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SUMMARY:Local – African – Global: the dynamics of news media and how libraries cope with it
DESCRIPTION:\nhttp://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/993 ( http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/993 )\nOrganiser: IFLA News Media Section\nThe News Media Section ( http://www.ifla.org/news-media ) (formerly Newspapers Section) is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at a session during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa 15-21, August 2015 (exact date of the open session to be announced later).\nInformation is a key factor for sustainable development, democratic societies and economic growth. The equitable right and freedom of access to information contained in news should be guaranteed by  libraries. Citizen journalism, social media and the growing sector of new information channels entail enormous changes for democratic development, and, on the other hand, libraries face new challenges in preserving them as historical resources for tomorrow. This session will give attention to library as well as political aspects of the theme, with a particular focus on the African news and news channels.\nThe date of the Session will be announced later.\nOpen Session Theme:  Local – African – Global: the dynamics of news media and how libraries cope with it\nSub-themes:\n\nLocal news and newspapers as cultural heritage and historical sources\nLocal media in Africa and their role in community building and society: representation, agents of change, and critical relationships?\nNews in new channels, social media, networks (and their function for social movements, etc.)\nResearch on African news media\nCollecting news media in Africa, including legal deposit of news in any media\nNews media in digitization strategies of libraries\n\nOther proposals relevant to the main conference theme will also be considered.\nSubmission Guidelines\nProposal abstracts for the IFLA Open Session must be submitted by 31 January 2015, must be in English or French and should clearly include:\n\nTitle of the proposed presentation\nAbstract of proposed paper (no more than 300 words)\nName(s) of presenter(s) plus position and/or title\nEmployer / affiliated institution\nContact information including e-mail address, telephone number\nShort biographical statement of authors(s)\n\nLanguage of the paper and presentation: English or French.\nProposal abstracts should be submitted to (yes to all 3 reviewers!):\nKrista Kiisa \nEmail: krista.kiisa@nlib.ee ( mailto:krista.kiisa@nlib.ee )\nUlrich Hagenah\nEmail: hagenah@sub.uni-hamburg.de ( mailto:hagenah@sub.uni-hamburg.de )\nMazelan bin Anuar \nEmail: mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg ( mailto:mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg )\nSelected presenters will be notified by 10 March 2015.\nAccepted papers\n\nComplete accepted papers should be 3000-6000 words in length and be an original submission not published elsewhere\nComplete accepted papers and accompanying presentation slides must be submitted by the end of June 2015\nFinal papers should be written in any of IFLA’s official languages\n12-15 minutes will be allowed for the delivery of the paper\nThe papers will be made available on the Conference website and eventually in the IFLA Library ( http://library.ifla.org )\nAuthor(s) must agree to make their paper available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 )\n\nTo discuss any matter relating to this Call for Papers, please contact:\nKrista Kiisa (krista.kiisa@nlib.ee ( mailto:krista.kiisa@nlib.ee ))\nUlrich Hagenah (hagenah@sub.uni-hamburg.de ( mailto:hagenah@sub.uni-hamburg.de ))\nMazelan bin Anuar (mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg ( mailto:mazelan_anuar@nlb.gov.sg ))\nRegistration\nRegistration information will be posted on the conference website at the beginning of 2015.\nImportant dates\n\n\n\n31 January 2015:\nAbstracts due\n\n\n10 March 2015:\nAcceptance notices sent to authors\n\n\n30 June 2015:\nCompleted papers and presentation submitted\n\n\n\n\nSubmissions\nAll proposals must be in before 31 January 2015.\n\nPlease note\nAll expenses, including registration for the conference, travel, accommodation etc., are the responsibility of the authors/presenters. No financial support can be provided by IFLA, but a special invitation letter ( http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/node/75 ) can be issued to authors.\nCongress Participation Grants\nList of opportunities for support is available on our Conference Participation Grants ( http://conference.ifla.org/ifla81/conference-participation-grants ) webpage.\n\n
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