News media material published online is an important first draft of history as the printed newspaper and broadcast news has been and still is. The digital transformation of news multiplies the usage and current online news media constantly develop new channels and modes of communication, redefine the roles of all stakeholders and transform the news in an infinite process.
The IFLA 2015 International News M edia Conference has as its focus the transformation aspects of born digital news media and the implications for long term archiving and access.
The main theme of the conference is: Transformation of the online news media: implications for preservation and access
with the following possible sub-themes – and papers chosen for presentation should address, but are not limited to:
Reporting the news in the digital and social media age:
from big corporations to citizen journalism
Trends in the news media market
The advertising industry and its influence on online news media
Latest initiatives and technologies in online news media preservation and access
Challenges in archiving, preserving and using online audiovisual material
Text mining born digital news content
Issues of e-legal deposit: online news media
Web harvesting of online news media
Issues on long term access to and preservation of news databases
Services built on born digital newspaper collections
Research being done on the basis of born digital news media collections
Users’ experiences with born digital news media collections -
usability expectations
Integrating born digital news media and digitized newspaper and audiovisual news collections