.si <mailto:alenka.kavcic at nuk.uni-lj.si>

*IT:*Evviva Weinraub
E-mail:evviva.weinraub at northwestern.edu 
<mailto:evviva.weinraub at northwestern.edu>

*News Media :*Niels Bønding
E-mail:nieb at statsbiblioteket.dk <mailto:nieb at statsbiblioteket.dk>

Selected presenters will be notified by*14 March 2016.*

      Accepted papers

  * Complete accepted papers should be 3000-6000 words in length and be
    an original submission not published elsewhere. A template for the
    paper will be provided at a later date on the WLIC 2016 website.
  * Complete accepted papers and accompanying presentation slides must
    be submitted by the end of June 2016
  * Final papers should be written in any of IFLA’s official languages
  * 12-15 minutes will be allowed for the delivery of the paper
  * The papers will be made available in the IFLA Library
    (http://library.ifla.org)

To discuss any matter relating to this Call for Papers, please contact:

*P&C:*Alenka Kavčič – Čolić
E-mail:alenka.kavcic at nuk.uni-lj.si <mailto:alenka.kavcic at nuk.uni-lj.si>

*IT:*Evviva Weinraub
E-mail:evviva.weinraub at northwestern.edu 
<mailto:evviva.weinraub at northwestern.edu>

*News Media :*Niels Bønding
E-mail:nieb at statsbiblioteket.dk <mailto:nieb at statsbiblioteket.dk>

*Registration*

Registration information is posted on the conference 
website:http://2016.ifla.org/registration

    Important dates

*4 March 2016*Abstracts due

*14 March 2016*Acceptance notices sent to authors

*30 June 2016*Completed papers and presentation submitted

    Submissions

/All proposals must be received by*4 March 2016*/.

    Please note

At least one of the paper’s authors must be*present*to deliver a summary 
of the paper during the program in Columbus, Ohio. Abstracts should only 
be submitted with the understanding that the expenses of attending the 
conference will be the responsibility of the author(s)/presenter(s) of 
accepted papers.

All papers that are presented at the WLIC 2016 will be made available 
online via theIFLA Library <http://library.ifla.org/>under theCreative 
Commons Attribution 4.0 license 
<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.

Authors of accepted papers must complete the IFLAAuthors’ Permission 
Form <http://forms.ifla.org/node/add/wlic-authors-permission-form>.

All expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, 
accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No 
financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a specialinvitation 
letter<http://2016.ifla.org/registration/letter-of-invitation-visa-requirements>can 
be issued to authors.

    Congress Participation Grants

List of opportunities for support is available on ourConference 
Participation Grants 
<http://2016.ifla.org/congress-information/conference-participation-grants>webpage.

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