Sconul Study Tour to Australia
Canberra(Pre-main tour)
Canberra Hotel Accommodation - Rydges Capital Hill Hotel Canberra
Thursday 1st September CanberraCAUL Office
CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) Home Page
Diane Costello, Executive Officer, Council of Australian University Librarians, Tel: +61 2 6125 2990 Fax: +61 2 6248 8571
10-11.30 CAUL Office @ ANU 11.30-1 Lunch
Rm 4.18, Level 4
J.B. Chifley Building (Building 15)
ANU,Acton A.C.T. 2600
The Australian National University
1.00pm to 5.00pm ANU - APSR and e-press
6.30pm Dinner in Civic
Fri 2ndNational Library
National Library of Australia
9:30am Morning Tea, welcome and introductions
Overview of strategic directions Warwick Cathro
Presentations and Discussion
[Demonstrations by Carmel McInerney, Manager, Reader Services]
Libraries Australia/ MusicAustralia/ Digitisation program/ Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW)/ South Seas (online scholarly publication model)/ AskNow (online chat reference)
Future strategic directions
NoonLunch
weekend either in Canberra or Melbourne
Sconul Study Tour to Australia
Melbourne – Main Tour
Rydges Carlton Hotel Melbourne, Hotel Accommodation In Melbourne Australia
Monday 5th September Monash
> Marion Miller, Executive Officer to the University Librarian
> Ph: (03) 9905 2670 E-mail:
About Monash University
c.0830 (tbc) taxi from hotel (allow an hour)
9.30 - 10.30: Welcome, Library overview, key directions (Cathrine
Harboe-Ree, University Librarian)
10.30 - 11.00: Morning tea with Clayton Branch Managers, Heads of
Sections of Matheson Library, Library Directors and University Librarian
11.00 - 11.30 ARROW Project (Geoff Payne, ARROW Project Manager)
11.30 - 12.00 Monash University ePress (Michele Sabto, Manager, Monash
University ePress)
12.00 - 12.45 Tour of Hargrave-Andrew Library (Cathrine Harboe-Ree and
Robert Thomas, Manager Hargrave-Andrew Library)
12.45 - 2.00 Lunch with Library Directors and University Librarian
2.00 - 2.30 Facilities and storage planning (Ian Wilson, Director
Corporate Services)
2.30 - 3.15 Distance Education, internationalism, partnerships
(Christine Cooze, Director Client Services Humanities and Social
Sciences and Wilna Macmillan, Director Client Services Science, Health
and Engineering)
3.15 - 4.00 IT infrastructure - supporting eresource delivery (Janette
Burke, Director Information Systems and Jill Wilson, Director
Information Resources)
4.00 - Conclusion (Cathrine Harboe-Ree)
Tuesday 6th September Deakin University Library
Jenny Addie, Acting University LibrarianPhone: 03 9244 3893 International: +61 3 9244 3893
E-mail:
Deakin University - Information About - Deakin
The Waterfront library is in a wonderful refurbished woolstores building in the city of Geelong in a very beautiful setting by the sea. It houses the technical services operations and a small campus library ( architecture and some health programs).
The Waurn Ponds library is about 20 minutes outside Geelong city. It is a large more rural setting with the traditional full range of faculties and academic programs. The off-campus library service is managed from Waurn Ponds.
9.00am leave Melbourne, by coach, pick-up from hotel
10.45amArrive Geelong campus at Waurn Ponds
12.20pmDepart for Queenscliff
1.00pmArrive Queenscliff for lunch
2.30pmDepart for Geelong Waterfront campus
3.00pmArrive at Waterfront for tour of campus library
4.00pmDepart Geelong for Melbourne
5.30/6pm Arrive back in Melbourne
Queenscliff Home Page
Wednes 7thUniversity Melbourne
Welcome to the University of Melbourne
Contact: Dr Angela Bridgland, Deputy (Marketing and Services)Information Division, 4th Floor Baillieu Library
Phone 61 3 8344 5368 Angela Bridgland [
Location: Leigh Scott Room, Baillieu Library
(10-15 minute walk from hotel)
8.45 – 9.00, Welcome and introduction, Linda O’Brien, Vice Principal (Information)
9.00 – 9.30, Governance structures within the University and those with relevance to the Information Division.
Finance/Budgeting/Planning models for the Information Division, John Julian, Deputy (Planning and Projects)
9.30 – 10.00, Organisational model and human resources issues in the newly realigned Information Division, Angela Bridgland, Deputy (Marketing and Services)
10 00, Morning Tea
10.30 Tour of Percy Baxter Collaborative Learning Centre
11.00 -11.45 Teaching and Learning
(E-learning and learning objects; information literacy and e-literacy; support for distance and online learning) Physical space and access issues.
Sally-Anne Leigh, Director, Information and Education Services
11.45-12.30 E-Research and research support: Institutional repositories; Federated searching; Collections and collection policies; Consortial arrangements and cooperative working Nicki McLaurin Smith, Director, Information Management
12.30 – 1.15 Lunch
1.15 – 2.00 Tour of Legal Resource Centre and wrap up
(return to hotel for taxis to airport)
Sydney
Carlton Crest Hotel Sydney
Thursday 8thUTS (University of Technology, Sydney), and ADT(Australian Digital Theses project) from Univ New South Wales (walking distance from hotel)
Dr Alex Byrne FALIA FAIM, University Librarian & Deputy Chair of Academic Board
University Library, Cnr Quay Street & Ultimo Road
Tel +61 2 9514 3332 Fax +61 2 9514 3331
University of Technology, Sydney
Australian Digital Theses Program - CAUL
UNSW Library Home
Friday 9thUniv Sydney, and the MAMS project from Macquarie University. Also AARNet Middleware.
John Shipp, University Librarian, Fisher Library F03
tel: 61 2 93512990, mobile: 0411158105
8.10am University bus to collect the SCONUL delegation
0830 arrive at Fisher Library, University of Sydney (tea/coffee)
0845 Introduction and Australian Research Information Infrastructure – John Shipp,
0915 Meta-Access Management System - James Dalziel
1030 morning tea
1100 Middleware - Alex Reid
1145 Digital Repositories and Publishing at Sydney - Ross Coleman
1230 Q and A / Information Exchange
1315 lunch
1430 depart/tour of library
The University of Sydney - Homepage
Meta-Access Management System (MAMS)
About Macquarie University
AARNet Home
Sat/Sun Sydney poss State Library NSW
Welcome to the State Library of New South Wales
Brisbane
The Chifley on George, Brisbane
Or
Mirvac Hotels,Quay West Suites, Brisbane
(taxis/bus/train from airport to hotels)
Monday 12th September Queensland University of
Technology
QUT | Queensland University of Technology
Gaynor Austen, Director, Library Services Queensland University of Technology, Ph: +61 7 3864 1642, email:
12.50pm / Gaynor to meet at Quay West and conduct to V7141.00-1.45pm / Introduction and overview
University context
TILS Divisional connections
Planning mechanisms / Gaynor Austen
Planning
Quality assurance
KPI details / Leanne Levinge
1.45-2.30pm / Information Literacy
Framework
University links
AIRS/AIRS Online
Embedding activities / Judy Peacock
Alice Steiner
2.30-3.00pm / Facilities
Facilities context/strategy / Jenny McCarthy
Tour of Level 7/Level 2 / Jenny McCarthy
Robyn Smith
3.00-3.30pm / Afternoon Tea / Library Management Group
Tom Cochrane -DVC(TILS)
3.30-4.00pm / Collection Management & Technical Services streamlining / Carolyn Young
Ann Huthwatie
4.00-4.25pm / Research support
eprint repository/ADT)
Partnering with Office of Research
Liaison Librarian proactivity / Paula Callan
4.25-4.45pm / Marketing
Promotional philosophy
Publication strategy (including templates) / Barb Ewers
4.45pm / Close
7.00pm / Dinner at ? (location yet to be finalised) / LMG, Presenters,
TILS Heads,
Tom Cochrane
Peter Coaldrake
David Gardiner?
Rod Wissler?
Tuesday 13thUniversity of Queensland
The University of Queensland, Australia
8.30am / City Cat to University of Queensland – Arrives at UQ at 8.51am / North Quay Ferry Terminal9.00am / Introduction and overview of the University of Queensland Cybrary
Mary Lyons, Acting University Librarian / Library Conference Room, Level 1, Social Sciences and Humanities Library, Duhig Building (2)
9.30am / Tour of Social Sciences and Humanities Library
Mary Lyons, Acting University Librarian
10.15am / Morning Tea
Members of the Library Management Group
10.45am / UQL Cyberschool and AskIT
Liz Blumson, Pauline McLeod, Librarian, UQL Cyberschool. Noela Yates, Librarian, Corporate Services and Andrew Bennett, Executive Manager, Library Technology Service
11.30am / ePrint Archive and APSR Project
Chris Taylor, Executive Manger, Information Access Service and Belinda Weaver, Coordinator, ePrint Archive
12.20pm / Tour of Physical Sciences and Engineering Library
Mary Lyons, Acting University Librarian and Grace Saw, Executive Manager, Physical Sciences and Engineering Library / Dorothy Hill Research Centre, Level 5, Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, Hawken Building (50)
12.40pm / Lunch
Members of the Library Management Group
2.00pm / Travel to UQ Ipswich Campus
2.45pm / Tour of Ipswich Library
Anne Horn, Executive Manager, Social Sciences and Humanities Library, Sue Hutley, Manager, UQ Ipswich Campus Library / Building 8, Ipswich Campus
4.00pm / Travel back to St Lucia
Wednesday 14thGriffith University (day visit by coach to Gold Coast campus/Currumbin Sanctuary)
8.30am coach will collect group from Quay West - need to allow an hour to get to the Gold Coast campus. Program will include a sit down presentation, morning tea and a tour of facilities. Thencaoch to the Bird Sanctuary for lunch. Depart mid-afternoon.
Griffith University
Australian Zoo and Gold Coast Wildlife Park, Queensland, Animal, Holiday, Currumbin Sanctuary
Thursday/Friday 15th-16thCAUL Conference
Friday 0930-11 – SCONUL presentations
HD – Sconul overview and ‘change’ program
?? – Sconul E-Learning taskforce
HN – QA update from UK
SC – Open Access – UK Overview
DP - Oxford UL plans and collaboration with Google
?? – Sconul and LibQual+ (HD has powerpoint)
Additional options
Melbourne
RMIT - Welcome to RMIT
CAVAL - Preservation & Storage - The CARM Centre
La Trobe University - About La Trobe
Sydney
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Possible day trip from Sydney but it would be a long day if the vineyards were included.
The University of Wollongong - New South Wales, Australia
Brisbane
USQ | The University of Southern Queensland, Australia