VALA2014 Proceedings

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The VALA2014 17th Biennial Conference and Exhibition is to be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia from 3 – 6 February 2014. The theme for this conference is streaming with possibilites.

The following papers will be presented at VALA2014. See also the VALA2014 Programme.

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VALA2014 Session 9A Panel

Creating a Global Biodiversity Heritage Library

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 9A: Scanning Locally, Collaborating Globally
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 13:45 – 15:25
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Panel:

Dr Nancy Gwinn

Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, USA

Mr Martin Kalfatovic

BHL, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA

Dr Elycia Wallis

Museum Victoria, Victoria, Australia

Mr William Ulate

Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA

Ms Anne-Lise Fourien

South African National Biodiversity Institute, SA

Mr Jiri Frank

National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

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Abstract

The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), originally formed in 2006 as a consortium of museum and botanical garden libraries, now incorporates collaborators in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, South America, Egypt, China, and Africa. BHL now aggregates nearly 40 million pages of biodiversity literature representing over 117,000 volumes, including pre-Linnean (>1753) to contemporary volumes. The primary user base is life-science researchers. Providing open and free access to the published literature of biodiversity, the BHL serves as a model for a large-scale curated digital library collection. This panel will discuss topics related to creating and maintaining a multinational digital library program.

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VALA2014 Plenary 4 Finch

The book of the world: crossing boundaries in culture and outreach

VALA2014 PLENARY SESSION 4
Wednesday 5 February 2014, 16:00 – 17:10
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Matt Finch

Parkes Shire, NSW

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Abstract

How can we best empower frontline staff in the GLAM sector to develop new ways of serving their communities? Is the cardboard box the single greatest piece of technology in the 21st century public library? Why might chaos and disorder be librarians’ best friends? And should we vaporise anyone who uses the word “hub” when discussing the future of cultural institutions? Matt will explore these questions and more, drawing on recent experiences instigating productive forms of transgression in libraries, galleries, schools, and cultural venues across Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. (The VALA organisers would like to reassure you that any vaporisation will be purely figurative).

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VALA2014 Plenary 5 Ridge

Bringing maker culture to cultural organisations

VALA2014 PLENARY SESSION 5
Thursday 6 February 2014, 8:45 – 9:55
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Mia Ridge

The Open University, UK

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Should museums, libraries and archives be places for looking at old stuff other people have made, or could they also be places where new creations are inspired and made? If making – writing, designing, building – is the deepest level of engagement with heritage and culture, how can memory institutions avoid the comforting but deadly trap of broadcasting at the public and instead create spaces for curating, creating or conversing with them?

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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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Abstract

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 10 Neish

Linked Data: thinking big, starting small

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:05 – 11:35
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Peter Neish

Victorian Parliamentary Library

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Abstract

The concept of using Linked Data in libraries is gaining momentum; however, there are limited concrete examples that demonstrate the benefits of this approach. This paper explores the use of Linked Data at the Victorian Parliamentary Library, and discusses whether the internal benefits on their own are enough to justify the investment in this new technology.

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VALA2014 Session 10 Burrows

Linking and sharing data in the humanities and creative arts: building the HuNI Virtual Laboratory

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 10: Digging Culture
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
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Toby Burrows

University of Western Australia

Deb Verhoeven

Deakin University, Vic

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The Humanities Networked Infrastructure (HuNI) is one of the national Virtual Laboratories that are being developed as part of the Australian government’s National e-Research Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) programme. This paper examines the methodologies and technical architecture being deployed by HuNI to link and share Australian data in the humanities and creative arts.

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VALA2014 Session 11 Organ

What’s on the telly? Streaming the archives to new audiences

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Crossing the Stream
Thursday 6 February 2014, 10:30 – 11:00
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Michael Organ and Rebecca Daly

University of Wollongong Library, NSW

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Abstract

University libraries face an increasingly diverse digital world in which tablet and mobile devices are the preferred access platforms for research, teaching and learning. The University of Wollongong Library has responded by digitising its unique archival collections, embedding digitisation processes, developing a digitisation program and providing a Digital Collections portal to material held within its repositories. The Library has also embarked on digitisation of the nationally significant WIN4 television news collection 1964-84. Comprising over 1,000 reels of 16mm black and white film and associated scripts, the project entails significant technological, copyright and logistical hurdles in providing streamed access to content.

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VALA2014 Session 11 Cleary

Possible, inevitable or fait accompli? An analysis of streaming video acquisition, acceptance and use in higher education

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Crossing the Stream
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:05 – 11:35
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Colleen Cleary

Queensland University of Technology

Olivia Humphrey

Kanopy, WA

Alison Bates

La Trobe University Library, Vic

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Abstract

This paper explores the potential for online video as a mechanism to transform the ways students learn, as measured by research, user experience and usage following surveys and trials of patron-driven acquisition collaboratively undertaken by Queensland University of Technology, La Trobe University and Kanopy.

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VALA2014 Session 11 Butters

NFC-equipped smartphones: a two edged sword for library RFID systems

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: Crossing the Stream
Thursday 6 February 2014, 11:40 – 12:10
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Alan Butters

Sybis, Vic

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Abstract

The last few years have seen a significant increase in the number of smartphones equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities. NFC utilises several technologies that will allow a user’s Smartphone to interact with a range of other devices in ways that further expand the Smartphone’s utility and capability. The technology paves the way for smartphones to interact both positively and negatively with library RFID tags. This paper outlines the capabilities and penetration of NFC-equipped smartphones, and discusses a range of mitigation strategies that might be available to libraries where the threat aspect of NFC is of concern.

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VALA2014 Session 12 Joyce

Relying on customary practice when the law says ‘No’: justified, safe or simply ‘no go’

VALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: Learning
Thursday 6 February 2014, 10:30 – 11:00
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Tom Joyce

The University of Queensland

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Abstract

The Library, archive, cultural and educational sectors are likely to face many more years of copyright uncertainty and disconnect between copyright laws and norms. Legislative changes may narrow what has been a widening gap between the legal and the technologically possible, but evolving copyright norms are increasingly setting the boundaries of what is possible and prudent at a time when black letter law is struggling to keep pace with change.

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