The ozlib-announce list archive ending on 8 Feb 2000
Topics covered in this issue include:
1. ALIA2000 email announcement
Roxanne Missingham <rmissingham@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:11:48 +1100
2. Collection strengths on ALG
Australian Libraries Gateway <alg@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:54:07 +1100
3. Kinetica Course Schedules for 2000
Lea Nelson <lnelson@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:54:37 +1100
4. Cataloguing Conference proceedings ready soon
Rachel Salmond <rsalmond@pobox.com> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:28 +1100
5. South Australian Knowledge Management Event
"Bean, Bernadette (TSA)" <Bernadette.Bean@transport.sa.gov.au> (by
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:41 +1100
6. PANDORA - New titles added to the Archive
Anne Daniels <adaniels@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:55 +1100
7. CAVAL achieves RTO status
Robyn Sanders <robyns@caval.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:57:20 +1100
8. Free Lunchtime Seminar at the NLA - Chris Rusbridge
Kristen Ritchie <kritchie@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:22:46 +1100
9. Designing for an Accessible Web
"Cazabon, Margaret (DPL)" <Margaret.Cazabon@aph.gov.au> (by way of
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:08 +1100
10. Special Event at VALA
Patricia Burke <patriciab@geac.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:37 +1100
11. aliaNEWS broadcast 1 February 2000
"Ivan Trundle" <ivan.trundle@alia.org.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:51 +1100
12. Asialink Literature Residencies 2000
Amanda Lawrence <a.lawrence@asialink.unimelb.edu.au> (by way of Tony
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:09 +1100
13. ALIA2000 email announcement
Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:27 +1100
14. Training schedule for 2000
Lea Nelson <lnelson@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:41 +1100
15. Maguire Medal 2000
"Alan Ventress" <aventres@ilanet.slnsw.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:59 +1100
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 11:11:48 +1100
From: Roxanne Missingham <rmissingham@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: ALIA2000 email announcement
ALIA2000 email announcement
ALIA 2000 Capitalising on Knowledge: the Information Profession in the
Twenty First Century. 23-27 October 2000 National Convention Centre
Canberra ACT Australia. The Australian Library and Information
Association's Biennial Conference will be held in the national capital
Canberra in beautiful spring weather. The focus of the Conference will be
on the nature of information in the Twenty First Century and the challenges
for the profession and on the relationships between librarians and other
information professionals. Further details about the Conference can be
found at http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/alia2000/
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:54:07 +1100
From: Australian Libraries Gateway <alg@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Collection strengths on ALG
Libraries on the Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) with uncatalogued
Australian collections revealed by through the Australian Library
Collections Task Force (ALCTF) survey last July
<http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/resource/alctf/> can add a ink to the
information about these collections from their Gateway entry.
To add the link:
* Find your library entry on the Gateway
<http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/libraries> and login to update
<http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/help/update_help.html#login>.
* Select and open the 'Collection details' update form. At the very
end of this form is a field for 'Other comments' - within this field you can
provide an HTML link. The coding, for example, is:
See also <A
HREF="/libraries/resource/alctf/filename.doc">uncatalogued X collection</A>.
Replace filename.doc within this string with the corresponding file
name of your library collection as it appears in the list of collections at
<http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/resource/alctf/>; replace X with the name
of the collection. As an example, see the Australian Wool Research and
Promotion Organisation's Gateway entry.
* Submit the updated details and exit out of update.
Tip* The 'General comments' field within library entries on ALG is
searchable through the 'Advanced search' option
<http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/libraries>; 'static' pages (ie non-library
directory pages on the ALG site) may be searched through the ALG 'Site
search' option <http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/sitesearch.html>.
This message comes as a follow up to Dale Chatwin's posting to FLIN-L
<http://www.nla.gov.au/nla/listserv/flin.html> yesterday which is pasted
below for those libraries who do not subscribe to FLIN-L. If you have any
difficulties, please email ALG Administration at alg@nla.gov.au.
Best regards,
Erica Ryan - ALG Manager
Flinners
In late December I wrote to you seeking input on the 'priority ranking of
collections held by Federal libraries not recorded on the NBD'. Thanks to
those
who responded.
The following collections were ranked high :
* Australian Institute of Health and Welfare collection
* Central Land Council Library collection
* Health Insurance Commission Library
* National Crime Authority Library
* PSMPC archival collection
* PSMPC general library collection
The following collections were ranked medium :
* Australian National Botanic Gardens collection
* Australian Biological Resources Study collection
* Australian Wool Research and Promotion collection
* Air Services Australia collection
* Meat and Livestock Australia Library
* PSMPC Asia Pacific collection
* Screensound Australia collection
In forwarding the rankings to the National Library I also took the
opportunity,
on behalf of FLIN, to suggest that consideration be given to describing
some
collections at the "collection" level only and that some effort be devoted
to
providing links/pointers to the existing collection management databases
where
possible.
Dale Chatwin
FLIN Convenor
Erica Ryan, ALG Manager
Australian Libraries Gateway
http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/
.. discover Australian libraries
phone 02 6262 1137 / fax 02 6273 2545
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:54:37 +1100
From: Lea Nelson <lnelson@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Kinetica Course Schedules for 2000
To all kinetica-l list members
Dear colleagues
The following list of courses will be conducted by accredited
Kinetica Training Agents from February to
December 2000. If you wish to attend any of the courses mentioned,
please contact the Kinetica Training Agent conducting the
course.
This list of courses is also available from the National Library
Home Page at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/training/training.html
Lea Nelson
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SYDNEY
STATE LIBRARY OF NSW
For details and bookings, please telephone: (02) 9273 1321,
fax: (02) 9273 1246 or email: kinetica@ilanet.slnsw.gov.au
More courses may be scheduled according to demand.
Courses may be cancelled if there is insufficient bookings.
KineticaWeb (Cost: $95.00 hands on (individual PCs)
COVERS: Search techniques for the Web interface; combining
Primary and Secondary indexes, adding, modyfying and deletion
of holdings
VENUE : Technology Training Room, State Library of New South Wales.
All courses will run from 9.15am to 12.30.
Tuesday, Feb 15
Wednesday, April 12
Tuesday, May 30
PREREQUISITES: Course assumes prior knowledge of Windows and
Web browsers
Kinetica Cataloguing Client (Cost $340.00)
Handson two-day course
VENUE : Technology Training Room, State Library of New South Wales.
All courses will be conducted from 9.15 am to 4.30 pm each day.
PREREQUISITES: Prior knowledge of Windows and Web browsers.
Familiarity with creating original bibliographic records
Tuesday 14 March & Wednesday 15 March
Tuesday 13 June & Wednesday 14 June
Kinetica Document Delivery (Cost $195)
Hands-on one day course.
Venue: Technology Training Room, Mitchell Wing
All courses will be conducted from 9.15 am to 4.30pm
PREREQUISITES: Prior knowledge of Windows and Web browsers
On demand
UNILINC
UNILINC Limited offers a full range of Kinetica training courses
at its training facility in Sydney's CBD or on site by special
arrangement.
Please contact Karell Garcia on (02) 9283 1488 or karell@unilinc.edu.au
for details of specific courses.
On demand
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ADELAIDE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The University of South Australia Library will be offering
the full range of Kinetica courses. These courses can be offered at
your site, or at the Library's fully equipped metropolitan training
facilities. Trainers are Christine Cother (Kinetica Web and Document
Delivery) and Jay Douglas (Kinetica Web and Client).
For further information and bookings please contact AnneTownsend
on telephone: (08) 8302 7039, fax: (08) 8302 6756 or
email: anne.townsend@unisa.edu.au
KineticaWeb
Fri 10 March 9.00 - 12.00 (Underdale Library Trainng Room)
Fri 14 April, 8.00 - 12.00 (City East Library Training Room)
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TASMANIA
HOBART INSTITUTE OF TAFE
Any interested participants can contact Leonie Atkins through
email - atkinsl@tafe.tas.edu.au or phone - 03 6233 7416.
Venue: Library and Information Studies, Information Technology
Program, TAFE Tasmania-South.
Kinetica Document Delivery
Venue: 3rd floor of Tafe at 75 Campbell Street, Hobart.
On demand
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CAVAL
All courses will be held at CAVAL, 4 Park Drive, Bundoora. A registration
form
can be found at CAVAL's webpage(http://www.caval.edu.au/) under Training.
It can also be faxed, mailed or emailed to you by contacting Nicole Sinclair
on
(03) 9459 2722 or at: nicoles@caval.edu.au
Further inquiries:
Robyn Sanders (robyns@caval .edu.au);
Lamis Sukkar (lamiss@caval.edu.au)
Kinetica Client (2 day course 9.30-5.00 each day)
Thurs 2 March & Friday 3 March
Tuesday 9 May - Wed 10 May
Mon 17 July - Tues 18 July
Thurs 21 Sept - Fri 22 September
Tues 14 Nov - Wed 15 Nov
Kinetica Document Delivery
1 day course 9.30 - 5.00
Wed 9 Feb
Thurs 13 April
Fri 2 June
Wed 23 August
Wed 4 Oct
Wed 13 Dec
KineticaWeb Hands-on
1/2 day 9.30 - 1.00
Thursday 30 March
Tues 20 June
Fri 1 Sept
Friday 8 Dec
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QUEENSLAND
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
If you are interested in attending a KineticaWeb or Kinetica Document
Delivery (KDD) course, please email Barb Ewers (b.ewers@qut.edu.au
to register your interest.
Details regarding course venues are available on the enrolment form
on our Web page. To enrol print the enrolment form off our Web page at:
http://wwwlib.qut.edu.au/services/community/kinetica
and fax it to : (07) 3864 2485 or phone or email Belle on (07) 3864 1821
or b.vassella@qut.edu.au
KineticaWeb 9.30 - 12.30
$50
On demand
Kinetica Document Delivery (9.30 - 4.00)
$195 (lunch included)
On demand
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE OF WA
All courses will be held in the Alexander Library Building, Perth
Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000 and will be conducted by
Beth Reece from LISWA.
For bookings please telephone Pat Willans: (08) 9427 3270;
fax (08) 9427 3276 or email : pwillans@mail.liswa.wa.gov.au
For information, please telephone Beth Reece on (08) 9427 3268;
fax: (08) 9427 3276 or email: ereece@mail.liswa.wa.gov.au
KineticaWeb (hands-on for beginners)
9.15 am - 12.30 pm Maximum number of 7 per course
KW16 Tues 22 Feb
KW17 Thurs 23 March
Kinetica Cataloguing Client
9.15 am - 4.30 pm each day
On demand (Dates can be negotiated)
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:28 +1100
From: Rachel Salmond <rsalmond@pobox.com> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Cataloguing Conference proceedings ready soon
The proceedings of the 13th National Cataloguing Conference (Brisbane, 13-15
October 1999) will be published as volume 25 of Cataloguing Australia. I
have almost finished editing the papers, and they will be with the printer
this week. I expect them to be mailed out to subscribers to Cataloguing
Australia and to conference presenters within 2-3 weeks.
Ross Harvey
Professor Ross Harvey
School of Information Studies
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 675
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678
Phone: 02 6933 2369
Fax: 02 6933 2733
Email: rossharvey@csu.edu.au
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:41 +1100
From: "Bean, Bernadette (TSA)" <Bernadette.Bean@transport.sa.gov.au> (by
Subject: South Australian Knowledge Management Event
Please Excuse Cross Postings
The Records Management Association of Australia (SA Government Chapter) is
hosting a knowledge management event in Adelaide on February 23.
Join the RMAA SA State Government Chapter in addressing the BIG issues
facing information management professionals today.
* What's the next BIG THING in IT now that Y2K is over?
* What is Knowledge Management and how do you relate it to your
business?
* How do we convert from a traditional form of Records Management to
one in a Knowledge Management Environment?
* What is a Portal and How Does it Improve My Business?
Speakers include John Kunar, CEO of Delphi Consulting Canada; David Moldrich
of Deloitte Consulting and Nick Gonios of Open Text. The program includes
sessions on knowledge management, electronic records management and change
management as well as a KMS demonstration.
The cost is only $295 for the day (or $250 if you are a member or corporate
nominee of the RMAA). For more information or to register on line go to
http://www.rmaa.com.au/events/seminars2000/sa/000223/index.html
Regards, Bernadette
Bernadette Bean
Corporate Records Manager &
Freedom of Information Officer
Corporate Information Section
Transport SA
* (08) 8343 2036 (int 22036)
* (08) 8343 2768 (int 22768)
* bernadette.bean@transport.sa.gov.au
* PO Box 1, Walkerville, SA 5081 or DX Box 171
The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential, and
may also be the subject of privileged or public interest immunity. If you
are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or reproduction of this
document is unauthorised. If you have received this e-mail in error please
telephone 8343 2222.
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:56:55 +1100
From: Anne Daniels <adaniels@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: PANDORA - New titles added to the Archive
The National Library of Australia is committed to preserving nationally
significant Australian online publications and began work on this task in
January 1996 by formulating selection guidelines. (see:
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/scoap/guidelines.html). Since then, the Library
has been routinely selecting Australian publications on the Internet for
long term preservation.
In June 1996, the PANDORA Project (Preserving and Accessing Networked
Documentary Resources of Australia) was established to build the archive.
The National Library maintains a list on its homepage of all titles that
have been successfully archived in PANDORA. It is located at:
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pandora/archive.html Information in this list is
updated weekly.
Every two months an announcement will be made via this discussion list on
new government published titles successfully archived during the previous
two months, so that those interested can see the most recent additions to
the list.
GOVERNMENT TITLES ADDED DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS
Australia Now : a Statistical Profile
Business Club Australia
Children and Crime : Victims and Offenders (AIC Conference, 1999)
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Con Con : Constitutional Convention, Feb 2-13, 1998
Cyclone Tracy
Family Court of Australia Papers
Fresh NSW Schools' Milk : Cool for School
Going Digital 010101
HMS Pandora
IYOP : International Year of Older Persons 1999
Open Museum Journal
National Forum on Men and Family Relationships
Tasmania 2000
Tourism Olympic Forum 1998 Annual Conference Papers
Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
www.onlineseniors.net.au
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Anne Daniels
Senior Librarian
Australian Electronic Unit
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
PH. 02 6262 1411
Fax 02 6273 4492
Email adaniels@nla.gov.au
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 21:57:20 +1100
From: Robyn Sanders <robyns@caval.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: CAVAL achieves RTO status
CAVAL achieves RTO status
CAVAL is now a Registered Training Organisation (RTO). This means that we
will shortly be offering an optional assessment component to many of our
courses that will allow participants to work towards formal
qualifications. We are also preparing to introduce new modules that will
form part of formally accredited Certificate and Graduate Certificate
courses. Details will be provided on our Web site
(http://www.caval.edu.au) as soon as the modules become available.
March 2000 brings the introduction of a new CAVAL/AIMA workshop -
'Information Audit: a first step towards effective knowledge management'.
This 2-day workshop will explain the information audit process and how it
forms the basis for the development of an effective knowledge management
strategy. It will provide the practical skills needed to conduct an
information audit and explain how to ‘tailor’ the process for specific
types of organisations. The workshop will be held in Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and Wellington, with the Melbourne
workshop being held at the CARM Centre.
CAVAL also offers the following courses throughout the year:
INTERNET
Advanced Internet Searching
Evaluating Electronic Reference Resources
Government Information On The Web
KINETICA
Kinetica Document Delivery
Kinetica Cataloguing Client
Kinetica-Web Hands-on
=46or details please contact Robyn Sanders (robyns@caval.edu.au) or Nicole
Sinclair (nicoles@caval.edu.au) on (03) 9459 2722 or visit our web site at
http://www.caval.edu.au
Robyn Sanders
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Robyn Sanders
Training robyns@caval.edu.au
CAVAL Ltd. Tel: +613 9459 2722
4 Park Drive Fax: +613 9459 2733
Bundoora http://www.caval.edu.au
VICTORIA, 3083
AUSTRALIA
Cooperative Action by Victorian Academic Libraries
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:22:46 +1100
From: Kristen Ritchie <kritchie@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Free Lunchtime Seminar at the NLA - Chris Rusbridge
National issues facing the UK Higher Education Sector in the provision of
its information and research infrastructure
Chris Rusbridge, Programme Director of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme
(eLib), [http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/] will be presenting a
lunchtime seminar (12.15-1.30pm) in the National Library Theatre (Lower
Ground Floor) in Canberra on Wednesday 23 February 2000.
Chris is currently managing the final phase of the eLib programme. eLib was
established in 1995 by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/] within the United Kingdom with the aim of engaging
the Higher Education community in developing and shaping the implementation
of the national electronic library.
Early eLib projects addressed issues such as document delivery, access to
network resources, electronic journals and digitisation. More recently eLib
projects have concentrated on large scale resource discovery, or clumps;
preservation; and turning early projects into services. The current phase of
eLib also includes a major stream of hybrid library (combination of print
and electronic information) projects in the UK [see
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/elib/projects.html#hl].
Chris recently set up the JISC/NSF (US National Science Foundation)
international programme [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/progs/index.html#nsf] which
aims to foster collaboration between US researchers and research teams from
other countries on joint research projects to progress the development of
the digital library concept. He has also played a key role in the
development of new strategic frameworks for future programmes, including
developments to support the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER).
[http://www.jisc.ac.uk/pub99/dner_desc.html]
Chris has previously been a developer of engineering, database, and
transaction processing systems before moving to higher education computing
support in Australia. He later became Director of Information Technology
Services at the University of Dundee, and also worked as IT Coordinator in
the University of South Australia Library before taking his current post.
There is no charge and no need to register for the seminar - just bring
your own lunch.
Kristen Ritchie
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Ph: 02 6262 1522
Fax: 02 6273 2545
Email: kritchie@nla.gov.au
http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:08 +1100
From: "Cazabon, Margaret (DPL)" <Margaret.Cazabon@aph.gov.au> (by way of
Subject: Designing for an Accessible Web
** Designing for an Accessible Web **
http://www.vicnet.net.au/disability/training/act
** Hands-on one-day workshops in Canberra
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone
regardless of disability is an essential aspect." Tim Berners-Lee,
creator of the World Wide Web
What is an accessible web? An accessible web is available to everyone,
irrespective of sight, physical, or other disability. This workshop
will show you how to do achieve this. Accessible web design also
improves the general quality of web services, through improved
download times, navigability, and simplification of maintenance tasks.
Due to demand, the popular accessible design workshops usually held in
Melbourne, by Vicnet, the internet service of the State Library of
Victoria, are being held at the University of Canberra.
The workshop will be of interest not just to web designers, but those
responsible for commissioning or managing the development of online
content.
The workshop will assist you in working with design guidelines such as
those being considered by the Australian Human Rights and Equal
Opportunity Commission. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission has been given a reference by the Attorney General. The
Commission is to provide a final report by 31 March 2000.
In order to best benefit from the workshop, a working knowledge of how
web pages are created and managed is strongly advised.
When?
Proposed dates, depending on enrollment (all workshops 10am sharp-4pm):
Monday 28 February
Tuesday 29 February
Monday 6 March
Tuesday 7 March
Where?
Computer lab at the Australian Defence Force Academy
Cost
$220 per person, morning and afternoon teas included.
Presenter: Larry Stillman, Vicnet Diversity Officer
More information and registration
Go to http://www.vicnet.net.au/disability/training/act
Register quickly to avoid missing out!
Regards
Margaret
Margaret Cazabon
Web Manager/Systems Administrator
Department of the Parliamentary Library
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2607
phone 62772431
fax 62772622
email margaret.cazabon@aph.gov.au
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:37 +1100
From: Patricia Burke <patriciab@geac.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Special Event at VALA
Dear Colleagues
e-knowledge@ALDIS would like to extend an invitation to you to
attend both our "30-hour INFO-FEST" and our Exhibition Stand, at the VALA
Conference in Melbourne, 16-18 February, 2000. (We will be on stand number
27). Our "INFO-FEST" will be held in the Press Room on Level 2 of the
Convention Centre on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th Feb..
ALDIS has collaborated with our business partners to present the "30
Hour INFO-FEST" (see program below). The goal of the "INFO-FEST" is to
provide you with detailed information on products and future directions of
our major suppliers and to also give you an opportunity to talk to us away
from the main conference hustle and bustle.
SPECIAL EVENT - "Are you getting 100 cents value for your
information $1.00 ???" Over the many years of running our annual Roadshows
we have found that our customers particularly enjoy the opportunity to
discuss important issues with other library colleagues in a forum. So on
Thursday at lunchtime (1.15pm) we will be hosting a Round Table
"Hypothetical". We hope that this will not only be an informative exchange
of information but also fun, and there is a special prize. Bring your
lunch and come along to what we hope will be a lively exchange of ideas and
experiences.
Regards
Patricia Burke
Electronic Services Manager
e-knowledge@ALDIS, Asia Pacific
A division of Geac Computers
ACN 002 862 295
Phone: +61 3 9257 7600
Fax: +61 3 9257 7689
email: aldis@geac.com.au
URL: http://www.geac.com.au/aldis
NZ tollfree 0800 944 322
The ALDIS "30 Hour Info-Fest"
Program
VALA Conference, 2000
Press Room - Convention Centre - Level 2
Wednesday 16th February 2000
10.15 RMIT Publishing - "APAIS Digital Content: providing
Australian full content online"
10.45 ALDIS - " A new era"
11.20 GlassBook - "e-books show their colours"
11.55 CABI Publishing - " The CABI databases"
1.00 Cambridge Scientific Abstracts- "Innovative Research Tools
- The Internet Database Service"
1.30 SilverPlatter - "Managing e-Journals for your ERL and
Internet subscriptions"
2.00 RMIT Publishing - "APAIS Digital Content: providing
Australian full content online"
2.35 GlassBook - "e-books show their colours":
3.10 Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - "Innovative Research
Tools - The Internet Database Service"
3.40 ALDIS - "A new era"
Thursday 17th February 2000
10.15 GlassBook- "e-books show their colours"
10.45 SilverPlatter - "Increasing the value of your database
subscriptions through ERL and
SilverPlatter's Internet Service"
11.20 12.45 NZ - ALDIS User Group
1.15 - 2.30 Round Table "Hypothetical"
"Are you getting 100 cents value for your information $1.00 ????"
Facilitated by Katie Blake, National Sales Manager, Trimagic
Software Pty Ltd.
2.35 RMIT Publishing - "APAIS Digital Content: providing
Australian full content online"
3.10 Dialog.. - "k-working@dialog: Knowledge Management from the
Dialog Corporation"
3.40 Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - "Innovative Research
Tools - The Internet Database Service"
Patricia Burke
Electronic Services Manager
e-knowledge@ALDIS, Asia Pacific
A division of Geac Computers
ACN 002 862 295
Phone: +61 3 9257 7600
Fax: +61 3 9257 7689
email: aldis@geac.com.au
URL: http://www.geac.com.au/aldis
NZ tollfree 0800 944 322
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:23:51 +1100
From: "Ivan Trundle" <ivan.trundle@alia.org.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: aliaNEWS broadcast 1 February 2000
[permission granted to re-broadcast, in part or full]
In this aliaNEWS broadcast:
- EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION
- LEILA HOFFMAN AWARDED OAM
- ALIA DRAFT CONSTITUTION
- ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
- MANAGER/LIBRARY TECHNICIAN OF THE YEAR
- MEMBERSHIP FEES REMINDER
- DIGITAL AGENDA BILL UPDATE
- WATCH THIS SPACE!
- YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND ALIANEWS
- FEEDBACK
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Extraordinary General Meeting of the Association
-----------------------
The General Council has called an Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Association to be held on Tuesday 22 February 2000 at 5.30pm in the ABC
Theatrette, ABC Ultimo Centre, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo, Sydney. The
business of the meeting is to seek the agreement of the membership to the
Association incorporating under Part 5B.1 of the Corporations Law whereby
it registers a body corporate as an Australian company. Resolutions to be
put to the meeting are those required by the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission and the Commonwealth Department of Prime Minister
and Cabinet for the Association to proceed under Part 5B.1. In doing so,
the Association would be only the second organisation to take this course
of action and would not be required to go through voluntary liquidation.
Details on the incorporation process are at
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/meetings/extra/2000.background.html
EGM notice of meeting and agenda is at
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/meetings/extra/2000.agenda.html
Information on proxies is at
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/meetings/extra/2000.proxy.html
Leila Hoffman awarded OAM
-----------------------
Congratulations to Leila Hoffman, well-known to school and children's
librarians, who has been awarded the Medal in the General Division of the
Order of Australia for 'service to community through campaign (sic) for
equal pay, establishment of WA Young Readers Book Award and Perth Torah
Education Centre Library'. Library colleagues describe her as
inspirational in her abilities as an organiser, team member and a mentor.
ALIA Draft Constitution
-----------------------
The draft Constitution for ALIA as incorporated under Corporations Law is
available at
http://www.alia.org.au/review/constitution/draft.02-2000.html.
This draft has been agreed to by General Council and will be presented
at the Association's Extraordinary General Meeting of 22 February 2000.
Election of directors
-----------------------
The closing date for nominations for election to the Board of Directors
has been revised to 10 March 2000 to accommodate changes in the
incorporation process. Ballot papers will be distributed in the April
issue of inCite and the ballot closes on 8 May 2000. Form and information
available from http://www.alia.org.au/gc/elections/2000/
Manager/Library Technician of the Year
-----------------------
Nominations for the Association's Library Technician of the Year Award and
Manager of the Year Award close on 1 June 2000.
Recognition and encouragement of good management practices within
Australian libraries and information services is the aim of the Manager of
the Year Award. Personal members who, as managers, have demonstrated
outstanding skills in planning, resource allocation, project management,
communication, leadership, interpersonal relations and marketing, are
eligible to be nominated for the Award.
The Australian Library Technician of the Year Award aims to promote the
role and image of library technicians in library and information services
both in the workforce and in the wider community. The Award is open to any
personal member of the ALIA Library Technician Section who holds an
ALIA-recognised library technician qualification.
Further information, including application forms, is available from
http://www.alia.org.au/awards/
Membership fees reminder
-----------------------
As you will now be aware from your membership renewal forms, all current
memberships [i.e. those who have paid up by 31 January 2000] will expire
at 30 June 2000. If you have not yet paid your membership fees for the
period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2000, your membership has lapsed.
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/
Digital Agenda Bill update
-----------------------
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and
Constitutional Affairs tabled its Advisory Report on the Copyright
Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999 in Parliament on 6 December 1999. The
Committee has recommended some significant changes to the Digital Agenda
Bill including the recommendations to remove the definition of 'library'
from the Bill and to limit the range of exceptions for print to digital
copying. The government will now consider and respond to the Committee's
recommendations. The Bill is expected to be debated in the Parliament in
March or April 2000.
The Committee's report is available at
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/laca/digitalagenda/contents.htm
For more information about the report's recommendations
see ALIA's copyright news page at
http://www.alia.org.au/copyright/news/
Watch this space!
-----------------------
We are currently revamping the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
webpages on ALIAnet. The new pages will include lots of useful information
on the new CPD scheme and the ALIA mentoring program, as well as frequently
asked questions (FAQs) and links to CPD activities and training providers.
The page is currently under construction, but do bookmark it and watch it
evolve.
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/cpd/
Your e-mail address, and aliaNEWS
-----------------------
Please note that your subscription to aliaNEWS is entirely independent of
your ALIA membership, and that if your e-mail address changes in the
future, you should follow the instructions that were issued to you upon
subscription to aliaNEWS to re-subscribe from your new address. It is
possible to alter your details even after changing your address, by
following the supplied instructions. Failing this, you can always contact
the list-owner (see below).
Although we would dearly like to make life simpler for all by having a
mechanism for identifying and flagging such changes in aliaNEWS to
correlate with the ALIA membership database, unfortunately this is not yet
possible (and will take a monumental effort in any event). Therefore, we
ask that you also notify our membership staff of ANY address changes
(e-mail or otherwise) that you experience in the course of your
membership, using the following e-mail address: address.change@alia.org.au
- we prefer e-mail in that we can always verify your new e-mail address.
It is important for you to note that the record kept in the aliaNEWS
database does not necessarily match those of the ALIA membership database.
If you wish to know more about how we deal with the information submitted
to us electronically through ALIAnet, please refer to
http://www.alia.org.au/privacy.html
Feedback
-----------------------
We have been thrilled by the response to aliaNEWS from subscribers. It is
gratifying to know that we are providing a useful and timely information,
and in a format that is easy to read. We now have countless supportive and
constructive compliments (but are always eager for more!). As always,
though, we would like to know your thoughts on what you would like to see
in this broadcast, and how you would like to see it.
Send your comments to Ivan Trundle, manager, systems and publishing, at
ivan.trundle@alia.org.au
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:09 +1100
From: Amanda Lawrence <a.lawrence@asialink.unimelb.edu.au> (by way of Tony
Subject: Asialink Literature Residencies 2000
Media Release 2 February 2000
ASIALINK AWARDS NINE RESIDENCIES TO WRITERS IN 2000
The Asialink Centre announced today the recipients of Literature Residency
Grants for 2000. Eight Australian and an Indonesian writer have been
awarded a total of $102, 000 to spend time completing literary projects
related to various countries in Asia and Australia.
The program, in its fourth year, has had a major impact on both the
writers that go and the perception of Australian literature in Asia. This
year Asialink has introduced a reciprocal residency program for an
Indonesian writer to visit Australia as writer-in-residence, supported by
the Australia Indonesia Institute. This is important new cultural exchange
program, developed in partnership with Jakartaís Lontar Foundation, is
certain to be an exciting and challenging development for both countries.
The Australian writers selected for the program in 2000 are a great mix of
young and old, established and emerging writers and their projects are as
diverse as the countries they are travelling to:
Award-winning documentary screenwriter Maree Delofski will spend her time
in India completing a feature length film about the mysterious origins of
Hollywood filmstar Merle Oberon. Was she really born in Tasmania or India
and why the need for such deception?
Chi Vu is an exciting young writer, performer and theatre facilitator from
Melbourne who intends to develop a collection of short stories that explore
her experience of Vietnam as an Australian returning to her country of
birth.
Journalist and writer Christopher Kremmer will be developing an screenplay
adaption of a 19th Mirbeau play set in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Kremmer is
the author of the award-winning Stalking the Elephant Kings: In Search of
Laos (Allen & Unwin).
Rebecca Edwards will be teaching a course on Australian culture at Keio
University in Japan while working on a book of poetry inspired by her
surroundings. Edwards is a talented young poet from Queensland who has long
had a fascination with Japanese language and literature.
Screenwriting couple Andrew Kelly and Sue Smith will explore the migrant
experience of Vietnamese Australians using the story of a baby dropping
onto Bondi Beach tied to a kite. The ensuing controversy and intrigue
results in a journey to Vietnam to discover the background of this
extraordinary occurrence.
Korean-born Donío Kim has lived in Australia for many years and is
currently working on The Grand Circle, a novel exploring the politics and
the personal turmoil of reunification in Korea and its relationship with
Australia.
Christine Gillespie is a ëlate-starterí, coming to writing after a care=
er
in adult education and training, and has now won a number of competitions
and awards as well as having a commissioned play by Playbox due out later
this year. Malaysia will give her the opportunity to complete her first
novel, set in Asia, and to develop a new project exploring aspects of
Malaysiaís multicultural society.
Tasmanian poet Andrew Sant is keen to write a collection that take their
cues from aspects of Chinese poetry and hopes to become involved in
collaborative translations while at Peking University.
The Asialink Literature Residency Program is supported by: The Australia
Council, Arts Victoria, the NSW Ministry for the Arts, Arts Queensland,
Arts WA, Department of Arts & Museums NT, Arts SA, Arts Tasmania, the City
of Melbourne, the Hijjas Foundation in Malaysia, and the Department of
=46oreign Affairs and Trade through the Australia Indonesia Institute,
Australia Korea Foundation, Australia India Council, Australia China
Council and the Japan Cultural Program.
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For more information please contact Amanda Lawrence, Literature Project
Officer, Asialink
11-13 Lincoln Sq South Carlton Vic 3053 Australia Tel (613) 9349 1899 Fax
(613) 9347 1768
Email a.lawrence@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:27 +1100
From: Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: ALIA2000 email announcement
ALIA 2000 Capitalising on Knowledge: the Information Profession in the
Twenty First Century. 23-27 October 2000 National Convention Centre
Canberra ACT Australia.
The Australian Library and Information Associations Biennial Conference
will be held in the national capital Canberra in beautiful spring weather.
The focus of the Conference will be on the nature of information in the
Twenty First Century and the challenges for the profession and on the
relationships between librarians and other information professionals.
Further details about the Conference can be found at
http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/alia2000/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
phone +61 2 6241 7659
mailto:me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au
http://purl.oclc.org/NET/Tony.Barry
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:41 +1100
From: Lea Nelson <lnelson@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Training schedule for 2000
To all kinetica-l list members
Dear colleagues
The following list of courses will be conducted by accredited
Kinetica Training Agents from February to
December 2000. If you wish to attend any of the courses mentioned,
please contact the Kinetica Training Agent conducting the
course.
This list of course details will be available shortly from the
National Library Home Page at:
http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/training/training.html
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SYDNEY
STATE LIBRARY OF NSW
For details and bookings, please telephone: (02) 9273 1321,
fax: (02) 9273 1246 or email: kinetica@ilanet.slnsw.gov.au
More courses may be scheduled according to demand.
Courses may be cancelled if there is insufficient bookings.
* KineticaWeb (Cost: $95.00 hands on (individual PCs)
COVERS: Search techniques for the Web interface; combining
Primary and Secondary indexes, adding, modyfying and deletion
of holdings
VENUE : Technology Training Room, State Library of New South Wales.
All courses will run from 9.15am to 12.30.
Tuesday, Feb 15
Wednesday, April 12
Tuesday, May 30
PREREQUISITES: Course assumes prior knowledge of Windows and
Web browsers
* Kinetica Cataloguing Client (Cost $340.00)
Handson two-day course
VENUE : Technology Training Room, State Library of New South Wales.
All courses will be conducted from 9.15 am to 4.30 pm each day.
PREREQUISITES: Prior knowledge of Windows and Web browsers.
Familiarity with creating original bibliographic records
Tuesday 14 March & Wednesday 15 March
Tuesday 13 June & Wednesday 14 June
* Kinetica Document Delivery (Cost $195)
Hands-on one day course.
Venue: Technology Training Room, Mitchell Wing
All courses will be conducted from 9.15 am to 4.30pm
PREREQUISITES: Prior knowledge of Windows and Web browsers
On demand
UNILINC Limited
UNILINC offers a full range of Kinetica training courses
either in its training facility in Sydney or on site by special
arrangement.
Our schedule for January to June 2000 is as follows;
* Kinetica Web
29 March 9.30-12.30
9 May 9.30-12.30
* Enhanced use of Kinetica Web - half day course designed to promote
effective and efficient use of Kinetics Web
15 March 9.30-12.30
11 April 9.30-12.30
23 May 9.30-12.30
* Document delivery
29 February 9.30-4.30
6 April 9.30-4.30
1 June 9.30-4.30
* Cataloguing client
On demand
Full details of courses, bookings and costs are available at
http://www.unilinc.edu.au
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ADELAIDE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The University of South Australia Library will be offering
the full range of Kinetica courses. These courses can be offered at
your site, or at the Library's fully equipped metropolitan training
facilities. Trainers are Christine Cother (Kinetica Web and Document
Delivery) and Jay Douglas (Kinetica Web and Client).
For further information and bookings please contact AnneTownsend
on telephone: (08) 8302 7039, fax: (08) 8302 6756 or
email: anne.townsend@unisa.edu.au
* KineticaWeb
Fri 10 March 9.00 - 12.00 (Underdale Library Trainng Room)
Fri 14 April, 8.00 - 12.00 (City East Library Training Room)
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TASMANIA
HOBART INSTITUTE OF TAFE
Any interested participants can contact Leonie Atkins through
email - atkinsl@tafe.tas.edu.au or phone - 03 6233 7416.
Venue: Library and Information Studies, Information Technology
Program, TAFE Tasmania-South.
* Kinetica Document Delivery
Venue: 3rd floor of Tafe at 75 Campbell Street, Hobart.
On demand
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VICTORIA
CAVAL
All courses will be held at CAVAL, 4 Park Drive, Bundoora.
A registration form can be found at CAVAL's webpage
(http://www.caval.edu.au/) under Training.
It can also be faxed, mailed or emailed to you by contacting
Nicole Sinclair on (03) 9459 2722 or at: nicoles@caval.edu.au
Further inquiries:
Robyn Sanders (robyns@caval .edu.au);
Lamis Sukkar (lamiss@caval.edu.au)
* Kinetica Client (2 day course 9.30-5.00 each day)
Thurs 2 March & Friday 3 March
Tuesday 9 May - Wed 10 May
Mon 17 July - Tues 18 July
Thurs 21 Sept - Fri 22 September
Tues 14 Nov - Wed 15 Nov
* Kinetica Document Delivery (1 day course 9.30 - 5.00)
Wed 9 Feb
Thurs 13 April
Fri 2 June
Wed 23 August
Wed 4 Oct
Wed 13 Dec
* KineticaWeb Hands-on (1/2 day 9.30 - 1.00)
Thursday 30 March
Tues 20 June
Fri 1 Sept
Friday 8 Dec
LEONIE BOURKE (Private Consultant)
Phone: (03) 9836 8424
Fax: (03) 9836 8209
Email: leonie@vicnet.net.au
Venue: Vicnet training room, State Library of Victoria
* Kinetica Document Delivery
Mon 14 Feb
ACCESS CO
Email Barbara Sandeman at barbara@vicnet.net.au
Phone 03 9380 6446 for details of courses.
Further courses will be scheduled according to demand.
* Kinetica Web (hands-on)
Access Co has redeveloped its hands-on Kinetica Web course
to suit both new users and
more experienced users wishing to enhance their searching skills.
Wednesday 15 March (9.30 to 1.00)_
IT Centre, University of Melbourne
* Kinetica Document Delivery and Kinetica Client
Please register your interest.
Courses will be scheduled according to demand.
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QUEENSLAND
QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
If you are interested in attending a KineticaWeb or Kinetica Document
Delivery (KDD) course, please email Barb Ewers (b.ewers@qut.edu.au
to register your interest.
Details regarding course venues are available on the enrolment form
on our Web page. To enrol print the enrolment form off our
Web page at:
http://wwwlib.qut.edu.au/services/community/kinetica
and fax it to : (07) 3864 2485
or phone or Belle on (07) 3864 1821
or email: b.vassella@qut.edu.au
* KineticaWeb 9.30 - 12.3 ($50)
On demand
* Kinetica Document Delivery (9.30 - 4.00)
$195 (lunch included)
On demand
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICE OF WA
All courses will be held in the Alexander Library Building, Perth
Cultural Centre, Perth WA 6000 and will be conducted by
Beth Reece from LISWA.
For bookings please telephone Pat Willans: (08) 9427 3270;
fax (08) 9427 3276 or email : pwillans@mail.liswa.wa.gov.au
For information, please telephone Beth Reece on (08) 9427 3268;
fax: (08) 9427 3276 or email: ereece@mail.liswa.wa.gov.au
* KineticaWeb (hands-on for beginners)
9.15 am - 12.30 pm Maximum number of 7 per course
KW16 Tues 22 Feb
KW17 Thurs 23 March
* Kinetica Cataloguing Client
9.15 am - 4.30 pm each day
On demand (Dates can be negotiated)
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:24:59 +1100
From: "Alan Ventress" <aventres@ilanet.slnsw.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Maguire Medal 2000
LASIE (Library Automated Systems Information Exchange
makes two awards for outstanding papers on information
technology in theory or practice, the Peake Prize and the
Maguire Medal. These Awards are made in alternate years,
with a prize of $1000 and a commemorative certificate or
medal. Winning entries are published in LASIE. Entries are
now called for the Maguire Medal for 2000.
THE MAGUIRE MEDAL 2000
The Maguire Medal is named in honour of Carmel Maguire, former
head of the School of Library and Archives Studies at the
University of New South Wales and long serving editor of LASIE.
The Medal is intended to encourage librarians and archivists who
are new to the profession to share their ideas and observations on
the challenges of information technology with colleagues in
Australia and overseas.
The Medal which carries with it a prize of $1,000 will be awarded for
an outstanding article on practical applications of information
technology in libraries and kindred institutions. The article must be
original, and must have been written by a professional librarian or
archivist within five years of completing their first professional
library qualification. The article must be suitable for publication in
LASIE.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1To be eligible for the Maguire Medal the author must be a
professional librarian or archivist who has completed a first
professional library qualification, recognised by the Australian
Library and Information Association or the Australian Society
of Archivists within the last five years.
2In subject matter, style, form and presentation the article
must conform to the general requirements for articles
contributed to LASIE. These requirements can be viewed on
the LASIE Home Page
(http://www.slnsw.gov.au/lasie/welcome.htm and are
reprinted in issues of LASIE when space permits.
3The author must certify that the article is his or her own work,
and has not been previously published. Quotations from other
sources must be clearly identified as such.
4Only one entry may be submitted per entrant.
5Entries should be placed in a sealed envelope, marked only
with the title of the article. This envelope, together with a
completed entry form, should be enclosed in another
envelope and sent to The Editor, LASIE Awards, State
Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney
2000. There must be no identification on the entries
themselves.
6The decision of the judges, a panel of distinguished members
of the profession, is final. LASIE reserves the right not to
make an award in a particular year.
7The winning entry will be published in LASIE.
8Entries must be received at the State Library of New South
Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000, by 5.00 pm on 29
September 2000
Alan Ventress
Mitchell Librarian
State Library of New South Wales
Macquarie Street,
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: +61 2 92731466
Fax: +61 2 92731245
Email: aventres@slnsw.gov.au
Web site: http://www.slnsw.gov.au
Editor LASIE (Library Automated Systems Information Exchange)
http://www.slnsw.gov.au/lasie/welcome.htm