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</head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial"><small><small><small><font size="3"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Call for Papers & Poster Sessions!</span></font></small></small></small></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial"><small><small><small><font color="#000000" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font><font color="#000000" size="3">
IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2014</font><font size="3"> (</font></small></small></small></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="http://bit.ly/2014iflainternational">http://bit.ly/2014iflainternational</a>)</font><div class="moz-forward-container">
<p> <font face="Arial"><font size="3">Theme:</font> <big><font size="3">Start
Spreading the News!</font></big><br>
<font size="3">Date: 4-5 February 2014</font><br>
<font size="3">Organized by: IFLA Newspapers Section and FamilySearch</font><br>
<font size="3">Venue: Joseph Smith Memorial Building</font><br><font size="3">
15 E South Temple</font><br><font size="3">
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA</font><br>
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<font face="Arial" size="3">The IFLA Newspapers Section is currently seeking proposals
for papers (<a href="http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforpapers">http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforpapers</a>) and poster
sessions (http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforposters) </font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">exploring themes related to outreach and
marketing strategies for using or promoting online newspaper
content, text mining, users of newspaper</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> content, and use of news content for research purposes or
as primary sources for historical or contemporary themes for
its upcoming United States-hosted conference.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">In addition to papers</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> focused on the theme of </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Start
Spreading the News!</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">, s</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">ub-themes on, but not limited
to, the following topics are being sought : </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Use
of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, news blogs,
Flickr, etc.to expose news and raise awareness of news
content to users<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Emerging
research methodologies in using news and news content <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Text
mining <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">newspapers
and news content</span><o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Technologies
used in text mining and in the presentation of mined data
<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Case
studies of statistical and word patterns research planned
or underway of mined news content<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Traditional
research underway in using digitized newspaper collections<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Users’
experiences with digitized newspaper collections<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Usability
expectations</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Innovative methods for design, use, and engagement of
users in newspaper content systems.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Strategies for finding, or finding out about,
newspapers in the semantic web.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Newspapers in genealogical or family history contexts.</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Other paper topics relevant to the main conference
theme will also be considered.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-outline-level:2"><font face="Arial" size="3">As shown by surveys conducted
by the National Library of Australia, the California Digital
Newspaper Collection, the Cambridge Public Library, and
others, historical newspapers are an important source of
information for genealogists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Not coincidentally, the IFLA International Newspaper
Conference will be held just prior to the 2014 RootsTech
Family History and Technology Conference Feb 6-8 (<span lang="DE"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://rootstech.org/"><span lang="EN-US">https://rootstech.org/</span></a></span>).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>We encourage authors
and conference attendees to consider attending RootsTech as
well as the International Newspaper Conference.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
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normal;mso-outline-level:2"><font face="Arial" size="3"> </font></p>
<font face="Arial"><span lang="DE"><small><font size="3">Important
Dates & Other Information </font></small><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
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must be submitted by December 1, 2013</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December
30, 2013</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><font face="Arial" size="3">Completed
paper and slide presentation or accepted poster session
image submitted by January 30, 2014</font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Call for papers. Click <a href="http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforpapers">http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforpapers</a> for further information & submission guidelines.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Call for poster
session proposals. Click <a href="http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforposters">http://bit.ly/2014iflainternationalcallforposters</a> for
further information & submission form.</span></li></ul>
<p><span lang="DE"><small><font face="Arial" size="3">Additional
Information at </font></small></span><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="3"><a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/8005">http://www.ifla.org/node/8005</a>. Note that although there is NO registration fee for the conference, you must nevertheless register as directed at </font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://bit.ly/2014iflainternational">http://bit.ly/2014iflainternational</a></span></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">To discuss any matters relating to this Call for Papers
and Poster Sessions, please contact any of the following</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">conference planning committee members: </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span lang="DE">Birdie
MacLennan </span><span lang="DE">(Email:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span lang="DE"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Clsk3%5CDownloads%5Cbmaclenn@uvm.edu">bmaclenn@uvm.edu</a></span><span lang="DE">)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span lang="DE">Sue
Kellerman</span><span lang="DE"> (Email:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span lang="DE"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Clsk3%5CDownloads%5CLSK3@psu.edu">LSK3@psu.edu</a></span><span lang="DE">) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span lang="DE">Frederick
Zarndt
</span><span lang="DE">(</span><span lang="DE">E-mail: </span><span lang="DE"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:frederick@frederickzarndt.com">frederick@frederickzarndt.com</a></span><span lang="DE">)</span><span lang="DE"><br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<font face="Arial"><span lang="DE"><small><font size="3">Please
note that t</font></small></span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">he IFLA Newspapers Section regrets that it has no
funding to assist prospective authors.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><font face="Arial" size="3">Moreover, 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. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<font face="Arial" size="3"><br>We look forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City in
February 2014 !<br>
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