| BREAKING
BOUNDARIES: INTEGRATION & INTEROPERABILITY |
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12th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
AND EXHIBITION 3 - 5 February, 2004 Melbourne Convention Centre |
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| BREAKING
BOUNDARIES: INTEGRATION & INTEROPERABILITY |
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12th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
AND EXHIBITION 3 - 5 February, 2004 Melbourne Convention Centre |
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ASSOCIATED EVENTS |
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| If you are interested in organising a pre or post Conference workshop during VALA2004, please contact the Conference organisers. VALA is proud to support the following associated events: |
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ALIA Forum on Purchasing Agreements and Licensing
Monday 2 February 2004 |
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| Revolution or
Evolution? The impact of FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) Seminar Monday 2 February 2004 1.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Melbourne Convention Centre Corryong Rooms 1-5 Featuring a keynote address by Barbara Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, this seminar will provide an introduction to FRBR concepts and a description of Australian FRBR implementation and research projects. This professional development event for Australian cataloguers, metadata creators and system developers is being organised by the Australian Committee on Cataloguing. Further information: http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2004.html
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| SIRSI
User Group Wednesday 4 February 2004 
7.30 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. Melbourne Convention Centre Howqua Room 2 Members of the SIRSI Users Group Australasian Region and DRA users are invited to attend a breakfast meeting. Andrew Morrice from SIRSI Australia will address the meeting. Further information: Kate Curr - kate.curr@parliament.nsw.gov.au |
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| What's
New from CAVAL Collaborative Solutions Wednesday 4 February 2004  10.15am - 10.45am 12.45pm - 2.00pm 3.40pm - 4.10pm Melbourne Convention Centre Howqua Room 3 Financial constraints are a reality for libraries, so come and hear about CAVAL's exciting range of cost-effective services and products. Our expertise includes training, cataloguing, acquisitions, metadata, translation, statistics, storage, preservation, document delivery, consortia and product support. Further information: http://www.caval.edu.au/new/ or contact David Noble on +61 3 9450-5528, e-mail davidn@caval.edu.au
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| Australasian Voyager
Users Group Meeting Friday 6 February 2004  9.30 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monash University, Caulfield Campus Clayfield Room, Building A, Level 1 All users of Endeavor's Voyager system are welcome to attend (no registration is necessary). Please contact: Simon.Huggard@monash.edu.au |
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Successful Vendor Relationships Friday 6 February 2004 9.30am - 5.00pm Melbourne Convention Centre Howqua Room 2, Level 2 Learn the tips and tactics to help you negotiate with vendors Know what questions to ask Understand how to interpret and evaluate the deals you are offered This workshop, presented by CAVAL and EBSCO, will help you understand the business world in which your vendors operate and also learn how to analyse and interpret the information they give you. The speakers will be a mix of vendors, publishers and information professionals. Further information: email evec@caval.edu.au
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Gulliver Forum Friday 6 February 2004  9.15 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Victoria University 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne Level 12, Room 1 This one day forum will offer members and non-members of the Gulliver consortium the opportunity to have an in-depth look at the databases available through Gulliver/BRUCE. Vendors will be on hand to demonstrate their products, answer questions and provide information on new products and services. For further information, e-mail Julie Rae: jrae@chrlc.vic.gov.au |
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| Moving
Up the Value Chain - Proving that we're worth it! Friday 6 February 2004  9.00am - 5.00pm Melbourne Convention Centre Otway Room 2 Facilitators: Elizabeth Swan & Maree Lipschitz Tips and techniques for expressing the value that information professionals add, how to make it apparent to management, demonstrating & marketing the payoffs that the library provides, and maximising your information budget. Further information: email: e_swan@infoedge.com.au or telephone (02) 9371 0300. |
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| VICNET: How Far Down the Open Road?: e-diversity and libraries Friday 6 February 2004 9.00am - 5.00pm State Library of Victoria Latrobe Street, Roadshow Theatrette This mini conference and workshop to be held at the State Library of Victoria will explore where libraries are in relation to electronic services and developments for disadvantaged and diverse communities. For more information: http://www/openroad.net.au/conferences/2004/ or e-mail: info@openroad.vic.gov.au 
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| If you are interested in organising a pre or post Conference workshop during VALA2004, please contact the Conference organisers. |
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| VALA2004
Conference Organiser Waldron Smith Management 61 Danks Street Port Melbourne VIC 3207 AUSTRALIA Telephone: +61 3 9645 6311 Facsimile: +61 3 9645 6322 E-mail: info@wsm.com.au |
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Last updated 19 January 2004 |
