Newspapers in a Global Microcosm: ~Updates & Activities from the

IFLA Newspapers Section

National Digital Newspaper Program Annual Awardee Conference

Washington, DC September 12, 2013

Birdie MacLennan University of Vermont

About IFLA … International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IFLA – an independent, international, non-governmental, non-for-profit organization founded in Edinburgh, in 1927. • 1500 Members in approximately 150 countries. • Promotes high standards of provision and delivery of library and

information services • Encourages widespread understanding of the value of library &

information services • Represents the interests of members throughout the world. • Annual conference held each August in a different city

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About IFLA Newspapers Section

Mission Statement • To share information on all issues relating to

newspapers and news published in any media (print, microfilm, or electronically) including acquisition, collection development, cataloguing, digitisation, conservation, storage and long—term preservation both of physical and digital media.

• The section is further concerned with standards pertaining to newspapers and all other kinds of news media, and with physical and intellectual access to these collections as our cultural heritage.

www.ifla.org/newspapers

About IFLA Newspapers Section Broad Scope / Long List

~ Information Osmosis of Section Members Best-practice of digitisation of newspapers from print and microfilm; Metadata standards, capture and enrichment, consistency and harmony for digitised historical newspapers, born digital newspapers and online newspapers and news; Web-harvesting, cataloguing and archiving of born digital newspapers (web editions, e-papers); Long-term preservation newspapers; Legal deposit and copyright issues; Development of user-oriented services for digital news and newspapers; Presentation of digital resources: collaboration of libraries, archives and museums; between news producers/aggregators and libraries. News in multiple scripts and multiple languages: challenges in access and preservation; Marketing and promotion of news library services; World-wide cooperation, sharing experiences and learning from each other.

Activities from the

IFLA Newspapers Section, Satellite Preconference

August 14-15,2013 “Newspapers to the People” – at the National Library

• Case studies of information institutions (libraries, archives, etc.) that

foster community research into family history or local heritage • Case studies in the digitisation and preservation of cultural heritage • Latest initiatives and technologies in newspaper e-preservation and

access • Reporting the news in the digital and social media age: trends and how

these impact the information industry • Social media and crowdsourcing vis-à-vis historical newspaper

collections • Tracing family history or local heritage through newspaper archives • Issues of E-Legal Deposit: online news and newspapers

Programme: http://ifla2013satellite.nlb.sg/newspaper-genloc/programme Papers: http://library.ifla.org

IFLA Newspapers Section Day 1 (Aug. 14) - afternoon sessions

@ SPH –Singapore Press Holdings

National Digital Newspaper Program Awardee Conference – Washington, DC

September 27, 2012

Among afternoon sessions @SPH... Ana Krahmer and Mark Phillips paper…

University of North Texas (TDNP) “Laying the groundwork for newspaper preservation

through collaboration and communication….”

IFLA Newspapers Section Visits

National Digital Newspaper Program Awardee Conference – Washington, DC

September 27, 2012

SPH has 19 titles licensed, of which nine are daily newspapers across four languages

IFLA Newspapers Section Visits: “Roots” @the National Library

National Digital Newspaper Program Awardee Conference – Washington, DC

September 27, 2012

IFLA Newspapers Section Visits: Satellite Conference

Day 2 (Aug. 15) - afternoon sessions @ Malay Heritage Centre

National Library of Singapore NewspaperSG

National Digital Newspaper Program Awardee Conference – Washington, DC

September 27, 2012

http://newspapers.nl.sg/

Straits Times 1845

Tamil Murasu, 1936-

Jawi Peranakkan, 1887-1895 Lat Pau,1887-1932

Includes current and historic Singapore and Malaya newspapers. Search the digital archive of newspapers published between 1831-2009, or find information on 200+ newspaper titles in the NL microfilm collection.

IFLA Newspapers Section, Conference Programme ~Session 153

@Suntec Convention Centre August 20, 2013

• IFLA WLIC conference theme

“Future Libraries, Infinite Possibilities” • Newspapers Section open session theme

“News for the future: Dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving”

Plenary session with Chernian George

National Digital Newspaper Program Awardee Conference – Washington, DC

September 27, 2012

Chernian George, noted academic and journalist, plenary presentation "Even with abundant information and the removal of censorship, truth may not prevail..." The edited text of the address is here: http://www.mediaasia.info/the-unknowing-of-public-knowledge/

IFLA Newspapers Section, Conference Programme ~Session 153

August 20, 2013 News for the future: dissemination, harvesting,

archiving and retrieving

Bringing the past to the people: outreach efforts and value-added content for chronicling America in Hawaii and Vermont ERENST ANIP (Vermont Digital Newspaper Project) and JODIE MATTOS (University of Hawaii, Manoa)

"Singing for their Supper": Trove, Australian Newspapers, and the crowd MARIE-LOUISE AYRES (National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia)

Scriptorium - a new platform for digitized newspaper in open access JEANNETTE FREY (State and University Library Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)

User benefits and crowdsourcing - Articles in the spotlight MAJLIS BREMER-LAAMANEN (National Library of Finland, Helsinki, Finland)

Text mining newspapers and news content: new trends and research methodologies DEBORA CHENEY (The Pennsylvania State University Libraries)

The digitized newspaper collection as national patrimony of the Russian Federation A.A. DZHIGO (Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia)

Programme: http://conference.ifla.org/ifla79/session-153/ Papers: http://library.ifla.org/

Caxton to cloud: the future of news preservation, storage and access PATRICK FLEMING (The British Library, London, UK) Onewspaper clippings & news services for libraries: Experiences in Indian Libraries RAMESH C. GAUR, MAHESH CHAND, AMAR SINGH YADAV (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) and KAVITA GAUR (International Management Institute, New Delhi, India) From attic to online SUE KELLERMAN (Pennsylvania State University Libraries University Park, PA USA) and BECKY WILSON (Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, USA) The challenge of making digitised European newspaper content available online SUSAN REILLY (Liber, The Hague, Netherlands) Facing the future of Australian newspapers HILARY BERTHON and WAN WONG (National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia)

IFLA Newspapers Section, Speakers- Session 153

August 20, 2013

Papers: http://library.ifla.org

Frederick Zarndt, Section Chair

Erenst Anip, “Bringing the Past to the People : Outreach efforts and value-added content for Chronicling America in Hawaii and Vermont

[Front, l-r] Susan Reilly, Wan Wong, Hilary Berthon, Majlis Bremer-Laamanen, Becky Wilson, Sue Kellerman, Ramesh Gauer. [Back] Erenst Anip, Debora Cheney.

IFLA Newspapers Section, Summary – Newspapers:

global microcosm of themes ~ 33 presentations, ~14 countries

- SPH – Singapore

Press Holdings - NewspaperSG

Preservation Digitisation

- Crowdsourcing - Text mining - Users

- Genealogy - Local History - Ancestory - Family history - Roots - Heritage

- Legal Deposit - Publisher agreements - partnerships

- NewspaperSG - Trove - Europeana - Scriptorium - Chronicling America

- Users - Research - Education

- Copyright - Fund-raising - Donors - Sustainability - Discovery

- Outreach - Marketing - Social media

- OCR - Metadata - Born digital - Search Engine

Optimization

IFLA Newspapers Section Call for Papers

2014 IFLA International Newspaper Conference Start Spreading the News!

Date: February 4 – 5, 2014 Venue: FamilySearch Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah 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. To be held just prior to the 2014 RootsTech Family History and Technology Conference Feb 6-8 (https://rootstech.org/).

Planning Committee Members: Sue Kellerman, Pennsylvania State University,

Birdie MacLennan, University of Vermont, Frederick Zarndt, www.frederickzarndt.com Minna Kaukonen, National Library of Finland

Thank you! 謝謝

Newspapers Section www.ifla.org/newspapers

papers: library.ifla.org