CRIG Past Activites 2008
Meetings
CRIG Committee meetings were held at CAVAL on the following dates in 2008:
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Friday 15th February at 10.00am
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Friday 18th April at 10.00am
A CRIG Committee meeting was held at La Trobe University Library, Bundoora on the following date in 2008:
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Friday 20th June at 10.00am
Forums
Forums were held on the following dates in 2008:
CAVAL Reference Interest Group Forum August 2008
The Reference Collection -
print, electronic, or the dumpster?
Date & Time: Friday 15th August 2008
1.00 for 1.15pm start
Venue: Seminar Room 1,
Swanston Library, RMIT University
Melway ref 879 J7 Building 8, entrance on level 5.
Online map at http://www.rmit.edu.au/about/maps/city
Parking and public transport details over.
RSVP by 13th August http://www.caval.edu.au/CRIG_Forum_2008_RSVP.html
Program
1.15pm Welcome and Introduction
Daryl Bailey, Australian Catholic University, and Chair of CRIG
[MP3 Download] 2MB Duration 2.17
1.20-1.40 The practical experience at Swinburne University Library
Emily Johnson, Support Librarian
Emily will discuss the range of activities at Swinburne, with particular focus on the project at the Hawthorn campus library.
[MP3 Download] 25MB Duration 26.04
1.40-2.00 Writing the policy [PDF] 160KB
Annette Sullivan, Manager, RMIT Carlton Library
Annette and Lynn Murdoch are currently drafting the Reference Collection policy, to be applied to all 6 of the RMIT libraries.
[MP3 Download] 22MB Duration 46.10
2.00-2.20 Questions and discussion
2.20-2.50 Tea & coffee break
2.50-3.30 Panel and Discussion –
Around the traps … (5 minutes each)
- Jane Miller, Electronic Information Systems & Services Librarian, VU, discussing VU Library's reference collection in light of their electronic format preference.
[MP3 Download] 8MB Duration 8.16 - Nicole Sackers, Subject Librarian, Faculty of Law and Management, LaTrobe University. [PDF] 632KB
[MP3 Download] 6MB Duration 6.15 - Colin Bates, Deakin University, discussing reducing the print components and trying to make them 'usable', while also putting the major electronic resources into the Springshare library guides environment. [PDF] 550KB
[MP3 Download] 9MB Duration 9.24 - Roy Kennaugh, University of Melbourne, Downsizing the Reference Collection in the Engineering Library. [PDF] 16.8KB
[MP3 Download] 5MB Duration 5.43 - From the floor – feel free to contribute a 5 minute summary from your library.
[MP3 Download] 10MB Duration 10.26
3.30-3.55 Providing a Desert Island Reference Service
What are your Top 3 General or Subject specialist Reference sources?
The Chair will call for volunteers from the floor to nominate their Top Picks, and to defend them. Come prepared to stimulate some discussion!
[MP3 Download] 25MB Duration 26.42
3.55-4.00 Close
[MP3 Download] 3MB Duration 2.47
4.00pm Tours of the Swanston Library
Transport
- Parking: Commercial car parks in Cardigan Street, Carlton and LaTrobe Street.
Note that street parking around Swanston Street, Cardigan Street and Queensbury Street is usually only for 1 – 2 hours. - Public transport: Train to Melbourne Central Station
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/
The Speakers
Emilie Johnson
Em has been involved with Reference collection projects planned and undertaken at Swinburne Libraries, and will focus on the project at the Hawthorn campus library. She will touch upon the background/history of the project, planning and research phases, the process itself, and issues raised before, during and after the project.
Annette Sullivan
Annette is manager of the Carlton Library of RMIT. It caters for the TAFE sector of RMIT. She and the manager of the Swanston Library, Lynn Murdoch, are currently writing the policy to define and guide the development of the Reference Collections across all sites. Annette has worked at RMIT for over 20 years.
CAVAL Reference Interest Group Forum May 2008
Web 2.0 – Let’s look at what we can do…
Date & Time: Friday 16th May 2008,
1.00 for 1.15pm start
Venue: Lecture Theatre - H1.26,
Caulfield Campus, Monash University
Map and Transport details over page
RSVP by 12th May: http://www.caval.edu.au/web_2_rsvp.html
Program
1.15pm: Welcome and Introduction
Daryl Bailey, Australian Catholic University, and Chair of CRIG
1.20-1.40: 23 Things – at Deakin University Library, 2007 [PDF] 814KB
Colin Bates, Manager, Faculty of Health Library Services, & Geelong Campus Library. Deakin University Library
Deakin and Swinburne library staff completed the 23 Things discovery and learning program in 2007. Colin gives a brief overview of the program, the staff responses to it, and some of the ideas for web 2.0 initiatives for Deakin library. 1.40-2 Interacting with the client via web 2.0 technologies Kat Clancy Library Web Developer. Deakin University Library The Deakin Library Face Book page and some
1.40-2.00: Interacting with the client via web 2.0 technologies [PDF] 290KB
Kat Clancy, Library Web Developer. Deakin University Library
The Deakin Library Face Book page and some other practical web 2.0 library applications introduced so far: meebo, polling, an experimental page. What's next....?
2.00-2.20: Questions and discussion
Also, please be prepared to share what you are doing in your library.
2.20-3.00: Coffee break - Function space on Level 2, H building
3.00-3.20: LibGuides [PDF] 33KB
Gary Pearce, School Liaison Librarian, RMIT University Library
The LibGuides software is being adopted by a number of libraries. Gary showcases what he has been doing.
3.20-3.40: Social Networking [PDF] 781KB
Susan Cowen, Web Strategist
Community building on the web.
3.40-3.55: Questions and discussion
Also, please be prepared to share what you are doing in your library.
3.55-4.00: Close
4.00pm: Tours of the Caulfield Library
Access
Melways ref: 68 F1
Caulfield campus map and contact information available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/campuses/caulfield.html
PDF of campus map available at: http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/maps/2-Caulfieldcolour.pdf
Both links include transport details
The Speakers
Colin Bates
Colin, as the Manager, Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing & Behavioural Sciences Library Services and Geelong at Waurn Ponds Campus Library, is responsible for library services, programs and resources supporting the Faculty, and for local library operations at the Geelong at Waurn Ponds Campus. He also is responsible for online and off campus library services and support, and the coordination of the public web pages of the Library.
Kat Clancy
Kat is the Library Web Developer at Deakin University. In this position, Kat is responsible for the technical development and maintenance of the Library websites, and for providing Web Manager services for the library. In 2007, Deakin was one of the first libraries in the world to allow clients to link the library catalogue to their Facebook profile.
Gary Pearce
Gary works as School Liaison Librarian for Education and Chancellery support at RMIT University. Along with other liaison librarians he has been transferring his online guides into the Libguides software. He will show-and-tell on the way Libguides allow us to incorporate a variety of web 2.0 applications and thereby give us a new take on the old subject guide.
Susan Cowen
Susan’s expertise is in community building, and she loves to help spread the word. Susan completed a Master of Arts in Virtual Communication, and her focus was and is on communities. Communities of interest, communities of practice – in fact all types of social networking.
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