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Conference Programme


FRIDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2002

0800 - 1730 Registration - Level 3
0900 - 1015 PLENARY SESSION:
Christopher Chia,
National Library Board, Singapore
Creating an inclusive information future through Singapore's libraries
1015 - 1045 Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - You Yangs Exhibition Hall
Concurrent Session 10:
e-books
Concurrent Session 11:
Portals and Content Delivery
Concurrent Session 12:
Standards and Protocols
1045 - 1115 Pam Saunders, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Vic
From the library, any e-time
Helen Cooke, Eric Hornsby and Heather Todd, University of Queensland
The Cybrary - seamless for the customer, fine needlework for the staff
Miriam Blake, Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library, USA
Implementation of the OpenURL and the SFX Architecture in the production environment of a digital library
1120 - 1150 Sue Hutley, Toowoomba City Library, Qld and Wendy Horwood, Brisbane City Council Library Service, Qld
EBook readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it??
Sally-Anne Leigh, University of Canberra and Simon Best, Department of Family and Community Services, ACT
Co-branding and sticky Web sites: e-content and the library's role
Peter Green, Curtin University of Technology, WA
Building a shared authentication infrastructure: a matter of trust
1155 - 1230 Jane Garner, Lynne Horwood and Shirley Sullivan, University of Melbourne, Vic
Examining one model of ebooks for an academic library setting
Nicole Clark, Australasian Virtual Engineering Library, Qld and Denise Frost, University of Queensland
User-centred evaluation and design: a subject gateway perspective
Margarita Moreno and Rob Walls, National Library of Australia
When protocol works: the state of the ISO ILL protocol in the Australian resource sharing environment
1230 - 1400 Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - You Yangs Exhibition Hall
Concurrent Session 13:
e-nabling Infrastructures
Concurrent Session 14:
e-services
Concurrent Session 15:
e-nabling Technologies
1400 - 1430 David Feighan and Peter Schmidt, VICNET, Vic
Gee, I didn't think it was going to be that much: a report on the issues and implications of technically sustainable and affordable bandwidth for Australian libraries
Michael Aulich and Christine Mackenzie, Brisbane City Council, Qld
Self-service - the revolution's here!
Andrew Cunningham and Larry Stillman, VICNET, Vic
The Open Road: language technology developments and public library services
1435 - 1505 Brendan Fitzgerald and Frances Savage, VICNET, Vic
From aardvark to xylophone, to bandwidth from telephone
Trevis Lawton, City of Joondalup, WA
Wireless Web for public libraries
Phillipa Webb, Northern Territory Library and Information Service
Factors which influence the successful implementation of digital technology in Aboriginal communities
(2000 VALA Travel Scholar)
1505 - 1540 Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - You Yangs Exhibition Hall
PLENARY SESSION AND CLOSING:
Howard Besser,
UCLA School of Information Studies, California, USA
Moving from isolated digital collections to interoperable digital libraries
1700 - 1830 Farewell Refreshments



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