ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition 2011

Calling all Delegates

The ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition is the most important and informative conference and exhibition for the Online Information Industry in the Asia-Pacific

Registrations for the 15th ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition are now open!

To register please go to: http://www.information-online.com.au

Our conference program is packed with innovative papers, local and international speakers and vendor presentations.

The Exhibition will provide access to an extensive array of  our favourite and new Australian and overseas library and information suppliers.

Our pre and post workshops will provide you with an opportunity to extend the conference experience. Don’t forget workshop places are limited.

Do you want your conference brochure right now?

Download 2011 e-brochure from our website

The dates – 1 to 3 February 2011
The place – Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

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You may already be familiar with Brian Herzog’s Library Use Value Calculator.

If not, it’s a web calculator that makes users/clients/patrons aware of how much they would pay, out-of-pocket, for services the library provide. Giving them an idea of our value.
 
It’s public library centric, but with your input, one can be created for Australian Libraries. It can be easily embedded into your website, or on a page in the wiki. Maybe you have already created something like this for your Library? If you have, we would love to hear about it.
 
Just imagine how much it would cost your patrons (time, money) to get the services you provide if you were not there?
 
The calculator can be viewed here.
An explanation of the values used can be viewed here.
How to calculate ROI

As for the 2009 conference, certain papers (except for keynote speakers and invited papers) to be presented at the   2011 conference will be peer-reviewed. The ALIA Information Online 2011 Program Committee is looking for people to take on the role of independent reviewer for the papers that are being submitted now.

Reviewers will be asked to read and comment on one or two papers, and will be provided with guidelines/comment forms to assist them with rating the papers. Papers and guidelines will be distributed by e-mail, and reviewers will be asked to complete the task within two weeks of receiving the papers. If a paper has to be revised, then it will have to be reviewed again after revision, and this will also need to be done in two weeks.

The relevant papers have now been received, and can be distributed to reviewers immediately. Authors will be given two weeks for revisions, and on receipt rewritten papers are re-reviewed. This would take the process to mid to late November (all being well).

If you are interested in reviewing any papers please contact Andrea at infoonline@iceaustralia.com by 13 September.

Please advise which areas in the following list of topics you feel you could review. Please mark each topic according to the following convention:

• If you are strong in that area: Y
• If you are really not familiar with the area: N

Please annotate this e-mail and reply to Andrea at infoonline@iceaustralia.com as soon as possible.

Here is the list:

• Professional development, impact of technology
• E-Literacy, game theory
• E-Literacy, students and social media
• E-Literacy, students and interactive learning
• Publishing, online open access
• Information architecture, usability studies
• Information architecture, digital collections
• Information management
• Search tools & techniques

Many thanks

Linden Fairbairn
Program Committee Convenor
Rosemary McLauchlan
ALIA Information Online Committee
Email: infoonline@iceaustralia.com