VALA2006 Programme - VALA - Libraries / Technology and the Future //

The VALA2006 13th Biennial Conference and Exhibition was held at Crown Towers, Melbourne, Australia from 8 – 10 February 2006. The theme for this conference was Connecting with Users.

The following programme was presented at VALA2006. Follow the links to view the abstracts, papers, podcasts and other associated material. You can also browse the VALA2006 online Conference Proceedings. See also the archived VALA2006 conference web site.

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Wednesday 8 February 2006

0800 – 1800	Registration
0900 – 0905	Opening Address and Welcome Sandra Vouch, VALA2006 Conference Committee Chair
0905 – 1015	PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C Willard McCarty, Reader in Humanities Computing, King’s College London Individual matrix, communal workshop and “the living condition of the human mind”
1015 – 1045	Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	Concurrent Session 1: New Technology Room: Palladium C	Concurrent Session 2: Digital Repositories Room: River 1	Concurrent Session 3: Teaching and Learning Environments Room: River 2&3
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
1155 – 1230	Anna Raunik, State Library of Queensland An investigation of streaming – webcasting and webconferencing technologies in the US and UK	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	Concurrent Session 5: Digital Repositories Room: River 1	Concurrent Session 6: Usability Room: River 2&3
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 Uiversity 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	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: Palladium C 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
1730 – 1900	Welcome Reception – Exhibition Area

Thursday 9 February 2006			Top
0800 – 1800	Registration
0905 – 1015	PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C Prof. Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science Universal Digital Library – connecting users to digital contents
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 Room: Palladium C	Concurrent Session 8: Digital and e-publishing Room: River 1	Concurrent Session 9: Metadata Room: River 2&3	Concurrent Session 10: Resource Capture and Access Room: Garden 2&3
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	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: Palladium C Top Ten Tech Trends – Panel
1540 – 1610	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
1610 – 1725	PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C Britta Woldering, Senior Librarian, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Connecting with users: Europe and multilinguality
1900 – 2300	Conference Dinner, Crown Towers, River Room

Friday 10 February 2006		Top
0800 – 1730	Registration
0905 – 1015	PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C Daniel Clancy, Engineering Director Google Print project, Google, USA Google Book Search: Making all the world’s books fully searchable
1015 – 1045	Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	Concurrent Session 11: Information Management and Knowledge Sharing Room: Palladium C	Concurrent Session 12: Collaboration and Consortia Room: River 1	Concurrent Session 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide Room: River 2&3
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	Concurrent Session 15: Application Customisation and Open Source Room: River 1	Concurrent Session 16: Managing Internal and External Stakeholders Room: River 2&3
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
1610 – 1725	PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc, USA The role of the library as an extension of the mind.
1730 – 1900	Farewell Refreshments

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