Paul Hagon

Tag: laf2008

  • Communicating University Research Identity

    These are notes from a talk by Simon Porter from the University of Melbourne at the Libraries Australia Forum 2008. All you needed to know about a University was a book.  Number of pages increase over time from 16 pages in 1870 to 227 pages in 2004.  Although the scope remains the same, the size…

  • Next Generation Library Catalogues

    These are notes from a talk by Eric Lease Morgan from University of Notre Dame at the Libraries Australia Forum 2008. The environment is changing, cheap computers that are globally connected have changed the way libraries work and what they are about. When items are analogue it is important to create surrogates of our items. …

  • New Futures for Authority Data

    These are notes from a talk by Thom Hickey from OCLC at the Libraries Australia Forum 2008. What is the future of authorities – they need to have wider and wider coverage. For instance names used in journal articles and machine generated and machine assisted input into the authority files, it’s not just librarians that are creating…

  • Social networks and the Libraries Australia forum

    On October the 23rd Libraries Australia is holding its annual forum at the Powerhouse Museum.  I’ve decided to use the event as a practical introduction to many staff members of the National Library on how social networks can be used to enhance an event. I’m going up there with my laptop and will sit in…