The IFLA News Media and International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) are teaming up again to host a series of workshops focusing on archiving news media. As most news is now published online, there is a growing interest to better understand the current best practices in web archiving. The main goal of our workshops is to examine and compare how organizations of varying sizes tackle this topic and to learn from their collective experiences. Through presentations and informal discussions, we will showcase diverse organizational approaches to archiving news media, including audiovisual content and social media, highlight key challenges, and explore innovative solutions. 

Our initial event on December 4, 2024 will feature a short introduction to the work of IIPC and IFLA News Media Section, and three use cases and help determine the specific topics of interest for future workshops based on community feedback. We invite you to stay tuned for information about subsequent events that will take place in the first quarter of 2025.

REGISTRATION

DECEMBER 4, 2024  10:00-11:30 EST | 15:00-16:30 UTC | 16:00-17:30 CET 

10:00-10:15
Introduction to IFLA News Media section: Karolina Holub, National and University Library in Zagreb
Introduction to IIPC: Olga Holownia, IIPC

10:15-10:30 
Nola N’Diaye, Deputy Head of the Digital Legal Deposit Department at the National Library of France (BnF) will discuss their work in news media archiving

10:30-10:45 
Örn Hrafnkelsson, Director of the National Collections and Digital Conversion Department, National and University Library of Iceland, will provide an overview of the library’s openly available web archive (vefsafn.is) and collection of the newspapers and periodicals of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland (timarit.is)

10:45-11:00
Abbie Grotke, Head of the Web Archiving Section, Library of Congress will explain LC’s thematic approach to web archiving as well as other more targeted approaches and provide a background on how that has impacted capturing news media in LC’s collections.

11:00-11:25 Q&A with all speakers

11:25-11:30 Wrap-up

IFLA/IIPC WORKSHOP PLANNING COMMITTEE 

Alexia Bauville, BnF (France)
Ana Krahmer, University of North Texas Libraries (United States)
Deborah Thomas, Library of Congress (United States)
Karolina Holub, National and University Library in Zagreb (Croatia)
Mark Phillips, University of North Texas Libraries (United States)
Natalia Márquez-Bustos, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia)
Olga Holownia, IIPC (United States)
Perla Olivia Rodriguez Reséndiz, UNAM (Mexico)
Kopana Terry, University of Kentucky Libraries (United States)

Contact: [email protected]