Tag Archives: Project Management

VALA2010 Session 16 Clancy

VALA20120Usability testing: a client-centred approach to innovation

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 16 – Usability/Portability
Thursday 11 February 2010 14:20 – 14:50
VALA Peer Reviewed PaperPersistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-16-clancy

 

Kat Clancy

Library Web Developer, Deakin University
http://deakin.edu.au/library

Michelle Watson

Web Cataloguing Librarian, Deakin University
http://deakin.edu.au/library

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Systematic usability testing of the library website was unheard of at Deakin University Library three years ago. However, over the last two years, a large scale usability testing program has evolved and various methodologies have been trialled and tested by the team. This paper discusses the methodologies used by the team, and the changes that were made to the Library’s search interfaces as a result of the studies. The paper provides useful insights on what we did right, and on what we need to do differently in future usability studies.

VALA2010 Session 12 Chang

VALA20120Agile and Crystal Clear with library IT innovations

VALA 2010 CONCURRENT SESSION 12 – IT Management
Thursday 11 February 2010 11:40 – 12:10
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010-proceedings/vala2010-session-12-chang

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperMay Chang

Head, Library IT Services, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
http://www.umbc.edu

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The Agile project management approach with the Crystal Clear method was used to rapidly develop and deploy a variety of innovative IT applications. Our A-Team of staff and students thrived on the flexible and iterative process, and helped fine-tune our adaptation of the Agile approach for future IT projects.

 

VALA2006 Session 7 Ayres

VALA2006Bringing the stories to the people: online sound at the National Library of Australia

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Delivering Online Content
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-7-ayres

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperMarie-Louise Ayres

Associate Curator of Manuscripts, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Judith Pearce

Director, Business Analysis, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Dianne Dahlitz

Senior Librarian, Oral History, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

This paper describes the National Library’s project to make web delivery of its sound collections possible. The paper outlines the key infrastructure components required for routine web delivery of streamed sound files and XML encoded transcripts and summaries from a very large collection, and the standards adopted and/or adapted to facilitate delivery. It also describes the content conversion strategies required to convert analogue recordings to digital format, and to convert printed summaries and transcripts to encoded documents. The paper will conclude with a demonstration of the Library’s online sound delivery system, and a brief view of the multiple discovery pathways to these remarkable resources.

 

VALA2006 Session 7 Atkinson

VALA2006Digital practice: Picture NSW and the development of guidelines for local digitising programs

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Delivering Online Content
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-7-atkinson

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperLaurie Atkinson

Co-ordinator, Corporate Information, City of Boroondara
http://boroondara.vic.gov.au

Vincent Dale

Information Systems Coordinator, Lake Macquarie City Library
http://www.lakemac.com.au

Ellen Forsyth

Consultant, Public Library Services, State Library of New South Wales
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au

Judy Peppard

Director, Practico Pty Ltd
http://www.practico.com.au

Derek Whitehead

Director, Information Resources, Swinburne University of Technology
http://www.swinburne.edu.au

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The paper arises from the PictureNSW project undertaken in 2004 and 2005 by the State Library of New South Wales in cooperation with New South Wales public libraries. The paper sets out the goals of the project, the processes followed, and the rationale and nature of the Guidelines produced by the project. It sets out some lessons of the project, and some suggestions for the future.

 

VALA2006 Session 12 Rigby

VALA2006 National, cross-sector, collaborative projects that worked at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Information Management and Knowledge Sharing
Friday 10 February 2006, 10:45 – 11:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-12-rigby

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperFiona Rigby

EPIC Manager, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa
http://www.natlib.govt.nz

Micheala O’Donovan

Project Leader, AnyQuestions.co.nz, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa
http://www.natlib.govt.nz

Sam Searle

Digital Library Projects Leader, Innovation Centre, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa
http://www.natlib.govt.nz

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In the past year the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna M?tauranga o Aotearoa has facilitated successful collaborative projects across central and local government and other sectors. This paper will focus on case studies of three collaborative projects that have made an impact on New Zealand’s information landscape. Each has required different approaches to collaboration. This paper will share the many highlights and lessons learned and will suggest successful strategies that have been developed for managing collaborative projects.

 

VALA2006 Session 4 Lewis

VALA2006Wireless technology for South Australian public libraries: pilot project 2005

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: New Technology
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-4-lewis

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperChristine Lewis

Manager, Information Technology Services, Public Library Services, South Australia
http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/service/library

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This paper outlines the course of action taken by Public Library Services to plan, implement and evaluate a wireless pilot project for the South Australian Public Library Network. The paper is a non-technical look into the considerations given to security and authentication issues and discusses the management of the technology from an infrastructure and library management point of view.