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No. 60, November 2007

IFLA International Newspaper Conference 2008
1 -3 April 2008, National Library of Singapore

Co-organised by the National Library of Singapore, the IFLA Newspapers Section and IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation

Libraries of world face dual challenges of preserving the printed newspapers and responding to the changes that new technologies bring on to managing both printed and online (born digital) newspapers. The Conference theme Old Issues, New Issues: Impact of Digital Technology upon Contemporary and Historic Newspapers will bring international delegates together to share collective knowledge about how libraries can tackle these challenges.

Conference Highlights

• Learn about the standards, good practices, and procedures needed to cultivate physical and digital preservation of newspapers.
• Look into some initiatives and collaborations from the perspective of Southeast Asia - going beyond policies to case studies on collections of Southeast Asian newspapers in other libraries as well as well as how indigenous newspapers have had a new lease of life and a wider audience through developments in technology.
• Explore the new issues surrounding online newspapers, while revisiting the on-going issues to meet long-term research needs.
• Distinguished speakers from the following institutions and organisations would be presenting papers on the Conference’s theme:
  • Bavarian State Library at Munich, Germany
  • British Library
  • Center for Research Libraries (USA)
  • Library of Congress
  • National Library of Australia
  • National Library of Netherlands
  • National Library of Sweden
  •  National Library of Singapore
  • New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library, The Chinese
  • University of Hong Kong
  • Pernabas Surabaya Library (Indonesia)
  • Singapore Press Holdings
  • State Library of South Australia
  • University of California
  • Other institutions from the region

Online Registration

Enjoy a discount on the conference fees if you register by 31 December 2007. Please register online via the Conference website http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/newspaper_conf08/.
Early bird conference fees: S$100.00 (registration on/by 31 December 2007)
Conference fees: S$120.00 (registration after 31 December 2007)

For information, please visit our Conference website http://blogs.nlb.gov.sg/newspaper_conf08/ or email your enquiries to us at IFLA_newspaper@nlb.gov.sg.

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