People in the Information Profession Papers
People in the Information Profession Conference 2009
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October 2009
Victoria University Convention Centre
Level 12, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne, Australia
Day 01: Thursday 15 October 2009
Opening Keynote Address: Your People are the Key to Strategic Positioning. Are You Paying Attention? [PDF] 2.16MB
Anne Horn
University Librarian, Deakin University.
ROOM 1: Session A
GPS to the Future – Workforce Planning.
Moderator: Garry Potter
Do Library Staff Have What it Takes to be a Librarian of the Future? [PPT] 1.79MB
Karen Kealy
Manager, Collection Development, University of Melbourne Library.
Competency-Based Service Reviews and Workforce Planning at Deakin University Library. [PDF] 1MB
Paul Cardwell
Manager, Quality and Innovation, Deakin University Library.
The Right person, in the Right Job, With the Right Skills, at the Right Time: A Workforce Planning Model That Goes Beyond Metrics. [PDF] 192KB
Judy Stokker
Director, Library Services, Queensland University of Technology.
Gill Hallam
Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology.
ROOM 2: Session B
Seek and Keep (Part 1) – Recruitment and Retention.
Moderator: Sandi Givens
Nurturing New Talent: Running a Corporate Internship Program. [PDF] 580KB
Alyson Dalby
formerly Knowledge and Research Specialist, The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce: Straddling the Boundaries of Teacher, Learner, Employer, Mentor and Professional. [PDF] 456KB
Helen Livingston
Director Library Services University of South Australia, Adelaide.
Becoming Librarian 2.0. [PPT] 1.09MB
Helen Partridge
Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching), School of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology
ROOM 1: Session C
Got what it takes? The individual.
Moderator: Sandi Givens
The Information Professional of the Future: Polymath or Dinosaur? [PPT] 432KB
Judith Broady-Preston
Chair, Management Research group, Department of Information Studies, Aberystwyth University, UK.
Education and Continuing Professional Development for Indonesian Academic Libraries: A Survey.
[PDF] 4.25MB
Imas Maesarah and Paul Genoni
School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
Building Relevance Amidst the Content Revolution. [PPT] 332KB
Lyn Bosanquet
Director, Information Services (Scholarly Information and Research), Griffith University, Queensland.
ROOM 2: Session D
Seek and Keep (Part 2)
Recruitment and Retention.
Moderator: Tracy Robertson
Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationships. [PPT] 216KB
Mike Allen
Managing Partner, Centre for Organisation Development, Melbourne.
Investing in Your People Works – Can 40,000 Organisations be Wrong? [PPT] 488KB
Stuart Burgess
Director, Investors in People Australia Pty Ltd and Managing Director for Investors in People NZ.
On the Flip Side: Considering the Career Motivations and Aspirations of New Professionals in the Information Industry. [PDF] 1.03MB
Fiona Russell
Subject Librarian, Monash University Library, Melbourne.
Day 02: Friday 16 October 2009
ALIA Keynote Address: All Too Hard? Moving on from the Education and Workforce Summit. [PPT] 438KB
Derek Whitehead
OAM Director, Information Resources and University Copyright Officer, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne and Immediate Past President, ALIA.
ROOM 1: Session E
Got what it takes? The organisation.
Moderator: Tracy Robertson
Forgotten Anything: Library Staff Competencies for the Learning Commons. [PPT] 4.39MB
Paul Kloppenborg
Manager of the Learning Resource Centre of William Angliss Institute, Melbourne.
Damien Lodge
Lecturer, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga.
Library Staff Development at the University of Auckland Library – Te Tumu Herenga – Endeavouring to “Get What it Takes” in an Academic Library. [PDF] 2.07MB
Claudia Adams
Tamaki Library Manager and Assistant Librarian, The University of Auckland Library – Te Tumu Herenga.
Out West and Down Under: New Geographies for Staff Development. [PDF] 1.13MB
Garry Potter
Manager Library Staff Resources, Victoria University, Melbourne.
Janelle Zauha
Professor and Reference Librarian, Montana State University Libraries, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
ROOM 2: Session F
Follow the Leader
Leadership development.
Moderator: Sandi Givens
Developing Leadership to Transform our Library: The Library Leadership Development Program (LLDP) at the University of Saskatchewan. [PDF] 2.94MB
Vicki Williamson
Dean of the University of Saskatchewan Library, Saskatoon, Canada.
Looking Beyond the Horizon: Developing an Executive Leadership Program for Senior Library Managers in Australia. [PDF] 1.88MB
Richard Sayers
Director, Capability Development, CAVAL, Bundoora.
Annie Talvé
Consultant, Make Stuff Happen, Sydney.
What was the Plan? Strategic Leadership Development for the Library Sector. [PPT] 1.3MB
Margaret Allen
CEO and State Librarian, State Library of Western Australia, Perth.