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Please note: an additional paper has been
added to the website. Sandra Burrows of Library and Archives Canada was unable
to attend the conference. Her proposed paper (Canadian developments for the
digitization of newspapers) has been made available for publication on the
site. It can be found here.
Conference Program
Tuesday 22 February
| Morning |
Chair of Morning Session: Dr. Hartmut
Walravens, Chairman IFLA Newspapers Section
9:00am. Jan
Fullerton, National Library of Australia. Welcome.
9:15am.
Hartmut Walravens, Staatsbibliothek, Germany . Current activities of
the Newspaper Section. Current newspaper work in Germany. [abstract] [paper]
9:45am. Else Delaunay, Consultant
of IFLA Newspaper Section. Developments in French newspaper publishing.
[abstract] [presentation] [paper]
10:15am. Questions and
Discussion.
10.30am. Morning tea
11.:00am. Edmund King, Head,
Newspaper Collections, British Library, London UK.
British Newspapers
1800-1900 A project to unlock nineteenth century history. [abstract] [presentation] [link to a paper by Jane Shaw on this project, from IFLA 2005]
11:30am. Majlis
Bremer-Laamanen, Helsinki University Library, Finland.
The Nordic
Newspaper Library, developments since 2001. [the project is described in this IFLA paper]
12:00noon. Questions
and discussion. |
| LUNCH |
12:15pm - 1:15pm |
| Afternoon |
Chair of Afternoon Session: Edmund King,
Secretary IFLA Newspapers Section
1:15pm. Clark Stiles,
Curator, New Zealand and Pacific Published Collections, and David Adams,
Coordinator, Copying and Digital Services, National Library of New Zealand.
Newspapers Digitisation at the National Library of New Zealand: Papers
Past and its useage. [presentation] [Papers Past home]
1:45pm. Henry
Snyder, University of California, Riverside, USA.
Digital developments
for the online availability of historic California newspapers. [see p3 of this newsletter for an article about Professor Snyder's project, and this press release for additional information and links]
2:15pm. Geraldine Suter, Chief Indexer, Argus Indexing Project and Judith
Pearce, Director, Business Analysis, National Library of Australia.
Argus
Index Online: historical newspaper indexing in a digital age. [abstract] [presentation]
2:45pm. Questions and
discussion.
3:00pm. Afternoon Tea
3:30pm. Marie-Therese
Varlamoff, IFLA PAC. Preservation of newspapers in the international
context. [abstract] ;
[paper]
4:00pm. Georgia Higley,
Head, Newspaper Section, Serial & Government Publications Division, Library
of Congress. The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
[presentation] [home page for the program]
4:30pm. Questions and discussion.
7:00pm Conference Dinner. |
Wednesday 23 February
| Morning |
Chair of Morning Session: Jasmine
Cameron, National Library of Australia 9:15am. Ross Harvey,
Professor, Charles Sturt University, School of Information Studies.
Selection of Newspapers for digitization and preservation: a user
perspective. [abstract] [presentation (1MB)] [paper]
9:45am. Heather Brown, Manager, Preservation
State Library of South Australia and Andy
Fenton, Manager, New Zealand Micrographic Services. Time's pivotal
point - preserving the past for the future NOW. [presentation (5MB)] ; [paper]
10:15am. Questions and
discussion.
10:30am. Morning Tea
11:00am. Colin Webb,
Director, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia. National
Plan for Australian Newspapers (NPLAN)
11:30am. Margie Barram,
Senior Librarian, Internet Services, State Library of Queensland and Project
Manager, Nambour Chronicle Digitisation Planning and Options Project. The
challenge - digitisation for both access and preservation - a Queensland case
study. [abstract] [presentation (7MB)]
12:00noon.
Questions and discussion. |
| LUNCH |
12:15pm. Group photograph 12:30pm. BBQ
Lunch |
| Afternoon |
1:30pm. Afternoon Session: Panel session
- Digitisation websites available online
- software developments
- free access and subscription to databases
- Content: current and older newspapers
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Thursday 24 February
| Morning |
9.00am. Tour of National Library of Australia
10.00am. Morning Tea 10.30am. Demonstration of NLA online services:
- Libraries Australia (launched 8 December 2004)
- Digitisation program and delivery systems
- PictureAustralia; MusicAustralia; AskNow (online chat
reference service)
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| LUNCH |
12.30pm Lunch |
| Afternoon |
1.30pm Optional tour of Canberra 4.00pm
Return to Library |
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