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Wednesday, 3 September 2008

7.30 am Registration
7.30 am First Timers' Breakfast - sponsored by Australian Bureau of Statistics
9.00 am Opening Ceremony
9.45 am Keynote Speaker 1 Martin Nakata - 101
Towards Guidelines and Practices in Australian Indigenous Digital Collections
10.30 am Morning Tea
  Concurrent 1 - Policy Concurrent 2 - Public Concurrent 3 - Access Concurrent 4 - Health
11.00 am The way forward: implementing the National Policy Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library Services and Collections - 102
Robert Barty
State Library of Queensland, Qld
[ paper 170KB ]
The fridge: communication matters at the SLV - 105
Greg Honeyman
State Library of Victoria, Vic
[ paper 155KB ]
Informed decision making: Statistical Literacy & Librarians - 108
Michael Janssen-Gibson
Australian Bureau of Statistics, ACT
Living Knowledge Learning Networks
Prof Shane Houston
System Performance and Aboriginal Policy, NT Dept health & Community Services and the University of Notre Dame, Sydney
11.30 am Tracking the ATSILIRN Protocols: maintaining the focus on Indigenous library issues - 103
Alana J Garwood-Houng
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, ACT
[ paper 121KB ]
Meeting users online - public libraries' experiences with Library 2.0 - 106
Michelle McLean
Casey Cardinia Library Corp., Vic,
Glenn Harper
Frankston Library Service, Vic
[ paper 135KB ]
Sharing theDREAM: libraries as community hubs - 109
Margaret Birtley
Collections Council of Australia, Australia
[ paper 148KB ]
CareSearch: supporting knowledge translation in palliative care* - 112
Ruth Sladek & Jennifer Tieman
Caresearch, Flinders University
[ paper 112KB ]
12.00 am A national public library agenda: establishing a framework for the future - 104
Roxanne Missingham
Parliament House, ACT
[ paper 291KB ]
Who are the virtual visitors to the library and what are they doing?- 107
Vivienne K Waller
Swinburne University of Technology, Vic
[ paper 373KB ]
Trying to do the right thing: access and publication of Indigenous collections- 110*
Jenny J Ellis
University of Melbourne, Vic
[ paper 186KB ]
Launch 4th Edition Guidelines for Australian Health Libraries 2008
Lindsay Harris
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA
Sue Hutley
Executive Director ALIA
12.30pm Lunch
1.30 pm Keynote Speaker 2 Anita Heiss - 114
Indigenous Literacy: A National Crisis
  Concurrent 5 - Technical Concurrent 6 - Public Concurrent 7 - Special Concurrent 8 - Health
2.15 pm A comparison of the new RDA carrier and content typologies with end-user categorisations - 115*
Dr Philip M Hider
Charles Sturt University, NSW
[ paper 201KB ]
Unpacking the knowledge centre concept - 117*
Jason M Gibson
Northern Territory Library, NT
[ paper 269KB ]
Information catalysts in the emergency sector: partnerships that work! - 119
Troy K Watson and Enola Johnson
Emergency Management Australia, Vic
[ paper 141KB ]
Surveying client satisfaction: taking the next step (a case study) - 121*
Brigitte Glockner
Women & Newborn Health Service, Qld
[ paper 233KB ]
2.45 pm Hunting and gathering in the digital world to build a keeping place for the future - 116
Rod L Stroud
Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies, ACT
[ paper 136KB ]
Indigenous knowledge centres - the Queensland experience six years on - 118
Renee Colless
State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Library Services Cairns, Qld
[ paper 137KB ]
Livestock Library - a dream come true - 120
Ruth M McIntyre
Western Australia Department of Agriculture & Food, WA
[ paper 153KB ]
Improving the health and wellbeing of ATSI women: the role of health professionals - 122*
Dr Jane Simon
QEII Hospital, Qld
Janet Iffinger
Rockhampton Base Hospital

ICML 2009 PromotionHeather Todd
Convenor Health Libraries Australia, University of QLD
[ paper 149KB ]
3.15 pm Afternoon Tea
  Concurrent 9 - Archiving Concurrent 10 - Public Concurrent 11 - Special Concurrent 12 - Health
3.45 pm Web archiving in a Web 2.0 world - 124
Edgar A Crook National Library of Australia, ACT
[ paper 123KB ]
New and old directions in Indigenous services - 126
Melissa J Jackson
State Library of New South Wales, NSW
Ronald B Briggs
NSW
[ paper 90KB ]
So tell me what youwant: Applying evidence-based librarianship to the user experience in a special library - 128
Anne Tobin
Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Water, Qld
[ paper 172KB ]
How low can you go? Toward a hierarchy of grey literature - 130
Jessica Tyndall
Flinders University, School of Medicine, SA
[ paper 237KB ]
4.15 pm Politics, literature and circumnavigating the world: the what, why and how of digital collections at Curtin University Library - 125*
Dr Gaby Haddow
Curtin University of Technology, WA
Akaltye Antheme: a continuing partnership - 127
Fiona DA Blackburn

Sylvia Neale

Alice Springs Public Library, NT
[ paper 153KB ]
  Beyond the Blame Game: National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Proposal
Dr Stephen Duckett, Queensland Health Reform


5.00 pm Dr Duckett will be available to sign his book "Australian Health Care System", sponsored by Ramsay's Books
4.45 pm Poster Viewing - sponsored by Taylor & Francis
5.30 pm Happy Hour - sponsored by Eastend Booksellers Pty Ltd
6.45 pm Australian Premiere of The Hollywood Librarian (documentary) - sponsored by DA



Thursday, 4 September 2008

9.00 am Welcome & Housekeeping
9.15 am Keynote Speaker 3 Claudia Lux
Libraries on the Agenda - Experiences from IFLA and Library Associations' Advocacy
10.00 am Presentation of Awards
10.30 am Morning Tea
  Plenary - Workforce Planning
11.00 am Beyond a dream: the real picture of employment in the library and information services sector in Australia - 202
Dr Gillian Hallam
Queensland University of Technology, Qld
[ paper 80KB ]
11.45 am Researching and benchmarking best practice in library staff development: a joint Australia-UK study - 203
Richard Sayers
CAVAL
Ian Smith
La Trobe University, Vic
[ paper 225KB ]
12.30 pm Lunch
Poster Viewing - sponsored by Taylor & Francis
1.30 pm Keynote Speaker 4 Inga Lundén
The New City Library. More than a House for Knowledge and Dreams
  Concurrent 13 - Workforce planning Concurrent 14 - Youth Concurrent 15 - Arts Concurrent 16 - Public
2.15 pm Library education 2.0 - shaping the librarian of the future - 205*
Bob Pymm, Damian E Lodge & Jake Wallis
Charles Sturt University, NSW
[ paper 207KB ]
Transit lounge: transforming Caboolture Shire Libraries - 207
Jane A Frawley
Caboolture Shire Council, Qld
Lisa A Burnett
Youth Arts Queensland, Qld
[ paper 150KB ]
Creating visibility: discovering artists' archives and ephemera at the National Gallery of Australia Research Library - 208
Joye Volker & Jennifer Coombes
National Gallery of Australia, ACT
[ paper 145KB ]
"We would if we could, but it's not in the budget ..." Success stories in third-party funding for public library programs - 210
Jack L Goodman
Tutoring Australasia
[ paper 134KB ]
2.45 pm Workforce planning and career development for library staff in the 21st century - 206
Karen A Kealy
University of Melbourne
[ paper 289KB ]
Check it out: Creating Youth development Opportunities through library Programming
Keryl Collard
Maitland City Council
M is for meeting places: the Arts Libraries' Society of Australia and New Zealand builds a virtual Web 2.0 'clubhouse' - 209
Ellen E Thompson
Queensland University of Technology, Qld
Kelly McKeon
National Art School
Luisa M Rossitto
Queensland University of Technology, Qld
[ paper 132KB ]
Re-imagining Library Services: implementing NSLA's collaborative strategic plan - 211
Alan Smith
Chairman NLSA
3.15 pm Afternoon Tea
  Concurrent 17 - Workforce planning Concurrent 18 - Public Concurrent 19 - Arts  
3.45 pm Flexible futures: the academic liaison librarian - 212
Richard Dearden
Queensland University of Technology
[ paper 132KB ]
Connecting with the community: Strategies to help public libraries better engage with 'hard to reach'groups - 214
Debra M Rosenfeldt
State Library of Victoria, Vic
[ paper 136KB ]
A restaurant meal on a McDonald's budget OR how to provide quality service delivery on a shoestring: dream or reality? - 216
Andrea G McKey
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, NT
[ paper 163KB ]
 
4.15 pm Dreaming of data: the library's role in supporting eResearch and data management - 213
Margaret E Henty
Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories
[ paper 168KB ]
Living libraries Australia: Communities and libraries partnering for social change - 215
Shauna L McIntyre
Lismore City Council, NSW
John Lessup
Living Book
[ paper 290KB ]
Fan their flames: a collaborative model for information delivery to Indigenous students at the Victoria College of the Arts Library, University of Melbourne - 217
Georgina M Binns
Victoria College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Vic
Michelle Evans
Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts & Cultural Development, University of Melbourne, Vic
[ paper 213KB ]
 
4.45 pm Close
7.30 pm Conference Dinner - sponsored by Civica



Friday, 5 September 2008

9.00 am Welcome & Housekeeping
9.15 am Keynote Speaker 5 Stephen Abram
Big Stuff - Library Challenges
10.00 am Re-imagining Library Services: a new collaborative vision - 302
Alan Smith, Chairman NLSA
10.10 am Exhibiton Viewing
10.30 am Morning Tea
  Concurrent 20 - Space Concurrent 21 - Collections Concurrent 22 - Research
11.00 am Changing library types: the journey from joint use to public library - 303*
Kimberley A Hargrave
Two Wells Public Library, SA
[ paper 255KB ]
Print and electronic integration: the collection development challenge - 306
Stephen Pugh
Coutts Information Services, USA
[ paper 182KB ]
Are library and information professionals ready for evidence-based practice? - 309
Clare Thorpe
State Library of Queensland
Helen Partridge & Sylvia Edwards
Queensland University of Technology
[ paper 345KB ]
11.30 am Libraries to 2025 - turning dreams for new public libraries into reality - 304
Carolyn J Robertson
Christchurch City Libraries, NZ
Sally H Thompson
NZ
[ paper 195KB ]
Sharing and saving: calculations towards an Australian print repository - 307*
Dr Paul W Genoni
Curtin University of Technology, WA
[ paper 253KB ]
Dreaming of a brighter future: Australian libraries, librarians and research* - 310
Dr Kerry Smith
Curtin University of Technology, WA
[ paper 174KB ]
12.00 pm Redevelopment and reinvention: rethinking reference services at the State Library of Queensland - 305
Vicki McDonald
Sandra Duffield
State Library of Queensland, Qld
[ paper 190KB ]
Smart-client approaches to digital archiving of e-journals - 308*
Dr Edmund Balnaves
Prosentient Systems Pty Ltd, NSW
Mark Chehade
[ paper 197KB ]
Not yours, not mine ... but ours: integrating learning skills for integrated learning - 311
Judith Peacock
Queensland University of Technology, Qld
[ paper 253KB ]
12.30 pm Lunch
  Concurrent 23 - Communities Concurrent 24 - International Concurrent 25 - Academic
1.15 pm A partnership for access: the Koori Pathways Project - a reflective view - 312
Sheila Atley
Goulburn Valley Regional Library Corporation, Adult Services
Sharon Atkinson Firebrace
Co-ordinator of the Koori Library Pathways Project
Tui Crumpen
Koori Library Pathways Project
[ paper 105KB ]
Water buffaloes in the locker: establishing a learning resource centre in northern Vietnam - 315
Bernadene Sward

[ paper 143KB ]
Towards a learning commons: modelling a transformation of library services and information resource provision in the Vocational Education Sector in Victoria, Australia - 318*
Zita A Youens
Holmesglen Institute of TAFE, Vic
[ paper 153KB ]
1.45 pm Once upon a time in Kogarah ... or the role of the public library in the community's narrative journey - 313
Linda M Heald
Kogarah Library & Cultural Centre
[ paper 147KB ]
Libraries at the forefront of the Australian 'Pacific Strategy': law and justice sector - 316
Mark Carpenter
Karyn Gladwish
Attorney-General's Department, ACT
[ paper 149KB ]
Growing in esteem and dreaming large - from library to learning hub and back again: the redevelopment of the Eastern Resource Centre within the framework of the Melbourne Model - 319
Helen Page
University of Melbourne, Vic Mbr>Peta Humphreys
Australia
[ paper 154KB ]
2.15 pm Memory Victoria: a statewide local history initiative for public libraries - 314
Sarah Slade
Debra Rosenfeldt State Library of Victoria, Vic
[ paper 160KB ]
Libs for Africa: how communication and networking shaped this succesful fundraising initiative within the Australian library community - 317
Sharon M Karasmanis
La Trobe University, Vic
[ paper 130KB ]
Turning 'cold sellers' into 'must haves' - marketing unsought library products - 320
Julie C Badger
Swinburne University of Technology, Vic
[ paper 171KB ]
2.45 pm Helping to keep culture strong: Northern Territory Library's award-winning Indigenous library program - 321
Jo McGill
Northern Territory Library, NT
[ paper 159KB ]
3.15 pm Keynote Speaker 6 Loriene Roy
ALA and the Intersection of Indigenous Library Services and Values - 201
4.10 pm Closing remarks Derek Whitehead, ALIA President
4.20 pm Conference Closing by Co-Convenors Denise Seniors and Sonia Sumner
4.30 pm Farewell Drinks - sponsored by Bibliotheca RFID



Poster Session
Wednesday, 3 September 2008
16:45 - 17:30

Quality Management Systems - the easy way! - 401
Ms Jill Watson
Karyn Siegmann, Bayside Library Service

Information Soup - There's Lots of it but is it Nutritious? - 402
Ms Rosalie H Day, Community Information Strategies Australia Inc.

Dreaming the Future, Making it Real: A Library Service Model for the State Library of New South Wales - 403
Ellen M Forsyth, State Library of New South Wales
Ms Mylee J Joseph, State Library of New South Wales

Expanding the Space of the Possible - the Phoenix Emerging from the Hearth. Understanding Changes in School Libraries in the Light of Complexity Theory and Emergent Thinking - 404
Mrs Robyn A Markus-Sandgren, St Hilda's School, Southport, Queensland

California Dreaming: Reflections on a Professional and Personal Journey in Southern California - 405
Jill E Benn, University of Western Australia

Six Keys for Developing and Implementing a Successful Information Literacy Training Program - 406
Ms Janine McLennan, Library Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Ms Nicole Maher, Library Services, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Why the Library and Computing Center Divorce? A Proposal for Constructing a Communication Pattern - 407
Chiou-shu J Hwang, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan

Perchance to Dream?? The Realisation of Quality Management at Macquarie University Library - 408
Mr Haven HW Tso, Macquarie University Library

Talkin Together: Caboolture Shire Libraries Engaging with Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities - 409
Kerry A Griffith, Caboolture Shire Council
Ms Gail A Robinson, Consultant

Morphing eBooks: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral? - 410
Cassandra Perry, Coutts Information Services

Promoting Library Careers - 411
Chris L Kelly, Brimbank City Council

New Models of Collaboration: Across Library Sectors, Geographic Locations and Education Boundaries - 412
Ms Lynne M Vautier, Curtin University of Technology Library

What do McDonalds, Gloria Jeans & Public Libraries have in common? - 414
Mr Geoff Strempel, Public Library Services South Australia

Flick(r)ing Through the Library's Year: Curtin University Library in the 365 Library Days Photograph Project - 415
Mary Anne Schooling, Curtin University Library

Innovative Use of ePrints (UTAS Repository Software) for Digitising, Preserving and Providing Access to Nationally Important Historic Collections - 416
Ms Lynn Davies, University of Tasmania
Gillian M Ward, University of Tasmania

AustLit and Black Words - 417
Joan Keating, AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource

RDA: The New Cataloguing Standard for the Digital Age - 418
Catherine Argus, Bibliographic Standards and Strategy, national library of Australia

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