“IT Topics Within Librarianship” workshop

LIANZA conference, 10:30–11:30am Tuesday 11 September 2007

Chair: Paul Sutherland (ITSIG Convenor)

Topics (proposed and actual)

• Podcasting in library instruction - talk by Angela Jowitt (UCOL Universal College of Learning - Library)
• ResearchSpace@Auckland, the University of Auckland institutional repository - talk by Vanessa Newton-Wade (University of Auckland Library)
• EZproxy advanced techniques, eg, for password-authenticated databases - talk by Bob Pearson (University of Auckland Library)
• OpenURL resolvers. Relationships with opac, vendor etc, what to do about NZ fulltext (questions posed by Paul S).
• Federated search systems. Who is using what; what works well and what doesn’t; what to do about NZ databases (questions posed by Paul S).
• Electronic resource management systems
• Library 2.0 and changes in communication styles (blogs, wikis, rss) and the interactive web
• Extending the use of library catalogues
• ITSIG AGM