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ACTive ALIAproACTiveNumber 252: October 2005[ Controlled Vocabulary - ALIA ACTive/AGLIN information sharing session | LEP Excellence Award to TAFE Tasmania's Clarence Campus Library | New Kippax Library | Forthcoming local events ]
Controlled vocabularyALIA ACTive/AGLIN Information Sharing Session, 25 August 2005 Report by Karna O'Dea Over 40 librarians, records managers and other information professionals gathered in the national library conference room to hear practitioners in the field of controlled language speak and share the good oil with the rest of us on the use of controlled language as an information standard and as a major pillar of enterprise architecture in two diverse organisations, the Department of Defence and Centrelink. Sherrey Quinn (Libraries Alive!) gave an informative session on the development of the Australian defence glossary. Sherrey outlined her role as the information specialist and project manager for this task, which was accomplished between 2002 and 2004. Sherrey discussed the defence business language and the different terminologies in use in the agency, and covered the entire project, including the writing of specifications for the system to manage terms and their meanings, writing the business rules, documenting a methodology to develop and then maintain the glossary, harvesting terms from experts in the business areas, and implementing the technology underlying the glossary tool. Sherrey then moved onto the maintenance phase, such as allocating stewardship of certain words and phrases to senior managers, the gathering of proposed new terms and illustrations of how the system can be used by individuals in defence to generate glossaries for individual documents. All in all Sherrey provided us with a very captivating insight into the evolution of the Australian defence glossary, and ideas that others of us could implement in our own agencies. Pam Garfoot and Anne Daniels (Centrelink) repeated the session that they had given at the Online Conference in February 2005 on the development and uses of the Centrelink business language. They explored the recent language management experience in Centrelink. They described how expectations across the enterprise have changed, and how the value of controlled vocabularies has been acknowledged as part of a range of different information initiatives. Anne and Pam discussed the real benefits that Centrelink has found in creating and managing its business language over a period of time and the uses to which it has been put such as developing a common understanding of terms organisation wide and its use for searching on the intranet and internet sites date. They discussed recent developments in Centrelink since February and then concluded with some key lessons learnt, observations and challenges. All of us took away observations and ideas that we could usefully use in our own workplaces. Pam and Anne's paper is available online [164kb pdf].
Tasmanian TAFE triumphs!Winner of the ABS LEP Excellence Award announced Report by Pat Stracey Libraries doing what they do so well - connecting their clients to information - was showcased in the entries for the inaugural LEP Excellence Award. The award recognises and rewards libraries for excellence in raising the awareness, understanding and use of ABS information in their communities. A library that was outstanding in helping its users to access and use ABS information for their research was the award winner - TAFE Tasmania's Clarence Campus Library. The library has been a member of the Library Extension Program (LEP) since its inception in 1991. Award judges were impressed with the wide range of activities aimed at increasing the knowledge and awareness of ABS information. Different audiences were targeted, including new students, course students, staff and subject specific classes. The winner was presented with the prize - a trophy and $1500 worth of ABS products and services of their choice - by the Australian Statistician, Dennis Trewin, at a ceremony in Tasmania on 23 September. The ABS and libraries working together ... Part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' mission is to assist and encourage informed decision making, research and discussion within governments and the community. Many in the community - business, individuals and myriad groups - increasingly depend on reliable information to make sound decisions. Whilst everyone now has free access to ABS publications, many will need help to find the right information. Enter the Library Extension Program, a highly successful partnership between the ABS and a nationwide network of over 500 libraries. It recognises the important guiding role librarians play in helping their users to find reliable information. Entries for the award demonstrated the success of the partnership. With the free training, support and promotional material provided by the ABS, LEP libraries are committing themselves to connecting their users to ABS information in useful and innovative ways. Everyone benefits - the community, libraries and the ABS! The winning entry will be featured on the LEP pages of the ABS web site. Use it for ideas to help your clients. Or as an incentive to enter for the next award. It's a great way to showcase your training/promotional skills to the library community! Entries close 30 June 2006. For more information, visit the ABS web site. Select 'Services We Provide', then 'Library Extension Program'. Or e-mail us (please remove '.nospam' from address).
New Kippax LibraryBusiness has been booming at the new Kippax Library since it opened on 30 August 2005. More than six hundred new members joined the library in its first month of operation. For one elderly gentleman it was the first time he had ever joined a library. The number of people visiting the library has almost tripled, and loans have jumped by 150 per cent. Feedback from library visitors has been overwhelmingly positive: 'This is a great library. I love to read. I borrowed 26 books.'
Forthcoming local eventsPlease check the events notices on the ALIA website for up-to-date details. Changes and new events will also be publicised in the ACTive ALIA e-list.
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