The ozlib-announce list archive ending on 19 Apr 2000
Topics covered in this issue include:
1. Kinetica-l Archive
Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:06:41 +1100
2. aliaNEWS broadcast 7 December 1999
"Ivan Trundle" <ivan.trundle@alia.org.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:04:31 +1100
3. A day with the National Library of Australia
Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:04:51 +1100
4. PANDORA - New titles added to the Archive
Anne Daniels <adaniels@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:05:07 +1100
5. [LINK] [SAGE-AU] SAGE-AU Responds to Committee Report on
Rachel Polanskis <r.polanskis@nepean.uws.edu.au> (by way of Tony
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:05:33 +1100
6. Dublin Core: Australian mirror site
Warwick Cathro <wcathro@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:06:24 +1100
7. AGIFT (Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus
Sue Little <sue.little@lib.monash.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:26:36 +1100
8. Moral rights for Australian creators
Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:42:37 +1100
9. Kinetica Advisory Committee papers
Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:44:16 +1100
10. Archives simplifies online searches
Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:41:04 +1000
11. IAMEMS: New Membership categories
Tony Hill <thill@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:50:30 +1000
12. Deakin University joins National CJK Service
Bemal Rajapatirana <brajapat@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:51:09 +1000
13. IAMEMS: QUESTnet2000 Conference: Call for Papers/Registration Open
Antony Healey <antony@healey.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:50:42 +1000
14. INFORMATION ONLINE & ONDISC 2001
Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:53:33 +1000
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:06:41 +1100
From: Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Kinetica-l Archive
This message is being posted to kinetica-l
Since it began in May 1998, kinetica-l has delivered over 700 messages
covering all aspects of Kinetica: the implementation project, the
introduction of the service, advice on using the services and your
suggestions for changes to the interfaces, as well as announcements about
presentations, training courses and user meetings.
These messages have all been archived, and are now available from the
National Library's Web site. While the initial display has the messages in
date order, you can sort them by author, subject or thread.
Check past announcements, or check all the comments on a topic or review the
searching tips at http://www.nla.gov.au/list-archives/kinetica-l/
Bryony De La Motte
Director, Kinetica Customer Service
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Phone (02) 6262 1690
Fax (02) 6273 1180
email bdelamot@nla.gov.au
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:04:31 +1100
From: "Ivan Trundle" <ivan.trundle@alia.org.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: aliaNEWS broadcast 7 December 1999
[permission granted to re-broadcast, in part or full]
In this aliaNEWS broadcast:
- DIGITAL AGENDA BILL REPORT PROTECTS LIBRARY RIGHTS
- FIRST ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
- DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF BALLOT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT 2000
- THE LATEST NEWS ON GST
- WA SCOOPS NETWORKING THE NATION FUNDING
- MEMBERSHIP FEES REMINDER
- VITAL LINK ONLINE, PHASE 2
- FEEDBACK
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Welcome to the December 1999 edition of aliaNEWS, part of a regular
(monthly) electronic newsletter distributed to all renewing and new
members of ALIA. Those members who wish to be removed from this list are
instructed to check a box on the application form alongside the e-mail
address entry. This document is also available at
http://www.alia.org.au/e-lists/alianews/1999.12.html
Members of this monthly distribution list are free to subscribe and
unsubscribe at any time, and as often as they wish. Consult ALIAnet's
e-list pages for further information, or refer to your original
subscription notice.
http://www.alia.org.au/e-lists/alianews/
Digital Agenda Bill Report protects library rights
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and
Constitutional Affairs has recommended to the Commonwealth Government that
the definition of 'library' be omitted from the Copyright Amendment
(Digital Agenda) Bill. If the recommendation is accepted by government and
opposition, libraries in private organisations will not be excluded from
the library and fair dealing provisions to which they are presently
entitled under the Copyright Act.
This follows strong lobbying by ALIA, the Australian Digital Association
and the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee, as well as
representations from businesses and special library groups. The proposed
definition would have effectively excluded business libraries, including
private hospital libraries, from participating in interlibrary lending and
from timely access to essential information and research.
The recommendation is subject to further consultation with affected
parties and consideration of the Copyright Law Review's Committee's report
on the Simplification of the Copyright Act 1968. report.
Other recommendations include:
1. The same right of access to digital as to print information
2. The copyright owner to have first right of digitising print
information, with some exceptions.
3. Libraries could digitise material in their collections for the purposes
of delivering it electronically to a user in a remote location where postal
delivery of a print copy would be unreasonably slow.
The bill will now proceed to debate in the House of Representatives and
the Senate. The legislation will be reviewed in three years.
Full text of the Advisory Report [only in PDF format, 35Kb] from:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/laca/digitalagenda/reportfront.pdf
First election of directors
-----------------------
As ALIA moves to incorporation under Corporations Law, nominations are now
called for election to the Board of Directors. In this first election, five
directors are to be elected: two are to be elected by members, one is to be
elected by institutional members, and two are to be elected by the
nominated divisional representatives to the National Policy Congress.
Nominations close with the executive director in ALIA National Office at
5.00 pm on 11 February 2000. The call for nominations is also published in
the December issue of inCite. Further details about the election process
as well as important information for potential candidates is available at
http://www.alia.org.au/gc/elections/2000/.
Declaration of results of ballot for vice-president 2000
-----------------------
Following declaration of the ballot for vice-president (president-elect)
each year, General Council formally notes the result. This message
constitutes formal notice (on behalf of the executive director) of two
motions to be put to a postal ballot of General Council in relation to the
ballot for vice-president (president-elect).
The ballot for the position of vice-president 2000 (president-elect)
closed on Monday 15 November and was counted on Tuesday 16 November at
ALIA House. Following a count of votes received on and before the due
date, Alan Bundy was declared the winner, and was duly notified of his
appointment to the position of vice-president 2000.
The latest news on GST
-----------------------
ALIA is helping the Government's GST Start-Up Assistance Office to contact
all libraries with the first element of the Government's $500 million
package of information to help organisations comply with the new tax
regime.
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/briefs/991201.html
WA scoops Networking the Nation funding
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Regional, rural and remote Western Australians will benefit immensely from
$2.365 million awarded through the latest round of Networking the Nation
funding. The program also provides up to $10 000 for development
assistance funding to help communities identify their communications needs
if they do not have the resources within the community.
Applications for the next round of Networking the Nation funding close 8
March 2000. Applicants should visit the website at
http://www.dcita.gov.au/rtif.html or contact the Networking the Nation
Secretariat on freecall 1800 674 058. Media release at
http://www.dcita.gov.au/cgi-bin/graphics.pl?path=4661
Membership fees reminder
-----------------------
Please note that we are changing the membership year - primarily to suit
the overwhelming desire of Association members, but also to ease the
introduction of GST. As you should now be aware from your membership
renewal forms, membership fees due at 1 January 2000 will apply through
until 30 June 2000 only. In addition, subscriptions to Association
journals and magazines (other than to subscription-only members) will
apply for this 6-month period only.
http://www.alia.org.au/membership/
Vital Link Online, phase 2
-----------------------
Improving all of the time, and with more and more data being added and
updated, our office-bearer's online database is about to be moved into its
next phase - with the gradual roll-out of links from committee pages.
National Office staff listings are now available, and many additions and
corrections are being made to better reflect the various committees of the
Association.
We are still keen to get feedback about the success (or otherwise) of our
efforts. Use the links found on the Vital Link pages to let us know what
you think, or send them to Ivan Trundle at ivan.trundle@alia.org.au.
http://www.alia.org.au/vital.link.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: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:04:51 +1100
From: Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: A day with the National Library of Australia
This message is being posted to Kinetica-l
Senior staff of the National Library of Australia will be in Melbourne on 15
February 2000, to discuss and demonstrate some of the National Library's
current and future activities. Please join us to hear about and comment on
the National Library's strategic directions and initiatives.
In the morning, members of the National Library senior executive group will
discuss the National Library of Australia's strategic directions and role in
the national information infrastructure, covering current activities and
services and future projects and initiatives. The afternoon will be devoted
to Kinetica, focussing on developments and initiatives.
The Library has arranged the day for Tuesday 15 February to allow people
travelling to Melbourne for VALA 2000 (16-18 February) to attend. The
program is structured to allow people to attend for the whole day or to
select the sessions they wish to attend. Morning and afternoon tea will be
provided. The full program is on the National Library's Web site at
http://www.nla.gov.au/events/nla/daynla.html
There will be no charge for attendance, but we would like you to tell us if
you plan to attend, so that we can arrange catering. Please RSVP to
market@nla.gov.au by 9 February 2000
Bryony De La Motte
Director, Kinetica Customer Service
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Phone (02) 6262 1690
Fax (02) 6273 1180
email bdelamot@nla.gov.au
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:05:07 +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://www.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://www.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
Adelaide - Australia : prepared to win
Canberra Project 2000
Consular travel advice, East Timor
East Timor, Australia's position
East Timor crisis
Eating into the future
International Year of Older Persons (Office of Seniors Interests, W.A.)
International Year of Older Persons 1999 (Commonwealth)
International Year of Older Persons 1999 (Queensland)
International Year of Older Persons 1999 (Tasmania)
International Year of Older Persons: A Western Australia for All Ages
Melbourne, your sports training destination
Michael Knight, Minister for the Olympics
NSW Sport & Recreation
Olympic Business
Parliamentary Education Office
Referendum 1999
Sport and recreation, Queensland, Olympic business
Sydney 2000 Olympic Coin Program
Tourism and the Olympic Games
**************************************
Anne Daniels
Senior Librarian
Australian Electronic Unit
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph + 61 2 6262 1411
Fax + 61 2 6273 4492
Email adaniels@nla.gov.au
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:05:33 +1100
From: Rachel Polanskis <r.polanskis@nepean.uws.edu.au> (by way of Tony
Subject: [LINK] [SAGE-AU] SAGE-AU Responds to Committee Report on
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 17:31:08 +1100 (EST)
From: Geoff Halprin <geoff@SysAdmin.Com.AU>
To: sage-au@sage-au.org.au
Subject: [SAGE-AU] SAGE-AU Responds to Committee Report on Copyright Digital
Agenda Bill
THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS GUILD OF AUSTRALIA (SAGE-AU)
PRESS RELEASE
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 13th DECEMBER 1999
SAGE-AU Responds to Committee Report on Copyright Digital Agenda Bill
SAGE-AU suggests protection for System Administrators
must be codified.
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) is delighted to see
that the House of Representatives Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee has recognised the significance of the needs of the systems
administration community, and identified beyond any doubt the legislative
requirement to ensure that the Digital Agenda Bill provides security to
system administrators acting in proper pursuit of their functions.
"This bill, as originally drafted had the potential to shut down the IT
industry, by making it illegal to participate in computer security forums
or automate security functions," said Geoff Halprin, who presented to
the Committee on the needs of the systems administration community.
"This report is an important step in recognising the practical
implications of the draft Bill, and its unintended effect on the
gatekeepers of the information economy," he said.
The Committee recognised, beyond any doubt, the importance of security
testing, and the need for exemptions for bona fide system administration
duties from any potential criminal or civil litigation. "The committee
heard our message that the very activities that the Bill seeks to
make illegal are at the core of good systems management practices. The
Committee agreed that we are, by necessity, involved in the development
and "manufacture" of circumvention devices, but that (in the proper
pursuit of our functions) these are not used to infringe copyright."
The report stated that, "there is a need to allow copyright users to
use circumvention devices in pursuit of legitimate purposes, such as
system administration." It further stated, "SAGE-AU was of the view,
with which the Committee agrees, that system administrators are involved
in the manufacture of circumvention devices to the extent that they need
to create them."
SAGE-AU, however, disagrees with the Committee's suggestion that
"principles of public policy" should prove sufficient protection for
system administrators, and believe this position to be inconsistent
with the discussion in the report leading to that conclusion. Such a
position would require at least one test case going to the courts to
set a precedent. "None of our members would like to be that test case,"
said Halprin. "We do not believe that recommendation 16 of the report
is sufficient. We believe it is imperative that the Act codify these
rights as an exception or permitted purpose, similar to those already
codified in the proposed Bill."
The exemptions for security testing (s. 47F) provide little comfort. In
many cases, what system administrators do is neither a reproduction
nor an adaptation of a work. The basic nature of security testing is to
concentrate efforts on the correctness and robustness of the technical
protection mechanism - not the work itself.
In fact, this is at the core of SAGE-AU's concerns with the Bill as
drafted. System administrators regularly review, inspect and attempt to
breach security and protection mechanisms (in order to identify weaknesses
and strengthen security), but do not infringe copyright in doing so. The
Bill, by breaking the link to actual infringement, and even to intent
to infringe, makes otherwise lawful and essential activities illegal.
SAGE-AU also believes it is likely that a vendor might decide that it is
in their interest to shut down discussion about security flaws in their
product (and the associated bad press), rather than address those flaws
or design more robust products. Under the Bill as presently drafted,
this might well be within their legislative rights.
SAGE-AU urges the government to codify the protection for system
administrators, as recommended by SAGE-AU and supported by the report,
to provide confidence to the IT community.
Committee's Recommendation on Caches Wrong
SAGE-AU also has major concern with the Committee's recommendation that
there should be no exemption to infringement for temporary reproduction
("caches").
Australia's link to the Internet is over submarine cables and satellite
links. These are extremely expensive to deploy and maintain. That the
US-based copyright owner's associations argue that caches are unnecessary
merely shows that they do not appreciate how far away Australia
is. Without an effective system of caches to reduce international
traffic flow, this country's international bandwidth requirements would
increase at least ten-fold. "We could not lay cables fast enough to meet
demand. That would devastate our information economy, and our ability
to compete in a burgeoning market."
"We believe the Bill as drafted got this exactly right," said
Halprin. "The committee seems to have set aside the very reasons that
these sections were introduced in the first place, and instead suggests
extending an incredibly complex regime of control to the copyright owners
to which every ISP and cache operator would have to adhere."
Under the proposed scheme, only carriers and carriage service providers
(telephone companies and ISPs) would be offered any level of protection.
Organisation-level cache's would likely be turned off, and our Internet
throughput would go through the floor.
ABOUT SAGE-AU
SAGE-AU is the professional body for practising System Administrators
throughout Australia, and is affiliated with other similar organisations
throughout the world. Its membership deals with all operating system
platforms, technologies, industries and environments.
SAGE-AU was formed to advance the profession of Systems Administration,
by raising awareness of the need for Systems Administrators, and
educating Systems Administrators in technical as well as professional
issues. SAGE-AU holds annual technical conferences, regular regional
meetings, and publishes regular member newsletters.
SOURCE: SAGE-AU
NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information about this submission, please
contact Geoff Halprin (SAGE-AU Executive Committee) on 04-1930-0827 or
Geoff.Halprin@member.sage-au.org.au.
General SAGE-AU enquiries should be addressed to office@sage-au.org.au
or via our web site at http://www.sage-au.org.au
END
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:06:24 +1100
From: Warwick Cathro <wcathro@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Dublin Core: Australian mirror site
This message has been sent to the Australian Metadata List.
The web site for the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative now has an Australian
mirror, hosted by the National Library.
The Australian mirror site can be found at:
> http://mirror.nla.gov.au/dc
>
A mirror site has also been established in the UK:
> http://mirrored.ukoln.ac.uk/dc/
>
>
Warwick Cathro
National Library of Australia
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:26:36 +1100
From: Sue Little <sue.little@lib.monash.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: AGIFT (Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus
Dear All,
Forwarded message from Andrew Wilson <andreww@naa.gov.au>
cheers Sue
From the National Archives of Australia: AGIFT Breaks the
Language Barrier!
A brilliant new online thesaurus that links plain English words with
termsused by governments has been developed by a consortium of
government and educational institutions.
Called AGIFT (Australian Governments' Interactive Functions Thesaurus),
it matches everyday words such as 'school' or 'kindergarten' with the
various terms that government might use, like 'early childhood
education'. The thesaurus covers the functions of all three levels of
government, so that government services can be described consistently
across Australia.
Adrian Cunningham, Director, Recordkeeping and Descriptive Standards at
the National Archives, said that the Archives had liaised closely on
the project with other Commonwealth agencies, State, Territory and
Local Governments, as well as some educational institutions.
'The thesaurus draws on 300 000 natural language terms from sources
such as Roget's Thesaurus, as well as terms used in the Archives'
Commonwealth-based functions thesaurus. The interactive process between
the user and the thesaurus means a query can be refined before the
search begins', Mr Cunningham said.
The thesaurus was developed in response to direction from the Online
Council of Ministers to support the exploitation of Australian
Government Locator Service (AGLS) metadata, for which the standard is
managed by the Archives.
Metadata is essentially information about information. In a web
document it is usually hidden text which is scanned by a search engine
when searching for a document. In effect, metadata is a form of
indexing.
'This search interface is designed for use by any government Web access
point, such as the proposed ''Governet'' at www.gov.au
<http://www.gov.au/>, the Commonwealth Government Web entry point at
www.fed.gov.au <http://www.fed.gov.au/> or from the Archives website at
www.naa.gov.au <http://www.naa.gov.au/>', Mr Cunningham said.
For further information please contact:
Adrian Cunningham on (02) 6212 3988
or adrianc@naa.gov.au <mailto:adrianc@naa.gov.au>
26 November 1999
___________________________________________________________________
The core set of 450 AGIFT terms can be found at the following URL
together with some FAQs:
http://www.fed.gov.au/webmanager/initiatives.htm
The media release is on the Web at:
http://www.naa.gov.au/media_releases/agift.htm
Adrian Cunningham
National Archives of Australia
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Susan Little
Subject Librarian Anthropology/Sociology/philosophy
And Linguistics
Reference Librarian Government Publications
H&SS Library,Monash University,
Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3168 Australia
Phone: +61.3.9905.2654
Fax:+61.3.9905.2610
Email: Suelit@lib.monash.edu.au
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:42:37 +1100
From: Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Moral rights for Australian creators
The Hon Daryl Williams AM
QC MP
Attorney-General
The Hon Peter McGauran MP
Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation
Moral rights for Australian creators
8 December 1999
Australian authors, artists and film-makers will have better control over
the integrity of their creative endeavours under legislation
introduced to
Parliament today.
The Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Bill 1999 gives creators of
copyright material a right to be identified as the author of their
work. It
also gives them a right to object to derogatory treatment of their
work if it
is prejudicial to their honour or reputation.
Attorney-General Daryl Williams and Federal Minister for the Arts Peter
McGauran said the Bill demonstrated the Government's strong
commitment to Australia's literary, artistic and cultural communities.
Users of copyright work will not be impeded by the new rights, which are
subject to standards of reasonableness and normal industry practice. For
added certainty, users of copyright work will have a practical means of
avoiding infringement by negotiating the written consent of creators
where necessary.
The Bill fulfils the Government's election promise to introduce a
workable scheme for the protection of moral rights. The Bill will also
allow the Government to better fulfil its international obligations under
the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Media contact:
Catherine Fitzpatrick (Mr Williams) (02) 6277 7300
Jane Henschke (Mr McGauran) (02) 6277 7350
Website: www.dcita.gov.au/mcgauran/
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phone +61 2 6241 7659
mailto:me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au
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Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:44:16 +1100
From: Bryony De La Motte <BDELAMOT@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Kinetica Advisory Committee papers
This message is being posted to kinetica-l
The agenda papers for the Kinetica Advisory Committee meeting held on 11 &12
November are now available from the National Library's Web site. Some of
the papers considered at the meeting have been embargoed for commercial
reasons; those available include reports on the forthcoming Kinetica
elections, Kinetica activity, the 1999 Annual Users Meeting and planning for
the day of National Library presentations in Melbourne.
You can access these papers at
http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/kac/papers9911.html
Bryony De La Motte
Director, Kinetica Customer Service
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Phone (02) 6262 1690
Fax (02) 6273 1180
email bdelamot@nla.gov.au
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:41:04 +1000
From: Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
Subject: Archives simplifies online searches
ARCHIVES SIMPLIFIES ONLINE SEARCHES
The need to trawl through the multitude of government websites to
locate government information and services has long been a deterrent
for many Australians. It has just been too difficult to find anything!
Now, the National Archives has solved the online dilemma with a
standardised means of describing web-based information and services
so that search engines can quickly locate information requested via
the web.
The Australian Government Locator Service (AGLS) metadata standard,
managed by the Archives, has been endorsed by all Australian
governments as a means of ensuring seamless and equitable online
access to government.
The Archives Director of Recordkeeping and Descriptive Standards,
Adrian Cunningham, said that efficient access was the primary purpose
in devising the standards and guidelines.
'The National Archives has taken the leading role to ensure that
present and future generations of Australians have proper access to
the services and records of government in the online era. Before
long, the Australian government will be regarded as a world leader in
online service delivery,' Mr Cunningham said.
In developing the standards, the Archives has worked closely with the
Office for Government Online, other key Commonwealth agencies and
State and Territory governments.
Last week, when launching the Government's Online Strategy, the
Parliamentary Secretary for Communications Information Technology and
the Arts, Senator Ian Campbell, confirmed that government agencies
are required to comply with Archives recordkeeping and metadata
standards. The AGLS standard is a key enabler of the new Government
Online Strategy.
These measures will help agencies meet the Prime Minister's
commitment to deliver all appropriate government services over the
Internet by 2001.
For further information please contact:
Adrian Cunningham on (02) 6212 3988 or adrianc@naa.gov.au
11 April 2000
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:50:30 +1000
From: Tony Hill <thill@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: IAMEMS: New Membership categories
As a means of branching out and expanding our membership base, ISOC-AU
has introduced two new categories of membership that are now available
on our web site. New membership categories were approved at our AGM
last year and these categories have been designed to cater for the
needs of organisations, in addition to our current individual and
student memberships.
http://www.isoc-au.org.au/Membership/meminfo.html
In my discussions with various businesses and other organisations
there has been a high level of interest in organisational membership.
Each of the categories has a special set of benefits designed to
attract new members including use of a special organisational
membership logo. I think we can look forward to further growth in our
membership from these new categories.
Below is the text of our news release announcing the new
organisational membership categories.
Please contact me if you have any queries about the new membership
categories.
regards, Tony
NEWS RELEASE
Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) 2000/03
The Internet is for Everyone!
5 April 2000
ISOC-AU PUSHES FOR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP
Australian businesses and other organizations will be invited to
develop a stronger voice as Internet users by the Internet Society of
Australia, Mr Tony Hill, Executive Director of ISOC-AU announced
today.
'ISOC-AU has introduced organisational membership to specifically
cater for the needs of Australian businesses and organisations', Mr
Hill said.
'As exponential growth in Internet use continues, there is fervent
interest in the Internet from many perspectives both commercial and
social.
'Many businesses are desperately trying to come to grips with the
changes that the Internet is bringing in production processes and
markets, at the same time as community organizations are working to
give everyone access to the information available on the Internet.'
'ISOC-AU is working to merge these objectives by working to the vision
that 'The Internet is for Everyone!', Mr Hill said.
'Australia's economic future will depend on the success of businesses
in taking advantage of the international opportunities that the
Internet provides.
'In the hot-house of ecommerce activity, it is essential that this new
area of commerce has a clear perspective on user issues.
'Businesses need a soundly based perspective on the Internet if they
are to succeed in e-commerce ventures.
'There is a high degree of speculation around some areas of Internet
related business activity, in other areas businesses are coming to the
Internet with little background and experience.'
'In this environment, it is essential that businesses understand their
situation as users of the Internet at the same time as they understand
the position of their customers.'
'Businesses need to understand what activities are realistically
possible through the Internet and ISOC-AU, with links to international
Internet standards bodies, is in an excellent position to help with
this assessment.
'Businesses can also be caught in difficult situations with customers
when they do not have proper policies and procedures in place.
'They can find difficulties in areas such as SPAM (unsolicited email)
if they are not adhering to the principles governing Internet
traffic. In some circumstances, their Internet connection could be
banned leading to customer frustration and loss of sales.
'We are looking for a wide range of businesses to join the Internet
Society to keep in contact with users issues for their own benefit and
for the benefit of their customers.
The Internet Society was formed to foster development of the Internet
and ensure that its operation continues to be based on sound
principles and standards.
Further information on ISOC-AU and its activities is available from
our world wide web site www.isoc-au.org.au
Contact:
Mr Tony Hill, 0412 128 755, ed@isoc-au.org.au
Mr Leni Mayo, 0418 377 937, media@isoc-au.org.au
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Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:51:09 +1000
From: Bemal Rajapatirana <brajapat@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Deakin University joins National CJK Service
This message is being posted to Kinetica-L.
The National Library is pleased to announce that Deakin University Library
has joined the Australian National Chinese Japanese Korean (CJK) Service.
The Library originally had a small collection of Chinese material, which was
recorded on Kinetica (formerly, the Australian Bibliographic Network). This
collection has increased considerably in recent times, and Deakin has
elected to consolidate all their holdings on to the NCJK database, where
their users will be able search and to view vernacular script in the CJK
records.
The NCJK Service was launched in June 1996, and today, the CJK database
contains over a million bibliographic records from different sources such as
the Library of Congress, the National Diet Library, RLIN and OCLC, and over
300,000 locations for Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections held within
Australian libraries.
The NCJK Service has software available to facilitate any library's entry to
the NCJK system. All Chinese records on the NCJK database are Romanised in
Pinyin. If your library's Chinese collection is Romanised in Wade-Giles,
the NCJK Service has a conversion program which converts records from
Wade-Giles to Pinyin Romanisation. In addition, the NCJK Service can supply
special software called WinMASS 2000 CJK, so that a library's users may view
and enter vernacular script.
For further information about the National CJK Service, visit our home page
at:
http://cjk.nla.gov.au
Ms Bemal Rajapatirana
Manager,
National CJK Service
National Library of Australia
phone: (02) 6262 1215
fax: (02) 6273 1180
email: brajapat@nla.gov.au
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:50:42 +1000
From: Antony Healey <antony@healey.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: IAMEMS: QUESTnet2000 Conference: Call for Papers/Registration Open
[Posted on behalf of the QUESTnet2000 Organising Committee]
QUESTnet 2000 the national conference for networking
professionals, will take place in Toowoomba, Queensland from
Monday 26 June until Thursday 29 June. Additional details are
available from http://www.usq.edu.au/questnet2000/
The conference is hosted by the University of Southern
Queensland supported by AARNet and CAUDIT, and is an initiative
of QUESTnet (Queensland Education, Science and Technology
Network). It is an opportunity for delegates to develop their
personal knowledge, exchange information on 'real world'
network experiences, and understand future network development
scenarios.
This is the first call for papers. Speakers are encouraged
from the university, research and industry sectors. A number
of world class speakers have confirmed their participation
including: Ben Teitlebaum (Abilene, Internet2), David Lassner
(University of Hawaii), Robin Eckermann (Transact, ACT), and
Professor Daniel Pitt (Nortel Networks, USA).
The Organising Committee is also seeking a number of student
papers. Sponsorship will be available for up to three students
for full registration, travel and accommodation expenses.
Student papers should relate to works undertaken in
conjunction with their study, whether undertaken individually
or in a team.
If you are interested in giving a paper, please advise the
website ASAP.
Call for Papers: http://www.usq.edu.au/questnet2000/call.htm,
Submit Paper: http://www.usq.edu.au/questnet2000/subpaper.asp
Suitable topics in line with the theme for this year's
conference, "Telecommunications Across the Range" could be:
Regional Communication Issues and Challenges;
Wide Area Networking;
Data/Voice Convergence;
General Telecommunications Issues;
Wireless, Mobile Networking;
Mobile Devices (PDA etc.)
Voice Over IP;
Network Management;
Network needs and planning for major institutions;
Strategic Network planning
Operational Telecommunications Issues, such as:
Web portals;
Firewall Security, Secure Gateways;
Federal Government Internet Legislation;
Telecommunications charge-back schemes;
Microwave/Fibre infrastructure issues etc.;
High Performance Computing/Networking;
but also any general IT topic of interest to an
IT/Telecommunications audience.
Cable & Wireless Optus is confirmed as the major sponsor.
Other sponsors include ADE Network Technology, Apple Australia,
ATI, Cisco Systems, Com Tech, Dell Computers, Hewlett Packard,
Lucent Technologies, NEC Australia, Netstar Australia, Nortel
Networks, Pascom, Portal Software and Sunrise Computer Systems.
More details about the four keynote speakers are as follows:
* Benjamin Teitelbaum, Internet Engineer and Chair of the
Internet2 QoS Working Group, New York, will speak on:
Internet2 Networking Directions: Advancing new network
services to enable tomorrow's applications.
* Dr. David Lassner, Director of Information Technology
Services, University of Hawaii will speak on: Sensible
Internetworking and niches for higher education.
* Robin Eckermann, Principal Consultant, TransAct
Communications Project, ACTEW Corporation will speak on:
Breaking the last-mile speed limits.
* Professor Daniel Pitt, Vice President, Nortel Networks,
Enterprise Solutions Technology Centre, USA will speak on:
The ascendance of network services: Their enablement and
the corresponding decline in simple plumbing.
Feel free to advise either mailto://mcdonell@usq.edu.au or
alternatively mailto://questnet@mlaa.com.au if you want to
be kept informed directly.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Dr Jeff McDonell, Chair,
QUESTnet2000 Organising Committee
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:53:33 +1000
From: Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
Subject: INFORMATION ONLINE & ONDISC 2001
Call for Papers
Australasia's leading online information conference and exhibition,
INFORMATION ONLINE 2001 will be held at the Sydney Convention and
Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia, from the 16 to the 18
January, 2001.
The Conference is sponsored by the Information Science Section of the
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The 1999
conference drew an audience of over 1250 delegates and 67 exhibitors
representing leading Australian and international suppliers of online
and CD-ROM information systems and services.
INFORMATION ONLINE 2001, provides a dynamic forum for networking with
experts, colleagues and vendors in a dynamic information environment
- a virtual world, redesigning the way we live, think and use
information.
Papers are particularly welcome on:
partnerships and collaborations in delivering online information services
the role of digital communications & networking technologies
online learning environments
online access issues
new careers from new technologies
interface design
Innovative, practical and research papers are invited on all aspects
of the electronic information environment.
Papers may take the form of:
what's hot - innovations in online information
discussions of significant policies, issues and trends
critical overviews of key information products and services with a
subject focus (eg. law, business, health services, education,
community services, etc)
presentations which demystify technology and the applications used to
deliver information services
case studies on the creative use of technology in the information
services industry
Speaker benefits
A free day registration on the day the paper is presented will be
provided for one presenter per paper. Day registration includes
conference attendance on the paper is presented, entrance to the
exhibition, lunch and refreshments.
Form of proposals
The Programme Committee requires an abstract of your paper with
sufficient detail to allow the Committee to make a selection.
Author(s) and presenter(s) name(s), position(s), organisation(s),
postal, e-mail and URL addresses, telephone and FAX numbers.
Biographical sketch, not to exceed 100 words
Paper title and abstract, not to exceed 100 words
Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or
presented elsewhere prior to INFORMATION ONLINE 2001
Papers which are product reviews will not be accepted
Please note that acceptance or otherwise of proposals will be at the
discretion of the Programme Committee.
Important dates
Proposals/abstracts
No later than Monday 1 May 2000
Authors notified
By Tuesday 20 June 2000
Completed papers required
By Monday 30 October 2000
Proposals may be lodged online at:
<http://www.csu.edu.au/special/online2001>http://www.csu.edu.au/special/online2001
Alternatively, they can be emailed (in RTF format) to:
<mailto:online2001@acms.com.au>online2001@acms.com.au
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