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VALA2008 Session 2 Pang
Library manager perspectives of the Vocational Education Sector: investigating trends and issues within a Learning Commons paradigm
VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Library Spaces
Tuesday 5 February 2008, 11:20 – 11:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-2-pang
Natalie Pang
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Graeme Johanson
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
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Abstract
As a joint research project between Monash University and a partner organisation, the Victorian Association of TAFE Libraries (VATL), the study reported in this paper investigated challenges which face TAFE libraries. To assess the suitability of the Learning Commons concept, interviews, questionnaire surveys, and a conference dialogue between library managers were used. Important themes emerged and were evaluated. The paper explores significant findings from two surveys which show how TAFE libraries have changed as places and digital spaces.
VALA2006 Session 13 Schauder
Libraries, ICT policy, and Australian civil society: issues and prospects from a national consultation
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide
Friday 10 February 2006, 10:45 – 11:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-13-schauder
Don Schauder
Chair, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Graeme Johanson
Director, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Wal Taylor
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, and Professor of Community Informatics and the Information Society, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au and http://www.cput.ac.za
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Abstract
The vision of Australia as a knowledge society underpinned by e-democracy was strongly articulated in national consultations towards an information economy strategy for Australian civil society in 2003 – 2005. The consultations had two purposes:
- To assist with Australia’s contributions to the two UN/ITU World Summits on the Information Society (Geneva in 2003, Tunis in 2005),
- To complement Australia’s Framework for the Information Economy 2004-2006, a major policy statement by the Australian government.
This paper gives an account of the research approach used for the consultations, reports on major findings from the consultative process, and offers comment on these from a library perspective. In the interests of spreading useful and reliable knowledge as widely as possible, improving engagement with their communities, and bettering their reputation worldwide, libraries should work harder to play a key role in the concerns enumerated by civil society.