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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"><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Call for Papers</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">2014 IFLA International Newspapers Conference</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Start Spreading the News!</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Date: February 4 - 5, 2014</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Venue: FamilySearch Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Registration Information: There is no charge for registration! Click here for further details.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Submission date extended to December 16! And for those outside North America, the proposals for a virtual presentation via Skype video and desktop sharing will also be considered.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The IFLA Newspapers Section is currently seeking papers on or about outreach and marketing strategies for using or promoting online newspaper content, text mining, users of newspaper 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. In addition to papers focused on the theme of Start Spreading the News, sub-themes on, but not limited to, the following topics are being sought: </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Use of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, news blogs, Flickr, etc.to expose news and raise awareness of news content to users</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Emerging research methodologies in using news and news content </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Text mining newspapers and news content</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Technologies used in text mining and in the presentation of mined data </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Case studies of statistical and word patterns research planned or underway of mined news content</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Traditional research underway in using digitized newspaper collections</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Users’ experiences with digitized newspaper collections</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Usability expectations</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Innovative methods for design, use, and engagement of users in newspaper content systems.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Strategies for finding, or finding out about, newspapers in the semantic web.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Other paper topics relevant to the main conference theme will also be considered.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">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. Not coincidentally, the IFLA International Newspaper Conference will be held just prior to the 2014 RootsTech Family History and Technology Conference Feb 6-8 (<a href="https://rootstech.org/">https://rootstech.org/</a>). We encourage authors and conference attendees to consider attending RootsTech as well as the International Newspaper Conference.</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Submission Guidelines</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Paper topic abstract proposals must be submitted in English as an MS file</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Each abstract proposal, in English, must include:</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Title of proposed paper</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Abstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words)</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Name(s) of author(s) plus position and/or title</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Employer / affiliated institution</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Contact information including email address, telephone number</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>o Short biographical statement of author(s)</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">In consideration of potential presenters outside of North America who may be unable to attend in person due to funding or time constraints, the conference planning committee will consider Virtual Presentation proposals for the program with the same validity as the face-to-face (F2F) conference and with the capability to interact with session participants. We expect virtual participation via Skype video and desktop sharing. </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Proposal abstracts should be submitted to: Sue Kellerman (Email: <a href="mailto:LSK3@psu.edu">LSK3@psu.edu</a> )</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Abstracts must be submitted by December 16, 2013</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 30, 2013. </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Accepted papers and public presentation</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Complete accepted papers should be approximately 3,000-6,000 words in length and must be an original submission; not published elsewhere</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Accepted papers must be written in English</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* The accepted paper will be made available on the IFLA Newspapers Section website </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* A 20-25 minutes public presentation of a summary of the accepted paper will delivered at the International Newspaper Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">* Any accompanying presentation PowerPoint slides must be submitted before the </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Conference by January 30, 2014</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">To discuss any matters relating to this Call for Papers, please contact any of the following </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">conference planning committee members:</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Birdie MacLennan <<a href="mailto:bmaclenn@uvm.edu">bmaclenn@uvm.edu</a>></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Sue Kellerman <<a href="mailto:LSK3@psu.edu">LSK3@psu.edu</a>></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Frederick Zarndt <<a href="mailto:frederick@frederickzarndt.com">frederick@frederickzarndt.com</a>></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Important Dates & Web Site Information</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">December 16, 2013 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Paper topic abstract due</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">December 30, 2013 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Acceptance notices sent to authors</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">January 30, 2014<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Completed paper and slide presentation submitted</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">IFLA International Newspaper Conference web site (sponsored by Utah Library Association): <a href="http://www.ula.org/content/2014-ifla-international-newspapers-conference">http://www.ula.org/content/2014-ifla-international-newspapers-conference</a></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">IFLA Newspapers Section International Newspaper Conference 2014 - Announcement:</span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.ifla.org/node/8005">http://www.ifla.org/node/8005</a></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Note: The IFLA Newspapers Section regrets that it has no funding to assist prospective authors. </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;">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. </span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div class="moz-forward-container"><br></div></div></body></html>