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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. Follow the links to view the abstracts, papers, podcasts and other associated material. You can also browse the VALA2006 online Conference Proceedings. See also the archived VALA2006 conference web site.
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Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
Wednesday 8 February 2006
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0800 - 1800
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Registration
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0900 - 0905
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Opening Address and Welcome
Sandra Vouch, VALA2006 Conference Committee Chair
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0905 - 1015
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 PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Willard McCarty, Reader in Humanities Computing, King's College London
Individual matrix, communal workshop and "the living condition of the human mind"
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1015 - 1045
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Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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Concurrent Session 1:
New Technology
Room: Palladium C
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Concurrent Session 2:
Digital Repositories
Room: River 1
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Concurrent Session 3:
Teaching and Learning Environments
Room: River 2&3
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1045 - 1115
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Warwick Cathro, National Library of Australia
Improving information infrastructure: recent activities of the National Library of Australia
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Jane Hunter, DSTC, University of Queensland
Scientific models - a user-oriented approach to the integration of scientific data and digital libraries
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Greg Anderson and Alison Rigby, University of Newcastle, NSW
Internet café or learning environment? The University of Newcastle's Information Common after the first 18 months
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1120 - 1150
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Ksenija Obradovic, University of Auckland Library, New Zealand
Intrepid traveller: the University of Auckland Library on the e-book journey |
Julie Woodland and Joanne Ng, Curtin University of Technology, WA
"Too many systems, too little time": integrating an eprint repository into a University publications system
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Sabina Robertson, University of Melbourne, Vic
Reaching postgraduate students across the Web: a librarian's experience of participating in the development of an online programme
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1155 - 1230
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Anna Raunik, State Library of Queensland
An investigation of streaming - webcasting and webconferencing technologies in the US and UK |
Martin Borchert, Griffith University, Qld
Changing user behaviour using a digital repository system
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Anita Crotty, University of Canberra, ACT
Would you like a LOMS with your ILMS? Converging the library and learning management systems
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1230 - 1400
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Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
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Concurrent Session 4:
New Technology
Room: Palladium C
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Concurrent Session 5:
Digital Repositories
Room: River 1
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Concurrent Session 6:
Usability
Room: River 2&3
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1400 - 1430
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Christine Lewis, Public Library Services, SA
Wireless technology for South Australian public libraries: pilot project 2005
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Andrew Treloar, Monash University, Vic and Geoff Payne, La Trobe University, Vic
The ARROW Project after 2 years: are we hitting our targets?
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Damian Lodge, Charles Sturt University, NSW
What can librarians learn from the Internet's 10 most popular sites?
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1435 - 1505
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Sandra Jeffries and Corey Wallis, University of Southern Queensland Library
Exploring the application of RSS for library staff professional development and SDI services
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Kevin Bradley, National Library of Australia, ACT
Digital sustainability and digital repositories
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Stephanie Foott and Simon Huggard, Monash University Library, Vic
A usability study of the library catalogue at Monash Uiversity Library
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1510 - 1540
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Sean Volke, Thomson Gale, NSW
Encouraging interaction online: the emerging roles of blogs/wikis/RSS in fostering and encouraging user participation
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Terry Morrow, JISC, UK
Introducing Shibboleth in the UK: a progress report
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Dey Alexander, Dey Alexander Consulting, Vic
Usability versus accessibility: best friends or worst enemies?
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1540 - 1610
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Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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1610 - 1725
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Sandy Payette, Researcher and Co-Director of the Fedora Project, Cornell Information Science, Cornell University, USA
Choosing technology that can evolve with user needs: a service-oriented approach to e-research, e-scholarship and advanced scholarly publication
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1730 - 1900
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Welcome Reception - Exhibition Area
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Thursday 9 February 2006
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Top |
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0800 - 1800
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Registration
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0905 - 1015
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Prof. Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Associate Director,
Indian Institute of Science
Universal Digital Library - connecting users to digital contents
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1015 - 1045
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Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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1045 - 1245
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Vendor Presentations
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1245 - 1400
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Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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Concurrent Session 7:
Delivering Online Content
Room: Palladium C
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Concurrent Session 8:
Digital and e-publishing
Room: River 1
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Concurrent Session 9:
Metadata
Room: River 2&3
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Concurrent Session 10:
Resource Capture and Access
Room: Garden 2&3
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1400 - 1430
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Laurie Atkinson, City of Boroondara, Vic and others
Digital practice: Picture NSW and the development of guidelines for local digitising programs
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Paul Mercieca, RMIT University, Vic
Changing patterns in scholarly publishing: interim report on ARC funded research project
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Lloyd Sokvitne, State Library of Tasmania, TAS
Rediscovering metadata: an outcomes-oriented approach
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Anat Meitar, Jewish Museum Of Australia, Vic
Questions of terminology and classification in digitising a Jewish Culture Heritage Collection
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1435 - 1505
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Marie-Louise Ayres, Judith Pearce and Dianne Dahlitz, National Library of Australia, ACT
Bringing the stories to the people: online sound at the National Library of Australia
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Ross Coleman, University of Sydney Library, NSW
Sydney University Press: publication, business and the digital library
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Deidre Kiorgaard, National Library of Australia, ACT and Ebe Kartus, Deakin University, Vic
A rose by any other name?: from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access
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Prashanth Balajapally, Sai Spurthi Institute of Technology, India and others
Multilingual book reader: transliteration, word-to-word translation and full-text translation
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1510 - 1540
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Top Ten Tech Trends - Panel
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1540 - 1610
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Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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1610 - 1725
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Britta Woldering, Senior Librarian, Die Deutsche Bibliothek,
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Connecting with users: Europe and multilinguality
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1900 - 2300
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Conference Dinner, Crown Towers, River Room
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Friday 10 February 2006
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Top |
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0800 - 1730
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Registration
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0905 - 1015
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Daniel Clancy, Engineering Director Google Print project, Google, USA
Google Book Search: Making all the world's books fully searchable
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1015 - 1045
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Morning Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
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Concurrent Session 11:
Information Management and Knowledge Sharing
Room: Palladium C
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Concurrent Session 12:
Collaboration and Consortia
Room: River 1
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Concurrent Session 13:
Information Literacy and the Digital Divide
Room: River 2&3
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1045 - 1115
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Eve Young, Lynne Horwood and Shirley Sullivan, University of Melbourne, Vic
Supporting e-research at the University of Melbourne
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Fiona Rigby, Micheala O'Donovan and Sam Searle National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
National, cross-sector, collaborative projects that worked at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa
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Don Schauder, Graeme Johanson, and Wal Taylor Monash University, Vic
Libraries, ICT policy, and Australian civil society: issues and prospects from a national consultation
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1120 - 1150
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Peter Thompson, La Trobe University Library, Vic
'Does it matter if the users are actually dead?' A database to re-connect with the borrowers and collection of a hundred year old library |
Geoff Chamberlain, North Shore Libraries and Jeff Shaw, North Shore City Council, New Zealand
Consortium - the way of the future
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Barry Nunn, State Library of New South Wales
Putting the pieces together: connectivity, content and confidence
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1155 - 1230
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Andrew Treloar, Monash University and ARROW Project, Vic
The Monash University Information Management Strategy: from development to implementation
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Andrew Wells, University of New South Wales
The Dictionary of Australian Artists Online: an introduction
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Jo Manuel, Public Library Services, SA
Impact of IT trainees in rural communities
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1230 - 1400
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Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
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Concurrent Session 14:
Digitisation and Managing Digital Objects
Room: Palladium C
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Concurrent Session 15:
Application Customisation and Open Source
Room: River 1
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Concurrent Session 16:
Managing Internal and External Stakeholders
Room: River 2&3
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1400 - 1430
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Peter McGrath and Shirley Firth, State Library of Victoria
Heritage Map Digitisation: an adventure in applying aspects of Digital Preservation Policy
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David Funnell, Eastern Regional Libraries, Vic
Brushtail - an open source library intranet
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Sharon Karasmanis, La Trobe University, Vic
Online Tutorials: delivering training in VDX Document Delivery to end users - on campus, off campus and offshore
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1435 - 1505
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John Laurie, University of Auckland Library, New Zealand
Reviving the past: the Early New Zealand Books Online Project at the University of Auckland Library
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Tony Brooks, Sarah Field and Zan Li, City Library, Vic
If you can't buy it, build it: adapting a generic commercial application to meet specific organisation goals
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Lily Gao, Bureau of Meteorology, Vic
Accessing and using Australian university libraries' online information services - offshore experience
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1610 - 1725
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PLENARY SESSION: Palladium C
Vinod Chachra, Chairman & CEO, VTLS Inc, USA
The role of the library as an extension of the mind.
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1730 - 1900
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Farewell Refreshments
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