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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN
The ALIA Information Online Exhibition and Conference organising committee invite abstract submissions relating to the themes outlined below as well as topics of interest.
TO SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT GO TO WWW.INFORMATION-ONLINE.COM.AU
* Please note there is a separate link for authors who choose to have their paper peer reviewed. Please contact the Conference Secretariat should you wish your paper to be peer reviewed, please email us at infoonline@iceaustralia.com
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 31 March 2010
THEMES
Content streams will be based on the following topic areas:
- Library Spaces
- Knowledge Services and Enterprise Content Management
- Digital Assets & Rights Management
- E-literacy
- Information Architecture
- Measuring our services
- Emerging Technologies
- Professional Development
- Search Tools & Techniques
- Publishing
- Information Management
- How we deliver our services
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Abstract - 200 words minimum to 350 words maximum
- Those who wish to submit an abstract for consideration by the Program Committee must also intend to register for the Conference
- All abstracts submitted must be original work and not previously presented in any form at other conferences
- Only one abstract submission per person will be accepted
- Authors of abstracts accepted for presentations are required to submit a full paper via the Conference website
- All submitted papers will be published after the Conference on the Conference website. PowerPoint presentations may also be submitted but are not a substitute for the full paper submission
REVIEW OF ABSTRACTS
All abstracts will be reviewed to ensure quality and compatibility with the conference theme and areas of interest. If needed, comments by reviewers will be provided to authors prior to giving their oral presentation.
Peer Reviewed Papers:
You need to notify the Conference Secretariat should you wish for your paper to be peer reviewed.
Referees for peer reviewed papers will be independent experts chosen from the library and information community. Each paper submitted for refereeing will be submitted as a double blind (unidentified) copy.
For further details please refer to the Abstract Submission Guidelines on the
ALIA Information Online Conference website www.information-online.com.au
ENQUIRIES
Enquiries regarding abstracts can be directed to the conference organisers
ALIA Information Online Conference Convenor
Kay Harris
E:kay.harris@information-online.com.au
Conference Secretariat
ICE Australia Pty Ltd
183 Albion Street, SYDNEY, NSW 2010
T: +61 2 9368 1200
F: +61 2 9368 1500
E: infoonline@iceaustralia.com
W: www.information-online.com.au
Host association of the ALIA Information Online
Exhibition and Conference 2011
Welcome to Country: Les Saxby (Jupurula)
Les Saxby (Jupurula) of Yidaki Didg & Dance Australia, Aboriginal Performance Group performed a "Welcome to Country" to open the Information Online Conference on Tuesday 20th January Les has allowed a short video of part of his performance to be shown below as well as his photo.
ALIA IOG Excellence Award Winner
The prestigious Australian Library and Information Association IOG Excellence Award recognises excellence and/or innovation in performance by information professionals. The award carries a prize to the value of $10 000 and the winner shares their experiences with the information community via Online On Tour.
'The panel congratulates the nominees for the variety of applications, which highlighted the diversity of projects happening within the profession', said Marian Morgan Bindon, Conference Marketing Coordinator for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) IOG committee. Marian, on behalf of the ALIA IOG committee, also said, 'We want to thank the panel for the time and consideration that went into their evaluation.'
The panel reviewed 22 nominations and shortlisted six finalists. The final six were evenly distributed, with two each from national/state libraries, special libraries and education libraries.
Three finalists were present at the Information Online Conference Dinner where the award ceremony took place. In order of receipt of their original nomination, the three finalists were:
* Elena Evendenskaia – Engineers Australia,
* Elibrary Team – Australian Taxation Office,
* Southnary Tan – University of Sydney.
The winner of this year's Australian Library and Information Association IOG Excellence award was the ATO elibrary Team – Australian Taxation Office, for successfully deploying and continuing to develop, a best-practice eLibrary solution, making information quickly and easily available to over 25 000 ATO desktops Australia-wide.
This was achieved by selecting, acquiring, configuring and deploying cutting-edge information applications, resources and content.
Accepting the award on behalf of the ATO eLibrary Team was Sue Sinclair (First assistant Commissioner for the Australian Taxation Office) - pictured top left in the photo of the ATO eLibrary Team.
The prestigious Australian Library and Information Association IOG Excellence Award recognises excellence and/or innovation in performance by information professionals. The award carries a prize to the value of $10 000 and the winner shares their experiences with the information community via Online On Tour.
'The panel congratulates the nominees for the variety of applications, which highlighted the diversity of projects happening within the profession', said Marian Morgan Bindon, Conference Marketing Coordinator for the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) IOG committee. Marian, on behalf of the ALIA IOG committee, also said, 'We want to thank the panel for the time and consideration that went into their evaluation.'
The panel reviewed 22 nominations and shortlisted six finalists. The final six were evenly distributed, with two each from national/state libraries, special libraries and education libraries.
Three finalists were present at the Information Online Conference Dinner where the award ceremony took place. In order of receipt of their original nomination, the three finalists were:
* Elena Evendenskaia – Engineers Australia,
* Elibrary Team – Australian Taxation Office,
* Southnary Tan – University of Sydney.
The winner of this year's Australian Library and Information Association IOG Excellence award was the ATO elibrary Team – Australian Taxation Office, for successfully deploying and continuing to develop, a best-practice eLibrary solution, making information quickly and easily available to over 25 000 ATO desktops Australia-wide.
This was achieved by selecting, acquiring, configuring and deploying cutting-edge information applications, resources and content.
Accepting the award on behalf of the ATO eLibrary Team was Sue Sinclair (First assistant Commissioner for the Australian Taxation Office) - pictured top left in the photo of the ATO eLibrary Team.
Vendor News: Alexander Street Press Announces Release of New Media Collections
Online publisher Alexander Street Press will announce the release of a number of new online collections at ALIA Information Online 2009 this week. A publisher of online collections in the humanities, performing arts, and social sciences, Alexander Street is known particularly for the research value of its Semantically Indexed collections and for its groundbreaking work in the publication of streaming music and video content.
New Streaming Video Collections New streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press--each featuring hundreds to thousands of hours of carefully chosen content--include Dance in Video; Opera in Video; Counseling and Therapy in Video; and (in a partnership with The History Channel®, American History in Video.
New Streaming Music Collection The newest release in Alexander Street's range of streaming music collections--launching in early 2009--is Jazz Music Library. The largest online collection of jazz available anywhere, it will contain 80,000+ tracks at completion and will cover every major jazz genre, performer, and venue world-wide.
New Full-Text Online Literature Collections In a partnership with London based Pickering & Chatto Publishers Limited (www.pickeringchatto.com), The Romantic Era Redefined will make available 200,000 pages of poetry, prose, drama, letters, diaries, travel narratives, and political and philosophical works by canonical and previously unrecognized Romantic-era writers together with dozens of critical essays written by leading scholars. Alexander Street will also announce two new collections, the first of their kind, devoted to comics, comic strips, and graphic fiction--an exciting and rapidly growing area of scholarship world-wide
For more information about any of these collections, libraries should visit Alexander Street on the ALIA 2009 exhibit floor at the Alexander Street Press stand or on the Web at http://alexanderstreet.com Libraries may request free trial access or price quotes by emailing sales@alexanderstreet.com
New Streaming Video Collections New streaming video collections from Alexander Street Press--each featuring hundreds to thousands of hours of carefully chosen content--include Dance in Video; Opera in Video; Counseling and Therapy in Video; and (in a partnership with The History Channel®, American History in Video.
New Streaming Music Collection The newest release in Alexander Street's range of streaming music collections--launching in early 2009--is Jazz Music Library. The largest online collection of jazz available anywhere, it will contain 80,000+ tracks at completion and will cover every major jazz genre, performer, and venue world-wide.
New Full-Text Online Literature Collections In a partnership with London based Pickering & Chatto Publishers Limited (www.pickeringchatto.com), The Romantic Era Redefined will make available 200,000 pages of poetry, prose, drama, letters, diaries, travel narratives, and political and philosophical works by canonical and previously unrecognized Romantic-era writers together with dozens of critical essays written by leading scholars. Alexander Street will also announce two new collections, the first of their kind, devoted to comics, comic strips, and graphic fiction--an exciting and rapidly growing area of scholarship world-wide
For more information about any of these collections, libraries should visit Alexander Street on the ALIA 2009 exhibit floor at the Alexander Street Press stand or on the Web at http://alexanderstreet.com Libraries may request free trial access or price quotes by emailing sales@alexanderstreet.com
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