Program - Academic - Friday and Saturday
Use the Learning and Development Conference Proposal to gain permission from your employer to attend NLS4
| Thursday December 4 2008 - PD Day |
| Click here to read about the PD Day organised for the day before the Official Conference starts. |
Friday December 5 2008 |
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| 7:45 - 8:45 | Registration commences | ||
| Morning sessions: | |||
| 9:00 9.05 | Introduction to NLS4, Day 1 | ||
| 9:05 9:10 | Gold sponsor address to symposium | ||
| 9:10 9.50 | Keynote in Event Room 2 : Breaking Barriers Janette Wright - CAVAL CEO - Read Abstract - |
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| 9.50 - 10.30 | Talks from the other (dark) side | ||
| 10:3010.40 | New Graduates Group | ||
| 10:4011.00 | Morning tea | ||
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Event Room 3 |
Event Room 2 |
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| 11:0011:30 | Librarians the keys to the future, or relics of the past? Ben Footner, City of Victor Harbor Library Service | Ahead of the curve keeping up-to-date with the library profession Michelle McLean, Casey Cardinia Library Corporation | |
| 11.3012.00 | Life in the baby boomer library world: a survival guide Ms Zaana J Howard, Lovell Chen Architects and Heritage Consultants | Oh give me land, lots of land under starry skies, dont fence me in the potential of ePortfolios to chart the new librarians career journey Gill Hallam, Queensland University of Technology | |
| 12.0012.30 | What happens when the baby boomers go.. Carolyn Bourke, Fairfield City Council | Got your first job as a librarian, now what? Breaking down barriers to reach your career goals Petrina Collingwood, RMIT University | |
| 12.30-1.00 | Why mentoring matters: a personal journey that created professional success Jill Benn, University of Western Australia & Michelle Brennand, City of Waneroo | Any old library job versus the job you really want Donna Leung, Yarra Libraries | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Lunch | ||
Event Room 3 |
Event Room 2 |
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| 1.45 2.05 | Bang for your buck: getting the best experience and value for money from your library association investment Katy Watson, University of the Sunshine Coast | How does Instant Messaging improve reference and information experiences of students in regional areas? Nicole Johnston, James Cook University | |
| 2.05 2.25 | First job, next job, this job: a plan for success Corrinne Hills, DRUG ARM Australasia | Dunn & Wilson Project Tales from outside the square Rebecca Evans, Tasmania Fire Service | |
| 2:25 2:45 | Taking Web 2.0 to Heart: a collaborative professional development program in a dispersed library service Rachel Crowe, Queensland Health Central Library & Amanda Brown, Queensland Health The Park Centre for Mental Health Library | This is not a normal library job! Christine May, Rockhampton Regional Council Libraries | |
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Event Room 2 |
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| 2:45 - 3:15 | Establishing a high school library on a remote island in the Pacific Katie Hannan | Why bother? The joys of professional involvement and how to get active Alyson Dalby | |
| 3:15 3.45 | A Flying Start at the University of Western Australia Library Breaking Internal Barriers Matt Stephenson, University of Western Australia | Web 2.0 and the Health of the Profession Deidre Lowe, University of Southern Queensland | |
| 3:45 - 4:15 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 4:15 4.55 | Keynote in Event Room 2: The Alexandrine Dilemma Mark Pesce. - Read Abstract - Sponsored by Swinburne University. |
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| 4:55 5.00 | Day 1 Closing remarks | ||
| 6:00-7:30pm | Cocktail Party at Experimedia, State Library of Victoria | ||
Saturday December 6 2008 |
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| 8:15 - 8:45 | Registration commences | ||
| Morning Sessions | |||
| 9:00-9:05 | Introduction to NLS4, Day 2 | ||
| 9:059.45 | Keynote in Event Room 2: Top 5 Things I Learned Through My Travels as a Librarian Elaina Norlin |
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| 9.4510.30 | Debate in Event Room 2: Should Librarians trained pre-Google be made to qualify again? |
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| 10.30-11:00 | Morning tea | ||
Event Room 3 |
Event Room 2 |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Stereotypes: time to move on or time to fight back Petra Dumbell & Vivien Lim, Curtin University of Technology | Books? What books? Sally Kudrna, Fairfax Media | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Librarian library = ? Professional development for non-traditional Librarians Naomi Doessell, Ernst & Young | Getting from A to B: A development framework for developing librarians Vanessa Warren, University of Tasmania | |
| 12:00-12:30 | Breaking in: issues faced by new graduates building an information management career Kathy Thorncraft & Matthew Davis, University of Sydney Library | Beyond the holy grail: why academic librarianship is more than just reference Rebecca Parker, Swinburne University of Technology | |
| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch (NGAC meeting 12.45-1.05 in Events Room 3) | ||
Event Room 3 |
Event Room 2 |
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| 1:15-1:45 | Brave new world: breaking barriers and embracing opportunities outside the library Nicola Giles, ProQuest & Daniel Hamid, Alexander Street Press, Australia and New Zealand | The Adventures of an Intrepid Librarian: Two months in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea Karyn R Siegmann, Bayside Library Service, Australia | |
| 1:45-2:15 | Endangered species critical Young peoples librarian Bernadette Franzoni, Private Consultant/Trainer of Young Peoples Library Services | Perspectives on the State Library Graduate Program - a great start for a new librarian, a new beginning for an ageing library Steve McQuade, State Library of Western Australia | |
| 2:15-2:45 | Want to be a good manager/leader looking past the obvious of childrens librarianship Joanne Potter, Wyong Shire Library and Information Service | Butting heads or building minds new librarians, experience librarians and the challenges of new technologies Bruce Klopsteins, National Library of Australia | |
| 2:45-3:15 | Afternoon tea | ||
| 3:15-4:00 | Keynote in Event Room 2: Shanachietour Down Under, breaking down library walls, searching and sharing best practice in libraries around the world. Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer - Read Abstract - sponsored by Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service, State Library of Victoria, Brisbane City Council, State Library of Queensland and Viclink. |
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| 4:00-4:45 | Keynote in Event Room 2: Bring out your Dead: The role of books in a post web 2.0 world Dr Sherman Young - Read Abstract - Sponsored by RMIT University |
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| 4:45-5.15 | Symposium closing remarks | ||
| 7.00-11.30 | Conference dinner at the Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||