VALA2014 Session 8 Burke

Video: streaming with possibilities, but undiscoverable

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 8: Collaborate
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
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Jane Burke

ProQuest, USA

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Despite growing volume and popularity, institutional video content is the least curated and least discoverable of all content types. Although users expect ubiquitous access to all content, regardless of format, video is under-catalogued/indexed and therefore not easily accessible. Video, especially institutional video, is not available to discovery services, and rights management concerns inhibit availability. Therefore, libraries are missing an opportunity to showcase their relevance. This paper presents research on the hypothesis that utilizing automated transcription to programmatically create rich metadata promotes discoverability and usability of institutionally created video.

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VALA2014 Session 15 Gifford

Size doesn’t matter: how a small library went BIG

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: New Territory
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
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Anna Gifford and Julie Rae

Australian Drug Foundation, Vic

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This paper presents the story of a small, specialist library, which transformed its service delivery model through a reframing of the service from traditional library to integrated information service. The paper details some of the processes and discoveries from such an undertaking, and shares its approach for regenerating the library function to ensure and grow its relevance into the future.

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VALA2014 Session 4 Murdoch

Journey into the user experience: creating a library website that’s not for librarians

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: User Discovery and Experiences
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 15:15 – 15:45
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Craig Murdoch and Shari Hearne

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

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Auckland University of Technology Library started work on a major redevelopment of its website in 2012. The problem was that the website content, as is the case for many library websites, had been written by librarians with almost no user input. The challenge was to redesign the website, rethinking our entire focus and placing the user at the centre of the process. This is the story of a journey of transformational change based on our user-centric approach. We believe we have achieved what we set out to do and created a website that’s built not for librarians but for users.

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VALA2014 Session 9 Barry

Learn to play and play to learn: using public libraries for creativity and collaboration

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Get Creative
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
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Tania Barry

Vic (formerly Yarra Plenty Regional Library)

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With the role of libraries in learning already widely recognised, the next wave of opportunity for libraries is to facilitate community engagement in new ways of knowledge sharing and creative practice. Libraries need to rethink existing interiors, creating spaces for people to come together to learn. Libraries need to share and to develop new ideas and activities for outreach, using technology as an enabler. The paper examines Digital Hubs and maker spaces as examples of reinvented spaces, and discusses geocaching as an example of the reinvention of programs aimed at increasing community knowledge-sharing and creativity.

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VALA2014 Session 15 Wright

ALICE: are we ready for a startup?

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: New Territory
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
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Janette Wright and Jane Cowell

State Library of Queensland

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This paper discusses the research project undertaken by State Library of Queensland into what a Digital Library could be. With this project, the State Library explored what a public library could be in 2020 in the virtual realm. Digital Library Project 5 (lightheartedly renamed ALICE) is an investigation into an eLending/ePublishing platform, NOT a library management system. We were not exploring how to organise ‘stuff’. The major issues discussed include the need to be ‘intrapreneural’, the details of the project itself and the risks with a startup approach.

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VALA2014 Session 5 Ogle

Just accept it! Increasing researcher input into the business of research outputs

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Innovate
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 14:40 – 15:10
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Lisa Ogle and Kai Jin Chen

University of Newcastle, NSW

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This paper discusses the experience of the University of Newcastle in implementing the NURO research publications management system, using Symplectic Elements software. The new system provides an opportunity to value-add library services for researchers, while meeting the demands from university management for richer publications reporting tools. A particular challenge is re-engaging researchers in the research publications management process, after many years of the Library doing much of the work on their behalf.

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VALA2014 Session 9 McLean

Maker/Hackerspaces: what do they look like and does it fit at my library?

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Get Creative
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:20 – 15:25
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Michelle McLean

Casey-Cardinia Library Corporation, Vic

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Vic

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Maker spaces are potentially the wave of the future for libraries, but what are they and how do they fit in with what your community needs? Why is a maker space such a valuable addition to your library’s services and how can you make it work? This workshop will explore these questions and give participants the opportunity to brainstorm ideas and solutions for their own library service.

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VALA2014 Session 5 Wolski

Terra Nova: a new land for librarians?

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Innovate
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 15:15 – 15:45
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Malcolm Wolski and Joanna Richardson

Griffith University, QLD

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As society tackles increasingly complex issues, there is a driving imperative for new knowledge, approaches and technologies to empower solutions, especially in emerging areas of inquiry. This paper discusses how federated research collections, such as Terra Nova, are being developed in Australia between collaborative partners to address this need. It examines the role of librarians in not only the development of these new systems but also in the ongoing support and outreach. It highlights the importance of the librarian as a key participant in a cross-disciplinary, potentially multi-institutional, research support team/network.

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VALA2014 Session 10 Mason

GLAM data hokey pokey/tokey and digital humanities research

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 10:30 – 11:00
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Ingrid Mason

Intersect Australia, NSW

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Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs) have a long and rich history in providing services and maintaining collections in support of humanities research. New methods of scholarly research in the digital humanities have emerged. GLAM “data” is in the main still delivered in ways that suit traditional methods of research, that is, through a website, an online catalogue or exhibition, and social media sites. GLAMs can extend their collection services and repackage their content to meet increasing technical requirements of digital humanities researchers by making the content available in new ways.

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VALA2014 Session 6 Hudson

The library of the future: Kiama Library and the NBN

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Near Futures
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 14:40 – 15:10
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Michelle Hudson

Kiama Municipal Council; Library, NSW

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Kiama Library was one of the first public libraries in mainland Australia to be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN). The NBN has opened up a plethora of opportunities for our regional community and as a result our library has facilitated a number of new health services, such as headspace Mental Health consultations for youth and providing and supporting Telehealth equipment, and has investigated many potential new educational library programs, such as connecting to the collection conservation programs at the National Museum of Australia and facilitating virtual tours of their Landmark Gallery.

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