4th ALIA Top End Symposium 2006

The future: What's out there?

13 - 14 October 2006
Charles Darwin University, Palmerston Campus

Papers presented at the symposium:

IT trends 2007 and beyond
Anastasia Govan, Director, Whitehorse Strategic Group Ltd
[ abstract and bio 48kb pdf ]

Libraries and podcasting – the way of the future or a dead end?
Sue Chilman, Manager City Library, Darwin City Council Libraries
[ paper 116kb pdf ]

Will there be a future?
Sue Chilman, Manager City Library, Darwin City Council Libraries
[ paper 344kb pdf ]

The future is in your hands – an employer/business perspective
Helen Edney, Knowledge and Information Co-ordinator & Leigh Greig, National HR & Operations Manager, Cridlands Lawyers
[ abstract and bio 52kb pdf | paper Edney 132kb pdf | paper Greig 112kb pdf ]

Professional development – is it relevant to us?
Jayshree Mamtora, Palmerston Campus Librarian, Charles Darwin University
[ abstract and bio 64kb pdf | handout 104kb pdf ]

Visit to Seattle Public Library, Washington, May 2006
Gaynor Lovett, Collection Maintenance & Circulation Services Manager, Northern Territory Library
[ abstract and bio 60kb pdf | handout 88kb pdf ]

Where's the Dewey?
Sarah White, Manager Library Service, Palmerston City Library
[ paper 340kb pdf ]

RFID is here
Sarah White, Manager Library Service, Palmerston City Library
[ abstract and bio 56kb pdf | handout 200kb pdf ]

'Stairway to [electronic] heaven': increasing the visibility of electronic resources at Northern Territory Library
Di Sinclair, Electronic Resources Librarian, Northern Territory Library
[ abstract and bio 48kb pdf ]

From standalone databases to the Courts' intranet: developments at the Courts Library in 2006
Frieda Evans, Library Manager, Courts Library, Department of Justice
[ paper 168kb pdf ]

Engagement with the Community: Northern Territory Library's Libraries and Knowledge Centres Program
Cate Richmond, Assistant Director, Libraries and Knowledge Centres, Northern Territory Library
[ paper 228kb pdf ]

The CALL collection
Tita Allom, Resource Management Librarian & Prue King, Remote Area Librarian, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
[ paper 644kb pdf ]

Digital repositories – the new library or someone else's business?
Jacinta Stanford, Manager Information Services, Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
[ paper 572kb pdf ]

Managing content: developments at NLC library
Peter Walton, Library & Information Management Specialist, Information Works & Janet Cubillo, Librarian, Northern Land Council
[ abstract and bio 48kb pdf | handout 112kb pdf ]

Future of libraries
Jo McGill, Director, Northern Territory Library, Ruth Quinn, Director, Charles Darwin University Library & Marilyn Hawthorne, Online Resources Librarian, Northern Territory Library
[ abstract and bio 68kb pdf | handout Hawthorne 48kb pdf | paper Hawthorne 216kb pdf ]

Note: Titles in square brackets are working titles and subject to change.

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