VALA2004 Session 6 Harboe Ree

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The Library as Digitorium: New Modes of Information Creation, Distribution and Access

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 14:00 – 14:30

Cathrine Harboe-Ree

University Librarian, Monash University
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au

Michele Sabto

Manager, Monash University ePress, Monash University
http://www.lib.monash.edu.au

Andrew Treloar

Project Manager, Strategic Information Initiatives, Monash University
http://www.monash.edu.au

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VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

Libraries have always been creators or publishers of information. Digital technology, combined with library expertise in bibliographic control, distribution and access, provides new opportunities for libraries to create and publish material in support of teaching, learning and research. Monash University Library, as an early adopter of new technologies, has developed digital services to support more effective and creative learning and teaching. More recent initiatives are specifically intended to support research, and to work towards the transformation of scholarly communication. The word coined to capture the newly expanded role for higher-education libraries is digitorium, a play on scriptorium.

VALA2004 Session 6 Lee

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The Digital Agenda: a Progress Report for Libraries

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 14:35 – 15:05

Miranda Lee

Executive Officer, Australian Digital Alliance; Copyright Advisor, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
http://www.digital.org.au and http://www.digital.org.au/alcc

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VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

The Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000 introduced provisions aimed at updating copyright legislation to accord with the digital environment. For libraries, the Act extended the existing library and archives exceptions to enable libraries to utilize digital technology in providing access to information. A review of the Digital Agenda Act is currently underway to assess how the Act has performed against its original objectives. This paper explores the most controversial and important issues for libraries in the review.

VALA2004 Session 6 Marlow

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Value creation in aggregation – the need for a flexible approach in content aggregation and production to meet future customer demand

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Electronic Publishing
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 15:10 – 15:40

Martin Marlow

Director of Strategic Marketing, ProQuest Information & Learning
http://www.proquest.co.uk

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VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

This paper looks to identify and understand the present situation of electronic information aggregators and the challenges they will face as the market develops over the next 3-5 years. What will be the future developments in this area of the industry? How should these organisations see their position within it? How should they develop and diversify to meet the changing needs of the customer? How should they address the requirements and evolution of their supplier partners – and exactly who might these suppliers be? What will be their future content and technical offerings and what supporting value-added services need adding to the overall “solution”. Backed by market, customer and supplier analysis and feedback, this paper offers opinions and comment on all these topics and includes market examples of the current situation – and future trend analysis and comment (supported by emerging model review and case studies).

VALA2004 Plenary 2 Smith

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Libraries in the Lead: The Institutional Repository Phenomenon

VALA 2004 PLENARY 2: MacKenzie Smith
Tuesday 3 February 2004, 16:10 – 17:25

MacKenzie Smith

Associate Director of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries
http://libraries.mit.edu

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Keynote Speaker

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Abstract

As scholarship, instruction, publishing and communication become increasingly networked and digital, how libraries respond? Can libraries help scholars communicate in a networked era? What is the library’s role in an age of Web publishing and Google? Is preserving digital collections still part of their mission? Institutional repositories begin to address these questions and allow libraries to show initiative and leadership in a scholarly world being transformed by technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA with its DSpace institutional repository program has witnessed how much has changed, and continues to change, as libraries step up to these challenges.

VALA2004 Session 7 Cunningham

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Global and local dimensions of emerging community languages support

VALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Software Issues
Wednesday 4 February 2004, 14:35 – 15:05

Andrew Cunningham

e-Diversity and Content Infrastructure Solutions, Public Libraries Unit, Vicnet, State Library of Victoria
http://www.vicenet.net.au

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VALA Peer Reviewed Paper

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Abstract

The changing immigration patterns and increasing number of migrants from Africa provide public libraries with new challenges for providing equitable library services to their communities. Current trends in the development and provision of electronic multicultural library services indicates the need for public libraries to engage with their local culturally and linguistically diverse communities and cooperatively develop solutions to resourcing and service delivery problems. The development of solutions for African communities involves the exchange of information, resources and knowledge between libraries and other service providers. The paper suggests that future electronic multicultural library services projects need to develop multilingual content infrastructure solutions to assist in ethnic community web publishing.

VALA2006 Session 8 Coleman

VALA2006Sydney University Press: publication, business and the digital library

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Digital and e-publishing
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
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VALA Peer Reviewed PaperRoss Coleman

Manager, Innovation and Development, University of Sydney Library
http://library.usyd.edu.au

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Abstract

This paper argues that the business strategies of the emerging e-press movement benefit from the values and standards that are part of the digital library. The paper will discuss these values and standards and their relationship to the business processes of e-publishing. The paper will explore these relationships through developments at Sydney University Press (SUP), recently re-established as an electronic publisher based on the digital library platform of SETIS, the Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service of the University of Sydney Library. The paper will also consider the integration of repository content into these publication processes within the broader context of eScholarship

 

VALA2006 Session 8 Mercieca

VALA2006Changing patterns in scholarly publishing: interim report on ARC funded research project

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Digital and e-publishing
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
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VALA Peer Reviewed PaperPaul Mercieca

Lecturer – Information Management and Digital Publishing, RMIT University
http://www.rmit.edu.au

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Abstract

This paper reports on the progress of a three year ARC funded research project that is exploring issues associated with ongoing business models for digital scholarly publishing. While the ARC project itself is exploring broad changes within the publishing environment, this paper focuses on issues associated with open access publishing. The paper provides an overview of the research focus and its methodology and then broadly discusses issues of ongoing sustainability, and the impact of policy change on access and potential changing patterns of usage of digital scholarly content. These issues form the basis for the ongoing research project.