University of New South Wales - Library - Library Lunchtime Seminars

This series of seminars explores innovations and practices being developed and employed by members of the UNSW community.

Topics are varied and would be of interest to both Academic and General staff.

For more information or to be added to the Library Lunchtime Seminars mailing list contact Emily Brennan email: e.brennan@unsw.edu.au, or phone: 9385 8266.

Upcoming seminars 2008

Past seminars 2007

29 Nov	NSW Health Librarians Forum "Hello, I am your Outreach Librarian": a new service paradigm at the UNSW Library Presenters: Neil Hinsch, Kate Dunn
14 Nov	A Collection of Importance - The Role of Selection in Academic Libraries Presenters: Bruce Munro and Peter Philps
27 Sept	LIANZA 2007 - Conference Highlights and Paper: Transforming the Academic Library: the new value proposition Presenter: Lyn Bosanquet
21 Sept	Richard d'Avigdor Conference Grant 2006 IFLA 2006 Presenters: Roman Tantiongco and Lorraine Evison
13 July	Report from CARM The CAVAL Archival and Research Materials (CARM) Centre in Melbourne is a collaborative model of a repository library. It acquires, stores, preserves, provides on-line access to research material. It currently holds approximately 500,000 volumes of research material. Plans are currently underway to expand the repository by a further 1.7 million volumes. The entire CARM collection is available to the UNSW academic community. Presenter: Janet Fletcher
24 May	Innovative Ideas Forum 2007 Presenters: Elizabeth Saunders, Bill Constantine
10 May	University Librarian's report from Singapore and Hong Kong Presenter: Andrew Wells
13 April	Open Access and Digital Repositories Presenter: Danny Kingsley Listen to the presentation here
25 Jan	Information Online Conference Paper: Is Information Literacy Dead? Presenter: Janet Fletcher See also: Presentation Slides

Past seminars 2006

4 Oct	Richard d'Avigdor Conference Grant 2005 A tale of two markets: employer expectations of information professionals in Australia and the United States of America Presenter: Mary Anne Keenan
6 Sept	Use of Scholarly Journals by Australian and U.S. Academics Presenter: Carol Tenopir
31 August	CAVAL Members Day Presenter: Susan Lafferty
7 July	IFLA Paper: Enabling Library and Information Skills - Foundations for Entering Students Presented by Lorraine Evison and Roman Tangiongco
18 May	Indigenous Pedagogies - bringing back the heart Presented by Lesley Ngatai See also: Presentation Slides International Perspectives on information literacy - NZ Perspective Summary Information Literacy Workshop Report
4 May	Innovative Ideas Forum Presented by Robyn Drummond
6th April	PodCasting Presented by Patrick Stoddart, IT and Administration Manager, EDTeC
30th March	Dictionary of Australian Artists Online (DAAO) Presented by The DAAO Team
16th March	VALA Highlights Presented by VALA: Andrew Wells, Howard Amos,Robyn Drummond, Alison Neil, Graham Wood. Rare Books Summer School Presented by Sue Munro.

Past seminars 2005

30th November	ARROW and Research in the UNSW context Presented by Claire Hill, ARROW Project Manager, Library
18th November	Are you awake? Attending to student disengagement in university education Presented by Dr Kerry Howells, Lecturer, Graduate Certificate of University of Learning and Teaching
26th October	Will the Free Trade Agreement alleviate copyfright? : recent developments in copyright Presented by Kerrie Talmacs, Digitisation Services Manager, Online Services Department, Library Andrew Wells spoke about UNSW policy and practice as an ISP as outlined in the Library/IT Services' paper Content, University IT Systems and the Internet
12th August	The Richard d'Avigdor Conference Grant 2004: Consumer health information practices: Strategies and perspectives of people with chronic illness.Presented by: Maude Frances (Research Resource Manager, National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales) and the recipient of the inaugural Richard d'Avigdor Conference Grant 2004.
29th July	UNSW Contributions to Societal Environmental Change Presented by Professor Garry Smith, Director, Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW
8th July	Using WebCT Vista for information skills tutorials and other Library support in online courses. Presented by Carol Russell (Faculty Liaison Manager, Educational Development & Technology Centre) and Southnary Tan (Library)
24th June	ELISE : the challenges of developing and administering a mandatory enabling IL tutorial for entering students Presented by Roman Tantiongco and Lorraine Evison (ELISE project team UNSW Library)
27th May	Web Search Trends Project: results from Web research with Web search engine companies from 1997 to 2004 Presented by Amanda Spink, Associate Professor at the School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
20th May	Rebuilding the Commons: New approaches to copyright and licensing for education Presented by Professor Graham Greenleaf, Faculty of Law, UNSW, David Vaile, Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, UNSW(based on presentations by Philip Crisp and Dr Roger Clarke) Ian Oi, Special Counsel, Blake Dawson Waldron.
3rd May	Journal Reading in Universities: Comparing the U.S and Australia Presented by Professor Carol Tenopir, School of Information Sciences and Interim Director, Center for Information Studies, at the University of Tennessee.
7th April	New perspectives: Librarians @ F.U.L.T. (Foundations of University Learning and Teaching) Presented by Julie Nolan, Reg Mu Sung and Julie Williams
22nd March	...mandatory rules: ADT @ UNSW Presented by Tony Cargnelutti and Kerrie Talmacs
18th February	Ground Hog Day Presented by Rhonda Langford (Library)
4th February	Security - what really happens in the building? What are we doing about it? Presented by Michael Dawson ( UNSW Security Services) and Karl Natschev and Claire Hill (Library)

Past seminars 2004

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25th November	Overview of Copyright Law Presented by Professor Jill McKeough, Faculty of Law
27th October	Challenging Ideas - our profession and UNSW Library Presented by Andrew Wells- University Librarian, Claire Hill - User Services Manager, Julie Sweeten and Julie Williams- Physical Sciences Library, Reg Mu-Sung - Monograph Department, Library,
9th September	Learning Resource Manager - a new role in the Faculty of Medicine Presented by Suzanne Mobbs - Medical Education
27th August	Bonus INNReach NSW Trial project. Presented by Joyce Cornelius and Peter Doyle (User Services Department, Library) and Robert Parker (Information Technology Support Group, Library)
13th August	Connection - making sense of UNSW from afar Presented by Claire Hill (User Services Department, Library)
30th July	An Integrated Approach to Information Literacy in International Business Presented by Pam Freeland and Julie Nolan (Social Sciences Library) and Dr Catherine Welch ( School of International Business) First Year Aviation: Integrating Content with Information Literacy and Learning Support Schemes Presented by Lesley Ngatai (Physical Sciences Library) Dr Richard Wu (School of Aviation) and Pam Mort (The Learning Centre)
16th July	ICT Assist - Information, Communication and Technology Assistance and Training. Presented by Andrew Wells, Isabella Trahn (University Librarian Unit) and Anna Troiano (Online Services Department, Library)
30th June	The Omnium Project: Online Collaboration and Engagement in the Visual Arts and Design. Presented by Mr. R. Bennett, Mr. Leong Chan and Mr. Andy Polaine (College of Fine Arts)
14th May	Privacy - Rights and Obligations Presented by Debbie Osborn (Policy Management Unit)
8th April	The ADT Program and the Theory of Disruptive Technologies Presented by Susan Lafferty (University Librarian Unit)
12th March	A Tale of Two Activities Presented by Dr Julian Cox ABC Science Media Fellow 2004 (Food Science and Technology)
25th February	Evolution or Revolution Presented by Andrew Wells (Universtity Librarian Unit)

Past seminars 2003

2nd December	It takes more than breadcrumbs to learn generic skills: collaborating to improve information literacy (Paper presented at the 2003 HERDSA Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand) Presented by Sue Owen, Online Services Department, Library
23rd October	Library Copyright Seminar Presented by Gil Darby, Document Delivery Unit, Kerrie Talmacs and Anna Troiano, Online Services Department, Library (repeated 20th November)