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 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. See also VALA2006 Programme or the archived VALA2006 conference web site.
Registering on the VALA web site also allows you to post your own comments about all of the presentations and papers at VALA's biennial conferences. When commenting please refrain from inappropriate remarks and be aware of VALA's code of conduct.
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 The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online: an introduction
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Information Management and Knowledge Sharing
Friday 10 February 2006, 11:55 - 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-12-wells
 Andrew Wells
University Librarian, The University of New South Wales
http://www.library.unsw.edu.au
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Abstract
The University of New South Wales Library and College of Fine Arts are leading an Australian Research Council funded project to create the Dictionary of Australian Artists Online (DAAO). The DAAO aims to be the authoritative online biographical dictionary of Australian artists. This ambitious project brings together academic libraries, the research community, cultural institutions and information technology specialists into a unique collaboration.
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Libraries, ICT policy, and Australian civil society: issues and prospects from a national consultation
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide
Friday 10 February 2006, 10:45 - 11:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-13-schauder
Don Schauder
Chair, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Graeme Johanson
Director, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au
Wal Taylor
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, and Professor of Community Informatics and the Information Society, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au and http://www.cput.ac.za
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Abstract
The vision of Australia as a knowledge society underpinned by e-democracy was strongly articulated in national consultations towards an information economy strategy for Australian civil society in 2003 - 2005. The consultations had two purposes:
- To assist with Australia’s contributions to the two UN/ITU World Summits on the Information Society (Geneva in 2003, Tunis in 2005),
- To complement Australia’s Framework for the Information Economy 2004-2006, a major policy statement by the Australian government.
This paper gives an account of the research approach used for the consultations, reports on major findings from the consultative process, and offers comment on these from a library perspective. In the interests of spreading useful and reliable knowledge as widely as possible, improving engagement with their communities, and bettering their reputation worldwide, libraries should work harder to play a key role in the concerns enumerated by civil society.
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Putting the pieces together: connectivity, content and confidence
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide
Friday 10 February 2006, 11:20 - 11:50
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-13-nunn
Barry Nunn
Senior Education Officer, State Library of New South Wales
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au
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Abstract
Providing connectivity to public libraries has been a State Library of New South Wales priority since 1997. Without content and the skills for effective use of this content, connectivity is of little value. This paper explores initiatives to enhance the use of online content. Building skills and confidence in staff and clients are important elements in maximising the benefits of enhanced connectivity.
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Impact of IT trainees in rural communities
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Information Literacy and the Digital Divide
Friday 10 February 2006, 11:55 - 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-13-manuel
Jo Manuel
Manager, Library Support, Public Library Services, South Australia
http://www.saugov.sa.gov.au
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Abstract
Using established State and Federal government traineeship schemes and special grant funding, a program of IT traineeships was developed to assist rural communities improve their skills to access online services. In the Get Connected @ Your Library project, young people from the community were offered traineeships in Certificate II or III in Information Technology and were placed in the local public library. Outcomes to be considered include the impact of predominantly male IT trainees in the library environment, the response from the younger demographic of library users and the development of informal mentoring relationships sponsored within the library context.
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Heritage Map Digitisation: An adventure in applying aspects of Digital Preservation Policy
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Digitisation and Managing Digital Objects
Friday 10 February 2006, 14:00 - 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-14-mcgrath
Peter McGrath
Digital Preservation Specialist, State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
Shirley Firth
Image Resources Manager, State Library of Victoria
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au
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Abstract
This paper discusses some of the key principles of the State Library of Victoria’s recently released Digital Preservation Policy and how these were applied to a heritage map digitisation project, the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Maps Digitising Project. Principles discussed include image capture standards, image metadata, storage and media. The project presented many challenges and twists and turns along the way- a surprising adventure for the project team.
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Reviving the past: the Early New Zealand Books Online Project at the University of Auckland Library
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Digitisation and Managing Digital Objects
Friday 10 February 2006, 14:35 - 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-14-laurie
John Laurie
Subject Librarian, Anthropology, Applied Language Studies and Linguistics, University of Auckland Library
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz
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Abstract
The aim of the ENZB project at the University of Auckland Library is to provide a corpus of significant material published about New Zealand in the first two thirds of the 19th century. This paper looks at design parameters for the database and technical processes used to convert printed text and images to electronic format for presentation on the web. The ENZB is an in-house project using FineReader 7 OCR software to produce TEI-compliant XML files. b-engine software produces HTML for the web and links text to images of the original pages.
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