click06 conference blog

More photos from the Welcome Function

2006-09-27T18:11:00.000+08:00

See below for some more photos from the click06 conference welcome function held on Tuesday 19th September.

Previous welcome function photos

Bus tour of Libraries, Sept 23 - Saturday

2006-09-27T16:15:00.000+08:00

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The investment in new Libraries and their services in the WA - Perth area is nothing less than amazing. The bus tour captured the energy and capital investment made and is an indication of the value placed on promoting a literate community who is provided with wonderful opportunities to love words and enjoy learning.

Stops included the Parlimentary Library, Curtin University, The Gosnells Knowledge Centre, Murdoch TAFE Public Library in Rockingham and finally Stirling Defence Library on Garden Island.

The day was relaxed allowing plenty of time to listen staff discuss the uniquness of each of their Libraries, with time to be gently guided through each building. There was time for talking among the Librarians on the bus and some wonderful questions and sharing of experiences made the day better again.

There was a contented quietness on the journey back to Perth, with a stop in Freo for those who wished to tour independently.

This Librarian was more than fragile by the end of this very last Click06 day. So much to take in, new ideas bubbling in my idea.

I have now spent a few days unwinding and taking the sights of Perth before returning East for work next week.

The conference was a fantastic opportunity, one that I most certainly have enjoyed and made the most of. To everyone involved in the Conference thank you - those who organised and particpanted. It was very good time, and a memorable one.

Clare Steve

Emerging Technologies

2006-09-25T07:40:00.000+08:00

Emerging Technologies

I attended the Emerging Technologies session on Friday morning and left feeling energised to implement a number of these techologies at my public library in Victoria. Mary Kajewski's presentation was great covering a wide range of possibilities and how they could practically used in the library setting. This practical information reinforced her message of the need to provide information to our ever changing customer base on the principles of - what they want; when they want if and in the format that they want it. If you are interested in developing relevant communication methods for the future read the paper when it is released on the website.

Katrina Knox
Darebin Libraries (Victoria)

Thank you and farewell

2006-09-24T11:09:00.000+08:00

On behalf of the organising committee (the rest of them are watching the Adelaide v Eagles game I suspect) thank you for your feedback placed on the blog. I hope there are many others were also inspired by the conference and are already looking forward to dreaming08.

The organising committee has worked very hard over the last two years to ensure the success of click06 and have become a closeknit team except when Adelaide plays either the Dockers or West Coast Eagles. Then it gets a bit tricky.

On a personal note, I found working on the click06 conference committee to be a great honour and a very rewarding experience with opportunities for personal and professional development and to meet and work with a great group of people. I do have to say the Monday morning 7.30am meetings were a bit hard and that I am very much looking forward to my sleep in this coming Monday!

I would encourage any one to put up their hand to work on a conference committee. Its hard work but immensely worthwhile. Make sure you give it a go one day.

With best wishes for safe travels home and thanks for visiting WA.

Michelle Brennand
Chair, Marketing Committee click06

click06 conference dinner

2006-09-23T09:15:00.000+08:00

The click06 conference dinner held at the conference venue, PCEC, was a great success with over 500 delegates attending the event. The night started out with drinks in the foyer, followed by a five course meal in the gala ballroom. Many attendees then danced the night away to music by Darren Reid and the Soul City Groove. Thanks to the click06 social commitee for organising such a fabulous event.

Friday on my mind.

2006-09-23T06:17:00.000+08:00

Just a note to say thank you to the organisers of the conference for such an amazing conference. I had a fantastic time and I am now bursting with ideas to take back to my work, best of all, my boss was with me at the conference and we are busting with the same enthusiasm!!

Here is a link to Neil McClelland's Booktrust website. I just had a little poke around and it is as inspiring as the speaker himself. I am an ex-pom (I have the certificate to prove it) and I have to admit one of the most pressing questions I had at question time was - Does Southend United have a "Soccer" Reading ambassador? My Dad has been staying with me this week and the team is all I have heard about when not at the conference. Actually, Southend has been having a pretty good year.

I also really enjoyed yesterday afternoon's presenter, Jason Clarke from Minds at Work. His presentation was amusing, challenging and interesting. I was blown away and I think most of the rest of the auditorium was too.

So that's it. Now to start planning a journey in 2008...

Cathy Kelso
City of Nedlands Library Service, Western Australia.

Dance On!

2006-09-22T15:15:00.000+08:00

Dance On!
Last night's gala dinner & DANCE reached a roar early and only accelerated! Good on us all -- I loved every minute and bet the band will be talking about librarians for sometime to come! -- Paula Garrett, Chicago

Emerging Technologies & Service Delivery

2006-09-22T15:06:00.000+08:00

Emerging Technologies & Service Delivery
Mary Kajewski took us on a tour of blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, pod/vodcasts... with good practical tips as well as examples of these technologies applied in a variety of libraries. Also some further reading leads.

1001 Australian Nights

2006-09-22T14:12:00.000+08:00

My Thanks to all those contributors to this blog who have been brave enough to respond to my paper, by posting some of their own stories, and also to all those who have way-layed me in corridors and vendor stands, to tell me their own wee wee's stories.

As a teller of stories, it is perhaps one of the most rewarding aspects of my work to see colleagues generating their own stories. The stories published on this blog have touched me, just as my story touched others.

This is a wonderful illustration of the power of stories to connect us as individuals and as communities.
I hope the Library community will continue to join in celebrating our unique stories. Including the wonderfully short story about spilt coffee that appeared in a previous Blog.

Regards
Andy Wright

On blogging - from the new grad...

2006-09-22T12:41:00.000+08:00

I've not long left the 2 sessions from Constance on wikis and blogs. Wow!

In the face of all the 'stuff' Constance talked about, the rumours of the death of email may not be so greatly exaggerated. The collaboration theme continues...

Clare

Thursday at Click06

2006-09-22T12:33:00.000+08:00

Thursday was the only day that I got to attend the conference - after one very long, full-on day I don't know how other delegates have the stamina to do all three days, plus any tours or satellite events!

The day began with the meet the leaders session, where Alex Byrne (IFLA President) and Dagmar Schmidmaier (ALIA President) each spoke about their organisations, where they stand now and vision for the future, as well as how they came to be in those positions. Both reminded the audience that the real value of getting involved in the activites of your professional organisation is in the participation and knowing that you are making a difference - things like conference discounts and it looking good on your CV are a nice bonus.

After morning tea, I went to sessions on the results of an OPAC transaction log study in Germany, issues surrounding RFID and the Wave Riders HSC support programme being run by a co-op of Sydney libraries. As at first-timer to a really big conference with parallel sessions, I found that all the presentations were too short, particularly the RFID one, so I'll certainly be reading the papers when they are published online. I thought that Australian libraries could take note of the findings from the German study that OR and NOT were used much more when they were presented as radio button options on the catalogue, instead of as a drop-down menu where the other options aren't immediately visible.

After lunch, I was one of the new grads in the wake up session, the coaches gold medal ceremony. We were able to present certificates of recognition and medals to more than a dozen librarians who had been nominated by new grads as great mentors. After hours of preparation and lots of teleconferences it was great that it went so well.

Penny Carnaby was up next was a keynote session, where she took us on a whirlwind journey through NZ's new digital strategy and how recent library developments have made this possible. Talking to other delegates after the session, we agreed that Australia can learn a lot from our library colleagues across the Tasman with the aim of establishing a similar strategy in this country. I then went to a concurrent session on AskNow - I'm an AskNow operator so didn't really learn too much, but the stats and future of the service were definitely food for thought.

After afternoon tea (where I eventually found some food - necessary even after a very nice berry milkshake) I decided to just stay in the one room for the 3 concurrent papers. I heard papers on university library reference and info lit services, SMS reference and print vs electronic reference sources. The latter was definitely food for thought, particularly in light of Dagmar's earlier observation of how library education needs an overhaul to make it relevant to librarianship in the 21st century.

The dinner was great! I had no idea that a bunch (catalogue... whatever the collective nouns for librarians is) of librarians could party so hard! The food was delicious (especially the salmon appetisers... YUM), the lighting was fantastic and Darren Reid and the Soul City Groove had most of us out of our seats and dancing within a couple of numbers. The Social Committee did an awesome job - it was just a shame that we all had to work the following day or we'd have kept going to the wee small hours.

Kylie Smith (State Library of WA)

Print Vs Electronic

2006-09-22T09:20:00.000+08:00

Yesterday afternoon I attended a paper delivered by Ann Ritchie and Dr Paul Genoni entitled Print V Electronic Reference Sources: Implications of an Australian Study. The paper was discussing a case study conducted at the Northern Territory Library where they audited the data in their RefTracker reference query database to determine the usage of the print and electronic (including the free web) resources.

There were a couple of points that Paul made at the end of the presentation which I thought were quite interesting:

- Paul seemed to be arguing against the rapid increase of e-resources as a replacement for print.

- He noted that there is a 'generational shift' and a lack of familiarity with print resources by new graduates of LIS.

- He also noted that libraries are good at measuring the quantity of reference enquiries, but we can't easily measure the quality of responses. Our use of electronic reference resources may be increasing, but there was a danger in just measuring the quantity of enquiries rather than also looking at quality. (There was an interesting discussion in question time about this, and whether anecdotal feedback or analysis of responses in a reference database was sufficient to determine the quality of the service being provided.)

I have to admit I am one of those 'young managers' cancelling hardcopy reference resources, and moving us full steam ahead to the electronic. I am one of those reasonably new LIS grads who can remember using the print at some stage, but I have to admit I'm more familiar with the online. The fact of the matter is that in my library if the hardcopy isn't being used I just can't justify keeping it. There was a question at the end of the session which was what could reference staff do to convince their managers that the hardcopy was needed?

The session was a bit of a wake-up call to me. Does anyone else have a manager like me who is moving full steam ahead to electronic? Are we really so unreasonable?

And I would also be interested to hear whether anyone has done any research into the quality of their reference/research service.

Cheers from WA - it's been a great conference so far. Well done to the organising Committee!

Good morning from the new grad....

2006-09-22T09:13:00.000+08:00

Good morning all! To the friendly local blogger who recommended Rosso for coffee, can I say thank you, thank you, thank you! Found it this morning on my way to conference - I only wish I had looked harder earlier in the week. In return, can I say if you are ever in the suburb of Kogarah in Sydney, be sure to get your coffee from Kamaiki - terrific Greek cafe with a lot of similarities to Rosso.

I learned yesterday that I can continue to call myself a new grad for 5 years! Thanks to those who organised yesterday's gold medal ceremony recognising coaches and mentors - the value of those we work with is often overlooked in the day to day pressure of the workplace. I started out thinking 'what a shame' that so many of those nominated weren't there in person to receive their medals, but in the end it was quite funny that they weren't - it certainly kept the ceremony light hearted!

I said I would talk about colour and atmosphere at Click06 - allow me to digress a little and describe the city streets this morning. They are full of people in business suits wearing footy scarves. Seriously. With both the Dockers and the Eagles playing finals this weekend - footy fever has reached quite a scary pitch here - it's almost like being in Melbourne. I caught a bus yesterday that had blue and yellow streamers tied to every handrail in the bus - I dread to think what all the sweaty hands had done to those by the end of peak half-hour. Being a Swans supporter myself, I think tonight might be a good time to get on a plane and head out of the West....

Ciao

Clare

1001 Australian Nights / Andrew Wright

2006-09-21T14:31:00.000+08:00

Story, narrative, discourse, world-view ... were words conjured up before me when I sighted Andrew's topic. My curiosity was aroused as to how spinning tales can aid and abet one's professional undertakings as a librarian. From Fanon's lament of being possessed by another's language (read "story") in the sixties to the present cacophony of post-colonial literature, feminist writings of herstory and postmodern critical theory, it sometimes seems as though marginalised groups have seized back their space (read "centre"). But the dominant discourse is predominant not from want of nothing. Adept at accommodating to changing circumstances, such voices, no longer silenced, are heard but rarely heeded as they pan out as ritualised steam-letting within the larger social context.
Political maelstrom aside however, I agree the librarian should be all things to all people. Whether as story-teller, story told to or from, for or against, reasonable or absurd, we are all the authors of our fate as we make sense of our idiosyncratic sojourn and place in the world.

Sai-Kee Kek (SLWA)

Friday at the National Library Stand

2006-09-21T11:23:00.000+08:00

10.30 am Explore Libraries Australia during the Morning Tea Break

1 pm Find out about using Libraries Australia for Reference and Acquisitions

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2006-09-21T09:40:00.000+08:00

OPAC Seminar:
The ACOC Seminar Monday 18th Sept.- Beyond the OPAC- was verry interesting. I came away buoyed by the program and as a cataloguer, more enthusiastic (is that possible?) about making access to catalogue data easier. I think, but most libraries are struggling to achieve the "now" let alone plan the future of OPACs . Presentations on the new bib. standards (FRBR and RDA) were the main threads that interested me, but Patricia Scott and Helen Attar showed us how useful linking beteen analyticals and the parent documents on an OPAC could be set up- a great enhancement. I can't wait to see how Lloyd Sokvitne's new OPAC turns out. NLA's seeding search engines (Google & Yahoo) sounds great. I wasn't aware that this had to be done for bib recs. to be pulled up on a Google as I've found some of SLWA's on my searches. -- I'm looking over past documents of Martha's on FRBRization and feel a little overwhelmed by the amount of change we are looking at and the amazing ways the OPACs in future can be really workable and productive. I'd like to hear what others thought about it.

John Draffin SLWA

From the new grad...

2006-09-21T09:25:00.000+08:00

What fun!

I admire Cathy's discipline, in being able to stay with the one stream of concurrent sessions - it would certainly be less exhausting! However, I comfort myself with the knowledge that I am perhaps going someway towards walking off the lovely cakes from the coffee shop at the Convention Centre.

Dear reader, I am incapable of sitting in one concurrent session - each time there are 4 or 5 sessions I would like to attend, do you think the Committee would consider re-staging the conference next week so we could sit in on the papers we had to choose to miss this week? I am like a child in a lolly shop, a fly in a bottle, a mother let loose from the kids for a week (did I really say that?). I too am prowling the exhibition gathering goodies for the young ones back home - although I still haven't managed to find anyone with a writing pad to use during conference sessions (you will recall I didn't get the glamorous Click06 bag that possibly had writing paper in it...?). Today I am heading straight for the Dreaming08 stand, as they have promised me stickers for my leftover-plain-black-look-everyone-she-must-have-registered-late bag!

To all you WA people, thank you for making me feel so welcome - Perth is a lovely spot, everyone is so friendly, everything is so close (although everything does shut at 6pm, what's that about?) and I just loooooooooooooove the free buses.

Clare

More images of Librarians on TV

2006-09-21T09:08:00.000+08:00

Have been thinking about Grant Stone's presentation and am racking my brain for more depictions of Librarians (and other library staff) in film and TV.

I've come up with:

1. Giles (the watcher) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
2. Mr Bookman (the Library Investigations Officer [or book detective]) from Seinfeld
3. the female Library Assistant (who Kramer gets to know in the library after hours)
and let's not forget
4. Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) - from the 1960's Batman TV series

Inspired, excited, exhausted.

2006-09-20T22:50:00.000+08:00

I've just reviewed my notes from today's sessions - what a fantastic first day.

After the official opening ceremony Josephine Bryant, City Librarian from the Toronto Public Library, gave a thrilling talk on the amalgamation process that took seven seperate public library systems and created a super library system of 99 branches for the people of Toronto. An inspiring presentation with plenty of ideas we could apply here in our public libraries. I love the idea of the Booklovers Ball.

After a magnificent morning tea in the trade hall I attended stream two of the concurrent sessions which included:
Not the "R" word! presented by Kathryn Pearson and Meredith Martinelli - an interesting presentation on the organisational restructure at Macquarie University Library.
Then Robyn Benjamin talked about the restructure of the Technical Services Department at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).
Leanne Levinge and Karen Tang gave a great presentation about Quality Assurance QA and leadership to finish of this concurrent session.

Lunch was delicious! I sat with a Victorian visitor whilst I ate and discussed some of the "must see" sightseeing in Perth.
I also had a good chance to have a look around the trade exhibit. I have some great stash - my family were mightily impressed with the flashing dice from Thompson Gale.

Grant Stone gave a great wake up session on Laughter Yoga ("ho, ho ha, ha, ha!") and the image of librarians in movies and TV. Then Dr Dawn Casey gave a facinating insight into the world behind the scenes at the museum. I don't know why it never occured to me that have museums deal with controversy as libraries do. Her tips on dealing with contoversy were very well observed.
Before we stopped for Afternoon tea, Dr Casey launched the National and State Libraries Australian Indigenous Policy.

I then attended the first stream of the afternoon concurrent sessions which included: Librarians as learning advocates presented by Chris Kelly from Hume Global Learning Village; a fantastic partnership of learning providers, librarians and government to provide education services for the residents of the City of Hume.
Helen Partridge presented an interesting paper on the "digital divide", Understanding digital inequality in the smart city: a psychological model. Helen's challenge to the group, are we designing our digital services so that we are encouraging use, certainly gave me something to consider when I return to my regular job.
Unfortunately I have a bit of a cold and was unable to stay for the last session From stand alone to SWIFT, which I am sure would have been very interesting. And worst of all, leaving early meant I missed happy hour!
It was great to catch up with some old friends and collegues during the day's breaks. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

Cathy Kelso
City of Nedlands Library Service, Western Australia.

My week in Perth … so far!

2006-09-20T18:38:00.000+08:00

Coming from the other end of this wonderful country, I’ve been one of the early risers everyday this week! I arrived late on Sunday night, only to wake on Monday at 5 am!

My fellow Tasmanian colleague and I took an early morning stroll around the city on the way to our respective workshops.

I spent an interesting day at the ACOC workshop, where we looked at the future directions OPACs are taking, managing that change and learnt about some new expressions for me – RDA and FRBRisation!

Tuesday morning I had been nominated to attend the NCIP workshop. I thought a lot of it would go over my head, but John Bodfish did a good job of demystifying the jargon. The NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol will be a great tool for the automation of many routine tasks, although implementation still sounds challenging.

I am staying in Mounts Bay Road, so after lunch did the obligatory trip up Jacob’s Ladder and long walk around King’s Park and the Botanic Gardens. It certainly is a beautiful place!

I then visited the National Native Title Tribunal for a tour of their library and a talk by Rod Stroud from AIATSIS.

Tuesday night was enjoyable. First the Welcome reception – catching up with people I knew and meeting others. Then I went to the AGIA dinner with a bunch of BHP Billiton librarians and met the inimitable Dr Click (but I didn’t know that then!).

Another early morning on Wednesday! First I caught a bit of the Steve Irwin memorial before going to the Virgin’s breakfast, where I met lots more interesting people!

I loved the Welcome to Country from Mort Hanson, especially poignant given yesterday’s Federal Court decision to grant native title over Perth to the Nyoongar people.

I won’t go into detail of all the keynote and other papers presented today, but just comment it was a busy and stimulating day.

See you tomorrow!
Sandy

1001 Australian Nights

2006-09-20T18:29:00.000+08:00

I am very excited to be attending the ALIA Library Click 06 Conference in Perth. I once worked in Perth as a Youth Services Librarian and in this role established a new career and enjoyed myself enormously. As part of the Wednesday program of the Conference I was fortunate enough to listen to Andy Wright's presentation "1001 Australian nights: the importance of librarians telling their own story".

The story began with his grandmother - a wrinkly who was a wrinkly and could read. I smiled immediately, the fondest memories I have of beginning reading are sitting on my grandmother's lap and listening intently to her stories, ones she would read and ones she would talk to me gently and slowly about. Just lovely.

Andy then lead the story gently towards libraries and his first visit to a new local library. Certainly a memorable visit. Any my own visits to Libraries are part of my memories growing up, growing in knowledge and loving life. As a Youth Services Librarian I realised as I was listening that sharing my love for children's literature, especially reading aloud to children as part of story telling was not only a favourite part of my work but also an act which fostered this love in others around me.

A random act of kindness, which sometimes I think is not significant, is really what I believe and hope makes a difference to the people I work and interact with in the context of Libraries and life. It is for me as a Librarian now working in a different state, with adults in an academic / government environment is very different but still provides an opportunity to influence the way in which people utilise the Library. Collecting that very large pile of books on the essay question due the very next day for a panic stricken student is always rewarding. Searching the database for that unique piece of information that will make research stand out, and even finding the right book on the shelf at the right time is rewarding. Knowing my collection, waltzing through the Library shelves sharing the collection hot spots with an eager reader are acts that delight me and hopefully make a difference to the poeple with whom I work. This for me is a small way in which I can influence the way in which people learn and enjoy libraries.

The walls of my Library do not contain me. In fact, when I first began in this very different workplace, I thought the Library to be far too quiet. So telling and listening outside the walls of my Library became part of my everyday. As Andy encouraged all Librarian to do, I began connecting with diverse people. I indulged in the art of conversation. I joined colleagues at morning tea and developed an understanding of what they do in the context of their individual work areas. I attended lectures from students who have researched their information in the Library and I listen avidly to guest presenters visiting from interstate and overseas. I take a risk and share my personality, I share my ideas and I listen to others. This I have found to be an instrinsic part of my role.

Interestingly, Andy mentioned the way in which people just don't do what you tell them. However it constantly surprises me after holding a Library Orienation, something I love to do, that people have listened. They have used the prompts provideed and spread their wings and utilised available resources they may not have noticed before. Often the Library is revisted and more questions asked and of course, the support in reaching information literacy independence is always available.

So as stories are a springboard, I am inspired to blog, to share my story. And feel heartfelt that stories help balance life. Andy concluded by saying Librarianship is a noble profession in which you can change lives. Be proud. Librarianship has certainly changed my life. I am content, I enjoy my work and realise the opportunity I have to make a difference to others, even if in a small way is significant.

A view from the Exhibition

2006-09-20T16:59:00.000+08:00

This is probably my 25th library conference of one kind or another, but it's the first time I haven't attended as a delegate. This time I'm with the trade exhibitors, working on the ALIA stand. It's more different than I could have imagined. First of all - my feet hurt from standing, secondly - my face hurts from smiling!
The actual conference is happening somewhere off stage and we're aware of it only from the ebbs and flows of delegates. When the sessions finish, we're swamped and when they resume, we're abandoned.
Part of my job on the ALIA stand is to offer copyright advice, but so far no one has asked me - they are either all very copyright aware or they don't know I'm here - must try to market myself somehow. As I visit the other trade stands and introduce myself, I do get some interest, particularly from the publishers, so I don't think my time is wasted.
More later...

Moyra
ALIA Copyright Adviser

First-timer's breakfast

2006-09-20T16:05:00.000+08:00

The First-timer's breakfast was held on the Wednesday morning at the conference venue and it was an excellent opportunity network and meet colleagues and make new friends.

The breakfast was sponsored by the State Library of New South Wales who gave away a number of fantastic door prizes including a print and some bottles of West Australian wines.

Photos of breakfast attendees below:

Day 1 from a new grad

2006-09-20T15:12:00.000+08:00

Dear reader, allow me to introduce myself. I am Clare from Sydney - about to graduate BA (LIS) from CSU (well, next year sometime anyway), and information officer/research assistant/knowledge manager/general dogsbody for a small consulting firm (www.rareconsulting.com.au) specialising in greenhouse and alternative fuels strategy. Welcome to my view of Click06.

I have to confess it didn't start all that well - I missed the First Timers brekkie this morning - I was too busy having a public transport adventure in the surburbs coming back from the gym (it's a long story - some other time OK?). Having already slept through the opportunity to register the night before (the time difference got me) - I arrived at the Perth Centre with minutes to spare before the 9am start. The main result of this was that I didn't get a trendy orange Click06 bag - I got a plain black leftover one......

Anyway - onwards and upwards. The welcome to country was both sincere and entertaining - our kangaroo skin clad host sang and played the didgeridoo - clear crowd favourite.

We heard from Josephine Bryant in the keynote address about the Toronto library experience of bringing together 99 branches from 7 public library services into the one organisation. In case you think that was a misprint dear reader I'll point out again that it was 99 branches - mind blowing isn't it? Josephine's story was inspirational if you have ever contemplated a change in your organisation. The highlight of my afternoon was meeting her and continuing the conversation in a one on one at lunch time - I feel almost famous now....

The concurrent sessions present the usual challenge of people coming and going - leaving this room to sprint around this very large venue to get to the next room, all the while trying not to give the presenters the impression that you have other things on your mind than their paper.

In taking on this blog project dear reader, it is not my intention to give a blow by blow description of the papers, presenters etc - you can get that from the ALIA website - I'm more into describing the atmosphere, the impressions gained and of course the food (more on that later).

If you've stayed with me this far - thank you.

Clare

Thursday at the National Library Stand

2006-09-20T14:20:00.000+08:00

click06 conference blog

10.30 am Explore Libraries Australia
1pm Find out about personalising your Libraries Australia Account
3.30pm Explore Music Australia

Wednesday at National Library Stand

2006-09-20T09:11:00.000+08:00

10.30am Explore Libraries Australia
1pm Wireless Networking at the National Library
3.30pm Explore PictureAustralia

Welcome Function

2006-09-19T20:04:00.000+08:00

The click06 conference opening function provided a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and colleagues and meet new ones.

The function was held amongst the various exhibits which looked fantastic. Roving entertainment including waiters on stilts handing out castanets were a highlight.

Imogen Garner, Convenor of the click06 conference and Maranda McLaren from sponsor Civica (pictured left) opened the conference and a number of delegates were lucky enough to win bottles of Spanish liquer and generous travel vouchers.

It looks like it's going to be an exciting and interesting conference and everyone is looking forward to the days ahead. Pictured below are some of tonight's attendees.

Perth tips from a local...

2006-09-19T17:39:00.000+08:00

If you have time between sessions you may like to check out the following, all within 10 minutes walk of the Convention Centre...

Arguably the best coffee in the central city can be found at Rosso, on St Georges Terrace ('The Terrace' if you want to sound like a local!), between Sherwood Court and Howard St. Very popular with lawyers and stockbrokers, it gets busy in the mornings but you can always grab a takeaway.

For almost anything you may have forgotten to bring to Perth (an umbrella perhaps?) try the Hay St mall - you'll find David Jones, Target, pharmacies, bookshops, bootmakers and more. Stores are open from 9am until 5.30pm, with late night trading on Fridays.

For local and international designer clothing and accessories head to King St. You'll also find some great galleries, cafes and bars on one of Perth's coolest streets.

If you're in desperate need of a glass of pinot gris or an emergency martini, try Bar One on Milligan St, between Hay St and Murray St. Open from breakfast until 9pm weekdays.

Aurora Development Day / Dinner

2006-09-18T22:10:00.000+08:00

The first Aurora Development Day was held on Monday 18th September at the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library at Curtin University. The development day built on the experiences and insights gained through the Aurora Institute, and was an opportunity to develop our self-awareness as leaders within the library and information profession.

The day was facilitated brilliantly by Rachel Green who guided us through a program where we heightened our awareness of our body/mind/emotion responses and practiced skills to become more effective communicators.

Attending the development day were Anita Brown, Sue Hutley, Linda Marchesani Alison O’Connor, Carmel O’Sullivan, Joanne Roach, Perri-Lee Sandell, Dagmar Schmidmaier, Terena Solomons, Alison Sutherland, Monika Szunejko, Lynne Vautier, Lee Williams.

It was fantastic to catch up with friends from interstate and to share common experiences… and some embarrassing moments :-)

Most attendees from the development day met afterwards with other past Aurorans from all over Australia for dinner at Vultures Restaurant in Northbridge.

Linda Marchesani, Clare Glanville, Jill Benn, Monika Szunejko, Alison O'Connor and Chris Kelly.

Liz Burke, Sue Hutley, Alison Sutherland, Lynne Vautier, Ann Ritchie, Cathie Jilovsky, Lee Williams.

It was a great opportunity to catch up with past participants, meet new colleagues and hear about life and work developments since Aurora.

Andrew Wright, Terena Solomons, Richard Sayers, Anita Brown, Perri-Lee Sandell.

Posted by Monika Szunejko and Jill Benn

What's On in Perth Next Week

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If you are going to be in Perth, then you might like to check this out at the Art Gallery - of course the State Library of WA is part of the Cultural Centre in Perth just opposite the Art Gallery so do be sure to have a peek there too :-)

Photographer: Martin Farquharson

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/

Blooming again in 2006

Art in Bloom, proudly presented by the Friends of the Art Gallery of Western Australia during the 2006 City of Perth Winter Arts Festival, is set to be the floral extravaganza of the year! More than 100 West Australians will become “floral artists” using thousands of flowers and plants to create arrangements inspired by works from the State Art Collection. Art in Bloom remains the only event of its kind in Australia and is a rare opportunity to see and experience the State Collection in a completely different light.

The event runs from Friday 22 September until Sunday 24 September.

An $8.00 entry fee ($5.00 concession) applies to the Gallery for the duration of the event. The proceeds are used by the Friends to assist with the acquisition of artworks for the State Art Collection.

Art in Bloom promises to be a highlight of the Gallery's calendar of events for 2006.

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/

Contributing to the click06 conference blog

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Do you want to contribute to this blog?

There are two ways you can do this:

1. Make a comment on one of the posts displayed by clicking on the comments link (in orange) at the bottom of each post. You don't need to login to do this, but if you'd like to add your name you can.

2. Post a new item on the blog about a satellite event, presentation you really enjoyed or found thought provoking, photos of the conference etc. To do this contact Jill Benn for more details.

Your comments and posts will make interesting reading to click06 conference delegates and those unable to attend.

Free entry to the Exhibition

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Want to attend the exhibition at click06, but haven't registered as a conference delegate?

Free access to the exhibition has been arranged between 8.30 - 10 am and 4 - 5.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday, and from 9 - 10am Friday.

If you would like to take up this offer please go to the Registration Desk on Level 2 of the Perth Conference & Exhibition Centre to obtain the necessary pass. Please note that you will be asked to leave at 10am.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Q: Are Conference Dinner tickets still available?
A: YES, tickets can still be purchased for $120.00 until Friday 15 September.

** FULL registration delegates (excluding students) - if you did NOT indicate the gala dinner on your registration form, a ticket has not been provided. Please ensure you check that this is confirmed on your 'delegate confirmation letter'.**

Q: Can you confirm the social programme dates and times?
A: Details as follows:

Welcome Reception : Tuesday 19 September 2006, Trade Exhibition Hall, 5.30pm to 7.30pm

First Timers Breakfast : Wednesday 20 September 2006, L2, Room 4, 7.30am to 8.30am

Happy Hour : Wednesday 20 September 2006, Trade Exhibition Hall, 5.30pm to 6.30pm

click06 Gala Dinner : Thursday, 21 September 2006, L3, Grand Ballroom, 7.00pm to Midnight

**ALL social functions must be pre-booked and confirmed on your 'delegate confirmation letter'.**

Q: I have ordered a special dietary meal during the conference, how is this served?
A: The Welcome Reception and all morning/afternoon teas and lunches will be served in the Trade Exhibition Hall. Any special dietary requirements indicated on your registration from have been forwarded to the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. Please make yourself known to staff at each function.

A special dietary station will be setup in the exhibition hall where special meals can be collected. Should you require any specific assistance while at the conference, please contact the Registration Desk staff. Every endeavour will be made to cater for your needs.

Q: What are the Registration Desk opening hours & contacts?
A: The Registration Desk will be located on Level 2, in the main foyer of the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. The desk will be open as follows:
Tuesday 19 September 3.00pm to 6.00pm
Wednesday 20 September 7.30am to 6.00pm
Thursday 21 September 7.30am to 5.00pm
Friday 22 September 8.00am to 3.30pm
Registration Desk Contact phone number : 0439 912 333

Q: How is my accommodation credit card deposit processed?
A: If you have given authority to debit your credit card for an accommodation deposit, this has been passed to the hotel. The hotel, at its discretion, may process this debit immediately or wait until you check out.

Q: What details do I need to know about the additional social program?
A: If you have pre-registered for any of the bus tours, walking tours or free tours, a separate email will be sent to you shortly, confirming meeting points and times.

Q: When is the the Trade Exhibition Open?
A: The Exhibition will be open as follows:
Tuesday 19 September 5.00pm-7.30pm
Wednesday 20 September 8.30am-6.30pm
Thursday 21 September 8.30am-5.30pm
Friday 22 September 9.00am-2.00pm

Q: What is the weather like in Perth at the moment?
A: Fine, mid to late teens, check out http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/wa/ for updates and forecasts.

Q: Where is the venue located?
A: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre is located at 21 Mounts Bay Road, Perth in the heart of Perth CBD. Check out http://www.perthcentre.com.au/location.cfm for the location map.

Q: What about onsite parking?
A: Daily parking is available at the Perth City car park, which is located underneath the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, entrance is from the intersection of Mounts Bay Road and Mill Street.

Delegates can park their vehicles on a casual basis at the hourly rate of $3.50 to a maximum of $12.00 for any 10 hour period. Vehicle access is limited to cars only, vehicles higher than 2.1 metres can not be accommodated. The car park is busy (full by 9am), so it is best to park early!

Q: What is the best way to travel around the Perth CBD?
A: CAT buses run on three routes and are a free service providing convenient travel around the city. CAT bus stops have distinctive stands and real-time passenger information that tells you when the next bus is due.

A Free Transit Zone (FTZ) also operates within the city boundaries. You can travel on any Transperth bus or train within the boundary limits for free. FTZ signposts are displayed on the route limits. For travel outside the FTZ, you may purchase a ticket from the driver or purchase a Multirider from mostnews agenciess.

For further information, visit the Transperth offices at Plaza Arcade, Perth City Busport, Wellington St Busport and Perth Railway Station or contact
Transperth - phone 13 6213 or visit http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au

Meet the locals! Come to a satellite social event...

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Several WA special interest groups are taking the opportunity to meet and chat with interstate vistors with similar interests during the click06 conference.

The ALLG, Aurora, AGIA and National Acquisitions groups are all holding social events in Perth to coincide with the conference.

See the click06 website for details. Please RSVP to organisers directly.

Seeking information about Perth or the conference?

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Are you attending the click06 conference and have a question about Perth or the conference?

Click on the comment link at the bottom of this post let us know your question. We'll endeavour to get back with the answer to you as soon as possible.

Collaborate at click06!

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The click06 Organising Committee is seeking conference delegates willing to share their experience of the click06 conference with the virtual global community by contributing to this blog.

All you need is time during (or after) the conference to write a brief post about a presentation, satellite event, social function, exhibit or anything else related to the conference, plus access to the internet. It's as easy as writing an email!

Whether you are new to blogging and want to learn more about it, or you’re already an expert willing to contribute, we want to hear from you. Please contact Jill Benn if you are interested in participating, or better yet add a comment to this post to let us know you'd be willing to join the click06 blog team.

Connect, interact and continue the click06 experience in a virtual space - be part of it!

Welcome to the click06 blog

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Welcome to the official click06 conference blog. The click06 ALIA biennial conference will be held in Perth from 19-22 September. The conference theme click06 stands for: create, lead, innovate, connect, knowledge.

In keeping with the theme of the conference, the aim of this blog is to connect with the virtual global community in an innovative way.

An interesting and thought provoking programme has been arranged, as well as an array of exciting social and satellite events. For more information visit the conference website.

Stay tuned for more information brought to you by the click06 blog team.

If you have a comment on this blog/blogs in general please click on the comment link below.