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To view a conference paper click on the paper title below or go to the Author Index for links to the paper. Note that, other than keynote presentations and some invited papers as indicated, each paper presented at the conference was fully refereed to DEST standards. That is, in a single-blind two-round process, at least two members of a national review panel have reviewed each paper. These papers are published over the web in .pdf (portable document format). To view a .pdf file you will require a copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader (a free product) installed on your computer. Click on the Adobe Reader logo at the side to download a copy. |
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Podcasts are now available. Click on the paper title within each session below or go to the Author Index for links to the podcast and paper. |
Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Wednesday 8 February 2006 |
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0730 - 1830 | Registration | ||
0900 - 1015 | OPENING: Room: Palladium C Sandra Vouch, Chair, VALA2006 Programme Committee PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Ted Chrisfield Willard McCarty, Reader in Humanities Computing, King's College London Individual matrix, communal workshop and "the living condition of the human mind" |
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1015 - 1045 | Morning Tea proudly sponsored by RMIT Publishing, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | ||
CONCURRENT SESSION 1: New Technology Room: Palladium C Chair: Darrin Vouch |
CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Digital Repositories Room: River Room 1 Chair: Helen Wolff |
CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Teaching and Learning Environments Room: River Room 2&3 Chair: Kim Tairi |
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1045 - 1115 | Warwick Cathro, National Library of Australia Improving information infrastructure: recent activities of the National Library of Australia |
Jane Hunter, DSTC, University of Queensland Scientific models - a user-oriented approach to the integration of scientific data and digital libraries |
Greg Anderson and Alison Rigby, University of Newcastle, NSW Internet café or learning environment? The University of Newcastle's Information Common after the first 18 months |
1120 - 1150 | Ksenija Obradovic, University of Auckland Library, New Zealand Intrepid traveller: the University of Auckland Library on the e-book journey |
Julie Woodland and Joanne Ng,
Curtin University of Technology, WA "Too many systems, too little time": integrating an eprint repository into a University publications system |
Sabina Robertson,
University of Melbourne, Vic Reaching postgraduate students across the Web: a librarian's experience of participating in the development of an online programme (Invited paper - not peer reviewed) |
1155 - 1230 | Anna Raunik, State Library of Queensland An investigation of streaming - webcasting and webconferencing technologies in the US and UK (2004 VALA Travel Scholar) |
Martin Borchert, Griffith University, Qld Changing user behaviour using a digital repository system |
Anita Crotty, University of Canberra, ACT Would you like a LOMS with your ILMS? Converging the library and learning management systems |
1230 - 1400 | Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | ||
CONCURRENT SESSION 4: New Technology Room: Palladium C Chair: Sandra Vouch |
CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Digital Repositories Room: River Room 1 Chair: Ebe Kartus |
CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Usability Room: River Room 2&3 Chair: Jane Viner |
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1400 - 1430 | Christine Lewis, Public Library Services, SA Wireless technology for South Australian public libraries: pilot project 2005 |
Andrew Treloar, Monash University, Vic
and Geoff Payne, La Trobe University, Vic The ARROW Project after 2 years: are we hitting our targets? |
Damian Lodge, Charles Sturt University, NSW What can librarians learn from the Internet's 10 most popular sites? |
1435 - 1505 | Sandra Jeffries and Corey Wallis,
University of Southern Queensland Library Exploring the application of RSS for library staff professional development and SDI services |
Kevin Bradley, National Library of Australia, ACT Digital sustainability and digital repositories |
Stephanie Foott and Simon Huggard, Monash University Library, Vic A usability study of the library catalogue at Monash University Library |
1510 - 1540 | Sean Volke, Thomson Gale, NSW Encouraging interaction online: the emerging roles of blogs/wikis/RSS in fostering and encouraging user participation |
Terry Morrow, JISC, UK Introducing Shibboleth in the UK: a progress report (Invited paper - not peer reviewed) |
Dey Alexander, Dey Alexander Consulting, Vic Usability versus accessibility: best friends or worst enemies? |
1540 - 1610 | Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | ||
1610 - 1725 | PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Andrew Treloar Sandy Payette, Researcher and Co-Director of the Fedora Project, Cornell Information Science, Cornell University, USA Choosing technology that can evolve with user needs: a service-oriented approach to e-research, e-scholarship and advanced scholarly publication |
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1730 - 1900 | Welcome Reception - Exhibition Area | ||
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Thursday 9 February 2006 |
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0800 - 1730 | Registration | |||
0900 - 1015 | PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Tom Denison Prof. Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science Universal Digital Library - connecting users to digital contents |
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1015 - 1045 | Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing, and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | |||
1045 - 1245 | Vendor Presentations | |||
1245 - 1400 | Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | |||
CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Delivering Online Content (formerly IP, Copyright and Rights Management) Room: Palladium C Chair: Louise Segafredo |
CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Digital and e-publishing Room: River Room 1 Chair: Janette Wright |
CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Metadata Room: River Room 2&3 Chair: Sue Steele |
CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Resource Capture and Access Room: Garden Room 2&3 Chair: June Anderson |
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1400 - 1430 | Laurie Atkinson, City of Boroondara, Vic and others Digital practice: Picture NSW and the development of guidelines for local digitising programs |
Paul Mercieca, RMIT University, Vic Changing patterns in scholarly publishing: interim report on ARC funded research project |
Lloyd Sokvitne, State Library of Tasmania, TAS Rediscovering metadata: an outcomes-oriented approach (Invited paper - not peer reviewed) |
Anat Meitar, Jewish Museum Of Australia, Vic Questions of terminology and classification in digitising a Jewish Culture Heritage Collection |
1435 - 1505 | Marie-Louise Ayres, Judith
Pearce and Dianne Dahlitz,
National Library of Australia, ACT Bringing the stories to the people: online sound at the National Library of Australia |
Ross Coleman, University of Sydney Library, NSW Sydney University Press: publication, business and the digital library |
Deidre Kiorgaard, National Library of Australia, ACT and Ebe Kartus,
Deakin University, Vic A rose by any other name?: from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access |
Prashanth Balajapally,
Sai Spurthi Institute of Technology, India and others Multilingual book reader: transliteration, word-to-word translation and full-text translation |
1510 - 1540 | PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Anne Beaumont Top Ten Tech Trends - Panel |
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1540 - 1610 | Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | |||
1610 - 1725 | PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Cathie Jilovsky Britta Woldering, Senior Librarian, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Connecting with users: Europe and multilinguality |
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1900 - 2300 | Conference Dinner - River Room | |||
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Friday 10 February 2006 |
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0800 - 1730 | Registration | ||
0900 - 1015 | PLENARY SESSION: Room Palladium C Chair: Simon Huggard Daniel Clancy, Engineering Director Google Print project, Google, USA Google Book Search: Making all the world's books fully searchable |
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1015 - 1045 | Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing, and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | ||
CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Information Management and Knowledge Sharing Room: Palladium C Chair: June Anderson |
CONCURRENT SESSION 12:
Collaboration and Consortia Room: River Room 1 Chair: Peter Carter |
CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide Room: River Room 2&3 Chair: Susan Bray |
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1045 - 1115 | Eve Young, Lynne Horwood
and Shirley Sullivan, University of Melbourne, Vic Supporting e-research at the University of Melbourne |
Fiona Rigby, Micheala O'Donovan
and Sam Searle National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa National, cross-sector, collaborative projects that worked at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa |
Don Schauder, Graeme Johanson,
and Wal Taylor Monash University, Vic Libraries, ICT policy, and Australian civil society: issues and prospects from a national consultation |
1120 - 1150 | Peter Thompson, La Trobe University Library, Vic 'Does it matter if the users are actually dead?' A database to re-connect with the borrowers and collection of a hundred year old library |
Geoff Chamberlain, North Shore Libraries and
Jeff Shaw, North Shore City Council, New Zealand Consortium - the way of the future |
Barry Nunn, State Library of New South Wales Putting the pieces together: connectivity, content and confidence |
1155 - 1230 | Andrew Treloar, Monash University and ARROW Project, Vic The Monash University Information Management Strategy: from development to implementation |
Andrew Wells, University of New South Wales The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online: an introduction |
Jo Manuel, Public Library Services, SA Impact of IT trainees in rural communities |
1230 - 1400 | Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area | ||
CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Digitisation and Managing Digital Objects Room: Palladium C Chair: Stephen Gillespie |
CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Application Customisation and Open Source Room: River Room 1 Chair: Teresa Wight |
CONCURRENT SESSION 16: Managing Internal and External Stakeholders Room: River Room 2&3 Chair: Dale Cousens |
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1400 - 1430 | Peter McGrath and Shirley Firth, State Library of Victoria Heritage Map Digitisation: an adventure in applying aspects of Digital Preservation Policy |
David Funnell, Eastern Regional Libraries, Vic Brushtail - an open source library intranet |
Sharon Karasmanis, La Trobe University, Vic Online Tutorials: delivering training in VDX Document Delivery to end users - on campus, off campus and offshore |
1435 - 1505 | John Laurie, University of Auckland Library, New Zealand Reviving the past: the Early New Zealand Books Online Project at the University of Auckland Library |
Tony Brooks, Sarah Field and Zan Li, City Library, Vic If you can't buy it, build it: adapting a generic commercial application to meet specific organisation goals |
Lily Gao, Bureau of Meteorology, Vic Accessing and using Australian university libraries' online information services - offshore experience |
1505 - 1540 | Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Viewing - Exhibition Area | ||
1540 - 1700 | PLENARY SESSION: Room: Palladium C Chair: Lian Todd Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc, USA The role of the library as an extension of the mind CLOSING: Room: Palladium C Darrin Vouch, President, VALA |
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1700 - 1830 | Farewell Refreshments | ||
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REGISTRATION DESK The Registration and Information Desk will be located on Level 1 of Crown Towers, and will be open from 1600 Tuesday 7 February 2006. Please call at the Registration Desk as early as possible to collect your name badge and Conference satchel. The staff at the Registration Desk will be happy to assist you in any way they can. |
FURTHER INFORMATION For further enquiries regarding the VALA2006 Conference, please contact the VALA2006 Conference Office. |
VALA2006 Conference Office Waldron Smith Management 61 Danks Street West 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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