Newspapers in International Librarianship: Papers presented by the Newspapers at IFLA General Conferences: 107 (IFLA Publications, 107) - Hardcover

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

The present volume unites papers read at the IFLA General Conferences and sponsored by the IFLA Round Table of Newspapers from the last decade. The subjects cover a wide scale, from production and acquisition to access, preservation, and digitization. A special feature is the occasional focus on indiviual regions, which gives details otherwise not easily available, ranging from China to Latin America. On account of the original oral presentation, some papers are concise surveys while others are in-depth studies that were given in abbreviated form at the conferences. This wealth of material emphasizes the growing importance as source material for historical research, the need for more systematic preservation, the desirability of more comprehensive digitization projects, and in general of improved access to newspapers on a worldwide scale. The present volume also shows the motivation and enthusiasm of members of the IFLA Round Table (now Section) on newspapers in alerting librarians and archivist to pay more attention to this difficult but most interesting and influential media.