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VALA2014 Session 13 Biswas

Grass roots digitisation: how to engage with your community

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 13: Engaging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
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Smita Biswas

Auckland City Libraries, New Zealand

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This paper shares the experience of two mid-sized New Zealand public libraries involving their communities in starting their digitisation projects using Kete open source software. These communities were encouraged to share their unique stories and digitise their images and oral histories. The Kete software was extended to harvest relevant social media content from YouTube, Twitter and Digital New Zealand and link it to the community-contributed local content, to create a rich digital local history resource. The paper also gives the libraries’ tips on planning the scope of their digitisation projects and then making these projects self-managing and less reliant on staff members.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Abbott

The perfect storm: the convergence of social, mobile and photo technologies in libraries

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
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Wendy Abbott, Jessie Donaghey, Joanna Hare and Peta Hopkins

Bond University Library, Qld

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The intersection of mobile and photographic technologies with social networks has produced platforms such as Instagram. The way libraries are using these platforms has not been investigated in depth. This research aims to discover trends in the use of Instagram by libraries, reporting on selected libraries’ experiences and intentions behind capturing and sharing images on Instagram. Recommendations will be made on how librarians can transform relationships and engagement with their communities through mobile photo sharing, taking advantage of ‘the perfect storm’ of technological convergence.

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VALA2014 Session 14 Wiebrands

 

‘I need more hands-on training!’: reflections on creating self-directed learning opportunities for library staff

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Skilling Time
Thursday 6 February 2014, 13:45 – 14:15
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Constance Wiebrands

Edith Cowan University, WA

Michael Wiebrands

Curtin University, WA

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This paper uses the theory of self-directed learning to examine how library staff learn, in particular the perception that training is inadequate. It attempts to suggest ways of providing improved learning opportunities for staff in a changing environment. The results of a survey on how staff members from two university libraries perceive their learning are discussed.

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VALA2014 Session 7 Smeaton

Is it Tweet-worthy? Privacy in a time of sharing

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Think Social
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 14:55 – 15:25
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Kathleen Smeaton and Kate Davis

Queensland University of Technology

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Information professionals and information organisations use Twitter in a variety of ways. Typically both organisations and the individuals that work for them have separate identities on Twitter, but often individuals identify their organization through their profile or Twitter content. This paper considers the way information professionals use Twitter and their practices with regard to privacy, personal disclosure and identifying their organisational affiliations. Drawing on data from a research study involving a questionnaire and social media observation, the paper will provoke discussion about information professionals’ use of Twitter, personal and organizational identity, and the value of Twitter for professional development. In keeping with the subject matter, a curated set of social media content will be available in lieu of a formal paper.

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VALA2014 Session 14 Diedrichs

New skill sets: providing service for graduate students and researchers

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: Skilling Time
Thursday 6 February 2014, 14:20 – 14:50
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Carol Pitts Diedrichs

The Ohio State University, USA

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As students advance in their academic studies, they encounter new software, computer systems, and other tools that will be essential to their success. Many academic libraries are turning their focus to the creation of research commons spaces designed for graduate and undergraduate students engaged in high-level research. These areas are designed to provide help with sophisticated new tools such as data management, digital humanities, and geographic information systems. This paper highlights examples of programming and services provided, as well as the skill sets that librarians need to deliver these services, with examples drawn primarily from North America.

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VALA2014 Session 1 Ellis

Managing MOOCs: adding value in a ‘massive, open, online’ environment

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: Think Big
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 10:50 – 11:20
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-session-1-ellis

Jenny Ellis, Astrid Bovell, Peta Humphreys and Jan Weaver

The University of Melbourne, Vic

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In 2013, the University of Melbourne offered its first MOOCs via Coursera. The technology enabled seven courses taught by academic staff from different disciplines to be delivered to anyone with an internet connection. The Library was included as part of the MOOCs development team from the start, collaborating with teaching staff through the hectic development phase, forging positive relationships with learning designers and production staff. This paper presents a case study that demonstrates the contribution that the Library has made to MOOCs@Melbourne.

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VALA2014 Session 2 Kreunen

Hacking the library catalogue: a voyage of discovery

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 2: It’s All About the Data
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 10:50 – 11:20
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Ben Kreunen and Joe Arthur

The University of Melbourne, Vic

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The University Digitisation Centre (UDC) at the University of Melbourne has been working towards implementing the Embedded Metadata Manifesto since its inception in 2009. This paper follows the evolution of the in-house information systems developed by UDC to incorporate the embedding of descriptive metadata as part of a standard digitisation process. Central to this has been the development of novel ways of accessing metadata from the various library catalogues via their public interfaces. Challenges arising from the re-use of catalogue metadata in non-library systems may provide additional insights as libraries attempt to re-invent the catalogue.

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VALA2014 Plenary 2 Bollen

Social media as an agent of socio-economic change: analytics and applications

VALA2014 PLENARY SESSION 2
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 16:20 – 17:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2014-proceedings/vala2014-plenary-2-bollen

Johan Bollen

Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, USA

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Billions of individuals are now participating in online social networking environments. The resulting social media streams provide crowd-sourced information on a range of psychological, social, economic, and political phenomena. In our work, we analyse large scale social media data to gauge and even predict a variety of socio-economic developments, including the stock market, consumer behaviour, elections, and even scientific impact. In my key note, I will provide an overview of the most exciting developments in this emerging field, and discuss how the power of the crowd may be leveraged to bring about fundamental social and economic changes.

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VALA2014 Session 3 Li

First experience of implementing a cloud computing SaaS application

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 3: Cloud Gazing
Tuesday 4 February 2014, 10:50 – 11:20
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Zan Li

Melbourne Library Service

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This paper discusses the implementation process of the first cloud application implemented within Melbourne Library Service, Zendesk. In particular, the paper discusses the benefits and some pitfalls of SaaS software. It also outlines some of the research we have done on the trend of cloud applications. Finally, it lists some experience learned through this implementation.

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VALA2014 Plenary 3 Tan

A new kind of citizens’ library through the Singapore Memory Project

VALA2014 PLENARY SESSION 3
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 8:45 – 9:55
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Gene Tan

National Library Singapore

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Gene will share with us the impetus behind the Singapore Memory project – a whole-of-nation initiative to collect, create, preserve and make accessible memories of people, places, events and institutions in Singapore by the National Library of Singapore. The project builds on Singapore’s already strong collections by adding a completely new dimension – emotive and evocative memories. Gene will answer big questions such as how the National Library is preserving and sharing the memories of a nation. The ultimate vision of the project is to build a citizen’s library where content is built around the memories of citizens and every citizen has a book that truly relates to his or her experiences of Singapore. The people of Singapore are the Library.

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