The VALA Travel Scholarship for 2008 was awarded to Ellen Forsyth from the Public Library Services at the State Library of New South Wales.  Ellen travelled to the United States in order to study the use of Vocera badges, which utilise portable wireless technology (WiFi), to facilitate roving reference service in public libraries. She investigated what they do technically and how these devices are changing the delivery of references services in libraries.

Ellen's findings were presented at the VALA 2008 Conference.

Anna Raunik, State Library of Queensland. An investigation of streaming - webcasting and webconferencing technologies in the US and UK.

This VALA Travel Scholarship study trip was undertaken in mid 2005 to investigated a range of webcasting, streaming and webconferencing solutions that have been implemented in North America and UK. The tour included visits to a range of libraries, museums and galleries using these services.

Anna's findings were presented at the VALA2006 Conference.

Terena Solomons, Hollywod Private Hospital, WA. Beam me up! Supporting PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) in medical libraries - new technology or just another format?

Stephen O'Brien, Hunter Institute of TAFE NSW. Collaboration, community and consortia in the digital provision of art image resources