VALA TO WEBCAST NATIONAL LIBRARY CONFERENCE

[Simon Huggard]

Please find information below regarding our webcast of speakers from 
our Australian conference on digital/hybrid libraries. Keynote 
speakers, whose talks will be broadcast live on the web, include: 
Chris Rusbridge, Peter Noerr, Gail McMillan, Geoffrey Nunberg, Cathy
Marshall and Stuart Weibel.

Simon
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Simon Huggard
Digital Resources Librarian
Systems Support Unit
Sir Louis Matheson Library
Monash University
Clayton Vic 3800 Australia
Ph: (03) 9905 9138 Fax: (03) 9905 2610


VALA TO WEBCAST NATIONAL LIBRARY CONFERENCE

VALA, the Victorian Association for Library Automation, has announced
that it will be webcasting segments of its upcoming national 
conference, VALA 2000, Books and Bytes; Technologies for the Hybrid 
Library.

The Conference, which is to be held at the Melbourne Convention Centre
between the 16th and 18th of February, will be covering a diverse 
range of issues on the themes of hybrid and digital libraries. 
Owing to unprecedented interest in this Conference, VALA has decided 
to proceed with the webcast both as a means of disseminating 
Conference proceedings to a wider audience, and as an opportunity 
for delegates to consider the potential applications of internet 
broadcasting in areas such as information services, professional 
development, and education. 

The webcast will be accessible from the the VALA website at
http://www.vala.org.au,
and will feature live broadcasts of all keynote presenters at 
the Conference - including a panel discussion on the future of 
metadata - and packages of highlights from other speakers, product 
demonstrations and interviews. The broadcast material will 
complement  the range of conference papers which are already 
available in pdf format on the VALA website. During the Conference, 
the webcast will also be screened at the VALA stand in the 
Conference Exhibition area.

A detailed programme for the webcast is expected to be announced
shortly. Further details about the Conference or the webcast can 
be obtained by viewing the VALA website or by email at 
vala at vala.org.au

Michael Robinson
Manager, Business Development Services
RMIT University Library