National Library of Australia Information Day
National Library Directions 2001
Information Online 2001 - Free Seminar
15 January
2001
0900 - 1230
Sugarloaf Room, Sydney Hilton
The National Library invites Online delegates and other interested librarians to a free seminar to meet senior Library staff and hear about strategic directions and priorities for the National Library in 2001. Topics covered will include national information infrastructure, digitisation projects and future plans.
The seminar will be held at the Sugarloaf Room, Hilton Sydney, from 9 am to 12.30 pm on Monday 15 January 2001. Morning tea will be provided. The full program is available below.
There will be no charge for attending but we would like you to register so that we know numbers for catering. Please reply to RSVP@nla.gov.au or ring (02) 6262 1279 before 9 January 2001.
Agenda and Speakers |
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9.00am |
Strategic overview - Jan Fullerton, Director General |
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9.10am |
National infrastructure - David Toll, Deputy Director General |
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9.30am |
Technical standards-the National Library's contribution to their development and use - Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director General, Information Technology |
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9.55am |
Resource sharing in a national context - Julia Trainor, Director, Kinetica Database Services |
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10.15am - 10.45am |
Morning tea |
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10.45am |
Distributed national archiving of online resources - Pam Gatenby, Assistant Director General, Collections Management |
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11.05 |
Preservation of digital resources - Colin Webb, Director, Preservation Services |
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11.20 |
Recent digital reference initiatives in Australia and overseas- Margy Burn, Assistant Director General, Australian Collections and Reader Services |
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11.45 |
National infrastructure for music - Robyn Holmes, Music Curator |
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12.0 |
Promoting the Library's activities in the digital age - Helen Kon, Assistant Director General, Public Programs |
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12.30 |
Finish |
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