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VALA2014 Conference App

Introducing the VALA2014 Conference App

ShowGizmo VALA2014 App

ShowGizmo is the official smartphone app for VALA2014. Free to all VALA2014 delegates, the app is available for iPhone, Android and mobile web.

To download the app, scan the code below. Or go to your app store and search for “ShowGizmo” or use the Mobile web app by going to showgizmo.mobi. Enter the code in your handbook to gain access to the event and update your profile with any information you want other attendees to see.

Our “App Concierge”, Josh Dry, will be at the registration desk each morning and in the exhibition area throughout the day to help you download and use the app. You can send Josh personalised or anonymous messages to convey to keynote speakers on your behalf, and he will also be around to help you to post in the VALA2014 social media channels.

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VALA2014 Welcome to Melbourne

Welcome to Melbourne and the 2014 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle

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VALA leads the way in helping us to use and understand information and communication technologies across libraries, galleries, museums and archives. It is dedicated to the exchange of best practice, innovation and research and helps to create and exchange new ideas within our growing knowledge economy.

The theme for this conference is ‘streaming with possibilities’ and over four days it will feature six international keynote speakers, 45 concurrent sessions, more than 100 exhibitors and much more.

While you are in Melbourne I encourage you to explore our city’s restaurants, bars and superb entertainment venues and art galleries. Our waterfront in particular has been transformed and the banks of the Yarra now offer great new cafes and bars together with tranquil walking paths. I’m sure you will enjoy our beautiful city and take back fond memories of your time here.

Robert Doyle
Lord Mayor

 

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VALA2014 Boot Camp Session C Hyde

Transforming yourself for the future library

RMIT Publishing / VALAtech Boot Camp Session C
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 10:50 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-boot-camp-session-c-hyde

Justine Hyde

State Library of Victoria

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Abstract

Libraries are in the midst of a transformational change that is driven by complex shifts in their operating environment. Libraries are responding to these shifts in creative and novel ways in order to stay relevant and financially viable. Today’s library leaders must be prepared not only to transform their libraries, but also to transform themselves. Readers are invited to imagine their library in 2020, and to set out on the journey to transform their career in preparation for this future.

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VALA2014 Session 11 Butters

NFC-equipped smartphones: a two edged sword for library RFID systems

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Crossing the Stream
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-11-butters

Alan Butters

Sybis, Vic

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The last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of smartphones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities. NFC utilises several technologies that will allow a user’s Smartphone to interact with a range of other devices in ways that further expand the Smartphone’s utility and capability. The technology paves the way for smartphones to interact both positively and negatively with library RFID tags. This paper outlines the capabilities and penetration of NFC-equipped smartphones, and discusses a range of mitigation strategies that might be available to libraries where the threat aspect of NFC is of concern.

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VALA2014 Session 12 Joyce

Relying on customary practice when the law says ‘No’: justified, safe or simply ‘no go’

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Learning
Thursday 6 February 2014, 10:30 – 11:00
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-12-joyce

Tom Joyce

The University of Queensland

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Abstract

The Library, archive, cultural and educational sectors are likely to face many more years of copyright uncertainty and disconnect between copyright laws and norms. Legislative changes may narrow what has been a widening gap between the legal and the technologically possible, but evolving copyright norms are increasingly setting the boundaries of what is possible and prudent at a time when black letter law is struggling to keep pace with change.

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VALA2014 Session 12 Adams

I read this thing…: bringing professional development into the social media age

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Learning
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-12-adams

Holley Adams, Hugh Rundle and Hannah Munn

City of Boroondara Library Service, Vic

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This paper discusses the planning, implementation and ongoing expansion of an online professional development platform for City of Boroondara Library Service staff. “I read this thing…” is a project that attempts to address the professional development needs of our library staff by creating a self-supporting online workplace learning network. The authors identified flaws in the existing systems of informal learning and professional reading, and conducted a survey to identify staff learning needs and desires. An integrated system of online communication platforms was created to enable and encourage staff to share informal professional learning. The project is continuing to evolve in response to staff feedback and involvement.

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VALA2014 Session 13 Betti

GlamMap: visualising library metadata

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Engaging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-13-betti

Arianna Betti

VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dirk Gerrits and Bettina Speckmann

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Hein van den Berg

VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Libraries provide access to large amounts of library metadata. Unfortunately, many libraries only offer textual interfaces for searching and browsing their holdings. Visualisations provide simpler, faster, and more efficient ways to navigate, search and study large quantities of metadata. This paper presents GlamMap, a visualisation tool that displays library metadata on an interactive, computer-generated geographic map. We provide detailed discussion of how GlamMap benefits the work of librarians and researchers. We show how geographic representations help librarians to perform tasks such as collection assessment and how geographic information helps researchers to identify important scientific resources.

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VALA2014 Session 3 Whitehead

All on the ground: there is no cloud

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Cloud Gazing
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 12:00 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-3-whitehead

Derek Whitehead

Swinburne University of Technology, Vic

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The cloud is an information technology metaphor to inspire and frighten us all, but what does it mean? Is there a cloud at all? This presentation looks at how libraries, almost unawares, have taken to the cloud enthusiastically and ahead of the others. The paper looks at the cloud from the vantage points of an IT manager, a copyright officer and a librarian. It traces its development from opportunistic vendor-provided hosting and management of software and content, to the current cloud environment. It considers the clouds we all use. It looks at benefits and problems. And it looks ahead to a cheerfully cloudy future.

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VALA2014 Session 13 Fitzgerald

Engaging exclusion: what’s next for Australia’s digital future

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Engaging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
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Brendan Fitzgerald

Infoxchange, VIC

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Abstract

Digital inclusion is becoming one of the major social justice challenges of our time. Digital technologies now pervade every aspect of how we live, work and play. The longer term costs of digital exclusion have not been fully explored, and we do not have a national plan to mobilise a whole-of-community effort that ensures that all Australians can benefit from digital citizenship. Libraries and community organisations have increasingly played an important role in developing digital inclusion capacity. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding digital equality and examines how a collaborative national approach might be achieved.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Barwick

Hunters and collectors: seeking social media content for cultural heritage collections

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
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Kathryn Barwick and Mylee Joseph

State Library of New South Wales

Cecile Paris and Stephen Wan

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

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A novel approach to collecting digital content for heritage collections is being explored and assessed in a trial of Vizie, an innovative social media tool researched and developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Collecting digital content for heritage collections is a priority for research libraries and other cultural institutions. This paper reports on the progress and learnings to date of the ongoing collaboration between the CSIRO and the State Library of New South Wales. The aim of the collaboration is to gather and curate online content centred around significant events and every day life in Australia and New South Wales.

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