The ozlib-announce list archive ending on 24 Mar 2000
Topics covered in this issue include:
1. Authors embrace online opportunities - release
Virginia Gordon <paris@dot.net.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:42 +1100
2. The Information Superhighway or a Road to Nowhere?
Katherine Beard <kbeard@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:55 +1100
3. Holes in horror hacker haven story
Katherine Beard <kbeard@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:58 +1100
4. Cataloguing Conference proceedings
"Ann Huthwaite," <a.huthwaite@qut.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:23:23 +1100
5. ILRS-L discussion list
Coordination Support Branch <CSB@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:23:39 +1100
6.
Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:25:03 +1100
7. What's New on PADI
Deborah Woodyard <Dwoodyar@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:21 +1100
8. New copyright owners' alliance
"Charles Maddison" <cmaddison@copyright.com.au> (by way of Tony
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:38 +1100
9. 29 Australian Unis Sign New Copyright Deal with CAL
Greg Hampshire <Greg.Hampshire@uts.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:52 +1100
10. Recent and current research on the use of scholarly information
Paula Williams <pwilliams@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:28:20 +1100
11. Invitation for morning tea with e-knowledge@ALDIS and
Natalie Blanchard <natalie.blanchard@geac.com.au> (by way of Tony
Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:27:58 +1100
12. Announcing - Digital access to Australian publications, 1840-45
Ross Coleman <collm@mail.usyd.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:32:41 +1100
13. Grants now open - community groups urged to help preserve Aussie
Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:34:03 +1100
14. Sustainability for the scholarly information market place: the se
Roxanne Missingham <rmissingham@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:58:56 +1100
15. Scholarship in peril: publication and the Australian research
Colin.Steele@anu.edu.au (by way of Tony Barry)
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:29:44 +1100
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:42 +1100
From: Virginia Gordon <paris@dot.net.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Authors embrace online opportunities - release
An on-line project designed to provide Australian authors with a new way
to earn a living in the digital environment was announced this morning
at the <indecs> conference, currently being held in Sydney.
Known as OzAuthors, the joint venture between the ASA and Australian
company IPR Systems aims to enable authors to make their work widely and
easily available on-line to a variety of readers and other copyright users.
Speaking in Sydney today following the announcement of the pilot
project, the Chair of the Australian Society of Authors Libby Gleeson
said "OzAuthors has the potential to revolutionise how Australian
authors work, how they're read and what they're paid. The OzAuthors
system ensures that authors control access to their work, setting
varying levels of payment depending on how their material is used.
Authors can also track all the uses of their work in detail.
"The beauty of OzAuthors is that a copyright creator can now be paid
instantly whenever their work is downloaded, or they can specify other
limited uses on a free basis. Issues of access and equity continue to be
important to the ASA as we develop our relationships with readers,
libraries, schools, universities and other communities.
"The ASA is interested in exploring opportunities for authors in an
increasingly on-line environment. We believe the potential of OzAuthors
is enormous", said Libby Gleeson, "and the ASA is very excited at being
able to play a leading role in the digital age, developing new
opportunities for authors while protecting their rights."
The technology behind OzAuthors was developed by IPR Systems, an
Australian company working on the complex question of intellectual
property rights and how they can be traded and managed electronically.
Peter Higgs, the co-founder of IPR, told the <indecs> conference that,
"OzAuthors is not just another "good idea dot com". We are developing
tangible solutions to the problem of trading intangible assets."
The OzAuthors pilot will initially enable ASA members to offer their
work on-line, with a view to expanding the system's scope to disseminate
the work of journalists and academics. In the future, a set of on-line
learning and collaboration tools will also be developed to encourage
greater interaction between authors and readers.
A copy of IPR's accompanying media release and profile is also available
by email.
=46riday March 10
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=46or further information, please contact:
Libby Gleeson
Chair – ASA
p (02) 9560 9146, m 0413 394 450
Peter Higgs, IPR Systems
p (02) 9929 5930 , m 0413 11 11 88
email: phiggs@iprsystems.com
José Borghino
Executive Director – ASA
ph (02) 9318 0877, 0413 998 033
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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:55 +1100
From: Katherine Beard <kbeard@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: The Information Superhighway or a Road to Nowhere?
Media Release
March 10 2000
The information superhighway - a long road with a tollbooth at every corner.
Staffing each tollbooth are the copyright collecting agency representatives,
working their 24/7 shifts. A long line of cars, Kombi vans, Alfas and the
odd motorbike, queue to pay their money and access the road ahead. Pity the
poor driver though who wants to take a detour off the main road and explore
the more exotic sidestreets - there'll be one way signs and yet another toll
extracted before she can even see where the road ahead leads.
A labyrinthine network of access roads and tollbooths...is this our
government's vision for the future of our information economy?
For copyright owners, information equals income streams. As well it
should. No one would ever suggest that the creator of a work be refused
recompense for their time and energy. Information is a commodity and this
is the information economy.
But there is a line to be drawn. That line represents the balance - the
seesaw in the playground - between copyright owner interests and copyright
users. The seesaw is much fought over and difficult to keep horizontal.
Balance is much anticipated, yet only momentarily enjoyed. Copyright users
- students, researchers, mums and dads, people in rural Australia - will be
able to access information in the digital environment in the future. They
will just have to pay for the privilege - every single time - if the
copyright owner lobby group get their way.
Our libraries will have to pay. Our universities will have to pay.
Australian families will have to pay. And of course, they already do. But
currently, some access to copyright information is still free under fair
dealing provisions and insubstantial portion provisions of the Copyright
Act. These provisions are now under threat from vocal copyright owner lobby
groups.
One recent recommendation being considered by government is that of making
universities and schools pay for any insubstantial copying done in the
course of educating their students. Whereas in the print world, a teacher
could photocopy a line or two from A.S. Byatt's most recent novel for the
benefit of her English Literature class without payment of copyright fees,
this may not be possible in the future, particularly in a digital format.
The school or university would need to have a licence and pay a fee for the
privilege of showing their students a line or a few words from a work.
Apparently nothing is insubstantial if it is digital. Any use of a work,
however insignificant, must be paid for. The question must then be asked:
what price does our community place on the value of a sound education?
Another current recommendation for reform of copyright legislation is that
copyright owners should have a new right - a right to control the first time
a print work is digitised (except in very limited circumstances eg. judicial
proceedings). In its current form in the Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee Advisory Report on the Digital Agenda Bill, the recommendation
will make illegal the current ARIEL document delivery service utilised by
libraries and universities across Australia.
In respect of the exceptions provided to the right of first digitisation,
the lack of an exception for fair dealing for research and study purposes
will result in universities and schools being unable to use new technology
for the purpose of providing an education. Whilst able to photocopy a book,
students will not be allowed to scan the same fair dealing amount onto a
disk - whereas the use made of the work is the same in both cases: it is for
an educational purpose.
There is a risk that the government could alter the balance between
copyright users and owners to the detriment of the community at large. The
purpose for which information is used should remain an important
consideration for Parliament in considering this legislation. Fair dealing
should not be overlooked in the digital environment.
Libraries, schools and universities are the institutions that bridge this
potential gap between information 'haves' and 'have nots'. We must ensure
that they have the tools to provide this service.
For education. For research. For innovation.
Unless we're careful, the information superhighway could be a road to
nowhere for some members of our community.
Contact person: Tom Cochrane, Chair ALCC - ph 07 3864 2560
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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:18:58 +1100
From: Katherine Beard <kbeard@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Holes in horror hacker haven story
ADA
Australian Digital Alliance
MEDIA RELEASE 10 MARCH
2000
The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) today challenged recent assertions in
the media by US Software and recording industry groups that Australia will
become a 'hacker's haven' if the proposed reforms to the Digital Agenda Bill
are approved by government.
The proposed amendments to the Digital Agenda Bill in the Advisory Report
handed down recently by the House of Representatives Legal and
Constitutional Affairs Committee provide that circumvention devices/access
devices will only be available for use in very narrowly defined and
restricted circumstances. Stringent penalties are proposed for the misuse
of such devices.
The Government has rightly sought to maintain the delicate balance between
copyright owners and copyright users in the digital environment, in the
knowledge that access to information in a digital format is crucial if
Australia is ever going to become 'a clever country'.
Australia should be wary of following the United States' lead in banning
circumvention devices - the same forces which pushed through the US DMCA
legislation in 1998 have wielded the law against copyright users in recent
expensive and controversial entertainment industry litigation.
Access devices are utilised for many purposes and legislators should not
succomb to the horror stories perpetrated by copyright owners desperate to
protect their interests. Security checking, interoperable software
development, preservation of digital works and systems administration are
all legitimate uses of access devices. Whilst copyright owner lobbyists say
that the Bill goes too far, it could reasonably asked whether the Bill goes
far enough.
The claim that the Australian legislation will permit 'unfettered
trafficking in devices' is no more than a blatant misrepresentation of the
current situation. Most Australian users, including home users and
students, will have no right to acquire a circumvention/access device.
Devices will only be able to be acquired for specific permitted purposes
expressly stated in the legislation. Acquisition itself will be tightly
regulated.
Access devices allow us to look at encrypted information in limited
circumstances, without paying a fee. They are essential for libraries to
preserve digital information for future generations. They are essential for
other copyright exceptions that work for the benefit of the community at
large. Access devices facilitate the government's agenda of carrying over
into the digital environment, the same balance that exists in the print
world. Australia will not be a 'hacker's haven' nor will industry be
discouraged from investment. Australia imports more copyright material than
it exports, so the question of 'whose interests are the copyright collecting
societies and US lobbyists protecting' should be asked. Horror stories
should be saved for Halloween.
Scaremongering by copyright owners who are only concerned with protecting a
potential income stream should not sway our legislators from their path.
The path is one to a clever country.
Contact: Steven Heptonstall, Chair ADA Ph. 02 9293
0756
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:23:23 +1100
From: "Ann Huthwaite," <a.huthwaite@qut.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Cataloguing Conference proceedings
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Dear Catlibs members
The proceedings of the 13th National Cataloguing Conference have been
posted to subscribers of Cataloguing Australia.
Copies of this conference volume are also available for sale. If you
would like to buy one, please send the form below to Paul Wilkins,
accompanied by a cheque for $15.00, made out to Cataloguing
Australia. Paul's address is:
Paul Wilkins
Technical Services Division
Information Services Building
Monash University Library
Wellington Road
CLAYTON VIC 3168
Ann Huthwaite
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:23:39 +1100
From: Coordination Support Branch <CSB@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: ILRS-L discussion list
The ILRS-L discussion list has been established as an open, unmoderated
list. If you are interested in participating in our discussions about the
redevelopment of the Interlibrary Lending Resource Sharing (ILRS) Directory
<http://www.nla.gov.au/ilrs/>, or would like to feed information into the
development process, please email listproc@nla.gov.au with the message:
subscribe ILRS-L [your name]. Please
leave the 'Subject' line blank and do not include your signature file.
A Web-accessible list archive is available from
http://www.nla.gov.au/list-archives/ilrs-l/.
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
Canberra ACT 2600
phone: +61 (0)2 6262 1137
fax: 02 6273 2545
email: csb@nla.gov.au
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:25:03 +1100
From: Tony Barry <me@Tony-Barry.emu.id.au>
The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII
http://www.auslii.edu.au) has launched the British and Irish Legal
Information Institute (BAILII - http://www.bailii.org ). BAILII has been
developed with the cooperation of British and Irish parties. One of
AustLII's goals is to help facilitate free access to legal information
world-wide.
A copy of the full Announcement of the BAILII launch is at
http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~graham/BAILII/announcement.html for those
interested.
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:21 +1100
From: Deborah Woodyard <Dwoodyar@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: What's New on PADI
[Posted to Padiforum-l]
A brief list to let you know about some of the links to resources recently
added to the PADI web site <http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/>
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"The moving frontier: archiving, preservation and tomorrow's digital
heritage" by Hilary Berthon and Colin Webb
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The LEGAL DEPOSIT page <http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/topics/67.html> now also
includes news and links to references on changes to include electronic
material in legal deposit in Japan.
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A new project, The Open Archives Initiative, will appear on the STANDARDS
page <http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/topics/43.html>.
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DIGITISATION <http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/topics/69.html> includes:
"Creating Digital Resources for the Visual Arts: Standards and Good
Practice" from the Visual Arts Data Service and Technical Advisory Service
for Images
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Proceedings of the Second Asian Digital Libraries Conference, and the VALA
2000 - Conference Papers have been added to RECENTLY HELD EVENTS
<http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/format/confpast.html>
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EVENTS recently added <http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/format/conf.html>:
Intellectual Property Issues in the New Millennium: What every publisher
needs to know
13 Mar 2000
3 Day UCLA Extension Course in Document Imaging- Document Management,
Spring, Summer, Fall 2000
AIIM 2000 : Association for Information and Image Management Show and
Conference
9 - 12 Apr 2000
Maryland Forum on Information Policy Issues: Putting Information to Work,
Knowledge Management and Information Policy
10 - 11 Apr 2000
Library Resource Sharing and Discovery: Catalogues for the 21st Century
11 Apr 2000
Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA): Positioning Libraries on the Internet
and Using Internet in Libraries
25 - 28 May 2000
AusWeb2K-The Sixth Australian World Wide Web Conference
12 - 17 Jun 2000
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives
19 - 23 Jun 2000, 31 Jul - 4 Aug 2000, 25 - 29 Sep 2000, 23 - 27 Oct 2000
26th EUROMICRO Conference: Informatics: Inventing the Future
5 - 7 Sep 2000
DRH 2000: Digital Resources for the Humanities
10 - 13 Sep 2000
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference: The 28th Research Conference
on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
23 - 25 Sep 2000
The Facets of Digital Reference: The VRD 2nd Annual Digital Reference
Conference
16 - 17 Oct 2000
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PADI: http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:38 +1100
From: "Charles Maddison" <cmaddison@copyright.com.au> (by way of Tony
Subject: New copyright owners' alliance
NEWS RELEASE
14 March 2000
New alliance promotes copyright industry to Government
A new alliance of organisations representing Australia’s creative communit=
y
was launched in Canberra last night by the Hon. Warren Entsch MP,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources.
The National Copyright Industry Alliance (NCIA) was established by four of
Australia’s copyright collecting societies, with the aim of defining and
promoting the economic interests of copyright owners and enhancing the
copyright industry’s political and business profile.
The four founding organisations are the Australian Record Industry
Association (ARIA), the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA),
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), and Screenrights. The Australian Copyright
Council is an observer member.
Noted copyright lawyer Mr Peter Banki has been elected as an independent
chairperson, and other organisations with an interest in protecting their
members’ copyright assets will soon be invited to join NCIA.
In a joint statement, the chief executives of APRA (Mr Brett Cottle), ARIA
(Mr Emmanuel Candi), CAL (Mr Michael Fraser) and Screenrights (Mr Simon
Lake) said:
"The establishment of a peak industry body representing owners of
intellectual property (IP) is a timely recognition of the key role played by
the IP industry in Australia’s evolution from the lucky country to the
clever country.
"New markets for IP are constantly emerging, creativity and knowledge are
being fostered and legislation, regulation and policy are being reviewed to
accommodate technological change.
"For some time there has been a feeling within collecting societies and the
copyright community in general that the industry needed a stronger and more
united voice when lobbying. Although the many components of the industry
represent divergent interests, there exist common objectives that would be
better served by a single industry identity.
"There is also a feeling that the contribution copyright makes to Australia=
’
s economy has not been adequately recognised or valued.
"This may partly be because copyright issues have traditionally been the
joint responsibility of the Attorney-General and the Minister for
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, with the result that
copyright has tended to be viewed more from a legal or cultural perspective
than as an economic issue.
"In the United States, copyright has a high profile in terms of the industry
’s contribution to the overall economy. We note that broadcasters, trade
guilds and copyright societies recently formed a Copyright Alliance in the
US to lobby for copyright protection on the net.
"We believe there is a need to better promote the significant contribution
copyright makes to the national economy, and accordingly NCIA will approach
the Department of Industry with a view to encouraging it to take a greater
role in copyright issues.
"Just as the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia has made
many effective contributions to the GST debate, there is no reason why
organisations seeking to create and maintain a secure copyright environment
cannot also speak with one voice and obtain a wider audience within
government."
Media contacts:
Virginia Gordon
Public Affairs Manager
Screenrights
Phone:
0414 – 389 551 (m)
Charles Maddison
Media Affairs Officer
Copyright Agency Limited
Phone:
02 - 9394 7684 (w)
0417 - 652 613 (m)
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:26:52 +1100
From: Greg Hampshire <Greg.Hampshire@uts.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: 29 Australian Unis Sign New Copyright Deal with CAL
http://www.copyright.com.au/nr_%2003.03.00.htm
23 March 2000
29 universities settle $30m copyright issue with CAL
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), on behalf of thousands of copyright
owners, and the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee (AVCC),
representing 29 of Australia’s 37 universities, today settled a dispute
over copyright payments worth more than $30 million over three years.
CAL’s Chairman, Mr Michael Webster, said CAL’s members would
significantly benefit from the agreement, as it would allow the
collecting society to better protect the revenues from licensing fees it
distributes each year to authors, visual artists and
publishers.
"We are very pleased to have signed the settlement, and hope the eight
universities still keeping full records of their copying will soon join
their colleagues and return to sampling under a set agreement that works
for all parties," Mr Webster said.
"The great benefit universities have gained from this settlement is the
knowledge that their copyright licence payments are now set for three
years, at $25 a year for each equivalent full-time student.
"Further, by participating in the statistical sampling system, in each
year of the agreement only six universities will be asked to keep
records of their copying, and only for a single 12-week period.
"This represents a real reduction of the administrative burden these 29
universities would otherwise carry," Mr Webster said.
The settlement was signed on behalf of the universities by Professor
Chipman and the AVCC’s Executive Director, Mr John Mullarvey.
Signatories representing authors, visual artists and publishers were
CAL’s Chairman, Mr Michael Webster, and CAL’s Licensing Manager, Mr Bill
Kyrios.
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:28:20 +1100
From: Paula Williams <pwilliams@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Recent and current research on the use of scholarly information
Dear Colleagues
The National Library is currently compiling a comprehensive listing and
analysis of recent and current research on the use of scholarly information
in Australia, and would like to hear from you if you have been involved in
any activities that should be included in this listing.
This work is being undertaken on behalf of the Coalition for Innovation in
Scholarly Communication. The aim of the Coalition is to foster widespread
ownership of the agenda for change in scholarly communications through the
development of a series of promotional and collaborative strategies.
The aim of this exercise will be to document the findings of recent (from
1997 onwards) and current research, to identify the key issues that have
emerged, and to draw conclusions about what strategies can be established to
address problems. The results may also indicate those areas that require
further study. This work will focus on:
* The adequacy of monograph and serial research collections,
and the different issues related to access to monographs and serials;
* The impact of digital information on access to current and
archival resources;
* The adequacy of training for digital access;
* The issues for researchers in different disciplines and
different stages of the research cycle;
* The perceptions of researchers about the availability of
relevant research information;
* The gaps in our knowledge about use of scholarly
information; and,
* The findings of relevant overseas studies.
We believe that many organisations have undertaken a range of activities
that are relevant to these issues, but that the results of these activities
may not have been published or be widely available. Your assistance to help
us identify this research is extremely important.
Could I ask you to send any information about completed or current research
in this area to: pwilliams@nla.gov.au?
Thank you for your help.
Paula Williams
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
(02) 62621481.
Paula Williams
Manager, National Initiatives
Coordination Support Branch
National Library of Australia
Parkes ACT 2600
Email: pwilliams@nla.gov.au
Telephone: (02) 6262 1481
Fax: (02) 6273 2545
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:27:58 +1100
From: Natalie Blanchard <natalie.blanchard@geac.com.au> (by way of Tony
Subject: Invitation for morning tea with e-knowledge@ALDIS and
Dear Customers,
e-knowledge@ALDIS would like to invite you to our Melbourne Office to meet
Gary Gibson, SilverPlatter's newly appointed Regional Manager for Australia
and New Zealand.
Gary has just arrived from Canada, where he was the Director of Sales for
the largest SilverPlatter distributor and partner publisher of that region -
Micromedia/IHS.
Gary will be conducting a SilverPlatter update session on Thursday morning,
the 23rd of March, at the Geac Offices located at 35 Miles Street,
Southbank.
The program for the update session will consist of :
9:00 to 9:30am Welcome refreshments
9:30 to 10:30am What's new from SilverPlatter
10:30 to 11:00am Morning Tea
11:00 to 12:00pm Open Forum - Questions and Answers on
SilverPlatter's products and services.
Don't miss this opportunity to discover the current plans and future
directions of one of the world's leading electronic information publishers.
As there are limited places for this information session, please reply
promptly to avoid disappointment.
If you wish to attend, please RSVP by Monday 20th of March to Claudia Vargas
(claudia.vargas@geac.com.au) or on 9257 7686.
We look forward to seeing you on the 23rd of March.
Natalie Blanchard
Information Services Consultant
e-knowledge@ALDIS, Asia Pacific
a division of Geac Computers Pty Ltd
35 Miles Street, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006, AUSTRALIA
ACN 002 862 295
Ph: +61 (0)3 9257 7678
Fax:+61 (0)3 9257 7690
NZ Freecall: 0800 944 322
e-mail: natalieb@geac.com.au
Web: http://www.geac.com.au/aldis
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:32:41 +1100
From: Ross Coleman <collm@mail.usyd.edu.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Announcing - Digital access to Australian publications, 1840-45
Periodicals and novels published in Australia during the period
1840-45 are now freely accessible online via the World Wide Web.
These works - digitised as part of the ARC funded Australian
Cooperative Digitisation Project 1840-45 - provide a record of a
seminal period in the development of Australian colonial culture.
The project has been a collaborative initiative between the
University of Sydney Library, the National Library of Australia and
the State Library of New South Wales. The project sought to
preserve and provide enhanced access to these scarce works through an
integrated method of microfilming and digital conversion. The
partners investigated and developed - in conjunction with industry
contractors - a production process which would enable this work to be
carried out as seamlessly and effectively as possible. The need to
address and test production specifications with a goal of generating
the highest quality images prolonged the project beyond initial
planning dates. More information about the project is available
through the Project website at http://www.nla.gov.au/acdp/
Periodical publications and novels are accessible by following the
links listed below, or directly through records in Kinetica, the
national bibliographic database. Where necessary specific help
instructions are available at each site, and feedback can be sent
using the facilities provided.
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1) Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845
http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/
54 titles are currently accessible with more to be added in the near
future. The project will also be providing searchable indexes and
table of contents where they have been published as part of the
periodical, and is testing OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
conversion of the text of some periodicals as a means of providing a
form of keyword access.
The titles are provided in PDF (Portable Document Format) to
facilitate zooming, browsing, printing and cutting and pasting.
Instructions on use of PDF are provided at the site
LIST OF TITLES
The Adelaide independent and cabinet of amusement. Adelaide; 1841.
Arden's Sydney magazine of politics and general literature. Sydney; 1843.
The Atlas. Sydney; 1844-[1849?].
The Australasian odd fellows' quarterly magazine. Sydney; 1845.
The Australian and New Zealand monthly magazine. London; 1842.
The Bee of Australia. Sydney; 1844.
The Colonial and Asiatic review. London; 1852-1853.
Colonial literary journal and weekly miscellany of useful
information. Sydney; 1844-1845.
The Colonial magazine and commercial maritime journal [London]; 1840-1842.
The Colonial magazine and East India review. London; 1849-1852.
The Colonial observer. Sydney; 1841-1844.
Colonization circular. London; 1843-1859.
Commercial journal and advertiser. Sydney; 1835-1840.
Commercial journal and general advertiser. Sydney; 1845.
Commercial journal, general advertiser and Odd Fellows' advocate. Sydney; 1845.
Cumberland times. Parramatta, N.S.W. ; 1845-[1911?]
The Dispatch. Sydney; 1842-1844.
The Examiner. Sydney; 1845.
Fisher's colonial magazine and commercial maritime journal. London; 1842-1843.
Free press and commercial journal. Sydney, N.S.W.; 1841.
The Guardian. Sydney, 1844.
The Launceston courier. Launceston, Tas. ; 1840-1843.
The Melbourne courier. Melbourne; 1845-1846.
Melbourne times. Melbourne; 1842-1843.
The Melbourne weekly courier. Melbourne; 1844-1845
The New South Wales examiner. Sydney; 1842.
The Odd Fellows' magazine. Adelaide; 1843.
The Omnibus and Sydney spectator. Sydney; 1841-1843.
Parramatta chronicle. Parramatta, N.S.W. ; 1843-1845.
The Satirist and sporting chronicle. Sydney; 1843.
The Shipping gazette and Sydney general trade list. Sydney, 1844.
The South Australian colonist, and settlers weekly record of British,
foreign and colonial intelligence. London;
1840.
The South Australian magazine. Adelaide; 1841-1843.
South Australian news. London; 1840-1852.
South Australian Odd Fellows' magazine. Adelaide; 1843.
The South Briton, or, Tasmanian literary journal. Hobart Town; 1843.
The Star. Sydney; 1845-1846.
The Star and working man's guardian. Parramatta, N.S.W; 1844-1845.
The Sun: and New South Wales independent press. Sydney; 1843.
The Swan River news and Western Australian chronicle. London; 1844-1849.
Sydney dispatch.
Sydney free press. Sydney; 1841-1842.
Sydney protestant magazine. Sydney; 1840-1841.
The Sydney record. Sydney; 1843-1844.
Tasmanian evangelical miscellany.
Tasmanian journal of natural science, agriculture, statistics &c.
Hobart, Tas.; 1842-1849.
Tasmanian literary journal
The Teetotal advocate. Launceston, 1843.
The Teetotaller and general newspaper. Sydney, 1842.
The True catholic. Hobart Town; 1843.
The True sun and New South Wales independent press. Sydney; 1843.
Van Diemen's Land temperance herald. Launceston, 1845
The Voice of Jacob. Sydney; 1842.
The Weekly register of politics, facts and general literature.
Sydney; 1843-1845.
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2) Novels, 1840-45
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/acdp/
The four 1840-45 novels provided the genesis of the Australian Text
Database at SETIS, the Scholarly Text and Image Service at the
University of Sydney Library. Currently this collection includes
over 150 fully searchable Australian literary, historical and
scientific texts, which are accessible at
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/oztexts/
NOVELS, 1840-45
Christie, William Harvey (1808-1873)
Love Story /by a Bushman . Sydney : G.W. Evans, 1841.
McCombie, Thomas (1819-1869)
Adventures of a Colonist, or, Godfrey Arabin the Settler. London
: John and Daniel A. Darling, 1845.
Rowcroft, Charles (1798-1856)
Tales of the Colonies, or, The Adventures of an Emigrant. London
: Saunders & Otley, 1843.
Vidal, Mary Theresa (1815-1873)
Tales for the bush. Sydney : D.L. Welch, 1845.
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Ross Coleman
Collection Management Librarian
University of Sydney Library
University of Sydney. NSW 2006
Australia.
email: r.coleman@library.usyd.edu.au
phone: +61 02 9351 3352
fax: +61 02 9351 7305
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:34:03 +1100
From: Tony Barry <tonyb@dynamite.com.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Grants now open - community groups urged to help preserve Aussie
Grants now open - community groups urged to help preserve Aussie heritage
The Director General of the National Library of Australia, Ms Jan
Fullerton, is pleased to launch the Community Heritage Grants 2000
program. Community Heritage Grants of up to $8,000 assist in the
preservation of documentary heritage material that is judged to be of
national significance.
Whilst speaking about the program, Ms Fullerton indicated that much
of the documentary heritage found within the archives of community
based organisations was of vital importance to the wealth of
collected knowledge about Australia and the Australian way of life.
"The Community Heritage Grants make a difference. The program raises
awareness of the importance of saving our heritage and provides a
practical, accessible solution for community groups to help preserve
their own history," Ms Fullerton said.
Towns and communities across Australia including indigenous groups,
multicultural groups and historical societies are encouraged to apply.
This year's recipients will join 140 community organisations from
around Australia who have already benefited from funds provided in
past years.
Since 1994, over $400,000 has been awarded.
Whilst a wide range of activities may qualify for grants, the main
purpose of the funding is to help community organisations provide the
means and the expertise to implement their own preservation programs.
Programs may include copying documents and photographs to more stable
formats such as microfilm, storing letter collections and business
records, providing preservation and conservation training and
developing cooperative preservation projects.
The Community Heritage Grants program is jointly funded by the
National Library of Australia and the Department of Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts through its Distributed National
Collection Program.
Ansett Australia provides additional support for the Community
Heritage Grants 2000 program.
Application kits for Community Heritage Grants 2000 are available
from the National Library of Australia ph: 02 6262 1147 or download
via the Internet: http://www.nla.gov.au/chg/
Applications close Friday 16 June, 2000.
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:58:56 +1100
From: Roxanne Missingham <rmissingham@nla.gov.au> (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Sustainability for the scholarly information market place: the se
A seminar entitled Sustainability for the scholarly information market
place: the search for digital library business models will be held on
Tuesday 2nd May at the National maritime Museum at darling Harbour in
Sydney.
This very interesting seminar is being organised by Lynne Hill, Macquarie
University and includes the following presentations:
9.15-9.30 Welcome by Mr Neil McLean, University Librarian, Macquarie
University
9.30-10.30 Mr John Cox of John Cox & Associates, UK will speak on Scholarly
communication in the third millennium: making sense of economic,
technological and management challenges
11.00-11.45 Mr Neil Posner, Elsevier will speak on Pricing for the future
the Elsevier perspective
11.45-12.30 Professor John Houghton, Victoria University, Melbourne will
speak on The Economic of scholarly communication: a progress report on the
coalition for innovation in scholarly communication commissioned study
2.00-2.45 Philip Kent, CSIRO will speak on Further thoughts on pricing and
paying in the electronic environment
3.15- 4.00 Neil McLean will speak on Building sustainable solutions the
library viewpoint.
For more information please contact Lynne Hill Macquarie University
lhill@library.mq.edu.au phone 02 9850 7553, fax 02 9850 7513
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:29:44 +1100
From: Colin.Steele@anu.edu.au (by way of Tony Barry)
Subject: Scholarship in peril: publication and the Australian research
SCHOLARSHIP IN PERIL: PUBLICATION AND THE AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
The National Scholarly Communications Forum (NSCF) is pleased in
co-operation with the Copyright Agency Limited, the Council of Australian
University Libraries and the Australian Publishers Association to invite
you to a major conference about the future of the academic book and the
crisis in serial access to be held at the State Library of New South Wales,
Sydney, on 26-27 July.
Renowned international scholars, Professor John Sutherland and Professor
Stevan Harnad will join leading Australian experts to discuss the impact
of globalisation on academic publishing, bookselling, scholarship and
libraries in Australia.
Professor John Sutherland
Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University
College London since 1992, has written extensively on the future of the
book. He is a regular contributor to the Independent and New York Review
of Books. He was a Booker Prize judge in 1999.
Professor Stevan Harnad
Stevan Harnad, is Professor of Cognitive Science, Department of
Electronics and Computer Science, Southampton University. He is
an international expert on scholarly "skywriting" and a proponent of
alternative means of academic serial publishing especially scholarly pre
print archives.
Topics to be included are:
1) Brought to Book: The Challenges for Scholarship in the Twenty-First
Century
2) Does Academic Publishing Have a Future in Australia?
3) Publisher Perspectives: Strategies for Renewal
4) User Perspectives: Who Cares about Readers?
5) Print or Virtual? What will Australian Libraries be Collecting in the
Twenty-First Century?
6) Bookselling, E-Commerce and Globalisation: Does the Australian Campus
Bookstore Have a Future?
7) Who Needs Serials? International Scholarly Skywriting
8) Serials Killers: Is Australian Content an Endangers Species?
Mark these dates in your diary now! Attendance is strictly limited. You can
register immediately by contacting the address below, and a final program
will be forwarded to you promptly. The registration fee is $275 which
includes all catering.
Email yvonne.gentry@anu.edu.au OR mail to: The Secretariat, National
Scholarly Communications Forum, The Australian Academy of the Humanities,
GPO Box 93, CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
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