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