CRIG Past Activites 2006
Meetings
CRIG Committee meetings were held at CAVAL on the followng dates in 2006:
- Friday 17th February
- Friday 5th May
- Friday 23rd June
- Friday 13th October
(held at Monash University)
Forums
CRIG Forum were held on the following dates in 2006:
CAVAL REFERENCE INTEREST GROUP
Getting Your Foot in the Door:
Marketing Skills for Liaison and Information Literacy
Date: Wednesday, 22nd November, 2006
Venue: Angliss Conference Centre,
William Angliss Institute of TAFE,
Building A, Level 5, 555 LaTrobe Street
Melbourne, Victoria
Cost: $66 per person from CAVAL member libraries
$77 from non-members
(including GST)
Register online via CAVAL
http://www.caval.edu.au/course-description.html?CID=213
If you have special dietary requirements contact Clare Carlsson via email ccarlsson@swin.edu.au
NB We have changed caterers so it’s important that you tell us of any special needs
Provisional Program
8.45 - 9.15am: Registration and coffee
9.15am: Welcome and acknowledgement of traditional landowners
9.30am - 10.30am: Angela Bridgland, University of Melbourne
Marketing information literacy: necessity or hype? [PDF] 86KB
10.30am - 11.00am: Morning tea
11.00am - 11.30am: Craig Anderson, RMIT
Would you like fries with that? Are liaison librarians really salespeople in disguise? [PDF] 62KB
11.30am - 12.00 noon: Jenny Cameron, Victoria University
Keeping your foot in the door: 101 ways to connect with your clients [PDF] 579KB
12.00 noon - 12.30pm: Carolyn McSwiney, Deakin University
More than meets the eye: Benefits of direct feedback from incoming international students at Deakin University Library [PDF] 30KB
12.30pm - 12.45pm: Book Launch
Principles of awareness-raising for information literacy, a case study by Richard Sayers
12.45pm - 1.45pm: Lunch and networking
1.45pm - 3.15pm: Practical workshop, in small groups, applying marketing principles and discussing strategies participants have used in their workplaces.
3.15pm - 4.00pm: Report back from each group
4.00pm - 4.15pm: Summary, Presentations and Evaluation
Drag and Drop the librarian into the 21st Century
Date: Friday 18th August 2006
1.15 pm for 1.30 pm start.
Tea and coffee available during this time.
Venue: Deakin University,
Melbourne (Burwood) Campus Library
221 Burwood Highway, Burwood
Library - Staff Training Room, Level 3
Jenny Corbin (Latrobe University)
j.corbin@latrobe.edu.au
Phone: 9479 2860
by Tuesday 15th August (at the latest)
Program
1.30 - 1.40: Welcome and Introduction
Vivienne Bernath,Information Literacy and Reference Librarian,
Monash University Library
1.40 - 2.00: What people are doing with some of these new technologies
Audio formats - streaming and downloadable media/podcasting, MP3 & MPEG4, Podcasting & iPods
Vincent Galante, Head, Information Systems, La Trobe University Library
[Real Player Streaming Audio]
(Real Player Required [Free Download])
2.10 - 2.30: Investigation into implementing new technologies
An overview - what's wanted locally, what's happening elsewhere, what's practical now. This might provide some guidance for other libraries considering these technologies
Jenny Casey, Reference Librarian, Monash University Library
[PDF] 740KB [Real Player Streaming Audio]
(Real Player Required [Free Download])
2.40 - 3.00: Tea/Coffee Break
3.00 - 3.20: RSS @ Victoria University Library
Jane Miller, Electronic Information Services Librarian, Victoria University
[PDF] 1.28MB [Real Player Streaming Audio]
(Real Player Required [Free Download])
3.30 - 3.50: Trial of podcasting a tour of the RMIT Business Library
Paul Kloppenborg, Manager, Business Library, RMIT
[PDF] 668KB [Real Player Streaming Audio]
(Real Player Required [Free Download])
The Research Quality Framework (RQF) and possible roles for libraries and librarians
Date: Friday 12th May 2006, 1.00pm for 1.15pm start.
Tea and coffee available during this time.
Venue: Seminar Room 1, Swanston Library, RMIT University
Melway ref 579 J7 Building 8, entrance on level 5.
Online map at http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/maps/city
Parking and public transport details below.
RSVP: Wendy Haszler, wendy.haszler@rmit.edu.au
ph. (03) 9925 7779
by Tuesday 2 May (at the latest)
Note: Voicemail is available on Wendy’s phone
Program
1.15: Welcome and Introduction
Graeme Oke, Victoria University, and Chair of CRIG
1.20:The view from the university
Professor Gregory Baxter Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research), Victoria University [PDF] 121KB
1.50: The view from the library (10 – 15 minutes per speaker)
- Panel discussion and questions, including what kinds of measures are important to different disciplines, and what measures there are of research output and quality. We don’t have the answers – this session aims to raise awareness of some of the issues.
- Jennifer Warburton, University of Melbourne Jennifer liaises with the School of Graduate Studies, and will include a demonstration of Journal Citation Reports, part of the Web of Knowledge [PDF] 690KB
- Pete Macauley, Deakin University on Education’s perspective Pete is the Faculty Librarian for the Faculty of Education [PDF] 223KB
- Gayle Whyte, Monash University on the Arts perspective Gayle is the Subject Librarian for Australian Indigenous Studies, Archaeology, Classics and Politics [PDF] 46KB
- Cathy Costa, RMIT University on the Business / Law perspective Cathy liaises with the Business Portfolio’s School of Economics, Finance and Marketing [PDF] 29KB
3.30 Tea/Coffee Break
4.00 Library Tours of the refurbished Swanston Library
More information - 2006 May Forum - [PDF] 59KB