Program

This program was last updated 2 October 2001.

Day 1

Friday 12 October 2001

8.00am-5.00pm Registration

 

9.00am-9.10am Official Opening

Fran Awcock, Chief Executive Officer and State Librarian, State Library of Victoria

9.10am-10.00 Keynote address

Revelling in the changing world of reference librarians
Professor Carol Tenopir, School of Information Services, The University of Tennesse

10.00am-10.30am Morning refreshment

 

10.30-12.10pm Papers (two concurrent sessions)

Concurrent session  1

Theoretical foundations

• Reference - the first and last frontier: reference librarianship, change and challenge. (abstract)
  Prue Mercer, State Library of Victoria.
• Do you have that blue book? A discussion of human factors in the provision of quality library reference services in Victorian TAFE institutes in the context of the information age. (abstract)
  Anne Bult, Chisholm Institute of TAFE.
• Drive, revive, survive...and thrive: going the distance for information literacy. (abstract)
  Judith Peacock, Queensland University of Technology Library.

Concurrent session 2

Reference models

• Reference service in public libraries: how integrated and flexible can you get? (abstract)
  Sharon Harvey, Brisbane City Council Library.
• Rethinking reference rethought. (abstract)
  Guy Field, Library and Learning Services, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
• From virtual library to e-business library: applying e-business models to information provision. (abstract)
  Paul Mercieca, RMIT University.

12.10-1.45pm Lunch

 

Afternoon sessions

 

1.45pm-4.45pm Workshops

Workshops will run all afternoon with a break for afternoon refreshments.
If you booked to attend a workshop, see this area for more detail about your session.

If you are not attending a workshop you can choose from the following concurrent sessions

Before afternoon tea:

• papers
• panel

Following afternoon tea:

• panels (2 options)
• showcases (6 options)
• exploration/meet the speakers

1.45pm-3.25pm Papers

• Outside the library: designing and delivering information and reference services to postgraduate students at the University of Melbourne. (abstract)
  Sabina Robertson, University of Melbourne
• Keeping our academics on the cutting edge: the academic outreach program at the University of Wollongong Library. (abstract)
  Beth Peisley and Suzanne Lipu, University of Wollongong.
• Global influences: implications for the reference librarian. (abstract)
  Carolyn McSwiney, School of Information and Management Systems, Monash University.

1.45pm-2.50pm Panel

This panel will be repeated on Day 2

Panel 1

Information literacy

• Information seeking on the Sunshine Coast. (abstract)
  Sue Willis, University of Sunshine Coast Library
• Information literacy 'just in time': seamlessly linking reader education to the curriculum. (abstract)
  Karin Smith, Charles Sturt University.

3.25pm-4.00pm Afternoon refreshment

 

4.00pm-5.00pm Panels (two concurrent sessions)

Panels will be repeated on Day 2

Panel 2

Reference models

• Is the new age reference service vintage red or cheap cask? Does the tiered reference model work? (abstract)
  Scott Nicholls and Carol Newton Smith, University of Western Australia.
• Taking reference services to the patron: the in-library experience. (abstract)
  Judy Hopley and Joyce Jenkin, Monash University Library.

Panel 3

Information literacy online

• Can online instruction pass the test? An evaluation of library information skills instruction for first year students at Deakin University. (abstract)
  Marion Churkovich and Christine Oughred, Deakin University Library.
• A case study in collaborative information literacy web development work. (abstract)
  Julia Leong, University of New England.

4.00-5.00pm Showcases (six concurrent sessions)

Showcases will be repeated on Day 2
These sessions provide an opportunity to follow up the development, implementation and evaluation of services, products and research.
 

Showcase 1

A mental health and community database resource. (abstract)
Anne Morris Bannerman.

Showcase 2

Trialling online database resources in public libraries: issues for reference staff. (abstract)
Kirsty Williamson, Louise Jenkins, Steve Wright, Frada Burstein, Don Schauder, School of Information Management and Systems, Monash University and School of Information Management and Systems, Charles Sturt University.

Showcase 3

Online tutorials: new horizons in the delivery of flexible online training. (abstract)
Bernadette Lingham, Deakin University Library; Janet Fletcher, Southern Cross University; Glenda Henderson, UNILINC Limited.

Showcase 4

PANDORA uncovered - revealing her treasures. (abstract)
Anne Daniels, National Library of Australia.

Showcase 5

Building partnerships through 'discovery' - collaborative online teaching and learning. (abstract)
Rose Counsel, University of Ballarat.

Showcase 6

Having a point of reference: liaison, marketing and communication as the cornerstone of reference work. (abstract)
Ruth Foxlee and Diana Guillemin, University of Queensland Library.

4.00pm-5.00pm Exploration / meet the speakers

This session provides an opportunity to meet with the morning key note speakers, follow up issues and ask questions.