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VALA2014 Conference App

Introducing the VALA2014 Conference App

ShowGizmo VALA2014 App

ShowGizmo is the official smartphone app for VALA2014. Free to all VALA2014 delegates, the app is available for iPhone, Android and mobile web.

To download the app, scan the code below. Or go to your app store and search for “ShowGizmo” or use the Mobile web app by going to showgizmo.mobi. Enter the code in your handbook to gain access to the event and update your profile with any information you want other attendees to see.

Our “App Concierge”, Josh Dry, will be at the registration desk each morning and in the exhibition area throughout the day to help you download and use the app. You can send Josh personalised or anonymous messages to convey to keynote speakers on your behalf, and he will also be around to help you to post in the VALA2014 social media channels.

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VALA2014 Welcome to Melbourne

Welcome to Melbourne and the 2014 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition

Lord Mayor Robert Doyle

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VALA leads the way in helping us to use and understand information and communication technologies across libraries, galleries, museums and archives. It is dedicated to the exchange of best practice, innovation and research and helps to create and exchange new ideas within our growing knowledge economy.

The theme for this conference is ‘streaming with possibilities’ and over four days it will feature six international keynote speakers, 45 concurrent sessions, more than 100 exhibitors and much more.

While you are in Melbourne I encourage you to explore our city’s restaurants, bars and superb entertainment venues and art galleries. Our waterfront in particular has been transformed and the banks of the Yarra now offer great new cafes and bars together with tranquil walking paths. I’m sure you will enjoy our beautiful city and take back fond memories of your time here.

Robert Doyle
Lord Mayor

 

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VALA2014 Boot Camp Session C Hyde

Transforming yourself for the future library

RMIT Publishing / VALAtech Boot Camp Session C
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 10:50 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-boot-camp-session-c-hyde

Justine Hyde

State Library of Victoria

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Libraries are in the midst of a transformational change that is driven by complex shifts in their operating environment. Libraries are responding to these shifts in creative and novel ways in order to stay relevant and financially viable. Today’s library leaders must be prepared not only to transform their libraries, but also to transform themselves. Readers are invited to imagine their library in 2020, and to set out on the journey to transform their career in preparation for this future.

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VALA2014 Session 3 Whitehead

All on the ground: there is no cloud

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Cloud Gazing
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 12:00 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-3-whitehead

Derek Whitehead

Swinburne University of Technology, Vic

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The cloud is an information technology metaphor to inspire and frighten us all, but what does it mean? Is there a cloud at all? This presentation looks at how libraries, almost unawares, have taken to the cloud enthusiastically and ahead of the others. The paper looks at the cloud from the vantage points of an IT manager, a copyright officer and a librarian. It traces its development from opportunistic vendor-provided hosting and management of software and content, to the current cloud environment. It considers the clouds we all use. It looks at benefits and problems. And it looks ahead to a cheerfully cloudy future.

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VALA2014 Session 13 Fitzgerald

Engaging exclusion: what’s next for Australia’s digital future

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Engaging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-13-fitzgerald

Brendan Fitzgerald

Infoxchange, VIC

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Digital inclusion is becoming one of the major social justice challenges of our time. Digital technologies now pervade every aspect of how we live, work and play. The longer term costs of digital exclusion have not been fully explored, and we do not have a national plan to mobilise a whole-of-community effort that ensures that all Australians can benefit from digital citizenship. Libraries and community organisations have increasingly played an important role in developing digital inclusion capacity. This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding digital equality and examines how a collaborative national approach might be achieved.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Barwick

Hunters and collectors: seeking social media content for cultural heritage collections

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-7-barwick

Kathryn Barwick and Mylee Joseph

State Library of New South Wales

Cecile Paris and Stephen Wan

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

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A novel approach to collecting digital content for heritage collections is being explored and assessed in a trial of Vizie, an innovative social media tool researched and developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Collecting digital content for heritage collections is a priority for research libraries and other cultural institutions. This paper reports on the progress and learnings to date of the ongoing collaboration between the CSIRO and the State Library of New South Wales. The aim of the collaboration is to gather and curate online content centred around significant events and every day life in Australia and New South Wales.

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VALA2014 Session 13 Biswas

Grass roots digitisation: how to engage with your community

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Engaging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-13-biswas

Smita Biswas

Auckland City Libraries, New Zealand

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This paper shares the experience of two mid-sized New Zealand public libraries involving their communities in starting their digitisation projects using Kete open source software. These communities were encouraged to share their unique stories and digitise their images and oral histories. The Kete software was extended to harvest relevant social media content from YouTube, Twitter and Digital New Zealand and link it to the community-contributed local content, to create a rich digital local history resource. The paper also gives the libraries’ tips on planning the scope of their digitisation projects and then making these projects self-managing and less reliant on staff members.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Abbott

The perfect storm: the convergence of social, mobile and photo technologies in libraries

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-7-abbott

Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, Joanna Hare and Peta Hopkins

Bond University Library, Qld

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The intersection of mobile and photographic technologies with social networks has produced platforms such as Instagram. The way libraries are using these platforms has not been investigated in depth. This research aims to discover trends in the use of Instagram by libraries, reporting on selected libraries’ experiences and intentions behind capturing and sharing images on Instagram. Recommendations will be made on how librarians can transform relationships and engagement with their communities through mobile photo sharing, taking advantage of ‘the perfect storm’ of technological convergence.

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VALA2014 Session 14 Wiebrands

 

‘I need more hands-on training!’: reflections on creating self-directed learning opportunities for library staff

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Skilling Time
Thursday 6 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-14-wiebrands

Constance Wiebrands

Edith Cowan University, WA

Michael Wiebrands

Curtin University, WA

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This paper uses the theory of self-directed learning to examine how library staff learn, in particular the perception that training is inadequate. It attempts to suggest ways of providing improved learning opportunities for staff in a changing environment. The results of a survey on how staff members from two university libraries perceive their learning are discussed.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Smeaton

Is it Tweet-worthy? Privacy in a time of sharing

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-7-smeaton

Kathleen Smeaton and Kate Davis

Queensland University of Technology

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Information professionals and information organisations use Twitter in a variety of ways. Typically both organisations and the individuals that work for them have separate identities on Twitter, but often individuals identify their organization through their profile or Twitter content. This paper considers the way information professionals use Twitter and their practices with regard to privacy, personal disclosure and identifying their organisational affiliations. Drawing on data from a research study involving a questionnaire and social media observation, the paper will provoke discussion about information professionals’ use of Twitter, personal and organizational identity, and the value of Twitter for professional development. In keeping with the subject matter, a curated set of social media content will be available in lieu of a formal paper.

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