ALIA's 8th Top End Symposium Presentations

8^th ALIA Top End Symposium Darwin, Northern Territory, 4 and 5 October 2013

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Registration now open for 7th ALIA Top End Symposium

The ALIA Top End Symposium committee is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the 7th ALIA Top End Symposium, to be held in Darwin on 7 and 8 October 2011.

The registration form is available on the ALIA website at http://www.alia.org.au/groups/topend/. We encourage library and information workers in the Northern Territory to attend this special event, where we can connect with colleagues, share information, learn about achievements in our industry, and enjoy the excellent presentations that will be on offer.

The draft symposium program is also provided at http://www.alia.org.au/groups/topend/. The symposium's theme is "ConNecTing to the Information Future". Presenters from a range of library and information organisations will cover diverse topics around the themes of building and maintaining connections with clients, colleagues and information. Further detail is provided in the draft program.

We will be joined by three distinguished keynote speakers: Margaret Allen (ALIA President, CEO and State Librarian at the State Library of WA); Christine Mackenzie (CEO Yarra Plenty Regional Library); and Ellen Forsyth (Consultant, Public Library Services, State Library of NSW).

Additional events to be held in conjunction with the 7th ALIA Top End Symposium include a showcase of Northern Territory Library programs and initiatives on the morning of 7 October and the official symposium cocktail party on the evening of 7 October. The symposium will be followed by an ALIA National Advisory Council Meeting on the afternoon of 8 October. Preliminary details are available in the draft program.

We thank our sponsors, presenters and speakers who will be giving so generously to make this symposium an engaging and valuable experience. We look forward to seeing you, our colleagues, at the event!

7th ALIA Top End Symposium - Call for Abstracts

7th ALIA Top End Symposium

Darwin, Northern Territory

7th and 8th October 2011

Call for Abstracts

ALIA Top End invites abstracts of proposed presentations/papers for the symposium to be held in Darwin from midday Friday 7 October to midday Saturday 8 October 2011.

CoNnecTing to the Information Future

Connections play an important role in the library environment. Whether we’re connecting with our users, connecting with our colleagues, or connecting users with information, its part of what we do and it’s changing all the time. Our challenge arises in how we create connections, what mechanisms (eg. programs, tools, technologies) we use to connect, and how to maintain and build on our connections.

The 7th ALIA Top End symposium aims to highlight the role libraries play in this connectivity.
Abstracts are invited from all library sectors and the following topic areas are indicative but not exhaustive:

Connecting with clients:

• Using new tools and technologies to connect with users
• Connecting with users in remote locations
• Programs that encourage community participation and engagement
• Promotional or marketing campaigns to connect with different user groups

Connecting with colleagues:

• Sharing information and experiences online or offline
• Connecting and networking with professional colleagues to stay current and progressive
• Sharing collections and metadata across institutions

Connecting with information

• Implementing new discovery or search tools
• Using metadata to connect users to information
• Investigating and experimenting with new technologies for information access and discovery

You are invited to submit an abstract that outlines what you are doing well.

Abstracts

An abstract of your paper / presentation is due by 18th July 2011, and should consist of no more than 300 words. Abstracts should be electronically submitted to: michelle.turner@cdu.edu.au or sally.cummings@cdu.edu.au

Please note that receiving an abstract does not guarantee acceptance of the paper.

Abstracts will be expected to meet the following criteria:

• Relevance to the audience and theme
• Clarity, coherence and organisation of writing
• Originality and innovation of the work

All presenters are required to submit their presentations prior to the symposium. Papers are preferred, but not essential. The papers and/or presentations will be made available on the ALIA Top End group website after the symposium.

Submission deadline for abstract or proposal: Monday 18th July 2011

Notification of acceptance: Thursday 4th August 2011

Full presentation and/or full paper due: Monday 19th September 2011

If you have any enquiries about submitting abstracts please contact michelle.turner@cdu.edu.au or sally.cummings@cdu.edu.au

For further information on writing an abstract visit: http://www.alia.org.au/groups/topend/abstract.html