ALIA West

August 2006

RAILS 2006

The RAILS seminar series is now well established. The first was a meeting of like research minds at the ALIA conference in Adelaide in 1996. Since then the seminars have blossomed with formal research seminars being held at Queensland University of Technology in 2004 and the most recent organised in 2005 by Charles Sturt University and held at the National Library of Australia.

The 2006 seminar will be held in conjunction with the ALIA 2006 CLICK06 conference.

RAILS 2006 will build on partnerships amongst educators, researchers and practitioners in library and information studies (LIS) to enable a culture of informed and innovative research practice. The theme of Linking Research With Practice, started at the 2005 seminar, will continue. New researchers, research students, research-active practitioners, recipients of research awards and research leaders are encouraged to use this opportunity to share their ideas and work with others.

Seminar Program

Friday 22 September 2006: Research consortium discussions.

Venue: Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time: 4:30 - 7:30pm

Followed by dinner at nearby restaurant for those who wish.

RAILS 2006 will start at 4:30pm at the Perth Convention Centre after the Conference closing ceremony and drinks on Friday 22 September 2006. This meeting will be a preliminary research consortium to encourage discussion of matters such as new research questions by those beginning formal research; evidence-based practice research questions; research project ideas and research grant funding questions.

Saturday 23 September 2006: RAILS seminar research papers

Venue: State Library of Western Australia, Alexander Library Building, James Street, Northbridge
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm

The formal seminar papers from LIS researchers, i.e. new researchers, research students, research-active practitioners, recipients of research awards and research leaders, will be delivered on Saturday 23 September 2006.

http://cedar.humanities.curtin.edu.au/conferences/rails3/Program.cfm

Registration

Register online then send payment by cheque or credit card (see url for details).

Cost:
$40 per person
$25.00 for students (must provide evidence of current enrolment)

For catering purposes, please register BY Friday 8 September 2006.