Previous VALA Conferences

Since the first in 1981, VALA has had a total of 14 biennial conferences. The most recent were:

2008 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(14th: Melbourne: 2008)
Libraries / changing spaces, virtual places

Proceedings on CD-Rom, containing the preprints of the papers from Concurrent Sessions, are available for 2008.  The cost of these is A$55.00 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

2006 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(13th: Melbourne: 2006)
CONNECTING WITH USERS

Proceedings on CD-Rom, containing the preprints of the papers from Concurrent Sessions, are available for 2006.  The cost of these is A$55.00 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

2004 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(12th: Melbourne: 2004)
BREAKING BOUNDARIES: INTEGRATION & INTEROPERABILITY

Proceedings on CD-Rom, containing the preprints of the papers from Concurrent Sessions, are available for 2004.  The cost of these is A$55.00 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

2002 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(11th: Melbourne: 2002)
e-volving Information Futures

Proceedings in two volumes, containing the preprints of papers, are available for 2002. The cost of these is A$60.50 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

2000 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(10th: Melbourne: 2000)
Books and bytes : technologies for the hybrid library

Proceedings are available for 2000. The cost of these is A$49.50 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

1998 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(9th: Melbourne: 2000)
Robots to Knowbots : the wider automation agenda.

Proceedings are available for 1998. The cost of these is A$44.00 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

1996 VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition.
(8th: Melbourne: 1996)
Electronic dream? Virtual nightmare. The reality for libraries.

Individual papers from the 1996 Conference may be photocopied at a cost of A$0.30 per page, plus A$5.50 postage and handling, both including GST.  Legal deposit copies have also been provided to the National Library of Australia and the State Library of Victoria.

Proceedings are also available for 1983 to 1993, and for 1998. The cost of these is A$44.00 prepaid, including GST and postage and handling within Australia.

1993 VALA National Conference on Library Automation.
(7th: Melbourne: 1993)
Drinking from a fire hose : managing networked information
1991 VALA National Conference on Library Automation.
(6th: Melbourne: 1991)
OPAC and Beyond...

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Victoria 3138,
Australia
As an indication of the contents of the Proceedings, look at the 2008 Conference Programme.