ALIA Information Online http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_view.cfm Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:50:03 +1000 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:18:05 +1000 CODEBASE Pty Ltd Rawdyn support@codebase.com.au ENERGETIC VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=118 ENERGETIC VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED for the ALIA INFORMATION ONLINE 2011 CONFERENCE

The organising Committee is seeking students who are interested in helping out at the next ALIA Information Online Conference at Darling Harbour February 1-3, 2011

You will be doing such things as:

  • handing out the daily newsletter,
  • guiding people to the appropriate rooms,
  • running messages for the Committee

If you don’t mind a lot of walking and would welcome the chance to meet people in the profession and provide valuable assistance the one of the premier conferences for the profession then we would like to hear from you.

You will also be given a chance to listen to 1 or 2 two of the papers.

If you are interested and are able to commit to any or all of the days please email Jan Titcombe on jan.titcombe@jady.com.au by Friday 3rd September 2010 specifying your availability.

]]> Conference Updates Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:18:05 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=118 $10,000 for Excellence http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=117 Nominations are now open for the 2011 ALIA IOG Excellence Award

Attend a conference of your choice to the value of $10,000.

Past winners:

  • 2007 - Gold Coast City Council Libraries for its implementation of an RFID system
  • 2009 - Australian Tax Office eLibrary Team for its development and deployment of a best practice eLibrary solution
  • 2011 - You?

Does your project fit the bill?

APPLY NOW!

Nominations close 31 August 2010

]]> IOG Excellence Award Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:22:48 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=117 Share the BEST 'Conference Blog' around http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=116 We have just made it easier for you to share your favourite ALIA Information Online Conference blog posts.

You can share past and present posts, with just one click, using the buttons at the end of each post.

You can Digg it, Tweet it and more.

]]> General Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:50:35 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=116 Congratulations to Thomas Girk - Info Pro Award Winner 2010 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=115 Csiro's Girke Is 2010 Winner of SLA Australia & New Zealand Chapter Information Pro Award

Winner is honored at SLA Conference

June 14, 2010 (New Orleans) — Dialog, a leader in online information services for professional searchers, announced that Thomas Girke, Manager, Information Support, Library Services, at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), is the winner of the 2010 Information Professional of the Year by the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Australia and New Zealand Chapter. The announcement was made during the SLA 2010 conference in New Orleans. Mr. Girke receives a cash prize from Dialog of AUD$2,000.

]]> General Vendor News Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:11:22 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=115 Scholarly publishing - Opinion post on the Scholarly Kitchen blog http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=114 Cups, Buckets, Pools, and Puddles: When the Flood of Papers Won’t Abate, Which Do You Choose?
Posted by Kent Anderson

Food for thought.

Some interesting points and comments, which you may or may not agree with.  It does raise the question 'how do we filter information'?

]]> General Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:15:03 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=114 ProQuest and Dialog are celebrating their second anniversary together http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=113 This month, ProQuest and Dialog are celebrating our second anniversary together!  I want to mark that occasion by bringing you up to date on our promise to merge the Dialog® and DataStar® products.  As you know, this goal has been attempted several times in the past but not delivered due to the challenges of redesign and reload for the enormous amount of content involved.  This time, with the benefit of ProQuest technology resources, it’s really happening.
The first release of this new product — which we’re calling ProQuest Dialog — is centered on our pharmaceutical and biomedical content and will be available this summer.  A later release in 2010 will add more scientific, technical and medical content.  We’re very excited about the intuitive, yet powerful search interface, which is designed primarily for end-user researchers.  Feedback from end-users who participated in the beta test indicates we have hit the mark.  If you have an existing site license or subscription contract to the content available in these first releases, you’ll hear from us soon regarding access and migration details.
But, we wouldn’t be Dialog if we weren’t also supporting “power searchers.” So, when the new product is fully launched in 2011, you’ll find next-generation command-based Boolean and proximity search.  We’ll combine ease-of-use with enhanced precision search to better serve both information professionals and end-users in scientific, intellectual property and business intelligence research, including:

  • full-text content from ProQuest to strengthen the offering across subject collections
  • the option to select the interface language, combined with automatic translation of key parts of documents, to simplify access for users in non-English speaking regions  
  • integration of analytical tools and improvements in cross-file indexing to aid retrieval and use of content from existing and new sources   
  • a full range of pricing and contract options.  


Our ultimate goal is to offer the premier collection of authoritative content combined with the features needed by the global professional market.
Early releases of ProQuest Dialog will be available under flat-rate contracts.  If you do not currently have a subscription contract, but are interested in gaining access to ProQuest Dialog in this early phase, please check with your account representative for information on the databases available and how to establish a flat rate contract.
Intrigued?  I invite you to join our customer panel to see previews of each release.  We welcome your feedback to help inform the ongoing creation of ProQuest Dialog, a product designed to meet your needs now and into the future.
Thank you,
 
Suzanne BeDell
General Manager, Dialog

]]> Vendor News Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:38:03 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=113 History of book banning in Australia http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=112 Censorship and sensibility

Author: Jane Sullivan
Date: 10/07/2010
The Age

Jane Sullivan probes the sometimes secret history of book banning in Australia.

]]> General Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:19:20 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=112 ALIA IOG Excellence Award: ALIA Information Online 2011 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=111 Purpose
To acknowledge excellence/innovation in performance by an information professional.

Nature of the Award
The recipient will be presented with a perpetual trophy.

The Award will cover:

  • Full registration, for an individual, to a conference of their choice (within the parameters of the Information profession, and subject to ALIA IOG committee agreement) anywhere in the world
  • Travel
  • Accommodation or per-diem allowance

The total value of the award shall be up to $10,000, with all arrangements being undertaken by the awardee.

Selection Criteria
The Award will focus on performance in the two years preceding the Conference (ie. for the 2011 Conference, applications will require demonstrated performance during 2009-2010) and will primarily be based on a project undertaken individually or in collaboration.

Eligibility
All award nominees must be either:

  • A current personal member of ALIA, or
  • One nominated ALIA representative of an institutional member

How to Apply

Nominations must be submitted to the ALIA IOG Secretary using the PDF or RTF forms available from the ALIA IOG Award website, describing the nature of the nominee's contribution, together with the endorsement of a seconder.

Deadline
The nomination must be received by 31 August 2010.
 
Gerard Egan
Award Secretary

]]> IOG Excellence Award Conference Updates Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:43:26 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=111 A sound investment http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=109 Invest in 'Knowledge Sharing', invest in 'Sharing Knowledge'.

The 15th ALIA Information Online Conference 2011 is a great way to do both.

To find out more just go to our website.

 

]]> General Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:06:27 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=109 InCite - July 2010 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=108 ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition 2011

Social networks take off.

In 2009 the Conference Committee fully embraced social networking for the first time.  For 2011 we have committed to engaging earlier, providing more content, more updates and more avenues for you to connect with us and add your own comments.

We are regularly posting on our blog, Twitter, Facebook and Linked in and we are trying to make the content on each as unique as we can, although there are common themes such as conference promotions and conference updates.

Our new Facebook page is gaining momentum.  You can join in discussions on privacy, career planning, eBooks and internet filtering.  Our links include recruitment agencies for information professionals, libraries, vendors, interesting articles and more.  To see what’s new you can subscribe to our links via the Links Tab.  Posts include news, views, conference updates, your comments and the odd confession of not being able to spell.

This year we have started our very own Twitter and we are getting new followers all the time, for example Penguin Australia and SLA 2010.  Some of the Tweets we are following include the State Library of Australia, Library Beat and Library News.  We are also building lists for ALIA, the Profession, Sponsors and Exhibitors.  Our Tweets cover the conference, things of interest, ponderings and more.

LinkedIn is by far our biggest network to date and you can follow our Tweets from here as well.  Regular posts include news items and of course the conference.

Our Blog is our longest running network and consists mainly of professional items of interest and conference updates.  The blog really takes off during the conference.

For all the latest Information Online news you can:
Subscribe to our blog from our website http://www.information-online.com.au

You can also follow us on:
Facebook
Twitter The conference hashtag is #aliaioc
LinkedIn

All of our social networking links are available on our website.

]]> InCite Articles Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:26:03 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=108 Want another way to access past Information Online papers? http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=107 We have just started tagging the #ALIAioc 2009 papers on Delicious.

]]> Conference Updates Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:36:30 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=107 Organisations come together to form the Safer Internet Group (SIG) http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=106 The following organisations have come together to form the Safer Internet Group (SIG).

Australia needs to take effective action to ensure that Internet users have a safe experience online.

The SIG does not believe that mandatory ISP filtering is the answer.

The SIG wants to work with the government to focus on the strategies that work best to protect children online.

Members include:

  • ALIA
  • Google
  • Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO)
  • iinet
  • Inspire
  • Yahoo
  • Internet Industry Association (IIA)
  • The Internet Society
  • Internode
  • SAGE-AU

http://www.saferinternetgroup.org/

]]> General Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:46:19 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=106 New sponsors on board for 2011 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=105 The Organising Committee, ALIA and our conference organiser ICE are proud to announce our 2nd Platinum Sponsor for Information Online 2011, Thomson Reuters.

We would also like to welcome CrossRef, One Umbrella and Wiley-Blackwell as conference sponsors.

]]> Conference Updates Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:06:23 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=105 ALIA Information Online 2011 speakers to be announced soon http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=104 We have some great speakers lined up for 2011.

More details coming soon.

]]> Conference Updates Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:58:50 +1000 http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=104 Information Online Conference 2011 Sponsors and Exhibitors http://information-online.com.au/blog/fe_blog_post_view.cfm?postID=103 We have just added the 2011 Sponsors and Exhibitors page to the Information Online website.

We will be updating the page as Sponsors and Exhibitors come on board, so keep checking.

Do you want to latest news from our Sponsors and Exhibitors?

Follow our Twitter lists for all the latest Tweets from:

      * Information Online Conference sponsors and exhibitors

You can also subscribe to our Facebook links for:

      * Information Online Conference sponsors and exhibitors

You can link to Twitter and Facebook from our home page

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