Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
2 Clarendon Street
Southbank VIC 3006
Australia
Tel + 61 3 9235 8000
Fax + 61 3 9235 8001
www.mcec.com.au
Venue directions

For further enquiries regarding the VALA2010 Conference, please contact:

VALA2010 CONFERENCE OFFICE
WALDRONSMITH Management
61 Danks Street West
Port Melbourne VIC 3207
AUSTRALIA
T +61 3 9645 6311
F +61 3 9645 6322
E info@wsm.com.au

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION DESK

The VALA2010 Conference Registration and Information Desk will be located on the concourse, opposite Door 7 of the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and will be open as follows:

Monday 8 February
0830 – 1745

Tuesday 9 February
0800 – 1800

Wednesday 10 February
0800 – 1800

Thursday 11 February
0800 – 1745

Avoid the long queues calling 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.

DISCLAIMER: The conference programme outlined in the Main Announcement and Registration brochure is preliminary and is subject to change. VALA reserves the right to alter this programme as planning progresses. Information will be updated regularly on the Conference web site.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME AND LINKS TO PAPERS

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To view a Conference paper click on the title below or go the Author Index.

Monday 8 February 2010

NEW to VALA in 2010

If the VALA L-Plate Series is a fun way to brush up on your knowledge, the VALAtech Boot Camp is our new series of high-end technical and practical sessions. Book into these interactive sessions (no passive participation here) and expand your knowledge of some of the key and emerging technologies used today. As a high-end and practical stream, a core level of technical knowledge is required. Participants are also asked to bring their notebooks / netbooks. All Boot Camp sessions are Macintosh and PC-friendly. The VALAtech Boot camp is free to delegates, and spaces are strictly limited. The VALAtech Boot Camp runs from Monday 8 February to Thursday 11 February.

Detailed VALAtech Boot Camp programming and booking information available here.

On Monday 8 February, VALA will present the 2010 L-Plate Series. This is a series of introductory sessions focusing on technologies that will be discussed in more detail during the VALA conference. Brush up your knowledge and enhance your VALA2010 Conference experience by attending the VALA L-Plate Series. This series, which runs from 1300 to 1730, is free to all VALA2010 Conference delegates. The 2008 VALA L-Plate series proved to be very popular, with 96% saying it exceeded their expectations, so book early as spaces are limited. L-Plate Series registration includes afternoon tea.

Detailed VALA L-Plate Series programming and booking information available here.

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Tuesday 9 February 2010

0800 - 1800	Registration
0900 - 0905	Opening Address and Welcome David Feighan, VALA2010 Conference Committee Chair
0905 - 1015	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall, Doors 9 & 10 Karen Calhoun, OCLC, USA The emergent library: new lands, new eyes
1015 - 1050	Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Discovery Room: Plenary Hall	CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Physical and Virtual Access Room: 219 - 220	CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Repositories Room: 212 - 213	VALAtech Boot Camp Session B Room: VALA Showcase space
1050 - 1120	Bobby Graham and Paul Hagon, National Library of Australia Making our catalogue as easy as 1, 2, 3	Michelle McLean and Linda Burridge, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, Vic From mess to CMS: the transformation of a library website	Danny Kingsley,Australian National University, ACT The advocacy and awareness imperative: a repository overview	Video: Negotiating the Online and Mobile Space Facilitators: Simon Goodrich and Al Cossar, Portable Film Festival, Melbourne, Victoria High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO laptop/netbook. Click here for details and booking.
1125 - 1155	Karen Joc and Kayo Chang, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates The impact of discovery platforms on the information seeking behaviour of ESL undergraduate students	Rachel Chidlow and Hester Mountifield, University of Auckland, New Zealand Aging gracefully?  Reviewing and enhancing Information Commons services at the University of Auckland	Simon Huggard and Michele Hosking, State Library of Victoria Go with the flow: data management and synchronisation across systems at the State Library of Victoria
1200 - 1230	Jane Burke, Serials Solutions, USA Discovery versus disintermediation: the new reality driven by today's end-user	Mal Booth, Sophie McDonald and Belinda Tiffen, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW A new vision for university libraries: towards 2015	Adrian Burton and Andrew Treloar, Australian National Data Service, Vic "Publish My Data": the design and implementation of a loosely-coupled data 'publishing' service
1230 - 1405	Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 4: Discovery Room: Plenary Hall	CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Metrics Room: 219 - 220	CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Repositories Room: 212 - 213	VALAtech Boot Camp Session C Room: VALA Showcase space
1405 - 1435	John Garraway, The University of Auckland, New Zealand The Big BUT: the influence of business, users, and technology on unified resource discovery	David Wells and Petra Dumbell, Curtin University of Technology, WA Ebook usage at Curtin University Library: patterns, projections and strategy	Andrew Harrison and Sam Searle, Monash University, Vic Not drowning, ingesting: dealing with the research data deluge at an institutional level	Semantic Web APIs Facilitator: Thomas (Tom) Tague, OpenCalais, USA High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO laptop/netbook. Click here for details and booking.
1440 - 1510	Michael Gonzalez, University of Western Sydney Beyond the grave: where to with gen (wh)Y?	Lynne Horwood and Sabina Robertson, University of Melbourne, Vic Role of bibliometrics in scholarly communication	Jean-Gabriel Bankier, Tim Tamminga and Courtney Smith, Berkeley Electronic Press (Bepress), USA Digital repositories at a crossroads: achieving sustainable success through campus-wide engagement
1515 - 1545	Shirley White, Roxanne Missingham and Rina Brettell, Parliament House, ACT All aboard ParlInfo Search: the journey towards integrated access to bibliographic and full text information from the Parliament of Australia	Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee, USA and Donald King, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA Value and future of library e-resources	David Groenewegen, Australian National Data Service ANDS responses to the data management challenges in the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research
1545 - 1620	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
1620 - 1730	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall Thomas Tague, Thomson Reuters, USA Next up? The linked content economy
1730 - 1900	Welcome Reception - Exhibition Area

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Wednesday 10 February 2010

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Thursday 11 February 2010

0800 - 1745	Registration
0845 - 0955	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Washington DC, USA Networked creators: how users of social media have changed the ecology of information and created new roles for librarians to play in people's lives
0955 - 1030	Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Social Networking Room: 219 - 220	CONCURRENT SESSION 12: IT Management Room: 212 - 213	CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Web/Library 2.0 Room: 210 - 211	VALAtech Boot Camp Session D Room: VALA Showcase space
1030 - 1100	Sue Cook, CSIRO Information Management and Technology, WA, and Constance Wiebrands, Edith Cowan University, WA Keeping up: strategic use of online social networks for librarian current awareness	Kathryn Greenhill, Cottesloe-Peppermint Grove-Mosman Park Library, WA Taking matters into our own hands: influencing factors and concerning factors for libraries that developed Open Source library software [Travel Scholar]	Michelle McLean, Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, Vic, and Paul Mercieca, RMIT University, Vic Evaluating Web 2.0: user experiences with public library blogs	Open Source Content Management Systems - Joomla! Facilitator: Sam Moffatt, University of Southern Queensland High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO laptop/netbook. Click here for details and booking.
1105 - 1135	Majella Pugh, University of Queensland Wiki-connections: creating synergies within an academic library’s virtual health hub	Carolyn McDonald and Kate Davis, Gold Coast City Council, Qld ICT as core business: will we prosper or drown?	Michael Stephens, Dominican University, USA, Richard Sayers, CAVAL Ltd, and Warren Cheetham, CityLibraries Townsville, Qld The impact and benefits of Learning 2.0 programs in Australian libraries
1140 - 1210	Zaana Howard and Darren Ryan, CPA Australia, Vic Replacing the water cooler: connecting through enterprise microblogging	May Chang, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Agile and Crystal Clear with library IT innovations	Paul Sutherland, Christchurch City Libraries, New Zealand From library automation to Library 2.0: exploring Web 2.0 tools, while reflecting on our traditional values as we move towards Library 2.0 and beyond
1210 - 1345	Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Online Communities Room: 219 - 220	CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Digitisation/Publishing Room: 212 - 213	CONCURRENT SESSION 16: Usability/Portability Room: 210 - 211	VALAtech Boot Camp Session E Room: VALA Showcase space
1345 - 1415	Amirhossein Mohtasebi, Extol Corp, Malaysia and Parnian Najafi Borazjani, University Technology Malaysia Privacy concerns in social networks and online communities	Les Firth, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Vic If you can't measure it, you can't manage it: transforming library usage data into strategic information	Sarah-Jane Saravani, Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand Standards informing design of library service delivery to mobile devices and nomadic learners	Open Source Content Management Systems - Drupal Facilitator: Tom Denison, Melbourne, Vic High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO laptop/netbook. Click here for details and booking.
1420 - 1450	Fiona Salisbury and Sandi Monaghan, La Trobe University, Vic Finding a new voice: keys to building successful online communities	Cathie Jilovsky, George Panagiotidis and Janette Wright, CAVAL Ltd Digitise this: converting content	Kat Clancy and Michelle Watson, Deakin University, Vic Usability testing: a client-centred approach to innovation
1455 - 1525	Ellen Forsyth, State Library of New South Wales Wiki ecosystems: the development and growth of online communities of practice	Anna Shadbolt, Joe Arthur and Silvia Paparozzi, University of Melbourne, Vic A research idea, an administrative need and a resource capability come together in time to create an invaluable historical collection: the University Calendar story at Melbourne	Alan Butters, Sybis, Vic Data sets, profiles and standards: creating interoperability & adding value to RFID within Australian libraries
1525 - 1555	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
1555 - 1705	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall Mckenzie Wark, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Eugene Lang College and the New School for Social Research, New York, USA The Networked Book
1705 - 1710	CLOSING: Bart Rutherford, VALA President
1710 - 1830	Farewell Refreshments

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