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IFLA PublicationThe impact of Digital Technology on Contemporary and Historic Newspapers– Proceedings of the International Newspaper Conference, Singapore, April 1-3, 2008, and papers from the World Library and Information Congress, Québec, Canada, August, 2008Edited by Hartmut Walravens. In collaboration with the National Library of Singapore The papers brought together in this highly actual book are grouped around three themes. Not only the physical and digital preservation of newspapers are treated, but also the service and access models that are currently under development; examples are provided, with a focus on Southeast Asia. Moreover the dynamism of online newspapers is discussed. This volume contains cutting-edge information which is indispensable for the modern newspaper librarian. Also researchers, educators and journalists may benefit from the introduction to current aspects of the important medium that newspapers are in the 21st century. [Also see Table of Contents below ]
TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword - Hartmut Walravens, Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section Preface - Ngian Lek Choh, Director, National Library Singapore Keynote Address - Hartmut Walravens, Chair, IFLA Newspapers Section Track 1: Physical and Digital Preservation of NewspapersThe Future of Newspaper Resource: The development of newspaper companies and its impact on libraries in managing newspaper resource, education and information literacy programmes - Idris Rashid Khan Surattee The Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPlan) - Pam Gatenby The Importance of Partnerships for Newspaper Preservation - Beth M. Robertson Parallel Session A: Digitisation of Historic Newspapers: Approaches and ChallengesDigitising Historic Newspapers in Germany: the Case of Bavaria - Klaus Ceynowa 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Utilising the Online Database- Ed King Newspaper Digitisation in the Netherlands: The Dutch Digital Databank for Newspapers and other initiatives - Astrid Verheusen Parallel Session B: Challenges and Opportunities in Digitisation ProjectsThe California Digital Newspaper Project: Canvassing, Cataloging Preservation, Digitization - Henry L. Snyder New Access to Old Materials: The Hong Kong Newspaper Literary Supplements Digitisation Project - Leo F. H. Ma & Louise L. M. Chan Creation of a National Newspaper Repository at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Library - Edward Tasikani Track 1: Physical and Digital Preservation of Newspapers: the Issues of Legal Deposit and CopyrightWidening Access and Legal Issues: Newspapers in Focus - Majlis Bremer-Laamanen Digital Ingest of Current Newspapers by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France: The Situation End 2007/Beginning 2008 - Else Delaunay Track 2: Service and Access Models of Southeast Asian NewspapersCooperative Efforts in the Preservation of and Access to the World's Newspapers - James Simon The Index to Philippine Newspapers (IPN) Online - Chito N. Angeles Service and Processing of Newspaper in Supporting Research: A Case Study of Libraries of Universities in Surabaya – Munawaroh Enhancing Access to the Newspaper Collections: The Lee Kong Chian Reference Library Experience - Gracie Lee and Josephine Yeo Track 3: Online NewspapersOnline Newspapers: A New Era- Ed King Newslink 2.0: Major Issues in the Development of the SPH Multimedia News Archives - Tay Sok Cheng, Sebastian Chow and Ben Lim All News but No Paper – Harvesting Swedish Online Newspapers - Pär Nilsson Appendix: Papers presented at the IFLA conference «Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding», 10 – 14 August 2008, Québec, CanadaCanadian Inuit Newspapers and Periodicals: Past, Present and Future - Sharon Rankin Sauvegarder et numériser la presse des immigrations en France à la BnF, XIXème-XXème siècles - Philippe Mezzasalma Publication, Access and Preservation of Scandinavian Immigrant Press in North America - James Simon and Patricia Finney Press, Community, and Library - A study of the Chinese-language newspapers published in North America - Tao Yang |
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