CONFERENCE PAPERS IN ORDER BY AUTHOR

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Note that, other than keynote presentations and two papers indicated below, each paper presented at the conference was fully refereed to DEST standards. That is, in a single-blind two-round process, at least two members of a national review panel have reviewed each paper.

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Podcast Pdf Wendy Abbott and Mark Sutherland, Bond University, Qld
Transforming the library for the new millennium
Podcast Pdf Cameron Barnes and Karan Jones, University of New England, NSW
Making a virtual community real: redeveloping eSKILLS Plus
Podcast Pdf Anne Beaumont, Kelly Gardiner and Stuart Flanagan, State Library of Victoria
Conversations or evidence – an analysis of responses from members of the public to an invitation to submit their comments about State Library of Victoria images available over the Web
Podcast Pdf Jill Benn , University of Western Australia in
Claim your space: re-placing spaces to better meet the needs of the Net Generation
Podcast Pdf Chris Blackall, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, ACT in
The metadata coal face for digital repositories
  Pdf Fiona Bradley, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Kathryn Greenhill, Murdoch University, WA and Constance Wiebrands, Curtin University, WA
Libraries interact: collaboration and community in the Australian library blogosphere
Podcast Pdf Maxine Brodie, Macquarie University, NSW
Watch this space! Designing a new library for Macquarie University
Podcast Pdf Helen Bronleigh, Murdoch University, WA in
Shibbolising Online Librarian: how two university libraries enhanced their collaborative chat reference service by using a MAMS Mini grant to add authentication and develop an interoperable chat client
Podcast Pdf Annmaree Brown, Macquarie University, NSW in
Shibbolising Online Librarian: how two university libraries enhanced their collaborative chat reference service by using a MAMS Mini grant to add authentication and develop an interoperable chat client
Podcast Pdf Nancy Buckley, United Kingdom Serials Group, UK
Streamlining the stress! How Project Transfer is improving the process of journals transferring between publishers
Podcast Pdf Sally Burford , Charles Sturt University, NSW in
The use of information architecture guidelines by Australian libraries
Podcast Pdf Liz Burke, Jill Benn and Ralph Kiel, University of Western Australia
Claim your space: re-placing spaces to better meet the needs of the Net Generation
Podcast Pdf Adrian Burton, Chris Blackall and Scott Yeador, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, ACT
The metadata coal face for digital repositories
Podcast Pdf Adrian Burton, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, ACT in
Looking forward by looking back: APSR’s contribution to future repository planning in Australia
Podcast Pdf Alan Butters, Sybis, Vic
New RFID technologies & standards – what does it all mean for your library?
Podcast Pdf Kat Clancy, Deakin University, Vic in
Deakin Library website 2.0: iterative change for maximum gain
Podcast Pdf Peter Collins, State Library of Queensland in
WRMS with legs: an organisation-wide approach to a work request management system
Podcast Pdf Kate Davis, Gold Coast City Council, QLD, formerly of the National Library of Australia, ACT
Be my buddy: IM and the future of virtual reference
Podcast Pdf Alison Dellit, National Library of Australia, ACT
Collecting the best data: improving cataloguing systems
Podcast Pdf Carmel Denholm, State Library of Tasmania in
All for naught: using existing bibliographic data to deliver modern search tools
Podcast Pdf Basil Dewhurst, National Library of Australia, ACT
People Australia: A Topic Based Approach to Resource Discovery
Podcast Pdf David Feighan, Australian Taxation Office, Vic and Vanessa Lewis, Australian Taxation Office, NSW
Measuring your work and reporting your value as we move to Library 2.0
Podcast Pdf Stuart Ferguson, Charles Sturt University, NSW in
The use of information architecture guidelines by Australian libraries
Podcast Pdf Stuart Flanagan, State Library of Victoria in
Conversations or evidence – an analysis of responses from members of the public to an invitation to submit their comments about State Library of Victoria images available over the Web
Podcast Pdf Schubert Foo , Vice Dean, SCI, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Going virtual for enhanced library experience: a case study of the National Library of Singapore
Podcast Pdf Ellen Forsyth, State Library of New South Wales
Fancy walkie talkies, Star Trek communicators or roving reference?
(2006 Travel Scholar)
Podcast Pdf Kelly Gardiner, State Library of Victoria in
Conversations or evidence – an analysis of responses from members of the public to an invitation to submit their comments about State Library of Victoria images available over the Web
Podcast Powerpoint Michael Geist , Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
Unlocking access: in support of a hands-on Internet policy
Podcast Pdf Paul Genoni, Curtin University of Technology, WA in
Changing library spaces: finding a place for print
  Pdf Kathryn Greenhill, Murdoch University, WA
Do we remove all the walls?: Second Life librarianship
  Pdf Kathryn Greenhill, Murdoch University, WA in
Libraries interact: collaboration and community in the Australian library blogosphere
Podcast Pdf David Groenewegen and Andrew Treloar, Monash University, VIC
Building the ARROW community
Podcast Pdf Garry Hall, Queensland Health
Supporting health professionals in evidence-based practice: a case study of the Clinicians Knowledge Network
Podcast Pdf Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Monash University, Vic in
Data management and the curation continuum: how the Monash experience is informing repository relationships
Podcast Pdf Terence Harrison, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Vic
Delivering the evidence to the client
Podcast Pdf Sandra Henderson and Matthew Walker, National Library of Australia, ACT
Development of a rights management system for the National Library of Australia's collections
Podcast Pdf Margaret Henty and Adrian Burton, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, ACT
Looking forward by looking back: APSR’s contribution to future repository planning in Australia
Podcast   Bruce Heterick, JSTOR, New York, USA
Shift happens: how the network effect, two-sided markets, and the wisdom of crowds are impacting libraries and scholarly communication
Podcast Pdf Philip Hider, Sally Burford and Stuart Ferguson, Charles Sturt University, NSW
The use of information architecture guidelines by Australian libraries
Podcast   Emily Hudson, University of Melbourne, VIC
Australia's new flexible copyright exception: open-ended in name only?
Podcast Pdf Tony Iezzi, Vision Australia, Vic
Accessing information in new ways
Podcast Pdf Heather Jenks, AUT University, NZ
Utilising tools for discovery
Podcast Pdf Cathie Jilovsky, CAVAL Collaborative Solutions, Vic and Paul Genoni, Curtin University of Technology, WA
Changing library spaces: finding a place for print
Podcast Pdf Graeme Johanson, Monash University, Vic in
Library manager perspectives of the Vocational Education Sector: investigating trends and issues within a Learning Commons paradigm
Podcast Pdf Bonna Jones, RMIT University, Vic and Yen Wong, State Library of Victoria
Virtual and physical: architect Christopher Alexander on living spaces
Podcast Pdf Ralph Kiel, University of Western Australia in
Claim your space: re-placing spaces to better meet the needs of the Net Generation
Podcast Pdf Danny Kingsley, Australian National University, ACT
Repositories, research and reporting: the conflict between institutional and disciplinary needs
Podcast Pdf Barbara Kirkham and Peter Collins, State Library of Queensland
WRMS with legs: an organisation-wide approach to a work request management system
Podcast Pdf Wilma Kurvink, Wesley College, VIC
A new paradigm for reference librarians in the online world: developing relationship around research and learning with library users
Podcast Pdf Geoff Lattimore, University of Western Sydney, NSW
Equity, the digital library and a new Medical School
Podcast Pdf Jan Lavelle, State Library of Tasmania in
All for naught: using existing bibliographic data to deliver modern search tools
Podcast Pdf John Law, ProQuest, USA
Observing student researchers in their native habitat
Podcast Pdf Peodair Leihy, Victoria University, Vic in
Fairy tales and Elggs: social networking with student rovers in learning commons
Podcast Pdf Lynette Lewis, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Vic
Library 2.0: taking it to the street
Podcast Pdf Vanessa Lewis, Australian Taxation Office, NSW in
Measuring your work and reporting your value as we move to Library 2.0
Podcast Pdf
Powerpoint
Peter Lor , Secretary General, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, the Netherlands and Professor Extraordinary, University of Pretoria, South Africa
International Librarianship 2.0: some international dimensions of Web 2.0 and Library 2.0
Podcast Pdf Rob McCormack, Victoria University, Vic in
Fairy tales and Elggs: social networking with student rovers in learning commons
Podcast Pdf Jean McKay and Helen Bronleigh, Murdoch University, WA, Annmaree Brown and Margaret Wright, Macquarie University, NSW
Shibbolising Online Librarian: how two university libraries enhanced their collaborative chat reference service by using a MAMS Mini grant to add authentication and develop an interoperable chat client
Podcast Pdf Paul Mercieca, RMIT University, Vic
Publication patterns of Australian academics and the impact on open access publishing
Podcast Pdf Robin Murray, OCLC, UK
Building Web scale for libraries
Podcast Pdf Sue Owen and Kat Clancy, Deakin University, Vic
Deakin Library website 2.0: iterative change for maximum gain
Podcast Pdf Natalie Pang and Graeme Johanson, Monash University, Vic
Library manager perspectives of the Vocational Education Sector: investigating trends and issues within a Learning Commons paradigm
Podcast Pdf Carla Pilarski and Debbie Posker, University of Newcastle, NSW
Reaching the audience using podcasts, SMS/texting and blogs at the University of Newcastle Library
Podcast Pdf Debbie Posker, University of Newcastle, NSW in
Reaching the audience using podcasts, SMS/texting and blogs at the University of Newcastle Library
Podcast Powerpoint Andy Powell, Head of Development, Eduserv Foundation, UK
Repositories through the looking glass
Podcast Pdf Joann Ransom, Horowhenua Library Trust, New Zealand
Kete Horowhenua : the story of the District as told by its people
Podcast Pdf Peter Ring, Victoria University, Vic in
Fairy tales and Elggs: social networking with student rovers in learning commons
Podcast Pdf Christine Sayer, State Library of Queensland in
Queensland Stories: community, collections and digital technology at the State Library of Queensland
Podcast Pdf Lloyd Sokvitne, Jan Lavelle and Carmel Denholm, State Library of Tasmania
All for naught: using existing bibliographic data to deliver modern search tools
Podcast Pdf Deb Stumm and Christine Sayer, State Library of Queensland
Queensland Stories: community, collections and digital technology at the State Library of Queensland
(2006 VALA Award)
Podcast Pdf Mark Sutherland, Bond University, Qld in
Transforming the library for the new millennium
Podcast Pdf Kim Tairi, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic, Rob McCormack, Peodair Leihy and Peter Ring, Victoria University, Vic
Fairy tales and Elggs: social networking with student rovers in learning commons
Podcast Pdf Andrew Treloar, ARROW Project, Vic and Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Monash University, Vic
Data management and the curation
continuum: how the Monash experience is informing repository relationships
Podcast Pdf Andrew Treloar, Monash University, VIC in
Building the ARROW community
Podcast Pdf Vanessa Tuckfield, Canberra Institute of Technology, ACT Intellectual Property/copyright, potentially more than just an elective
Podcast Pdf Matthew Walker, National Library of Australia, ACT in
Development of a rights management system for the National Library of Australia's collections
Podcast Powerpoint Stuart Weibel , Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Programs and Research, USA
Making identifiers concrete (so library places and spaces don't have to be)
Podcast Pdf Stuart Weibel , Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Programs and Research, USA presenting
Building Web scale for libraries
Podcast Pdf Constance Wiebrands, Curtin University, WA in
Libraries interact: collaboration and community in the Australian library blogosphere
Podcast Pdf Yen Wong, State Library of Victoria in
Virtual and physical: architect Christopher Alexander on living spaces
Podcast Pdf Margaret Wright, Macquarie University, NSW in
Shibbolising Online Librarian: how two university libraries enhanced their collaborative chat reference service by using a MAMS Mini grant to add authentication and develop an interoperable chat client
  Powerpoint Luke Wroblewski , Senior Principal of Product Ideation & Design, Yahoo! Inc. and Principal of LukeW Interface Designs, USA
Designing for today's Web
Podcast Pdf Scott Yeador, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, ACT in
The metadata coal face for digital repositories
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