| 1:30-1:45pm | Warren Horton National Library of Australia | Opening Ceremony |
| 1:45-2:30pm | Fij Miller Office of the Small Business Advocate | Career Planning |
| 2:45-3:30pm | Bill Cations, Margie Russon Flinders University Central Library | Trainee librarians Flinders University Library has set aside a number of continuing positions for new graduates who do not have any library experience and who are interested in a career in university libraries. The trainee program has been successful in providing inexperienced new graduates with job opportunities and in providing the library with bright, flexible and enthusiastic new staff members. |
| 2:45-3:30pm | Christine Bruce Queensland University of Technology | Embedding reflective practice in professional practice with portfolios Discover how to use a personal professional portfolio to advantage. Identify ideas and strategies for using portfolios by discussing them with colleagues. |
| Afternoon tea 3:30-4:00pm |
| 4:00-4:45pm | ALIA Board of Education | Continuing Education |
| 4:45-5:45pm | To be advised | Panel: What they didn't teach me in library school |
Fringe dinner: T Chow Chinese Restaurant (Cost $20) 7:30pm Chinatown, 60 Moonta Street, Adelaide
Sunday 25 October 1998 |
| 9:00-10:15am | Vini Ciccarello South Australian Member of Parliament Christine Harrison SA Dept of Education, Training and Employment Jan Gaebler Ask Jan Peter Murdoch University of Adelaide | Panel: People in alternative careers |
| Morning tea 10:15-10:45am |
| 10:45-11:30am | Carolyn McSwiney Monash University Ann Ritchie Hollywood Private Hospital Moyra McAllister Blake Dawson Waldron Clare Aitken Institute of Aviation Medicine | Programs and progress! Professionalism through ALIA mentoring Challenged, motivated and committed! Whether mentor or mentoree, mentoring programs are not for the fainthearted. These programs are a rewarding way of contributing to your profession and professional association. |
| 11:30-1:00pm | Gordon Bower ACLIS Alan Bundy University of South Australia Bill Cations Flinders University Central Library Annette Chalmers St. Peters College Robyn Collins State Library of South Australia Jan Gaebler Ask Jan Michael Gorman California State University Warren Horton National Library of Australia | Mentoring workshops |
| 11:30-1:00pm | Yvonne Ladd Adelaide Institute of TAFE John Levett Australian Library Journal Ian McCallum Libraries Alive Fay Nicholson Consultant Kay Poustie City of Stirling Phil Teece ALIA Derek Whitehead State Library of Victoria | Mentoring workshops |
| 1:00-1:15pm | Warren Horton National Library of Australia | Summing up |
| Lunch with mentors |