Ginette McDonald - MC

We’re delighted to announce Ginette McDonald as the MC for LIANZA Conference 2006. Ginette is an award-winning celebrity speaker, debater, writer, actor and producer, and will bring her unique and much-loved mix of vibrancy, humour, mimicry, irreverence and finely-chiselled intellect to this year's Conference. We are really excited to have Ginette on board, and look forward with great anticipation to her involvement!

PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

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Link to information about Showcases (Poster Presentations)

Sunday 8 October

09.45am – 1.30pm	Interloans in next generation libraries – a symposium
10.00am – 2.00pm	Architecture Tour 1: Kapiti Coast Libraries: Paraparaumu Library and Whitireia Community Polytechnic Learning Centre
2.00pm – 4.00pm	Powhiri at Pipitea Marae
5.00pm – 7.00pm	Welcome Drinks

Monday 9 October

8.45am	Welcome and Conference Opening
9.00am	Next Generation – What’s on Top? Confidence
9.15am	Keynote Address - Stephen Abram Vice President Innovation, SirsiDynix and 2006 president-elect of Special Libraries Association (SLA)
10.15am	Morning tea
10.45am	Millennials’ Panel With Stephen Abram
11.30am	Concurrent Sessions
		2 Ten Top Technologies for Librarians 2006 Brenda Chawner & Michael Stephens	3 'Inspire me': how public libraries got on TV Kay Forrester & Duncan McLachlan	4 Age of Participation: new delivery paradigms in the digital age Jenny McDonald	5 Managing Risks to Māori Library Collections: a conservator’s perspective Tharron Bloomfield	6 Herpes for the Information Age: plagiarism and the infection of universities - a workshop Tara Brabazon	7 ‘I have seen the future and it works’: bibliographies and indexes in next generation libraries Kathryn Parsons
12.00pm
			8 A Catalyst For Change: the interaction of a rural library with its local community - initiatives for growth through local community investment Louise Sheriff, Robyn Gray & Michael Hurley	9 Making An Exhibition of Ourselves: the gallery as portal, provocateur, and presenter of the Next Generation National Library Peter Ireland, Chris Cane and Dr Damian Skinner	10 The Role of Libraries and Archives in the Preservation and Revitalisation of Indigenous Knowledge: the case of revitalisation of te reo Māori Lorraine Johnston
							11 The Collaborative Indexing Project: meeting the challenge of connecting customers to content Janess Stewart
12.30pm	Lunch, Newcomers’ Lunch Showcases SIG Meetings: Preservation SIG PubSIG HealthLIB
1.30pm	Keynote Address – Bonnie Cheuk Head of Knowledge Management, The Improvement Service, Scotland
2.30pm	Concurrent Sessions
	12 Change Through Appreciation: can appreciative inquiry facilitates change in New Zealand libraries? Karen Willyams	13 Web 2.0 to go Dylan Owen & Wendy Macaskill	14 Public Libraries 2016 Sue Sutherland & Jane Hill	15 What’s the REAL Impact of this Service? Sorting the Heart from the Hype – establishing the information base to determine the future of a bold new service Melanie Ingrey	6   Who says Young Adults Need Libraries? Viv Smith	17 The Accessibility of New Zealand Public Library Web Sites to People Who are Blind or Vision Impaired Melanie Brebner & Mary Parkinson	18 Connecting Libraries to Your Communities Through Digitisation Andrew Pettengell & Andy Fenton	19 Best Tips & Tricks for the Toolbox: information sharing for advanced searchers Kareen Carter
3.00pm	20 All Power to the Customer: Customer-Centric Solutions Anne Selwyn & Fiona McGregor
						22 Keeping Connected: how could future developments in audio library services increase reading uptake among older, print-disabled people? Mary Schnackenberg, Moira Clunie & Dr Greg Morgan
				21 Next Generation Libraries Need Next Generation Librarians: library training, library education, and continuing professional development Alison Fields & Amanda Cossham
3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
4.00pm	Concurrent Sessions
	23 Tech Angels: next gen users are content creators Clare O’Leary and the Tech Angels	24 Tertiary Libraries – Future Focus Convergence of  Services - Like it or not it is happening  Barbara Garriock and Jane Arlidge Organised by TELSIG	25 Thuringowa and Manukau Libraries: building a model for a new customer experience Kim Taunga & Warren Cheetham	26 Te Ara Tika ki Manukau: Staying the Distance Sonya Peters	27 MINT – Library Resources for Online Career Management Kat Turner	28 Federated Searching, Focussing Results JR Jenkins	29 Continued… Connecting Libraries to your Communities through Digitisation Andrew Pettengell & Andy Fenton
				31 Pūnaha Pānui Kōrero: information Literacy through the medium of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga Julian Mōheka Williams	32 How a successful professional library group was developed and continues to maintain a passionate, proactive approach for its members. Dianne Jones	33 Federated Search Engines – The Unified Search Environment: The Western Health Library Experience Vanessa Craven
4.30pm 5pm finish	30 Passionate People: an author's view of the future of libraries and books Bernard Beckett
5.15pm	LIANZA Awards Function
6.30pm	SIG Meeting: HealthSIG

Tuesday 10 October

8.35am	Welcome and Notices
8.45am	Next Generation – What’s on Top? – Content
9.00am	Keynote Address – Tara Brabazon Professor of Media in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Information Sciences at the University of Brighton and Director of the Popular Culture Collective.
10.00am	Morning tea
10.30am	Presidential Address and LIANZA AGM
12.00pm	Simon Morton, Presenter, This Way Up, Radio New Zealand: Joining the Dots
12.30pm	Lunch Showcases SIG Meetings: EPIC TelSIG AGM NZHDC
1.30pm	Concurrent Sessions
	34 Web Archiving at the National Library of New Zealand Susanna Joe & Vanita Lala	35 Grill the Boss: careering to the main course. An interactive panel.	36 Learning How to Change Our Ways Andrew Hiskens, Paula Kelly, Indra Kurzeme & Samantha Tidy	37 Competing in a Google World Workshop Stephen Abram	38 Surfing the Information Tsunami: using RSS to manage your information Stephen Harlow	39 The New U(niversity) Robyn Benjamin	40 Next Generation Health Libraries: an electronic health library for New Zealand Megan Clark	41 Injuring the Public Good? censorship and libraries in New Zealand Deborah Gordon & David Wilson
						44 M for Medium: implementing a medium-sized information commons Lucy Broadbent
2.00pm	42 Building a Web Curator Tool for the National Library of New Zealand Gordon Paynter							45 The Nonsense of Copyright in Libraries: digital information and the right to copy Paul Staincliffe
			43 The Future Public Library - Coming Soon to ACL Allison Dobbie
2.30pm	Concurrent Sessions
	46 Open Libraries – Open Minds: collaboration, commoditisation, communism. The real trends in library software Russel Garlick & Rachel Hamilton-Williams	47 Effective Learning in the Information Landscape: what does the evidence tell us about libraries, literacy and learning in New Zealand schools Elizabeth Jones & Glynis Shields	Are We Up to the Challenge? Next Generation for Non-Metropolitan Public Libraries Margaret Garland, Sue Farghar, Brian Paterson & Barbara Whitton	49 Continued… Competing in a Google World Workshop Stephen Abram	50 Special Libraries –Future Focus What makes next generation special libraries so special? Organised by SLIS	51 The National Digital Heritage Archive Programme: global endeavours in digital preservation Steve Knight, Amy Ng & Mat Black	52 The Democratisation of Information – Learning Objects: a hands-on approach Sarah-Jane Saravani & John Clayton	53 Did We Get it Right? Post Evaluation of New Zealand’s Interloans Best Practice Workshop Janice Farrelly, Thelma Fisher & Ted Kurmann
								56 How Do We Know Whether What We're Doing is Any Good? Evaluating Information Literacy in the 21st Century. Donna Tietjens, Rachel Esson & Sara Quirke
3.00pm	54 Service Development Insights from AquaBrowser Library Search Statistics Jimmy Thomas	55 Youth Services – Why Bother? Megan Williams
3.30pm	Afternoon Tea
4.00pm	Concurrent Session
5pm finish	57 Te Rōpu Whakahau and International Agendas	58 Designer Chic or Emperor's New Clothes: recent trends in library technology Brian Flaherty & Paul Sutherland	59 Reinvent Yourself: the librarian as entrepreneur Duncan McLachlan	60 Workplace Information Literacy Workshop Bonnie Cheuk Finishes 5:30pm	61 RU RDY 2 RD? Talking Texts to the Next Generation Louise Easter & Annette Williams	62 Justify or Die? Using Contingent Valuation of Service Provision in a UK Public Library Alan Poulter, David McMenemy & Liz McGettigan	63 Continued… The Democratisation of Information – Learning Objects: a hands-on approach Sarah-Jane Saravani & John Clayton
7.00pm	Cocktails followed by Gala Dinner

Wednesday 11 October

7.30am	Raeco Recovery Breakfast
8.35am	Welcome and Notices
8.45am	Next Generation – What’s on Top? – Connection
9.00am	Keynote Address – Martin Nakata Director of Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, and Chair of Australian Indigenous Education at University of Technology Sydney
10.00am	Conference 2007 Launch
10.15am	Morning tea sponsored by CatSIG
10.45am	Keynote Address – Evelyn Tobin Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Manu Kotare Enterprises Ltd, Auckland, Aotearoa – New Zealand Kōmiti Māori – National Library of New Zealand
11.45am	Concurrent Sessions
	64 Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society Teanau Tuiono	65 The Hub of the 'hood: designing library spaces that work for the next generation Ralph Roberts & Andrew Barclay - Warren & Mahoney Ltd	66 Teaching With Audience Response Technology: a demonstration using a medical scenario Dr Stewart Mann	67 Keeping Three steps Ahead of Generation Next: the challenge of providing a relevant family history service in the 21st century Karen Kalopulu	68 Treasure Hunting: information literacy for international nursing students Janette Telford	69 Reinvent! Some ‘Must Knows’ For a Future Thinking Librarian Duncan McLachlan	70 Link rot or How the Inaccessibility of Electronic Citations Affects New Zealand Periodicals Ailsa Parker	71 What's Yours is Mine and Mine is Yours – Synergy in Joint-use Libraries Paula Eskett & Andrew Jefferson
12.05pm
					72 Marketing Academic Library Resources and Information Services to International Students Cuiying Mu	73 The Nimble Information Adventurer Robert McEntyre
12.30pm	Lunch Showcases SIG Meetings: Local Government Librarians CatSIG AnyQuestions.co.nz / UiaNgaPatai.co.nz Hui Focus on the future with LIAC
1.30pm	Keynote Panel Finale Next Generation Libraries – rising to the challenge Penny Carnaby leads an interactive conversation with the LIANZA Conference 2006 keynote speakers
2.30pm	Poroporoaki and Conference Closing
3.00pm	Farewell Afternoon Tea
3.30 - 5.30pm 3.30 - 5.30pm 3.30 - 5.00pm 3.30 - 5.15pm 3.30 - 5.30pm 3.30 - 5.30pm 3.30 - 5.30pm 3.45 - 5.45pm				Workshop - 'Collection, Selection, Rejection': a beginner's guide to collection  development in public libraries with Deborah Olson (limited to 15 places) Workshop - Beating the Budget Blues: how to ensure you get what you need for your library service with Jane Treadwell Workshop - How to Position Your Library for the Digital Age with Sue Cooper and Mark Scott SIG Meeting: ITSIG Tours Knowledge Management – Treasury and Parliamentary Library Architecture Tour 2 – Karori Library Behind the Scenes – National Library and Archives of New Zealand Fabulous Te Papa Tour

Please note this programme is subject to change at the discretion of the Conference organisers.

Abstracts

Competing in a Google World Workshop

Stephen Abram,
Vice President Innovation, SirsiDynix and 2006 president-elect of Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Abstract:

This workshop will cover the positioning aspects of marketing and the role sales plays (which too many library folks are uncomfortable with) in communities. People pay (and risk) with money, tax dollars, time, prestige and their own reputations when they have a good or bad relationship with the library. At the end of the session attendees will understand new positioning and communication strategies that will help libraries compete in a Google dominated world.

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Passionate People: an author's view of the future of libraries and books

Bernard Beckett

Abstract:

"Not planning for the future, but shaping it. Libraries, like authors, are at their best when following their passions, rather than trying to second-guess some market. Build it, and they will come."

Bernard Beckett is a secondary school teacher and multi award winning young adult author.  His successes include The Esther Glen Award at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2005 and the  Young Adult Fiction Category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2005.

At the 2005 Library Week Debate, Bernard energetically argued "That Libraries are Obsolete in the Age of Google".    But what does Bernard really think about next generation libraries and authors?  Come along and find out...

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Herpes for the information age:  Plagiarism and the infection of universities

Tara Brabazon, Professor of Media in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Information Sciences at the University of Brighton and Director of the Popular Culture Collective

Abstract:

It is very easy to blame students for plagiarism.  It is much more difficult to recognize how librarians, teachers and academic managers are both implicated in - and facilitating - this behaviour.  Uploading PowerPoint slides to the internet, i-lectures and the use of textbooks rather than wider reading of scholarly monographs all encourage simple and rehearsed answers to difficult questions.  The decline in the reading of scholarly monographs and refereed articles – and the reduction in our expectations and hopes for students – has created a context permitting minimal reading, poor writing and sloppy standards of scholarship.  It is too convenient for academic managers to administratively slap students for plagiarism, rather than proactively encourage higher standards in teaching and learning.

The goal of this workshop is to present alternate strategies to manage plagiarism in teaching, learning and education.  The aim is not to use the ‘stick’ of administrative regulations or staunch software programmes, which instills fear, confusion, blame and retribution, but to access the more intricate potentials of curricula development and the expertise of librarians and information managers.

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Best Tips & Tricks for the Toolbox: information sharing for advanced searchers

Kareen Carter
Wellington Medical Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract:

A facilitated advanced searching workshop for Librarians, where they share their "best tips" for expert searching over a range of databases.

Share hints and tips for searching a range of Databases including MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsychInfo, StatRef, Google, et al, with your colleagues, and broaden your repertoire by adding useful tools to your toolbox.

This session will be especially useful for Librarians in small to medium libraries, including hospital and special libraries, who learn “on the fly” without necessarily receiving formal training in specific database use, particularly Librarians who often work in relative isolation.

Research shows that peer supported learning is an effective method of continuing education, and one that should be well supported by Librarians with an interest in getting the best results from electronic resources and databases.

The aim is to encourage active participation from attendees who will share search tips, preferred search engines, useful websites, etc, with the wider group.

Registration is required so participants can prepare and contribute search tips for a selection of databases.

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Information literacy in the Workplace

Bonnie Cheuk,
Head of Knowledge Management, The Improvement Service, Scotland

Abstract:

The ability to create, seek, evaluate, use and  disseminate information (i.e. information literacy) is critical in the workplace. The inability to do so can lower individual  performance,  and even worse, can reduce productivity of other knowledge workers.  Come to this workshop to learn what information literacy skills have  to be further developed in the workplace context, and reflect on what you can do to help your staff to be confident and productive in an information-rich workplace. This is a genuine knowledge exchange session which requires input from all participants (who are likely to be in charge of user education/information literacy programme).

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Next Generation Health Libraries: an electronic health library for NZ

Megan Clark
Ministry of Health, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract:

The development of extensive electronic libraries is both an empowering tool for libraries and librarians as well as a potential threat as organisations seek cost savings by attempting to dispense with their physical libraries. Health libraries in New Zealand are diverse in size, personnel and resources. Equity of service provision and resources is a real issue with isolated rural areas at a distinct disadvantage.

This paper explores how New Zealand health librarians can empower themselves and their users by collaboration in procurement and services. The health dollar has to purchase more and more services and stretching the budget for electronic information at the users desktop is beyond the means for many health libraries in New Zealand and extending its services to the community almost impossible.

There are lessons to be learnt both from within NZ with EPIC and the various database consortia, and outside with the Scottish E-library and state wide electronic health libraries to state funded clinicians in Australia.

This session reports on the progress of New Zealand’s health e-resource procurement initiative to date and includes a workshop session to confirm a core list of desired resources and discuss the way forward.

The session will appeal primarily to health librarians from New Zealand and Australia; polytechnic librarians; and health subject specialists in public libraries, all of who stand to benefit from a collaborative health e-resource procurement process.

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How to Position Your Library for the Digital Age

Sue Cooper, Information Resources Manager, Auckland City Libraries
Mark Scott, Strategic IT manager, Auckland City Council.

Abstract:

Workshop Overview

This workshop will help you to develop your own digital strategy and IT strategic plan with your IT Manager. You will learn how to identify and meet the major challenges facing a library, such as information management & infrastructure, new technology, content creation, customer e-services, e-business, digital preservation, connectivity & communications, for the next 5 years. The workshop will be presented by Sue Cooper, Information resources manager, Auckland City Libraries & Mark Scott, Strategic IT manager, Auckland City Council.

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Surfing the Information Tsunami: using RSS to manage your information

Stephen Harlow,
Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract:

The internet is evolving into a more participatory medium—referred to by many by the catchphrase Web 2.0—a medium which invites us to go beyond passive reading, to actively enter into conversations and creatively re-mix the contributions of others.

As the internet has effectively afforded everyone the opportunity to stand-up on their own virtual soap box never has the role of libraries and information literacy been so important. With so many waves of information competing for our attention, filtering, tagging and aggregation have appeared as ways of managing our overflowing inboxes while RSS has emerged as the technology to pipe that torrent of information into our news readers.

This workshop presentation will examine the information gathering landscape in light of recent internet developments and provide you with some practical takeaway strategies to help you leverage the power of RSS to surf the information tsunami.

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Federated Searching – Focussing Results

JR Jenkins, MLIS
Serials Solutions, Seattle, USA

Abstract:

This session will look at problems about relevance ranking and clustering in federated search applications.

More and more libraries are using federated search technology to provide their end users with tools that allow them to cross search across information licensed by the library quickly and easily. However, the amount of electronic resources now available to users via the libraries are so vast that very often the number of results is so overwhelming that they have difficulties locating the information they need.

This session will look at:

1. how federated search software providers have been trying to solve this problem
2. different alternatives from providers such as relevance ranking and clustering
3. comparing and analysing both technologies
4. provide one practical example of clustering to show how this technology would address the issue

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Effective Learning in the Information Landscape: what does the evidence tell us about libraries, literacy and learning in New Zealand schools?

Elizabeth Jones, National Library of New Zealand, Auckland

Glynis Shields, National Library of New Zealand, Dunedin

Abstract:

Much has been written in recent years about the importance of information literacy as the foundation of skills, attitudes and values enabling learners to function and learn effectively in todays information landscape and about the role and contribution of libraries, especially in schools, in boosting achievement. Until recently, we have looked primarily to the international body of research in this area but in the last couple of years, the evidence base in New Zealand has strengthened and a much clearer picture is emerging around the priorities and implications for future development.

This presentation will provide an overview of current trends in the information landscape in schools with an emphasis on recent research and evidence about libraries, information literacy and learning. We will focus in particular on the National Evaluation of Student Learning in the Information Landscape undertaken by the Education Review Office in 314 New Zealand schools and the Otago based Curriculum Alignment Project – Information literacy Survey report that looked at the confidence and competence of students’ information literacy skills in transition from secondary to tertiary education.

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Web Archiving at the National Library of New Zealand

Susanna Joe, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Vanita Lala, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Abstract:

Archiving and preservation of the web is an area that is currently at the forefront of agendas for many cultural heritage institutions throughout the world.  The National Library of New Zealand has been undertaking web archiving since 1999.  Changes to the National Library of New Zealand Act in 2003 has extended the mandate of legal deposit to also include electronic publications and that of the Alexander Turnbull Library to collect, preserve and make accessible digital material for heritage and research purposes. 

Last year, the Turnbull Library harvested websites and blogs during the 2005 election.  This paper will focus on the selection and harvesting process of these sites, and the subsequent appraisal that took place.  It will use the election web harvest as a case study that will illustrate the current technology and processes involved in web harvesting at the National Library of New Zealand.  It will also highlight the importance and responsibility that lies with cultural heritage institutions to ensure that new forms of information are preserved and made accessible for future generations, to provide an accurate representation of culture and history.

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'Collection, selection, rejection': a beginner’s guide to collection development in public libraries

Deborah Olson, Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand
Paula Banks, Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand
Wanda Gornik, Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand

Abstract:

Next generation public libraries, whatever their size, will not only survive but flourish if they offer collections that meet their customers’ needs. To be able to do this, libraries need to have sound collection development processes in place. This workshop will provide participants with tried and true - and new - guidelines on how to “collect, select, and reject” customer-centred collections, based on the experiences of the Wellington City Libraries Collection Development Team.

Firstly, in considering “collections”, we will discuss the basic requirements for developing collection content criteria and writing a collection development plan. We will look at the different formats which make up public library collections, ranging from the traditional such as books to the newly-emerging such as downloadable audio. We will also look at the role of electronic databases and how they complement print collections. Next we will look at “selection”. We will explore the role of the selector and the practicalities of selecting materials and building collections for all library customers. We will also discuss vendor management, giving suggestions on factors to consider when negotiating terms with vendors. Lastly we will look at “rejection”, more properly known de-selection, a necessary process to ensure that our collections remain fresh and relevant to our customers’ needs.

This workshop is aimed at staff in small to medium-sized public libraries who have selection responsibilities and who are looking to extend their collection development skills.

Limited to 15 places.

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Connecting Libraries to your Communities through Digitisation

Andrew Pettengell, NZ Micrographic Services Ltd, Tawa - Wellington, New Zealand

Andy Fenton, NZ Micrographic Services Ltd, Tawa - Wellington, New Zealand 

Abstract:

Learn how to project manage the conversion of your paper-based collections to digital through imaging.

• Why you should digitise material
• The issues surrounding access vs preservation
• A practical approach to workflow (Project Planning and External Relationships)
• Image capture – critical steps and things you should know and ask
• Image delivery – Master files to Access Images
• Web hosting - some traps and options
• How it can generate income for your library

The key focus will to be empower you to move forward with any digital projects you are planning. This will help your library connect to your community through heritage digital image projects.

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The Democratisation of Information- Learning Objects: a hands-on approach

Sarah-Jane Saravani
John Clayton
Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand   

Abstract:

In 2005 the Waikato Institute of Technology received a significant grant from the e-Learning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF), administered by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) of New Zealand, to investigate and explore learning objects and how these could be shared across the educational sector. From the beginning of the project it was accepted the debate on the definition of a learning object was widespread, inconclusive and ongoing. However, the project team, comprising members of the Centre for Learning Technologies, Library and ITS, adopted a view there was general agreement Learning Objects (LOs) should be reusable, be durable, be affordable, be searchable, be retrievable and be stored for others to use. This decision supported the concept of increasing the availability of information, lowering access barriers and generally contributing to a learning environment exemplified by democratic, participatory change.

This interactive workshop describes how the Open Source Learning Object Repository (OSLOR) project team worked through the process of defining, describing and sharing learning objects. The OSLOR team were conscious that for learning object repositories to function fully, simple, self-explanatory solutions had to be explored and implemented so participants would not be overwhelmed by the need to acquire advanced software application or library cataloguing skills. The workshop anticipates the definitions, descriptions and sharing solutions described will be open to debate and refinement, it recognizes they are not the final answer. However, it is hoped the workshop will generate ongoing debate on the future of learning objects and their contribution to the democratisation of information.

The workshop will be divided into 4 sections:

1. What are learning objects: a short, interactive discussion session providing an overview of LOs
2. How LOs are described. A short presentation on Metadata and its applications, followed by a question and answer session
3. The roles and responsibilities of creators and library staff: an interactive session demonstrating a simple solution used in the OSLOR project
4. How can LOs be discovered and deployed: An interactive demonstration of  Xchange, a Moodle tool used by the OSLOR team
5. Where to from here?: A short presentation on future directions in this field followed by a QA session

On completion of this workshop, participants will

• gain an understanding of the OSLOR project definition of a learning object
• explore the role of metadata within the OSLOR project and the profile created
• discuss the roles creators and libraries play in this process and the blurring of traditional boundaries
• review how the functionalities of a Learning Management System (Moodle) can be used to store, describe and share LOs
• gain an understanding of how a Learning Management System can be used as an authoring tool to repurpose and modify LOs

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Special Libraries – Future Focus

"What makes next generation special libraries so special?"

Organised by SLIS

Abstract:

What makes next generation special libraries so special? This session will provide an opportunity for those working in New Zealand special libraries to discuss the issues facing their sector , with a view to developing some  strategies for collectively and actively addressing some of those issues.

Possible topics include

• the impact of the forthcoming Copyright (New Technologies and Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill
• recruiting, rewarding and developing staff in special libraries
• the need for an organisation that acts collectively for special libraries (as opposed to special librarians)
• implications of the digital content strategy

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Te Ropu Whakahau and International Agendas

Te Roopu Whakahau

Abstract:

A session looking at how TRW will participate in international kaupapa such as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Indigenous Protocols for Libraries and Archives with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Information Library Resource Network (ATSILRN) and the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), and the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).

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Service Development Insights from AquaBrowser Library Search Statistics

Jimmy Thomas, The Library Corporation, Denver (CO), United States

Lynn Wheeler,Carroll County Public Library, Westminster (MD), United States

Scott Reinhart,Carroll County Public Library, Westminster (MD), United States

Abstract:   

Integrated library systems benefit users by reporting search statistics to inform collection development priorities. Like conventional OPACs, AquaBrowser reports Top Queries, Top Orphan Queries, Popular Items, etc. Unlike conventional OPACs, AquaBrowser addresses many problems enumerated by Karen Calhoun (Cornell University Library) in her 2006 report for the Library of Congress, “The changing nature of the catalog and its integration with other discovery tools”.

A fresh look at search statistics seems warranted by the introduction of new catalog search features: 1) a Google-like search using word stem and spelling variants to retrieve relevance-ranked results; 2) an unconventional user interface to facilitate exploration of associated topics and navigation of large result sets; and 3) options to encompass more types of metadata in a combined index of tangible and virtual holdings.

The authors will survey Top Queries and other reports to summarize specific collection development lessons and broader “service development” mandates. The Top Queries report at Queens Library (NY), for example, lists “www.google.com” and “www.yahoo.com” as most popular “searches”—not the “most popular titles” message we might expect from OPAC search statistics. Top Queries at Carroll County Public Library (MD) seem to come from younger users, or perhaps librarians helping younger users. What can we learn from a careful analysis of unexpected statistics like this?

The authors (a Director of Strategic Products, a Library Director, and an Assistant Library Director) hope to combine vendor and librarian perspectives in a paper and program that will intrigue attendees from a variety of backgrounds.   

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Beating the Budget Blues: how to ensure you get what you need for your library service

Jane Treadwell
Know Where Consulting, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract:   

Workshop Overview

Most Library Managers will be familiar with the frustration of finding their annual budget application has been knocked back by management. However, there are ways to ensure your budget isn't always cut or reduced with scant regard for the type of service you are expected, or are attempting, to deliver.

This workshop will:

• focus on how to get what you need for your library service to not just succeed, but shine, as a key part of your organisation or community. 
• demystify the numbers so you can extract the real data and use it as an effective tool to boost your budget
• explain the difference between capital assets and operating expenses
• explore the art of juggling demands for hardcopy and online resources
• demonstrate how to extract the information you need to 'sell' your library and its services to the management team charged with allocating funds
• offer ideas on how to cope with budget cuts and reductions

Workshop Outcomes

At the end of the workshop you will have a better understanding of:

• how to estimate and project for the budget process
• the terminology and the way in which the numbers are used
• capital assets and operating expenses
• charging schemes
• ideas and strategies to begin turning your library from being seen solely as a resource-draining cost centre to a valued-added service with the potential to become a profit centre. 

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Pūnaha Pānui Kōrero: information literacy through the medium of te reo Māori me ōna tikanga

Julian Mōheka Williams,
Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton

This kaupapa or project is a collaborative initiative, initiated by the library staff at Waikato Institute of Technology, consequently seconding other staff from other service departments at WINTEC, they are Tertiary Study Skills Centre (TSSC), Te Kete Kōnae (Māori Study Skills Centre) and the Centre of Learning Technologies (CLT).  The obvious reason these other services were seconded into this kaupapa, was that our services that we provide inter-lapped with each other, so to bring a cohesiveness and collaborative approach to this kaupapa, these other service departments were contacted to add their input into this project.  I believe that this project aligns itself with the conference theme “Next Generation Libraries”, and with our collaborative approaches, this project also aligns itself with “ He waka eke noa: strategic alliances and building bridges”.  The abstract will outline the project going forward.

Abstract:

Sarah-Jane, Vicki Stephens, Stef Clark and I looked at the Otago University’s model of Information Literacy modules online.  It was quickly identified by me that there was no version in te reo Māori.  The current trends released by Ministry of Education is that Māori participation in the tertiary sector is increasing, in particular from those students in Wharekura, Kura Kaupapa Māori and Bi-lingual schools, retention rates have also been an issue in the tertiary sector, and the trends suggest that pastoral care of new entrant Māori tertiary students is minimal if not non-existent for those fluent in te reo Māori.

Pūnaha Pānui Kōrero the name given to this project, will address those problems, from a epistemological Māori world view addressing information literacy, the kaupapa will permeate te reo me ōna tikanga, and the many things that those words imply. The project will be a fusion of both library and tertiary study skills. The project will have learning objects and activities, testing of each learning objects is timetabled to meet a projected release in the New Year to pilot the project in the Hamilton area, testing will be carried out in house as well as participating schools.  The presentation will outline the benefit to Māori, having a specific kaupapa that addresses the holistic value of the learning environment of Māori students in Wharekura, Kura Kaupapa and Immersion and Bi-lingual wings in mainstream schools and bringing that into the library and the tertiary sector through the medium of Pūnaha Pānui Kōrero

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Grill the Boss: careering through the main course

Interactive Panel

Abstract:

Future proofing your skills?
Exciting tasks but no roles?
Nowhere to go but out?
Breaking through the glass ceiling?
Balancing work and life?
What skills will the employers of the future focus on?
Our panel of professionals from the library and recruitment market are ready to be grilled!  Be ready with your own burning questions!

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SIG Abstracts

AnyQuestions.co.nz UiaNgaPatai.co.nz Hui

Time for AnyQuestions.co.nz and UiaNgaPatai.co.nz operators to finally meet each other, debrief and recharge.

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CatSIG

Come and meet your Committee, hear about opportunities for professional development and what else is happening in cataloguing land at the CatSIG AGM.

Please register as lunch will be provided

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EPIC

“EPIC Meeting: Come along and meet the EPIC Governance Group (EGG) and get an update on all things EPIC

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ITSIG

IT-Sig will host an open workshop giving participants the chance to discuss current IT topics within Librarianship.

While the final topics will be finalized nearer the time (to catch up with any "breaking news") the workshop will comprise 3 or 4 speakers, each providing a brief introduction to a topic, with discussion following each.

At the moment, topics being considering include:

• Library 2.0 and changes in communication styles (blogs, wikis, rss) and the interactive web.
• Extending the use of Library Catalogues
• Electronic Resource Management Systems
• Institutional Repositories (in particular reporting on the pilot schemes)

If time allows, participants can raise other topics for discussion during the workshop.

At the end of the session, IT-Sig will hold its AGM.

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Focus on the future with LIAC

In the past year, LIAC have put their energy into:

• the NZ Digital Content Strategy
• the Public Libraries Summit
• leadership in the Creative Commons
• matauranga Maori

What do you want LIAC to focus on?
Meet with LIAC Commissioners on Wednesday at 12.30 and tell them what you think.

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Local Government Librarians

Librarians working in Local Government

A session for all librarians who work in local authority corporate libraries and other librarians in organisations allied to local government.

A chance to meet, brainstorm and exchange knowledge and ideas

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Preservation SIG

A brief Annual General Meeting will be held at the conference followed by a speaker. We are liaising with Tharon Blomfield the National Preservation Officer, Maori about a paper.

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PubSIG

Be sure to join all your colleagues at the AGM and take advantage of the opportunity to discuss current issues affecting public librarians. 

There will also be an update on the recent review of Pubsig.

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TelSIG AGM

The business of the AGM will be followed by a short presentation from Tim Darlington Massey University titled: “Weapons allowed”
The difficulties of turning a roomful of donated paperbacks into a proper library, when the roomful of books is located on a US Army base in Kuwait and the patrons are soldiers on active duty.

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University Interloans Librarians Group - Symposium

Want to know about latest developments in interloans, future plans, network with other practitioners, and be inspired? This symposium is for you!  It will feature innovations and best practice utilising technology in public, special and tertiary sectors, copyright and interloans, with updates from the JSCI and National Library - Register now!

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Tours

Numbers are limited for all tours.  Please book on the registration form.

Knowledge Management – Treasury and Parliamentary Library

Wednesday 11 October, 3.30 - 5.30pm

Find out what the Parliamentary Library and Treasury are doing in the area of Knowledge Management.  A tour of the beautiful Parliamentary Library will complete this visit.

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Culture and Heritage 1

Wednesday 11 October, 3.30 - 5.30pm

Behind the Scenes - National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand

A behind-the-scenes tour of the collections and activities of the National Library and Archives New Zealand.

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Culture and Heritage 2   

Wednesday 11 October, 3.45 - 5.45pm

Fabulous Te Papa Tour

This 90-minute tour covers exhibition highlights from the natural environment, Māori culture and treasures, art and colonial history, and will finish with a visit to Te Aka Matua Library & Information Centre.
Cost:  $13

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Architecture 1

Sunday 8 October, 10.00am - 2.00pm

Kapiti Coast Libraries’ Paraparaumu Library and Whitireia Community Polytechnic Learning Centre

Take a bus ride up the Kapiti Coast to check out the award winning architecture at Paraparaumu Library (Warren and Mahoney) and Whitireia Community Polytechnic Learning Centre Te Kete Wānanga (Athfield Architects). 

Cost $25 (includes transport and lunch)

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Architecture 2

Wednesday 11 October, 3.30 - 5.30pm

Karori Library

Come and check out Wellington’s newest public library.  The new Karori Library, designed by Warren and Mahoney, opened in November 2005 and is the focal point of the redeveloped Karori town centre.

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