2007
The Creative Editor: Publishing at the National Library of Australia
Susan Hall attended the bi-annual Insitute of Professional Editors National Conference held in Hobart 9-11 May. Her presentation focussed on the new children's and biography lists and the more proactive role Publications are taking in commissioning and shaping the list in response to market demand and user testing.
PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive: how much metadata is enough?
A paper by Margaret Phillips and Paul Koerbin published in the Journal of Internet Cataloging, v. 7, issue 2 (cover date 2004, published in 2007).
Taming the Tasman: international interlending under the Southern Cross
A paper written by David Ong, Natasha Simons and David Reid (NLNZ), published in Interlending & Document Supply Journal, Vol. 35, 2007. It explores the issues associated with the implementation of Trans Tasman Interlending and its subsequent success.
Digitisation in Australasia
An paper by Warwick Cathro published in Serials.
The Pacific collections of the National Library of Australia
A paper by Susan Woodburn, presented on 26 January 2006 at the Pacific in Australia - Australia in the Pacific conference, Brisbane.
Managing the retirement brain drain
A paper by Bronwyn Ryan, Renee Shuttleworth and Beth Lonergan, presented on 2 December 2006 at the ALIA New Librarians' Symposium, Sydney.
Relevance ranking of results from MARC-based catalogues: from guidelines to implementation exploiting structured metadata
A paper presented by Alison Dellit and Tony Boston at Information Online 2007
Writing for the web
A paper presented by Bobby Graham on 9 December 2006 to the ACT Writers Centre and on 9 February 2007 to the Australian Customs Service.
Open Publish: open access to scholarly research
A paper presented by Bobby Graham on 1 February at Information Online 2007
2006
Maps Collection Control
Report on current methods of collection management and access to maps, and trends in publication of maps.
A paper presented by Dr Martin Woods on Monday, 4 December 2006, National Library of Australia.
Setting a new standard : Resource Description and Access (RDA)
A paper by Deirdre Kiorgaard, presented at the ACOC seminar "Beyond the OPAC : future directions for Web-based catalogues", Perth, 18th September 2006
MAGDIR: Managing Australian government digital information resources
A presentation by Pam Gatenby at the third annual AGLIN conference, July 2006
The Big Vision - Picture Australia
A paper presented by Fiona Hooton to the National History Teachers' Association of Australia, National Conference 2006
Recent Developments in Digital Archiving and Preservation
A paper prepared by Pam Gatenby for the CDNL Meeting in Seoul
ILL Benchmarking recommendations. Trained Staff, improved workflows, automation, what next?
A paper presented by Margarita Moreno at IFLA 2006
Bringing the stories to the people: online sound at the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Marie-Louise Ayres at the VALA 2006 conference
New frameworks for resource discovery and delivery: the changing role of the catalogue
A paper presented by Warwick Cathro at IFLA 2006 in Seoul
The Role of a National Library in Supporting Research Information Infrastructure
A paper presented by Warwick Cathro at IFLA 2006 in Seoul
Libraries Australia and PictureAustralia: Innovation in access at the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Tony Boston at Alia 2006 ALIA 2006 Biennial Conference
Collaboration between the National Library of Australia and Australian arts libraries
A paper presented by Linda Groom at the ARLIS/NA Conference, Banff, May 2006
User Collaboration in Websites
A paper presented by Judith Pearce at Framing the Future, ARLIS/ANZ Conference, 21-23 September 2006.
The People Portal project
A paper presented by Judith Pearce at the Biography and Technology Conference, Australian National University, 12-14 September 2006.
New directions for library collections on East Asia
A paper by Amelia McKenzie, presented to the IFLA Preconference Meeting on Scholarly Information on East Asia in the 21st Century, Seoul, Korea, 18 August 2006.
For the Record: Assessing the Impact of Archiving on the Archived
A paper by Edgar Crook, published in RLG DigiNews, August 15, 2006.
Open Access Journals
A paper presented by Bobby Graham on 28 July at Open Publish 2006
Dancing words, or speaking with a sense of theatre
A paper given by Dr Michelle Potter at the International Oral History Conference in Sydney July 2006.
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Copyright in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Offering Creative Work in the Digital Environment
A paper presented by Paul Hetherington on Wednesday, 17 May 2006, National Library of Australia.
‘A rose by any other name?: from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access
A paper by Deirdre Kiorgaard and Ebe Kartus, presented at the conference VALA 2006: Connecting with users, on 9 February 2006.
E-Publishing
A paper by Bobby Graham given to the Independent Scholars Association Inc in February 2006.
2005
Innovation in practice: redeveloping the Australian national bibliographic service
Missingham, R., Boston, T. (2005) "Innovation in practice: redeveloping the Australian national bibliographic service”, The Electronic Library, 23 (6): 641-651
Copies Direct: an innovative service from the National Library of Australia
An article by Roxanne Missingham, Margarita Moreno and Anne Xu, National Library of Australia, that appeared in ALJ: Australian Library Journal November 2005 (vol 54 no 4)
DIGITAL DEMONS! The Challenges Facing Online Publishers
By Roxanne Missingham published in Informaa Quarterly Magazine (Record Management Association of Australia) November vol 21 no 4
Libraries and economic value: a review of recent studies
Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director-General, Resource Sharing, National Library of Australia, rmissingham@nla.gov.au
Report to ICABS on Guidance for Digital Preservation : Report on a survey of sources : July 2005
A paper by Colin Webb, Director, Preservation Services Branch, National Library of Australia
Easy To Do: A brief history of federated harvesting in Australia
A paper by Debbie Campbell, Director, Coordination Support Branch, National Library of Australia at the ETD 2005 conference on 30 September 2005.
New Frameworks for Resource Discovery and Delivery
A paper written by Judith Pearce (with Janifer Gatenby) and presented in an earlier form at the Standards New Zealand / Standards Australia IT-19 Seminar, Technical Standards for Libraries and Education: Solutions and Emerging Frameworks, held at the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday 26 October 2005.
The development of Korean collections in Australia: issues and prospects
Paper by Amelia McKenzie, Director, Asian Collections, National Library of Australia, at the Korean Studies Association of Australasia Conference, Auckland 14-15 July 2005.
Theses record exchange: developments in the Australian National Union Catalogue
Roxanne Missingham , Assistant Director General, Resources Sharing and Margaret Kennedy , Director (a/g), Kinetica Database Services, National Library of Australia
Building better public access into the LibriVision OPAC
By Peter McBride, IBM Business Consulting Services, and Roxanne Missingham, National Library of Australia. A technical briefing paper presented to the 24 th Annual Meeting of the AMICUS/Dobis-Libis User Group Budapest, Hungary, 7 -9 September 2005
eXploring new dimensions: revisioning library services in the post web environment
Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing, National Library of Australia
Libraries Australia : Creating a new national resource discovery service
An article for Online Information Review by Roxanne Missingham and Tony Boston, National Library of Australia
Current Issues in Web Archiving in Australia
A paper by Paul Koerbin, Digital Archiving Branch, National Library of Australia, at the Open Publish 2005 Conference.
Automating Online Delivery of Database Content - an open-source XML-based alternative
A paper by Monica Berko, Director, IT Applications, National Library of Australia, and David Wong, Java and XML Web Developer, IT Applications, National Library of Australia at the Ausweb 2005 Conference.
Exposing the deep web to increase access to library collections
A paper by Tony Boston, National Library of Australia at the Ausweb 2005 Conference.
Case Studies in implementing Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records [FRBR]: AustLit and MusicAustralia
Marie-Louise Ayres "Case Studies in implementing Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records [FRBR]: AustLit and MusicAustralia", ALJ: the Australian Library Journal February 2005 ,vol 54 no 1, pp 43-54
The Australian National Bibliographic Database and the Functional Requirements for the Bibliographic Database (FRBR)
A paper by Bemal Rajapatirana and Roxanne Missingham "The Australian National Bibliographic Database and the Functional Requirements for the Bibliographic Database (FRBR)", ALJ: the Australian Library Journal, February 2005 vol 54 no 1, pp 31-42
Authority control in AACR3
A paper by Deirdre Kiorgaard and Ann Huthwaite, with acknowledgements to Barbara Tillett.
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A keynote presentation at the Dublin Core - Australia and New Zealand (DC-ANZ) Conference 30 May - 1 June 2005 by Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia
Resource sharing in Australia: evaluation of national initiatives and recent developments" Interlending & Document Supply; Volume 33 No. 1 2005 , pp 26-34
An article by Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing, National Library of Australia and Margarita Moreno, Manager Interlending Services, National Library of Australia
Selective Archiving of Web Resources: A Study of Acquisition Costs at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Margaret Phillips, Director, Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia, published in RLG DigiNews June 15 2005
Metadata for research outputs: Australian and overseas contexts
A presentation by Debbie Campbell at Educause Australasia 2005
Libraries Australia: Simplifying the Search Experience
A paper by Tony Boston, Bemal Rajapatirana and Roxanne Missingham , National Library of Australia at the Information Online 2005 Conference.
Evaluating the public library portal
A paper by Roxanne Missingham , Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia ; Fran Wilson, Collaborative Resource Sharing Services, National Library of Australia ; Lynn Hedley , Kinetica, National Library of Australia ; and Janet Smith, Southern Tablelands Regional Library Service
2004
MusicAustralia: Towards a National Music Information Infrastructure
A paper by Ms Robyn Holmes and Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, presented at the International Symposium for Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR) Conference in Barcelona, 10-14 October 2004.
Preserving the Outputs of Research
A paper by Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Innovation, National Library of Australia, presented at the international conference Archiving Web Resources, Canberra, 9-11 November 2004.
The PANDORA Digital Archiving System (PANDAS)
A paper by Paul Koerbin, Supervisor, Digital Archiving Section, National Library of Australia presented at the 4th International Web Archiving Workshop on 16 September 2004 in Bath UK.
Building a National Library Website: Work in Progress at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Judith Pearce, Director, Business Analysis, National Library of Australia also published in Australian Academic And Research Libraries, Volume 35, Number 4, September 2004, pp. 214-225
Reengineering a National Resource Discovery Service
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia for D-Lib Magazine, Volume 10 Number 9, September 2004
Redeveloping Kinetica: Towards a More Innovative Future
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia presented at the ALIA 2004 Biennial Conference, Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia on 21 –24 September 2004
A New Strategic Direction for the National Library of Australia
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia published in Alexandria, 16 (1): 37-48
PADI (Preserving Access to Digital Information) and Safekeeping
An article by Marian Hanley, PADI Administrator, National Library of Australia, originally published in the High Energy Physics Libraries Webzine, Issue 9, February 2004.
"… and then there’s the rest of the stuff …" The role of the PANDORA Archive
Presentation by Paul Koerbin, Supervisor, Digital Archiving Section, to the Australasian Sound Recording Association 2004 Conference “Sounding Out a Cultural Heritage”, Session title “Delivering the Digits”, 13 May 2004
e-publishing in China
A paper by Wan Wong, Asian Collections, National Library of Australia, presented at the 15th ASAA Conference, Canberra, June 29-July 2, 2004.
Keeping Online Information Accessible for E-governance and E-democracy
A paper by Margaret E Phillips, Director Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia, and Adrian Cunningham, Director Recordkeeping Standards and Policy, National Archives of Australia prepared for the Australian Electronic Governance Conference. Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Victoria, 2004.
The Hybrid Library Revisited
A paper by Judith Pearce Director, Web Services, National Library of Australia and Monica Berko, Director, Applications, National Library of Australia, presented at the VALA 2004 Conference, Melbourne, Feb 3-6 2004.
MusicAustralia: Building on National Infrastructure
A paper by Marie-Louise Ayres, presented at the VALA 2004 Conference, Melbourne, Feb 3-6 2004.
A portal for the people: National Library & your local public library = new access paradigm
A paper by Kylie Moloney, Kinetica Customer Services, National Library of Australia, kmoloney@nla.gov.au; Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia rmissingham@nla.gov.au; Christine MacKenzie, CEO, Yarra Plenty Regional Library, mailto:%20christine.mackenzie@alia.org.au at the VALA Conference held in Melbourne 2 - 6 February 2004.
2003
PANDORA, Australia's Web Archive, and the Digital Archiving System that Supports It
A paper written by Margaret Phillips, Director, Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia, published in DigiCULT.info, Issue 6, December 2003, p. 24.
The Self as Spectacle: Donald Friend and His Diaries
A paper presented by Paul Hetherington, Publications Director, Public Programs, National Library of Australia to the Friends of the Art Gallery of South Australia, at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 26 November, 2003.
New horizons, changing landscapes: building Asian collections at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Amelia McKenzie, Director, Asian Collections, National Library of Australia, presented at the conference 'New Horizons for Library Services: Towards a Better Understanding of Asia', organised by the Kansai-Kan of the National Diet Library, Kyoto, 19-21 November 2003.
National Library of Australia initiatives using the Open Archives Initiative protocol for metadata harvesting
A paper given by Tony Boston, Director, Digital Services at a National Archives of Australia International Seminar on the use of standards in the development of online access systems for Archives in Canberra in October 2003
UNESCO campaign to preserve the 'digital heritage' - and consultations in Asia and the Pacific
A paper by Colin Webb, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia published in International Preservation News (IPN) - a newsletter of the IFLA Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation, Number 30, September 2003
Creating Digital Futures Together: Collaboration between the National Library and Australian libraries
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, Resource Sharing Branch, presented to the 10th Asia Pacific Special, Health and Law Librarians' Conference, Adelaide, South Australia 24-27 August 2003.
Barriers or Stepping Stones? Impediments to Digital Archiving and Preservation Programs
A paper by Colin Webb, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia, published in CLIR Issues, Number 34, July/August 2003, published by the Council on Library and Information Resources (USA).
Federating Access to Australian Culture: PictureAustralia, Australia Dancing and MusicAustralia
A paper presented by Ms Robyn Holmes, Curator of Music, and Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, Project Manager, MusicAustralia, National Library of Australia at OZeCulture 2003 (30-31 July 2003).
One Search: Don’t make me think
Paper given by Judith Pearce at the Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) Seminar, 25 July 2003. Also available on the ACOC website as a Word document.
Web site archiving - an approach to recording every materially different response produced by a website
A paper presented by Kent Fitch, Applications Branch, IT, at the AusWeb 2003 conference, Sanctuary Cove, 7 July 2003
Simply Seeding Search Engines
A poster session by Debbie Campbell, Director Coordination Support Unit, National Library of Australia, at the AusWeb 2003 conference, Sanctuary Cove, 7 July 2003
Saving Digital Heritage-A UNESCO Campaign
A paper by Colin Webb, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia, published in RLG DigiNews, Vol 7 Number 3, June 15 2003
Australian university libraries: collections overlap study
A paper written by Roxanne Missingham, Resource Sharing Branch, and Robert Walls, Database Services published in Australian Library Journal, Volume 52, issue 3. Also available on the ALJ website.
MusicAustralia : Experiments with DC.Relation
A paper by Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, Project Manager, MusicAustralia, National Library of Australia, at the DC-ANZ Conference in Canberra, February 2003
What Makes Libraries Relevant in the 21st Century? Measuring digital collections from three perspectives
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, National Library of Australia at the Information Online 2003 Conference.
Development of a Digital Services Architecture at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Dr Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General Information Technology, and Mr Tony Boston, Director Digital Services, National Library of Australia, at EduCause in Australasia 2003
Culturing a Pearl
A paper by Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia, at EduCause in Australasia 2003
2002
Report on Senior Executive Fellowship to research digital archiving in National Libraries
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby, Assistant Director General, Collections Management on the Senior Executive Fellowship awarded to research developments in digital archiving among national libraries. December 2002
Collecting and Preserving Australian Online Publications
A paper presented by Margaret Phillips, Manager, Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia at the ALIA Acquisitions Seminar Adelaide 1 November 2002
Providing Bibliographic Access to Archived Online Resources: the National Library of Australia’s Approach
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby, Assistant Director-General, Collections Management Division, National Library of Australia, at the Bibliography and National Libraries Workshop Bibliographic control or chaos, at the 68th IFLA General Conference and Council, Glasgow August 2002.
Legal Deposit, Electronic Publications and Digital Archiving The National Library of Australia's Experience
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby, Assistant Director-General, Collections Management Division, National Library of Australia, at the National Libraries Section session on Legal Deposit and Copyright laws, at the 68th IFLA General Conference and Council, Glasgow August 2002.
Melting Pot or Monoculture: Archives and Cultural Diversity in Australia
A paper presented by Margy Burn, Assistant Director-General, Australian Collections & Reader Services, National Library of Australia, at the Australian Society of Archivists Annual Conference 2002- Archives & marginalised groups. August 2002.
MusicAustralia: a Digital Strategy for Music
An edited version of a paper presented by Robyn Holmes, Curator of Music, National Library of Australia, at the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) Annual Conference, Berkeley, California, USA on 4 August 2002.
Architectures for Web Collection Delivery
An edited version of a paper dated 29 July 2002 written by Judith Pearce, Director Web Services, National Library of Australia, to inform two important initiatives of the Library: the NLA Web Site Restructure and the ILMS Replacement Project.
Building Theological Libraries: Building and Managing Your Music Collections
A paper presented by Robyn Holmes, Curator of Music, National Library of Australia on the 5th July, 2002 at the ANZTLA conference (Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association) with the theme "Building Theological Libraries" held in Canberra from the 4th -7th July 2002.
Building a Digital Library at the NLA
A presentation given by Tony Boston, Director, Digital Services, National Library of Australia at the OZeCulture 2002: taking the next step conference held 28-30 May 2002 in Sydney Australia. Slides associated with this presentation are being posted on the OZeCulture 2002 web site.
A practical approach to ensuring the persistence of digital collections at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Tony Boston and Ninh Nguyen, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Canberra, ACT, 2600 {tboston, nnguyen}@nla.gov.au, May 2002.
Nurturing Our Digital Memory: Digital Archiving and Preservation at the National Library of Australia
A submission for International Preservation News by Dr Hilary Berthon, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia, May 2002
PictureAustralia - a Collaborative Digital Project
A paper presented by Danielle Freeman, Manager, PictureAustralia, National Library of Australia at the National Digital Forum, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-16 May 2002, hosted by the National Library of New Zealand
Digital Preservation: a Many Layered Thing
A paper presented by Colin Webb to the DAI institute The State of Digital Preservation: An International Perspective convened by the Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC, 24-25 April 2002
Preparing Collections for Digitisation: the National Library's Digitisation Project
A paper presented by Lisa Jeong-Reuss and Chesley Engram at the AICCM Book and Paper Symposium in Melbourne, 17-19 April 2002
Australian Subject Gateways Forum: How the Australian Subject Gateways Contribute to Internet Use in Learning, Education and Training
A paper presented by Barbara Rozmus, Manager, National Initiatives, National Library of Australia, at the Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks, held in Adelaide, South Australia, 4-5 March, 2002.
Towards a National Infrastructure for Access to Australia's Documentary Information Resources in Electronic Formats: Strategic Developments at the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by David Toll, Deputy Director General, National Library of Australia at the VALA conference, Melbourne, February 2002
Archiving the Web: the National Collection of Australian Online Publications
A paper presented by Margaret Phillips, Manager, Digital Archiving, National Library of Australia at the International Symposium on Web Archiving, National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2002
Safekeeping: A Cooperative Approach to Building a Digital Preservation Resource
An article by Hilary Berthon, Susan Thomas and Colin Webb, Preservation Services, National Library of Australia, published in D-Lib Magazine, January 2002
2001
Describing and Managing Digital Collections
A paper by Deirdre Kiorgaard and Julie Whiting, National Library of Australia, presented at the 14th National Cataloguing Conference, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Deakin University, 7-9 November 2001
Digital Continuity: Preservation Action
A presentation by Colin Webb, Preservation Manager, Collections Management Division, National Library of Australia, at Digital Continuity: a Forum for Australian Universities Swinburne University of Technology, 19 November 2001
Digital Continuity: the Role of the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby, Assistant Director General, Collections Management Division, National Library of Australia, at Digital Continuity: a Forum for Australian Universities Swinburne University of Technology, 19 November 2001
Integrating Digital Resources into the Library Information Infrastructure
A paper presented by Peter Haddad, Director Technical Services Branch, National Library of Australia, at the 14th National Cataloguing Conference, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Deakin University, 7-9 November 2001
Changing Expectations: Identifying and Responding to the Needs of Users in the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Fran Wilson and Ann Triffett, National Library of Australia, at the RAISS Conference 12-14 October 2001 in Melbourne.
Top Performing Interlending Operations—Results of the Australian Benchmarking Study
A paper presented by Tom Ruthven, National Library of Australia, at the Interlending and Document Supply 7th International Conference 1–5 October 2001 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mapping Networked Asia: Electronic Resources on Law and Health in China
A paper by Wan Wong, Senior Librarian, Asian Collections, National Library of Australia
Korean Collections and Services at the National Library of Australia : a National Asset
A paper by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, at the KSAA Conference, Monash University, 24-25 September 2001
Electronic Resources: New Issues for Library Systems with New Solutions
A paper by Roxanne Missingham, Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia, given at the ADLUG meeting September 2001, Rome
Resonating Voices: Australian Women Composers and Musicians in the Oral History Collection of the National Library of Australia.
A paper given at the National Festival of Women's Music Loose Canons conference in Canberra, September, 2001
Website Usability as a Key Performance Indicator Monitoring and evaluating online services to improve customers’ experiences … PictureAustralia
<www.pictureaustralia.org>
A paper by Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia for the Performance Measures for Government Online Conference 12 September 2001
Using PictureAustralia to Find Images of Ships and Migration
<www.pictureaustralia.org>
An article by Debbie Campbell, National Library of Australia, appearing in The Ancestral Searcher journal of the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. September 2001
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The Endeavour, quarterly journal of the Botany Bay Family History Society Inc, No.7 March 2002 issue, ISSN 0814-9828
ISSN. Unique or Obsolete?
A paper by Sonja Street & Karen Vinoles, National Library of Australia, given at the 11th National Library Technician's Conference, 21-24 August 2001, Hobart
Edmund Barton Digitisation Project
A paper by Paula Waring, Manuscript Section, National Library of Australia
From Digitisation to Virtual Reality: Is Global Knowledge a Blessing or a Threat?
A paper presented by Peter Haddad, Director Technical Services Branch, National Library of Australia, at the Conference on New Information Technologies "Virtual Information: The Dawn of a New Era", 23-25th July 2001, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei.
Not Just a Stack of Old Books: Retrospective Chinese Collections at the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, at the Chinese Studies Association of Australia Conference, The Australian National University, Canberra, 6 July 2001
Archiving the Web: The PANDORA Archive at the National Library of Australia
A paper by Warwick Cathro, Colin Webb and Julie Whiting.
Presented by Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Information Technology, National Library of Australia at the Preserving the Present for the Future Web Archiving Conference, Copenhagen, 18-19 June 2001
"Who Will Save the Olympics?"
A paper presented by Lydia Preiss to the OCLC/ Preservation Resources Symposium Digital past, digital future: an introduction to digital preservation, San Francisco, 15 June 2001
Smashing the Silos: Towards Convergence in Information Management and Resource Discovery
A paper presented by Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Information Technology, National Library of Australia at the Information Orienteering Conference, Canberra 5 April 2001
Visions for Fundamental Change in Libraries and Librarianship for Asia Pacific
A paper presented by Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Information Technology, National Library of Australia at the Emerging Trends in Library and Archival Services Conference, Singapore, April 2001
Artist as Writer:The Donald Friend Diaries as Literature
A paper presented by Paul Hetherington, Director Publications, National Library of Australia, at "An Inventive Magic: Donald Friend and his Diaries" Conference, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 23-24 February 2001
The National Library of Australia's Digital Preservation Agenda
An interview with Colin Webb, from RLG DigiNews, February 2001
Persistence is a Virtue
A paper presented by Diana Dack, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
Data Recovery and Providing Access to Digital Manuscripts
A paper presented by Deborah Woodyard, Digital Preservation, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
Digital Libraries: Constructing a Value in the Digital Age for Libraries and Clients
A paper presented by Roxanne Missingham, Information Services, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
Moving Towards Public Access to Online Information Resources in Australia
Paper presented by Margaret Phillips, Electronic Unit, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
Beyond Dublin Core: The Role of Directories in Seamless Document Delivery
Paper presented by Judith Pearce, Web Services, and Andrew Wells, Resource Sharing, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
Picture That: Australia in the Forefront
An article by Debbie Campbell published in First Monday, a peer-reviewed journal on the Internet, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2001
Unlocking the Archives: a New National Model for Resource Discovery in Archival and Manuscripts Collections
Paper presented by Margy Burns, Australian Collections and Reader Services, jointly authored with Toby Burrows and Liz Hardy from the University of Western Australia Library, at the Information Online 2001 Conference held in Sydney, Australia, 16-18 January 2001
2000
Australian subject gateways: political and strategic issues
An article by Debbie Campbell for Online Information Review, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 73-77 published in 2000.
Towards a Preserved National Collection of Selected Australian Digital Publication
A paper presented by Colin Webb, Director, Preservation Services Branch, National Library of Australia, at the Preservation 2000 Conference, York, UK, December 2000
The Collecting of Overseas Journals by the National Library - Paper 1
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby at the National Library of Australia, Collecting Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting, 11 December 2000, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Provision of Access to Journals in Electronic Form: Issues for Libraries and the Role of the National Library of Australia - Paper 2
A paper presented by Pam Gatenby at the National Library of Australia, Collecting Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting, 11 December 2000, National Library of Australia, Canberra.
Picture this: a working combination of Z39.50, the Dublin Core and MARC21
A paper given by Debbie Campbell, Manager, Infrastructure Projects, National Library of Australia, at ALIA 2000 "Capitalising on knowledge the information profession in the 21st century" 24-26 October 2000 in Canberra
A Balancing Act: PictureAustralia
A paper presented by Debbie Campbell at the Australian Registrars' Committee Professional Development Seminar 2000, 5-6- October, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Digital Preservation: The Australian Experience
A paper presented by Deborah Woodyard, at the 3rd Digital Library Conference: Positioning the Fountain of Knowledge, State Library of Sarawak, Malaysia, 2nd - 4th of October, 2000.
The First Phase of the ImageSearch Project
An article by Debbie Campbell for LASIE, published in September 2000.
The likely impact(s) of digital technology on conservation/ preservation in Australia.
Prepared for the National Newsletter of the Australian Institute for Conservation of Cultural Materials July 2000, by Colin Webb, Director Preservation Services, National Library of Australia
Exploring the highlands of Papua New Guinea through the resources at the National Library of Australia : research tools for remote access
A paper presented by Chris Foster Manager, Overseas Collection Development Unit, at the Pacific History Association Conference, Bursting Boundaries: Places, Persons, Gender and Disciplines, on 29 June 2000.
Limitations and pitfalls of digitisation
A paper by Colin Webb, Director of Preservation Services, National Library of Australia, for the Pacific History Association Conference, Canberra, June 2000
Managing Chaos in the Cyberworld
A paper presented by Margaret E Phillips, Manager Australian Electronic Unit at CONSAL 2000, the 11th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians Conference, Singapore, 26th - 28th April 2000.
The role of preservation and the library of the future
A paper presented by Colin Webb, Director Preservation Services, at CONSAL 2000, the 11th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians Conference, Singapore, 26th - 28th April 2000.
The Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project 1840-1845, and the preservation implications of digital imaging
By Colin Webb and Deirdre Burgess, National Library of Australia and presented to the First National Symposium, Book and Paper Group, AICCM, Canberra, March 2000
A National Cellulose Acetate Search?
A paper by Angeletta Leggio, Hilary Berthon and Colin Webb Preservation Services, National Library of Australia - presented to the First National Symposium, Book and Paper Group, AICCM, Canberra, March 2000
Preservation Metadata for Digital Collections
Presentation for workshop "Metadata for long term preservation in NEDLIB" Paris, Bibliotheque national de France, 25 February 2000 prepared by Kevin Bradley and Deborah Woodyard.
Directory services
A paper presented by Judith Pearce, National Library of Australia, at the Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee IT/19 seminar held in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday 21 February, 2000.
Australian subject gateways - metadata as an agent of change
A paper presented by Debbie Campbell, Manager Infrastructure Projects, Coordination Support Branch, at VALA 2000 - 10th VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne,Victoria, 16 - 18 February, 2000.
The Challenge of Integrated Access: The Hybrid Library System of the Future
A paper presented by Judith Pearce, Director Web Services Branch; Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director General, Information Technology Division; and Tony Boston, Director Digital Services Project, at VALA 2000 - 10th VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne,Victoria, 16 - 18 February, 2000.
The Moving Frontier: Archiving, Preservation and Tomorrow’s Digital Heritage
Presented by Hilary Berthon, Manager National & International Preservation Activities; and Colin Webb, Director Preservation Services Branch, at VALA 2000 - 10th VALA Biennial Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne,Victoria, 16 - 18 February, 2000.
1999
Report on the use of CORC for pathfinders by the National Library of Australia
By Roxanne Missingham, Director, Information Services. 3 November 1999.
Future Systems – Brave New World?
Presented by Margaret Kennedy, Manager Integrated Library Management System, at the 13th National Cataloguing Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, 13-15 October 1999.
Kinetica: Future issues
Presented by Andrew Wells and Julia Trainor at the 13th National Cataloguing Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, 13-15 October 1999
Serials: A Climate for Change
Presented by Pam Dunlop, Manager, Cataloguing, at the 13th National Cataloguing Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, 13-15 October 1999
Developing A New Resource Sharing Infrastructure in Australia
A paper by Andrew Wells, National Library of Australia and Howard Amos, State Library of New South Wales for the Document Delivery Beyond 2000 conference, 15-16 September, British Library, St Pancras, London
Dublin Core Metadata and the Australian MetaWeb Project
A paper presented by Debbie Campbell; Manager Infrastructure Projects, Coordination Support Branch at the 10th national Library Technicians' conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
From Cards to Kinetica
Presented by Laurel Paton and Jenny McDonell, Technical Services, at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
Kinetica: Implementation and Services
Presented by Bryony De La Motte, Director Customer Service, Kinetica Division, at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
Ephemera : is is really just nostalgic junk?
A paper presented by Sonja Street, Cataloguing-In-Publication Section, at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
Back to the Future – Consolidation Services and the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Stephen Lacey, Serials Section, at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
Disaster: Are You Prepared?
Presented by Bronwyn Hughes, Preservation Services Branch, at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
Music Collections in the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Kaye McIntyre, Purchased Monographs (Music), at the 10th National Library Technicians' Conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
PANDORA - Towards a national collection of Australian electronic publications
A paper presented by Fiona Ash Relf, Australian Electronic Unit, at the 10th national Library Technicians' conference, Fremantle, 8-10 September 1999.
A view of the Pacific : developing the Pacific collection at the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Chris Foster Manager, Overseas Collection Development Unit, at the annual conference of the Arts, Libraries Society, Australia and New Zealand, on 8 September 1999.
National bibliography in Australia: moving into the next millennium
Presented by Peter Haddad, Director, Technical Services Branch at the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference on Libraries as Gateways to an Enlightened World, August 20-28, 1999, Bangkok, Thailand.
Access to Asian Serials in Australian Libraries : Achievements and Challenges
A paper presented by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, at the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference, Bangkok, 20-28 August 1999.
Current publishing and information trends in the Southeast Asian region: Indonesia - Freedom of the Press
A paper presented by Oliver Mann, National Library of Australia Regional Officer Asia at the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference, Bangkok, 20-28 August 1999.
A window on to the world: Australian newspaper collecting in the National Library of Australia
A paper presented by Amelia McKenzie, Senior Manager, Technical Services, at the Newspapers Round Table Open Session, 65th IFLA Council and General Conference, Bangkok, 25 August 1999.
The National Library of Australia’s Rare Book and Manuscripts Collections, with special reference to the Asia-Pacific region
Presented by Peter Haddad, Director, Technical Services Branch at the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference on Libraries as Gateways to an Enlightened World, August 20-28, 1999, Bangkok, Thailand.
A National Framework for the Development of Australian Subject Gateways
A paper written for a CAUL meeting on 6 July 1999.
A new paradigm for access: the implications of current copyright law reform initiatives
Presented by Margy Burn, Assistant Director-General, Australian Collections & Reader Services, at ‘Archives at Risk: Accountability, Vulnerability and Credibility’ - the Australian Society of Archivists Annual Conference, Brisbane, Queensland, July 1999.
Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project 1840-1845 – an update
Paper by Colin Webb, Preservation Services, prepared for the ALIA Rare Books and Special Collections Special Interest Group 1999 Conference which was held at the Conference Room, University of Queensland Library, St.Lucia, Brisbane on Wednesday 7 July 1999. The paper was read by Richard Overell, Rare Books Librarian, Monash University Library.
Australian Subject Gateways' Information Paper for the IMesh Workshop, Warwick, UK, 2-4 June 1999
This information paper has been developed by the National Library of Australia to describe the scope and intent of each of Australia's national subject gateways: Agrigate, Australian Virtual Engineering Library (AVEL), EdNA Online - the website of the Education Network of Australia - (EdNA), and MetaChem.
Gateways to Australian Web Resources
A paper written by Debbie Campbell and presented by Cliff Law to the EDUCAUSE in Australasia conference, Sydney, 18-21 April 1999.
Rare Maps Digitisation Project
Paper presented by Maura O’Connor, Map Curator, National Library of Australia at the Australian Map Circle 27th Annual Conference, Brisbane, 5-8 April 1999
National Collection of Australian Electronic Publications
Paper by Jasmine Cameron, Assistant Director-General (Acting), Collections Management Division
Buddhist Holdings at the National Library of Australia
An article by Andrew Gosling and Tina Faulk. Originally published as “Collecting Karma” in National Library of Australia News, 9(7), April 1999, pp 3-7
Digital Libraries : A National Library Perspective
Paper by Warwick Cathro for the Information Online & On Disc Conference, Sydney, 19-21 January 1999
International Subject Gateways: Towards a successful collaborative resource discovery mesh
Paper by Debbie Campbell, Metadata Coordinator, Coordination Support Branch, presented at Information Online and On Disc '99 Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 19th-21st January 1999.
Practical advice for preserving publications on disk
Paper by Deborah Woodyard, Electronic Preservation, presented at Information Online and On Disc '99 Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 19th-21st January 1999.
1998
Preservation of electronic information: what we should be thinking about now
A paper presented by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation, National Library of Australia, as a keynote address to the 9th Annual Symposium on Preservation, National Diet Library, Japan 24 November 1998
Learning from Disasters: A Decade of Experience at the National Library of Australia
Paper presented by Lydia Preiss, Manager Collection Preservation, at the ALIA 5th Biennial Conference and Exhibition 'Pathways to Knowledge', 25 - 28 October 1998, Adelaide Convention Centre.
Reshaping the National Library's research collections
Presented by Peter Haddad, Director, Technical Services Branch at the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 5th Biennial Conference 24-28 October 1998, held in Adelaide.
Towards an Australian Digital Library
Paper by Margaret E Phillips, National Library of Australia, for the Australian Library and Information Association 5th Biennial Conference 24-28 October 1998, held in Adelaide.
Guidelines for Digital Imaging: Closing International Reaction Panel Address: an Australian Perspective
A paper by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation, National Library of Australia, presented to a Joint RLG and (UK) NPO Preservation Conference, Warwick, UK, 28-30 September 1998.
The National Library of Australia's Korean Collection and Related Matters
Paper presented by Dr Kenneth Wells, Convenor, Centre for Korean Studies, Australian National University at the “Library and Information Needs of Asian Studies Academics” lunchtime panel at the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 12th Biennial Conference “Asia in Global Context”, Monday 28 September 1998.
Developing national collections of electronic publications: issues to be considered and recommendations for future collaborative actions
Presented by Jan Fullerton to the workshop "Legal Deposit of Electronic Materials", sponsored by the IFLA Section on National Libraries and held in Amsterdam on 20th August 1998.
Religion and Rebellion in China: The London Missionary Society collection
An article by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections. Originally published in National Library of Australia News, 8(10), July 1998, pp 3-6.
The Preservation of Internet Publications
Paper presented by Margaret E Phillips to the ‘Libraries on the World Wide Web’ Workshop at the WWW7 Conference, 14 April 1998, in Brisbane.
Electronic Publications and the Survival of Information
Paper by Maggie Jones, Director Collection Management & Retrieval Services, and Colin Webb, Manager Information Preservation presented at the VALA Conference 28th - 30th January 1998 in Melbourne.
Embracing electronic access: renovating Conspectus for the digital era
Paper written and presented by Maggie Bond, National Initiatives and Collaboration Branch, National Library of Australia at the VALA Conference, 28th - 30th January 1998 in Melbourne.
Farewell my Floppy: a strategy for migration of digital information
Paper by Deborah Woodyard, Electronic Preservation, presented at the VALA Conference 28th - 30th January 1998 in Melbourne.
PADI: Preserving access to Australian information and cultural heritage in digital form
Paper by Leanne Brandis and Jan Lyall presented at the VALA Conference 28th - 30th January 1998 in Melbourne.
Connecting and Sharing : the Emerging Role of Z39.50 in Library Networks
Paper by Andrew Wells, Judith Pearce, Linda Groom, and Bronwyn Lee, presented at the VALA Conference, Melbourne, 28th-30th January 1998.
1997
Asian Regional Officer's Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, November 1997
A report by Oliver Mann, National Library of Australia Regional Officer, Asia
PANDORA - Boxing for survival: Archiving, preservation and access issues related to Australian Internet based publications
Paper by Wendy Smith, Manager PANDORA Project, presented at the ‘On the Edge Conference’, Perth, October 1997
Migration Trials: Migrating publications on floppy disk to CD-R
Paper by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation and Deborah Woodyard, Electronic Preservation, presented at the National Consultative Meeting on Physical Format Electronic Publications, held at the National Library on 27-28 October 1997.
Junk as heritage : the collecting of printed ephemera on a national scale
A paper written and presented by Richard Stone, Manager, Australian Collection Development, at The Library Lecture, James Cook University, Townsville, September 4 1997
Interlending and Document Supply infrastructure developments in Australia
Paper given by Charu Sood, Director Interlending Services, National Library of Australia at the Interlending & Document Supply, 5th International Conference, Aarhus, Denmark, 24-29 August 1997
Metadata: an overview
Paper given by Dr. Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Services to Libraries Division at the Standards Australia Seminar, "Matching Discovery and Recovery" August 1997
Z39.50 Search and Retrieve Protocol--An Update
Paper given by Andrew Wells, NSP Project, at the Standards Australia Seminar, "Matching Discovery and Recovery" August 1997
Physical format electronic publications in the National Library of Australia: report on a preservation survey
Paper written by Deborah Woodyard and Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation
The Dublin Core: simplicity or complexity?
Paper given by Dr. Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Services to Libraries Division at the ALIA Seminar on Metadata, Sydney, 30 July 1997
Collecting Archives in the Next Millenium
Paper by Adrian Cunningham, NIAC Section, given at the Australian Society of Archivists, Adelaide, July 1997
Beneficial Alliances
Paper by Adrian Cunningham, NIAC Section, given at the Australian Society of Archivists, Adelaide, July 1997
An American in Manila: Otley Beyer and his collection at the National Library Of Australia
Article by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, published in National Library of Australia News, 7 (10), July 1997, pp 6-8
Safeguarding the oral heritage in Australia
Paper by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation. This article was published in IFLA's International Preservation News number 14 in May 1997
Preserving Oral History Recordings
Paper written by Colin Webb and Kevin Bradley. This article has also been published in Ariadne magazine.
International Cooperation - We are all in the same boat so let's row together - Paper by Jan Lyall, Director, National Initiatives and Collaboration, National Library of Australia, presented at RLG 1997 Annual Membership Meeting - Chicago 5-6 May Digital Futures - Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information
Enhancing Discovery: the Role of Standards in Describing Internet Resources
Paper by Andrew Wells, Director, Technical Services Branch, for CAUSE in Australasia '97: 'Information Technology - the Enabler', Melbourne, 13-16 April 1997
Developing Strategies for Preserving Access to Digital Information in Australia
Paper written and presented by Hilary Berthon at 'CAUSE in Australasia '97 Information Technology - the Enabler', 13-16 April 1997, Melbourne.
Australian Experiences with Coordinating Asian Collections: Issues and Achievements
Paper by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections, presented at the International Workshop on Developments in the Co-ordination of Asian Collections, Amsterdam, 15 April 1997.
Future Access - Long Term Preservation of Australian Electronic Legal Publications
A paper prepared for ELI 97 - Standards and Issues in the Electronic Publication and Dissemination of Legal Information. College of Law, Sydney, 5 April 1997 by Wendy Smith, Manager - Pandora Project.
Implications of Internet for Government: Where to From Here?
Paper written by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, for presentation at the 10th National Technology in Government Conference, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, Tuesday 18 March 1997.
But Will We Find it a Year From Now?
Paper by Wendy Smith, presented Friday 24 January 1997 at the Australian Vice-Chancelors' Committee workshop 'Setting Up An Electronic Journal', 9.00am-4.30pm, Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour.
Ensuring Long Term Access to Online Australian Publications: National Library of Australia Initiatives
Paper presented by Margaret Phillips, Manager, Electronic Unit at the Information Online & On Disc 97 conference, 21-23 January 1997 Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre Sydney.
New Approaches to Access: Use of the WWW by the National Library of Australia to Enhance Access to its Heritage Collections
Paper by Pam Gatenby, Director Reader Services, presented at Information Online & On Disc 97, Session 306, Thursday 23 January 1997.
Recent Developments in Commonwealth Information Management
Paper written and presented by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, at Information Online & On Disc 97, 21-23 January 1997 Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre Sydney.
Windows onto Australia: Steps in Constructing The Oxford Book of Australian Letters
Paper written by John Thompson which was presented at the NLA's 'Private Lives Revealed: Letters Diaries History' seminar.
1996
Ensuring Essential Evidence
Paper by Adrian Cunningham, International Relations Section, for the National Library of Australia News, November 1996.
Burma and Beyond: The Luce Collection
Gordon Hannington Luce (1889-1979) is widely regarded as the foremost European scholar on Burma. His outstanding library containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs was acquired by the National Library of Australia in 1980, as part of its effort to develop major research collections on Asia. Article by Andrew Gosling published in National Library of Australia News, 6 (13), October 1996.
The Ferguson Project: A Hybrid Approach to Reformatting Rare Australiana
Paper written by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation and presented by Margaret Dent at the ALIA Rare Books and Special Materials SIG meeting in Sydney, 3 October 1996.
Stairways to Digital Heaven? Preserving Oral History Recordings at the National Library of Australia
Paper written by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation.
Future Directions in Access and Preservation Technologies and New Electronic Formats
Paper by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation, for the National Conservations and Preservation Strategy Public Forum, October 1996.
Cultural Diversity in Australia
Paper by John Thompson, Collection Research, Documentation and Promotion, for the National Conservations and Preservation Strategy Public Forum, October 1996.
Hanging Out the Pictures
All the world can now access IMAGES 1, a showcase for the National Library's rich Pictorial Collection, via the Internet. John Thompson reports for the October 1996 issue of National Library of Australia News.
Convergence, Information and Records Management: Observations from an Australian Government Information Management Perspective
Paper presented by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General at the 1996 Records Management Association of Australia Conference, Singapore, 10 September 1996.
Collecting Australian Style
John Thompson, Director of Collection Research, Documentation and Promotion discusses the National Library's program for collecting Australian material and highlights some significant recent acquisitions in an article written for the September 1996 issue of National Library of Australia News.
Legal Deposit of Music
A paper prepared by Peter Haddad for the Music Reference Group July 1996.
Pacific History Association Conference (Hawaii) and Fiji Acquisitions Trip 8-19 July 1996
Report by Margaret E. Phillips, Manager - Acquisitions, on her attendance at the 1996 Pacific History Association Conference (Hawaii) and Fijian Acquisitions Trip, 8-19 July 1996.
South Pacific Collections at the National Library of Australia
Paper by Margaret E. Phillips, Manager - Acquisitions, presented at the 11th Pacific History Association Conference and 21st Annual University of Hawaii Pacific Islands Studies Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, 9-13 July
Electronic Journals in the National Library of Australia
Paper presented by Margaret Henty at the Australian Council of Library and Information Services Acquisitions Sub-Committee (Qld.) seminar 'Hyperlinked and Hyperactive? Serials Acquisitions of the Future', Thursday 20 June 1996, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Bank.
Changing Directions, Changing Collections
Article from NLA News (June 1996) by Peter Haddad about the changes in the National Library's collection.
The Chamberlain and Mabo Papers: Case Studies of Personal Papers of National Symbolic Significance
Paper by Adrian Cunningham presented by Kathryn Dan at the Australian Society of Archivists Annual Conference, Alice Springs, 25 May 1996.
International Planning Meeting : Increasing Access to Southeast Asian Research Resources
Report by Marie Sexton, Principal Librarian, Asian Collections, National Library of Australia on the meeting held 18-20 May 1996, prior to CONSAL X, Kuala Lumpur.
Building Bridges: Strategies for Buying Books from Southeast Asia
Paper by Amelia McKenzie, National Library of Australia, Regional Office, Asia presented at the Southeast Asia Resources Planning Pre-CONSAL X Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 18-20 May 1996.
The Scene Downunder: Southeast Asian Library Resources Planning in Australia in the 1990s
A paper presented by Marie Sexton, Principal Librarian, Asian Collections at the Southeast Asia Resources Planning Pre-CONSAL X Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, 18-20 May 1996.
"Reading the Future" ALIA Australian Library Week Oration
Inaugural Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Library Week Oration, delivered at the State Library of NSW, 1 May 1996 by The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC, KBE - Chairman, National Library of Australia Council; Chancellor, University of New South Wales; National Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University.
The Mysterious Outside Reader
Review article by Adrian Cunningham, International Relations for Archives and Manuscripts vol. 24, no. 1, May 1996.
Future Indexing Developments in WORLD 1
Paper by Sandra Henderson, Manager, National Bibliographic Publications presented at the Australian Society of Indexers' 'Indexing in the Electronic Age' conference, Robertson NSW, 20-21 April 1996.
Acquisitions and Liaison Visit to Laos and Cambodia, April 1996
Report by Vacharin McFadden, Senior Librarian, Thai Unit, Asian Collections on her visit to Laos and Cambodia, April 1996.
Towards the 21st Century: The National Library of Australia in a Digital Age
Paper by Eric Wainwright from the International Symposium: National Libraries in the 21st Century, Tokyo, 14-15 March 1996.
Digital Libraries: Some Implications for Government and Education from the Australian Development Experience
Paper by Eric Wainwright.
Networking in Vietnam
Article by Tien Dao, System Administrator, on his visit to Vietname in March 1996 to assist with the installation of a computer network.
Electronic Alchemy: The Australian Co-operative Digitisation Project 1840-1845
Article written by John Thompson about the "Ferguson" or, Australian Co-operative Digitisation Project 1840-1845 for NLA News.
Teamwork on the Internet
Paper by Linda Groom, National CJK Project Manager for NLA News (vol. 6, no. 7 - April 1996) on the progress of the CJK Project and interaction between the team from via the Internet.
Re-inventing the Storyteller: Multimedia as a Creative Tool
Paper presented by Paul Hetherington, Director, Publications and Marketing at the National Book Council's 2nd National Book Summit (1996).
Grey Literature in the Asia-Pacific: the National Library of Australia's Experience in Obtaining It
Paper by Amelia McKenzie, National Library Regional Officer, Asia presented to Seminar dan Lokakarya Nasional Dokumentasi dan Layanan, Informasi Literatur Kelabu, Jakarta, PDII/LIPI, 13-14 February 1996.
Strategic Considerations in Establishing a GIS in a Library
Paper presented by Maura O'Connor, Map Curator at the 1996 Victorian Association for Library Automation (VALA) Biennial Conference, World Conference Centre, Melbourne, 30 January - 1 February 1996.
Library Impacts of Information Mainstreaming: Some Australian Policy Perspectives
Paper presented by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General at the 1996 Victorian Association for Library Automation (VALA) Biennial Conference, World Congress Centre, Melbourne, 30 January - 1 February 1996.
Provision of Australian Government Information on the Internet
Paper by Kerry Webb, Director Digital Library Projects, at the 1996 VALA Biennial Conference, World Congress Centre, Melbourne, 30 January - 1 February 1996.
Making History: Acquiring the Mabo Papers
'John Thompson provides an inside view of the sensitive negotions which led to the National Library's acquisition of the papers of Eddie Mabo, recently described by the Prime Minister as a treasure trove of information for social historians '.
National Libraries and First Nations
Recently returned from a fact-finding trip, Graeme Powell examines the policies and collection strategies of national institutions in New Zealand, Canada and the United States concerning the documentation of their indigenous cultures.
The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau: a Duty of Care for the Preservation and Dissemination of Pacific Documentation
Pre-publication version of an article written by Adrian Cunningham and Ewan Maidment for The Contemporary Pacific (Hawaii).
Up to 1995
In Search of the Rainbow: Conference Agenda and Strategy
Opening of the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference - "Multimedia Preservation: Capturing The Rainbow", Brisbane, November 1995.
Towards the Copyright Act 2000: Implications of and for Digital Preservation and Access
Text of overhead projections from the presentation made by Jamie Wodetzki, Copyright Research Officer, ACLIS at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, 28-30 November 1995.
Networked Information Resources: Collection Development, Cataloguing and Preservation in the National Library of Australia
Paper written and presented by Margaret Henty, Technical Services Branch, at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28-30 November 1995.
A Cautionary Tale: Implementing the Project Visualising Conservation
Paper by Wendy Smith, Sytems Projects (formerly National Centre for Cultural Heritage Science Studies, University of Canberra) presented at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28 - 30 November 1995.
Preservation of the National Library of Australia's Oral History Collection
Text and images prepated by Kevin Bradley, Manager, Sound Preservation and Technical Services, for a display at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28-30 November 1995.
Culture and Cultural Memory: Challenges of an Electronic Era
Paper written and presented by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28-30 November 1995.
Preservation Roles and Responsibilities of Collecting Institutions in the Digital Age
Paper written and presented by Maggie Jones, Director, Collection Management and Retrieval Service, at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28 - 30 November 1995.
Transfer from Analogue to Digital: Selecting a System
Paper written and presented by Colin Webb, Manager, Information Preservation at the 2nd National Preservation Office Conference: Multimedia Preservation - Capturing the Rainbow, in Brisbane, Queensland, 28 - 30 November 1995.
Government and the Internet: Future Directions for Use and Infrastructure Support
Paper by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, at 'Electronic Commerce and the Internet Conference', Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore, 22-24 November 1995.
Rain, Riots and Rarotonga: Polynesian Acquisitions Trip
Summary of Adrian Cunningham's presentation to the Australian Library & Information Association (ALIA) Asia Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) meeting, National Library of Australia, 14 November 1995.
Cataloguing in WORLD 1
Presentation by Julia Trainor, Director, National Bibliographic Services at the 11th National Cataloguing Conference (Sydney, October 1995).
Defining the National Library of Australia's Role in the Acquisition, Control and Preservation of Australian Electronic Publications
Written and presented by Lesley Bezear at the National Cataloguers' Conference. Sydney, 19 October 1995.
This paper provides a 'work in progress' view of the Library's current position in relation to electronic publications. Some of the associated problems and the Library's present solutions are discussed. Future directions are also outlined.
'White Australia has a Black History': Sources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in the National Library of Australia
Written and presented by John Thompson at the Indigenous Research Ethics Conference, 27-29 September 1995, organised by the Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research and Development, James Cook University of North Queensland.
Libraries, Networks and Democracy: Government and the People in an Electronic Age
Paper by Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, at the Annual New Norcia Library Lecture, St. Ildephonsus College Building, Benedictine Community of New Norcia, Western Australia, 26 September 1995.
Electronic Journals and the National Library of Australia
Written by Margaret Henty and presented by Lesley Bezear at the ALIA seminar, 'Getting a Handle on E-Journals', in Sydney, 31 August 1995.
Making History: Acquiring the Mabo Papers
'John Thompson provides an inside view of the sensitive negotions which led to the National Library's acquisition of the papers of Eddie Mabo, recently described by the Prime Minister as a treasure trove of information for social historians '.
Indexing APAIS and AMI: Implications for NDIS
Paper written and presented by Sandra Henderson, Manager, National Bibliographic Publications at the 1st International Conference 'Indexers: Partners in Publishing', Marysville, Victoria, 31 March - 2 April 1995.
What is the Future for Networking and the Internet in Australia and the Region?
Paper from the 3rd National Roundtable on Libraries and Asia, jointly written by Dr Warwick S. Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Services to Libraries and Dr Matthew Ciolek (ANU), 16 February 1995.
National Bibliographic Access to Asian Materials
Paper presented by Julia Trainor, Director, National Bibliographical Services, Services to Libraries at the 3rd National Roundtable on Libraries and Asia, 16 February 1995.
The Preservation of Asian Collections
Paper presented by Dr Jan Lyall, Director, National Preservation Office at the 3rd National Roundtable on Libraries and Asia, 16 February 1995.
Copyright Impediments to the Preservat ion of Australia's Documentary Heritage
Paper by Katy Bellingham, National Preservation Office and Tamara Lavrencic, Conservation Access, State Library of New South Wales published in vol. 12, no. 4 (1995) of the Australian Library Review.
The National Library of Australia's "Clayton's Disaster": A Dry Run in Slowmo, or the Real Thing?
Paper by Colin Webb, Preservation Services on the National Library's "non-urgent near-disaster" in 1995.
A Vacuum Freeze Drier: Its Nice to Have One But ...
Paper by Kim Morris, Preservation Services on the National Library's Freeze Drier, nine years on.
Publishing in Papua New Guinea: the National Library of Australia Acquisitions Trip, 1994
Paper by Erica Ryan reporting on her acquisitions trip to Papua New Guinea, November 1994. Published in Australian Academic and Research Libraries (vol. 26, no.3), 1995.
Music on the National Bibliographic Database
Paper presented by Pam Dunlop, Cataloguing Projects at the IAML (Australian Branch) Biennial Conference, Adelaide, September 1994.
Distributed National Collection
Paper presented by Dr Warwick S. Cathro, Assistant Director-General, Interlending & Document Delivery: Issues and Technology, A Seminar, Sydney, 17 January 1994.
Asian Collections at the National Library of Australia: Forty Years of History
Paper written by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections. Published in National Library of Australia News, vol. 3 (11), August 1993, pp 19-21
Disaster Planning for Libraries and Archives: Understanding the Essential Issues
A paper written and presented by Dr Jan Lyall, Director, National Preservation Office for the Pan-African Conference on the Preservation and Conservation of Library and Archival Materials, Nairobi, Kenya: 21-25 June 1993.
Survey of Asian Library Resources and Research Trends 1992
Paper written and presented by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections at the Asian Studies Association of Australia, 9th Biennial Conference, University of New England, 5-9 July 1992.
Chinese Library Resources in Australia: the Changing Role of the National Library of Australia
Paper written and presented by Andrew Gosling, Chief Librarian, Asian Collections at the Chinese Studies Association of Australia Second Biennial Conference 1-4 July 1991.
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