Net notes: library conferences

The following is a selective and eclectic collection of links to conference proceedings, mainly Australian library conferences with a couple of archives and records management conferences thrown in. The web sites don't always offer the full text of every paper presented as the problem of getting all the papers for publication is a perennial problem for conference organisers. Sometimes only the Powerpoint presentation is available which is like offering the entrée instead of a three course meal. Nevertheless, even a partial set of conference papers is better than none.

Australian conferences

Conferences and seminars held at the National Library of Australia, such as the ILDS - 8th Interlending and Document Supply International Conference (2003), and Archiving Web Resources - International Conference (2004) are listed at http://www.nla.gov.au/initiatives/meetings/. The full text of some of these conferences is available through clicking on the title and following the links.

ALIA Biennial Conference

2004 http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2004/conference.papers.html
2002 http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2002/papers.html
2000 http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2000/proceedings/

Asia-Pacific Specials, Health and Law Librarians' Conference

2003 http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc2003/papersmainindex.htm
2001 http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc2001/papers.html
1999 http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc1999/papers/

Information Online and On Disc

2005 http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2005/papersandpresentations.php
2003 http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2003/papers.html
2001 http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2001/papers/
1999 http://www.csu.edu.au/special/online99/
1997 http://www.csu.edu.au/special/online97/proceedings/

National Library Technicians Conference

2003 http://conferences.alia.org.au/libtec2003/papers/
2001 http://conferences.alia.org.au/libtec2001/papers/

New Librarians Symposium

2004 http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2004/reports.html#papersandpresentations

Public Libraries Conference

2001 http://conferences.alia.org.au/public2001/

Reference and Information Service Section Conference and Exhibition

1999 http://www.csu.edu.au/special/raiss99/papers/

TAFE libraries conference

2001 http://conferences.alia.org.au/tafe2001/

Australian Society of Archivists conference

2001 http://www.archivists.org.au/sem/Joint%20National%20Conf%202001.htm
1999 http://www.archivists.org.au/sem/papers.html
The papers are listed under 'Brisbane Conference, July 1999'.

Records Management Association of Australasia Conference

Some past conference papers are available, however, at the time of writing this column, I could not access the papers due to technical problems with the website.

Some past conference papers are available through PANDORA

2001 http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36335/20030910/www.rmaa.com.au/events/natcon2001/papers/
NB: This was a joint conference with the Australian Society of Archivists and is also available through the ASA's web site (http://www.archivists.org.au/sem/Joint%20National%20Conf%202001.htm)
2000 http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36335/20030910/www.rmaa.com.au/events/natcon2000/proceedings/papers/index.html

VALA (Victorian Association for Library Automation Inc) Conference

2004 http://www.vala.org.au/vala2004/2004pprs/prgm2004.htm
2002 http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pprs/prog2002.htm
NB: These pages for 2000 and 2002 does not link directly to the full text. Click on the day and you will go to the full list of the day's papers with hyperlinks to individual papers
2000 http://www.vala.org.au/vala2000/2000pprs/prog2000.htm

Overseas conferences

Digital libraries

Past conference papers of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (2001 to 2004), as well as the ACM Conference on Digital Libraries (1996 to 2000), and the Annual Conference on the Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (1994 to 1995) can be accessed from http://www.jcdl.org/past-event-conf.shtml

IFLA General Conference

http://www.ifla.org/IV/index.htm
NB: There are major gaps in what is available. Some full text papers from the conference from 1994 onwards are available but it is definitely hit and miss whether the paper you need is online.

LIANZA (Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) Conference

2004 http://www.lianza.org.nz/conference/conference04/papers/conference04papers.shtml
2003 http://www.lianza.org.nz/conference/conference03/conference03papers.shtml

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