Program

Tuesday 18th November 2008, 9:00 AM, NLA Theatre.

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9.00am Welcome and introductions
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9.15am  The digital economy: what the government is aiming to achieve (Mia Garlick, Assistant Secretary, Digital Economy, Department of Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy)
This presentation will outline the potential that the digital economy offers Australia and the Government's objectives and strategies for maximising this potential.
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10.15am The Broadband Tender: Five alternative outcomes (Prof Trevor Barr, Swinburne University of Technology)
This talk will outline possible outcomes of the National Broadband Tender (NBN) due to be announced early in 2009. This major national project will eventually involve a capital outlay of $ 4.6 billion from the Rudd government and an additional $5-9 billion from the preferred fibre network operator. A central issue is what services will be offered on the new broadband and will they justify the return on investment. The address will draw upon overseas experiences from study trips investigating broadband services, notably in Norway, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Canada. The thrust will  be how broadband fits into the need for greater diversification of the Australian economy, and how we ought to take advantage of the opportunities emerging from new economic and social practices. 
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11.00am

Morning Tea
11.20am Broadband in Australia – research into the uptake of broadband in Australian households (Peter Adams, School of Mathematics and Computing, Charles Sturt University)
This session presents an analysis of household perceptions about broadband adoption.  It discusses household consumers’ motivations for installing a broadband connection, the barriers, and their future intentions.
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11.50am Developing and maintaining super networks:  the Libraries Australia experience (Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia)
The National Library has provided a significant part of Australia's information infrastructure since 1981, in the form of a bibliographic network connecting libraries around the country. This talk will summarise the network as platform, its global context, and its bold new plans for the future.
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12.30pm

Lunch

1.15pm

The Mousebrain Project (Derek Whitehead, president ALIA)
This presentation is about the future of libraries. In particular, it starts with the great achievement of libraries in assembling organised collections and making them available in a unique way and with striking results.  It asks: what next? And explores some of the ways libraries may build on this achievement in the years ahead, with a focus on repositories.
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2.00pm Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (Linda Barwick, USyd)
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2.40pm

Copyright in the digital age (Laura Simes, Executive officer, Australian Digital Alliance)
Copyright is frequently raised as a hurdle to preservation of and access to digital materials, as well as to other novel uses of digital materials. While copyright can present a substantial hurdle, there are a number of copyright provisions as well as non-legislative developments that enable diverse uses of digital materials. This presentation will look at recent copyright developments, exceptions to copyright (such as the relatively new flexible dealing provision, section 200AB) and non-legislative responses (such as creative commons licenses) and consider their effect upon the creation and use of digital materials.
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3.10pm Afternoon Tea
3.25pm Web based tools for libraries – getting something for nothing (Kerry Webb, ALIA Columnist and blogger)
Along with information on everything under the sun, you can also find plenty of tools and sites on the Web for professional librarians – so many in fact that some managers may question the need for libraries and librarians.  Many of these tools can help you do your job better, but despite the hype there is always a cost.
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4.00pm Public libraries and digital futures (Christine Mackenzie, Yarra  Plenty Regional Library)
Public libraries are reinventing themselves to ensure their relevance in a digital world. This presentation will describe how libraries in Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands are strategically positioning themselves as places with content for information, learning, culture and as meeting places. It will also describe how Yarra Plenty Regional Library is integrating web 2.0 tools to encourage content creation as well as introducing training programs for staff, the profession and the community.
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4.45pm Close followed by complimentary drinks from CSU Winery
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