VALA2012 Provisional Conference Programme

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The VALA2012 L-PLATE SERIES

On Monday 6th February 2012, VALA will present the VALA2012 L-Plate Series. This series of introductory sessions focuses on the technologies that will be discussed during the VALA conference. Brush up your knowledge and enhance your VALA2012 Conference experience by attending the VALA2012 L-Plate Series on Monday afternoon. This series is free to all registered VALA2012 Conference delegates. The 2010 VALA L-Plate Series proved to be very popular, with 146 delegates registering to attend in 2010, so book early as spaces are limited. L-Plate Series registration includes afternoon tea.

Detailed VALA L-Plate Series programming information here. Bookings can be made via the Online Registration link. If you have already registered you will need to log back in to amend your registration.

RMIT Publishing / VALAtech BOOT CAMP

If the VALA L-Plate Series is a fun way to brush up on your knowledge, the RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp is a series of day and half-day high-end technical and practical sessions. Book into these interactive sessions (no passive participation here) and expand your knowledge of some of the key and emerging technologies used today. As a high-end practical stream, a core level of technical knowledge is required. Participants are also asked to bring their notebooks / netbooks. The RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp is free to delegates and spaces are strictly limited. The RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp runs from Monday 6 – Thursday 9 February 2012.

Detailed RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp programming information here. Bookings can be made via the Online Registration link. If you have already registered you will need to log back in to amend your registration.

Monday 6 February 2012

RMIT Publishing / VALAtech Boot Camp 0900 - 1300 Session A Room: 218 #VALA2012  #BCA 0900 - 1030 Co-design an ILMS for the Future- Part 1 1030 - 1100 "Morning Tea 1100 - 1300 Co-design an ILMS for the Future - Part 2 1300 - 1400 Lunch – Provide Your Own 1400 - 1700 Session B Room: 218 #VALA2012  #BCB 1400 - 1530 Using mobile and social media to enrich the visitor experience - Part 1 1530 – 1600 Afternoon Tea 1600 - 1700 Using mobile and social media to enrich the visitor experience - Part 2

VALA2012 L-Plate Series Room 212 #VALA2012  #LPL 1300 - 1330 L-Plate Session 1 Tablets vs Netbooks / Notebooks 1330 - 1400 L-Plate Session 2 Cloud Computing 101 1400 - 1430 L-Plate Session 3 XML Exposed 1430 - 1500 Afternoon Tea - Room 212 Foyer 1500 - 1530 L-Plate Session 4 Trove API and what it can do for you 1530 - 1615 L-Plate Session 5 Content Management Systems: Making the Choice (Joomla vs. Drupal vs. WordPress) 1615 - 1645 L-Plate Session 6 Gaming 101

Associated Events 0930 - 1700 Datasets Coordinators Meeting and Forum (for CAUL/CEIRC members only) 1400 - 1600 SciFinder information and user group session 1500 - 1700 The Current and Future State of Library Discovery and Management

0800 - 1800	Registration
0900 - 0905	Opening Address and Welcome Bart Rutherford, VALA2012 Conference Committee Chair
0905 - 1015	PLENARY SESSION Room: Plenary Hall     Chair: David Feighan Jason Griffey, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, USA Libraries & the Post-PC era #VALA2012 #K1JG
1015 - 1050	Morning Tea and Exhibition Viewing - Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Academic Research Support Room: 212 - 213 Chair: Geoff Payne	CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Discovery Room: Plenary Hall Chair: Karen Kealy	CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Mobile Room: 219 - 220 Chair: Victoria Mathews	RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp Session C Room: 218
1050 - 1120	Austin McLean, ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Global discoverability of graduate research: challenges and opportunities for researchers and librarians (Presenter: Keith Furniss) #VALA2012  #S1AM	Alison Dellit and Sarah Schindeler,National Library of Australia, ACT Trove: the terrors and triumphs of service-based social media #VALA2012  #S2AD	Annie Yee, RMIT University Library, Vic Mobile technology: academic libraries in Australia and beyond. #VALA2012  #S3AY	Drupal Basics Facilitator: Brian Gilbert, Realityloop #VALA2012 #BCC   High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO notebook/netbook.
1125 - 1155	Rebecca Parker, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic What the library did next: strengthening our visibility in research support #VALA2012  #S1RP	Tim Sherratt, University of Canberra, ACT Mining the treasures of Trove: new approaches and new tools #VALA2012  #S2TS	Jeremy Taylor, St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Vic, Jay Glaisyer, EBSCO Australia, Sydney, NSW and Julia Ryan, State Library of New South Wales Mobilising patient care and research:  remote and mobile access to clinical information resources via a state government portal #VALA2012  #S3JT
1200 - 1230	Toby Burrows  and Kate Croker, University of Western Australia Supporting research in an era of data deluge: developing a new service portfolio within Information Services at the University of Western Australia #VALA2012  #S1TB	Philip Minchin, Port Phillip Library Service, Vic Stacks of fun: games, community, libraries, technology #VALA2012  #S2PM	Felicity Gilbert, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, Vic From Aristotle to Siri: the augmented face of the library #VALA2012  #S3FG
1230 - 1405	Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 4: The Next Generation Room: Plenary Hall Chair: Ailsa Dott	CONCURRENT SESSION 5: metaFutures Room: 212 - 213 Chair: Jan Weaver	CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Big Ideas Room: 219 - 220 Chair: Lynette Lewis	RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp Session D Room: 218
1405 - 1435	Ursula Henderson and Simon Pyke, University of Adelaide, SA 100% iPad guaranteed: information skills, the Library and an invigorated science programme #VALA2012  #S4UH	Monika Szunejko, Barbara Patison and Sarah McQuade, State Library of Western Australia If SLURP is the answer... what's the question? #VALA2012  #S5MS	Chris Kelly, Brimbank City Council, Vic Repositioning Brimbank Libraries for 21st century service delivery (Co-presenter: Jarrod Coyles) #VALA2012  #S6CK	Drupal Advanced Facilitator: Brian Gilbert, Realityloop #VALA2012  #BCD High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO notebook/netbook.
1440 - 1510	Shaun O'Dwyer and Kylie Bailin, University of New South Wales Imagine there's no desk #VALA2012  #S4SO	Stephen Pugh, Oranjarra Partners, USA Harvesting relevant content: developing and applying new digital profiling methodologies and the evolution of commercial discovery, acquisition and access services #VALA2012  #S5SP	Laurie Atkinson and Bernie Lewin, Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria The big bang: establishing the Victorian Government Library Service #VALA2012  #S6LA
1515 - 1545	Paul Mercieca, RMIT University, Vic Social media as an education platform: teaching through Facebook #VALA2012  #S4PM	Edmund Balnaves, Prosentient Systems, NSW Reigniting the OPAC as a metadata hub #VALA2012  #S5EB	Sharee Crocker, Deakin University, Vic Engaging student spaces: library in the Deakin Online Learning Environment #VALA2012  #S6SC
1545 - 1620	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
1620 - 1730	PLENARY SESSION Room: Plenary Hall    Chair: Lian Todd Xiaolin Zhang, National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China eMpowering e-Science, eMpowering libraries #VALA2012  #K2XZ
1730 - 1900	Welcome Reception - Exhibition Area

1230 - 1345	Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Spaces, Physical and Virtual Room: 212 - 213 Chair: Lynette Brown	CONCURRENT SESSION 8: New Directions Room: 219 -220 Chair:Julie Gardner	CONCURRENT SESSION 9: eStuff Room: Plenary Hall Chair: Alison Morin
1345 - 1415	Jennifer Peasley, Macquarie University Library, NSW Demystifying automated retrieval systems: the clients' perspective #VALA2012  #S7JP	Helen Livingston, University of South Australia What is the catalogue? #VALA2012  #S8HL	Alison Neil, University of New South Wales Approval of 'E': fuss free selection and acquisition #VALA2012  #S9AN
1420 - 1450	Jenny Ellis, Karen Kealy and Alissa Sputore, University of Melbourne, Vic Empowering end-users: post occupancy evaluation of redesigned library spaces #VALA2012  #S7JE	David Feighan, Bialik College, Vic The Internet of everything: linking the print and online collections in a school library #VALA2012  #S8DF	Jenny Quilliam and Eleanor Thomas, University of South Australia Library eMpowering acquisitions in mediated selection #VALA2012  #S9JQ
1455 - 1525	Glenn Harper, Frankston City Libraries, Vic Cloud 9: new services and engagements #VALA2012  #S7GH	Bronwyn Foxall, Abbotsleigh, NSW Change or fade away: school libraries need to provide for, and lead, educational change #VALA2012  #S8BF	Fiona Burton and Maureen Kattau, Macquarie University Library, NSW Building in the 'e': creating the virtual bookshelf #VALA2012  #S9FB
1525 - 1600	Afternoon Tea, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase - Exhibition Area
1600 - 1710	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall     Chair: Kim Tairi Liz Lyon, UKOLN, The Library, University of Bath, Bath, UK The informatics transform : re-engineering libraries for the Data Decade #VALA2012  #K4LL
1900 - 2300	Conference Dinner - Plaza Ballroom

0800 - 1800	Registration
0845 - 0955	PLENARY SESSION Room: Plenary Hall     Chair: Tom Denison Eibhlin Roche, Guinness Storehouse, Ireland Guinness Archive: unlocking the potential of an iconic global brand #VALA2012  #K5ER
0955 - 1030	Morning Tea and Exhibition Viewing - Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 10: eM-powering Professionals Room: Plenary Hall Chair: Darren Ryan	CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Digitisation Room: 212 - 213 Chair: Jeremy Taylor	CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Apps and Applications Room: 219 - 220 Chair: Tom Edwards	RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp Session E Room: 218
1030 - 1100	Helen Reid and Kim Tairi, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic Opening up the playground: supporting library staff to learn through play #VALA2012  #S10HR	Claire Stent, Statistics New Zealand Digitising historical data: that's just scanning the tables from the books isn't it? #VALA2012  #S11CS	Tristan Badham, RMIT University, Vic QR codes: do they provide the missing link between the physical and digital? (VALA Travel Scholar) #VALA2012  #S12TB	A Speed Date with Design Thinking Facilitator: Zaana Howard, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic #VALA2012  #BCE High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO notebook/netbook.
1105 - 1135	Ralph Kiel and Frances O'Neil, Victoria University, Vic and Jen Scantlebury, Cocoon Consulting, Vic Brave new habits: evaluation of a library leadership program for a culture of innovation and creative contribution #VALA2012  #S10RK	Robin Wright, Swinburne University of Technology, Vic Libraries and licensing: the eFuture will need legal as well as technical skills #VALA2012  #S11RW	Margaret Warren, State Library of Queensland and Richard Hayward, State Library of Victoria Hacking the nation: Libraryhack and community-created apps #VALA2012  #S12MW
1140 - 1210	Jennifer Hardware, Griffith University, Qld Where to next? A case study of the development of a Career Pathing Tool for Information Services, Griffith University #VALA2012  #S10JH	Kathryn Greenhill, Curtin University, WA and Constance Wiebrands, Edith Cowan University Library, WA No library required: the free and easy backwaters of online content sharing #VALA2012  #S11KG	Peter Neish, Parliament of Victoria Harvesting and semantically tagging media releases from political websites using web services #VALA2012  #S12PN
1210 - 1345	Lunch, Exhibition Viewing and VALA Showcase – Exhibition Area
	CONCURRENT SESSION 13: eCapabilities Room: Plenary Hall Chair: Lynette Lewis	CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Museum Connections Room: 219 - 220 Chair: John Terrell	CONCURRENT SESSION 15: On Demand Room: 212 - 213 Chair: Baden Hughes	RMIT Publishing/VALAtech Boot Camp Session F Room:218
1345 - 1415	Lisa Smith and Steven Yates, Monash University Library, Vic Online learning: eM-powering eFutures through developing staff capability at Monash University Library #VALA2012  #S13LS	Ingrid Mason, Intersect Australia Ltd / Australian National Data Service, NSW Are the GLAMs going to bring a steampunk/neo-Victorian sensibility and aesthetic to Linked Open Data? #VALA2012  #S14IM	David Wells and Diana Blackwood, Curtin University Library, WA Streamed video in an academic library: expectations, challenges and response #VALA2012  #S15DW	Working with the Trove API Facilitator: Paul Hagon, National Library of Australia #VALA2012  #BCF High-end hands-on technical session, with limited spaces. BYO notebook/netbook.
1420 - 1450	Ellen Forsyth, State Library of New South Wales Playing at professional development? #VALA2012  #S13EF	Elycia Wallis and Dave Matthews, Museum Victoria Collaborating locally, contributing globally: the Biodiversity Heritage Library in Australia #VALA2012  #S14EW	Ryan Weymouth, University of Queensland Library What's on the telly? Delivery of offair television content to students via online video streaming at the University of Queensland #VALA2012  #S15RW
1455 - 1525	Jemima McDonald and Sophie McDonald, Blake Library, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW Developing literacies and building a learning community at UTS Library #VALA2012  #S13JM	Robyn Van Dyk and Theresa Cronk, Australian War Memorial, ACT Anzacs Online: starting a new major digitisation project #VALA2012  #S14RV	Rita Ellul, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, VIC and Indra Kurzeme, State Library of Victoria Lighting the FUSE: innovation and partnerships #VALA2012  #S15RE
1525 - 1555	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition Viewing - Exhibition Area
1555 - 1705	PLENARY SESSION: Room: Plenary Hall     Chair: Michelle McLean Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library, USA Access, schmaccess: libraries in the Age of Information Ubiquity #VALA2012  #K6EN
1705 - 1710	CLOSING: Lian Todd, VALA President and Bart Rutherford, VALA2012 Conference Committee Chair
1710 - 1830	Farewell Refreshments

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The conference programme is preliminary and is subject to change. VALA reserves the right to alter this programme as planning progresses.