Library stars: best of the best

Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Tuesday 19 September 2006
Level2, Room M3

Program

9:00am - Registration

9:30am - Welcome

Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, ALIA president

Vicki McDonald, Convenor, ALIA Public Libraries Reference Group

9:45am - Keynote address

Rolf Hapel, Library director, Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark

Aarhus Public Libraries won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 'Access to Learning' Award in 2004 for its innovative use of the internet and information technology to deliver library services to a growing refugee and immigrant community. Rolf Hapel will speak about outreach programs, internet based services and library development projects in Aarhus Public Libraries and in Denmark generally and will also cover how Aarhus library research and development projects are managed to gain as much learning as possible from the process.

10:45am - morning tea

11:15am - Connect @ your library®

Alice Springs Public Library (NT)
The library's unique collection of indigenous resources, produced for and by the Aboriginal people of Central Australia, ensures that items for, by and about the local indigenous community are conserved and available to all visitors to the library.
Denise Senior, Manager of library services, Alice Springs Public Library

Burnside Library Services (SA)
The BITS project uses broadband technology, a portable audio playback device and a content management system to create a cost effective, easy to use digital solution to providing books, magazines and newspapers to people with sight impairment.
Lindy Hillman, Manager Library Service, City of Burnside

Northern Territory Library (NT) The Northern Territory Library is finding creative and cost effective ways to provide support and training to community library officers in one-person library services in 22 remote NT communities, including an annual Community Library Officers' forum in Darwin for four days of training and development activities.
Cate Richmond, Assistant director, Libraries and Knowledge Centres, Northern Territory Library

Q and A session

12:45pm - lunch

1:30pm - Read @ your library®

Hume City Council (Vic)
Bi-lingual Storytimes is for children aged 0-5 years and their parents. Bi-lingual Storytimes are presented by trained storytellers, are conducted in Arabic, Turkish and Vietnamese and are held in preschools, childcare centres, playgroups women's groups and community group meetings.
Chris Kelly, Manager library services, Hume Global Learning Centre

Moreland City Libraries (Vic) - Read more: a celebration of reading and Moreland's identity [188kb doc]
This program explores reading in its broadest sense, including a range of languages, formats activities and themes to appeal to Moreland's highly diverse community.
Genimaree Panozzo, Unit manager library services, Moreland City Libraries

State Library of South Australia (SA) - South Australia reads: public libraries and their communities.
South Australia's state-wide reading programs, The Big Book Club (TBBC) and The Little Big Book Club (TLBBC), are delivered through collaboration between the state government, public libraries, the Advertiser newspaper, Five aa, Arts SA, The Australian Council and booksellers and publishers.
Teresa Brook, Public Libraries liaison manager, State Library of South Australia

Cities of Salisbury and Playford Libraries (SA) - Making disadvantage and advantage.
Working across all levels of government, with non-government organisations and the University of South Australia, the Cities of Salsibury and Playford Libraries have received substantial funding for sustainable early childhood literacy and reading programs. The programs target areas of socio-economic disadvantage within the Salisbury/Playford region.
Bernie McSwain, Manager Library Services, City of Salisbury and Jacqui Stretton, Team Manager Library Services, City of Playford

Q and A session

3:30pm - afternoon tea

3:50pm - Panel discussion and voting for the Delegates Choice Award

4:15pm - Presentation of Delegates Choice Award

Peter Pal Library Library Supplier representative
Summing up - Vicki McDonald

4:30pm - close

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Library stars: best of the best is presented by the Australian Library and Information Association's Public Libraries Reference Group and is sponsored by Peter Pal Library Supplier and SirsiDynix.