From: "Cliff Lynch" <CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org>
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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 13:25:30 -0400
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Subject: Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving Online News -- Scholarships &
 Registration
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I wanted to share this announcement about scholarships for the the 
upcoming October 13-14,2016 conference Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving 
Online News that is being held at UCLA. My understanding is that 
regular registration is still open as well. The conference web site is 
at:

https://www.rjionline.org/dtmh2016


I had the opportunity to participate in  the first of this series of 
meetings, and found it very helpful. I am planning to attend this one 
as well, and look forward to seeing some CNI-announce readers there. 

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI

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DTMH 2016 at UCLA
 
Dodging the Memory Hole 2016: Saving Online News forum organizers today 
announced a travel scholarship program for select graduate students to 
attend the forum at the UCLA Library on Oct. 13 and 14. The travel 
scholarship committee is especially interested in working with students 
from underrepresented and underserved communities.

At the two day forum we will explore solutions to the most urgent 
threat to cultural memory today - the loss of online news content. 
Journalistic content published on websites and through social media 
channels, is fragile and easily lost in a tsunami of digital content. 
Join other professional journalists, librarians, archivists, 
technologists and entrepreneurs in addressing the urgent need to save 
the first rough draft of history in digital form.

The forum ― hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s 
Journalism Digital News Archive (JDNA), UCLA Library and the Educopia 
Institute ― will feature thought leaders, stakeholders and digital 
preservation practitioners who are passionate about preserving 
born-digital news. Sessions will update attendees about existing 
initiatives, examine critical issues and create a national agenda for 
protecting online journalism.
 
A Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from the Institute of 
Museum and Library Services will support these DTMH-IMLS scholarships, 
which will be offered to students enrolled in graduate programs (e.g., 
library/information science, journalism, computer science or related 
fields) in the U.S. A minimum of 10 students will be selected for the 
awards. As part of their participation, recipients are expected to 
complete short-term projects supporting the goals of the conference.