2nd Research Applications in Information and Library Studies Seminar

RAILS2
16-17 September 2005, National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT

Organised by the School of Information Studies Charles Sturt University, with generous support from the National Library of Australia.

Please note: the program contains links to abstracts and most presentations. A link to the papers (and also to printed version of the papers) is available at http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/educat/sis/CIS/epubs/RAILS2.htm


Program

Friday 16 September


Morning
9:10am
Official Opening.
Ross Harvey (Charles Sturt University) and Jan Fullerton (National Library of Australia)

9:40am
Stephen Ellis (National Archives of Australia)
[abstract] [presentation]

10:20am - 10:50am
Morning tea

10:50am
Developing a research culture and scholarship plan in information studies.
Mike Middleton (Queensland University of Technology)
[abstract] [presentation] [preprint - QUT archive copy]

11:20am
Research requisites: characteristics of truly useful documents. Brian Lloyd (Northern Territory Library)
[abstract] [presentation]

11:50am
Judgements during information seeking.
Jenny Berryman (University of Technology Sydney)
[abstract] [presentation]
LUNCH 12:20pm - 1:20pm
Afternoon

1:20pm
The Centre for Scholarly and Archival Research.
Meg Labrum (National Film and Sound Archive)
[abstract] [presentation]

2:00pm
Improving research communication and its application in practice.
Gaby Haddow (Curtin University)
[abstract] [presentation]


2:30pm
When I’m 64: The Public Library after the Retirement of the Baby Boomers
Kirsty Williamson; Marion Bannister; Lynne Makin; Graeme Johanson; Don Schauder and Jen Sullivan [abstract]
[presentation]


3:00pm - 3:20pm. Afternoon Tea

3:20pm
The travelling librarian and the lost tribe of train: public library research into lending aboard trains.
Ben Hinton (Playford Library, SA)
[abstract]

3:50pm
Using history: historical research and publication by Australian librarians and archivists.
Don Boadle (Charles Sturt University)
[abstract]

4:20pm
Louder please: how library history can help us claim our future.
Jean Preer (Indiana University School of Library and Information Science)
[abstract]

4:50
ALIA's role in research.
Kerry Smith (ALIA Research Committee)
[abstract] [presentation]


5:10pm - 6:10pm
Drinks - sponsored by Charles Sturt University

Saturday 17 September


Morning

9:30am - 10:00am.
Keynote address. The Role of the National Library of Australia in the National research Infrastructure.
Tony Boston (National Library of Australia)
[abstract] [presentation]


10:10am
Educational impact of semantic web technology: the implementation of an online contemporary thesaurus.
Victoria Redfern (University of Canberra)
[abstract] [presentation]


10:40am - 11:10 Morning Tea

11:10am
The Australian Baptist Heritage Collection: implication for geographically distributed special collections.
Kerry Hunter (Whitley College, University of Melbourne)
[abstract] [presentation]

11:40am
Taking the pulse... the information literacy practices of Victorian TAFE librarians
Jenny Fafeita (William Angliss Institute of TAFE)
[abstract] [presentation]


12:10pm
Research and evaluation at the State Library of NSW.
Kerry Burgess (State Library of New South Wales) [presentation]

LUNCH 12:40pm - 1:30pm
Afternoon

1:30pm
The state of knowledge; conceptualizing knowledge management for LIS practitioner.
Stuart Ferguson, Philip Hider, Anne Lloyd and Tricia Kelly (Charles Sturt University) [presentation]

2:10pm
Changes in the workplace: transformation of the information professional.
Mary Anne Kennan, Fletcher Cole, Patricia Willard and Connie Wilson (University of New South Wales)
[abstract] [presentation]


2:40pm
The information literacy needs and practices of research students in the digital age.
Steve Wright, Kirsty Williamson, Vivienne Bernath and Jen Sullivan (Monash University)
[abstract] [presentation]



3:10
Close.
Ross Harvey



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