VALA2004 Session 1 Pymm

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Satellite capture of broadcast materials – archiving radio and television in the 21st century

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Managing Digital Objects
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 11:20 – 11:50

Dr Bob Pymm

Manager, Collection Development, ScreenSound Australia (the National Screen and Sound Archive)
http://www.nfsa.gov.au

Thorsten Kaeding

Project Officer, Satellite Capture Program, ScreenSound Australia (the National Screen and Sound Archive)
http://www.nla.gov.au

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For many years, ScreenSound Australia has acquired a sampling of television and radio broadcasts for its collections. Traditionally this has been done by sending out blank stock to broadcasters who then copy the selected programs and return them to the Archive. With the advent of satellite broadcasting, it is now possible to establish a real-time capture program which enables programs to be captured, catalogued and made available. This paper will look at establishment of a capture pilot program, some of the technical issues involved, problems of selection, and permissions and rights, cataloguing and making content available and impact on workflow practices and procedures.

VALA2004 Session 3 Solomons

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Beam me up! Supporting PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) in medical libraries: new technology, or just another format?

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: eBooks
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 10:45 – 11:15

Terena Solomons, 2002 VALA Travel Scholar

Library Manager, Hollywood Private Hospital Library
http://www.hollywood.ramsayhealth.com.au

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This paper, based on a research trip to North America in 2003, which was generously sponsored by the VALA Travel Scholarship program, reports on ways in which medical libraries are supporting clinicians in the use of hand held computer technology, specifically Personal Digital Assistants PDAs. The types of services and support offered by hospital and academic health science libraries include: evaluating and selecting PDA clinical content, circulating PDA devices pre-loaded with clinical content, creating websites with links to PDA resources, conducting training sessions, facilitating PDA User Groups, and providing synching cradles and beaming stations for clients. The paper examines library initiatives for integrating new handheld computer technology to services and collections and outlines some of the licensing models for PDA- formatted content.

VALA2004 Session 3 Abbott

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Sooner or later! – Have e-books turned the page?

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: eBooks
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 11:55 – 12:30

Wendy Abbott

Associate Director, Customer Services, Bond University Library
http://www.bond.edu.au

Kate Kelly

Electronic Services Librarian, Bond University Library
http://www.bond.edu.au

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Electronic journals have become well established in their various formats in university libraries while electronic books are still struggling to find their place. The notion that ebooks are a solution in search of a problem” still has some currency as libraries negotiate the various licensing and access issues associated with e-books. This paper will explore the theoretical and practical issues of implementing e-books in the tertiary education environment. Experiences at Bond University where the School of IT and the Library are collaborating to experiment with e-book solutions for IT students will be used to illustrate progress.

VALA2000 Session 8 Pymm

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Keeping the culture: archiving and the 21st Century

VALA 2000 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Multimedia
Thursday 17 February 2000, 14:35 – 15:05

Dr Bob Pymm

Manager, Collection Management, ScreenSound Australia (now the National Film and Sound Archive)
http://www.nfsa.gov.au

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Archiving for permanent retention is facing some major challenges as we move into the next millennium. These include issues relating to selection from a burgeoning mass of information being produced in a wide range of formats; issues relating to media longevity and equipment obsolescence; migrating information across formats; the commercialisation of activities; the growing impact of IT requirements and the complexity of copyright and other rights in digital materials.