Podcasts now available!

The podcasts of all the speakers are now available.  Links are below.

Monday 17 September 2007

Welcome to Country - Clarina McDonald (2:44) (646 kb)

Conference Welcome - Cr. Paul Pisasale, Mayor of Ipswich (6:26) (1.5 mb)

QPLA Welcome - Kerri Contini, President of QPLA (3:20) (785 kb)

Public Libraries and Livable Communities - Robert McNulty (53:15) (12.2 mb)

What ‘Library’ means to me - Catherine Wood (8:17) (1.9 mb)

Sex, Lies and Politics: Public Library Futures - Alan Bundy (52:07) (11.9 mb)

Grass Roots Community Engagement - Khoa Do (37:09) (8.5 mb)

Organizational Vitality - Charmaine McVea (35:37) (8.2 mb)

Tuesday 18 September 2007

Intuitive Leadership - Catherine Palin Brinkworth (1:01:53) (14.2 mb)

Still Standing After Amalgamation - John Binnon (57:02) (13 mb)

A Different View of Customer Service - Les Berry (58:49) (13.5 mb)

Library Service Delivery Models - John Binnion (16:28) (3.8 mb)

Models of Council Customer Services Integration - Veronica Lunn (14:03) (3.2 mb)

Brisbane Square Library and Customer Centre -  Sharan Harvey (28:52) (6.6 mb)

Wednesday 19 September 2007

Reading, Literacy and the Foundation of Lifelong Learning - Noni Hazlehurst (1:04:24) (14.7 mb)

Library Services in a 3D World - Kelly Czarnecki (29:10) (6.7 mb)

Expanding Horizons: Positioning Queensland Public Libraries for the Future 2007 - 2011 - Lea Giles-Peters and Kerri Contini (27:20) ( 6.3 mb)

Next year’s conference host - Ray McInnerney, Bundaberg Library (04:27) (1 mb)

Conference close and thank you - Cr. David Pahlke, Chairman of Business Units and Library Services, Ipswich City Council (04:00) (1 mb)

Conference Presentations

We now have the conference speakers’ powerpoint presentations available. The files are all in PDF format. We will soon have MP3s of the speakers as well.

QPLA: Celebrating Our 25th Conference in 2007 (5.3 MB) by Kerri Contini

Sex, Lies and Politics: Funding for Public Libraries (54 K) by Alan Bundy

Grass Roots: Community Engagement - more than a process (2.1 MB) by Khoa Do

Organisational Vitality: The Place of the Individual (507 K) by Charmaine McVea

Leadership and Intuitive Decision Making (673 K) by Catherine Palin Brinkworth

Still Standing after Amalgamation: Experiences from the Restructuring of Victorian Local Government (85 K) by John Binnion

A Different View of Customer Service: Connecting with Customers (115 K) by Les Berry

Models of Council Customer Services Integration (454 K) by Veronica Lunn

Library Service Delivery Models (30 K) by John Binnion

Teen Second Life: Library Services in a 3D World (816 K) by Kelly Czarnecki

Expanding Horizons (1.1 MB) by Lea Giles-Peters & Kerri Contini

Participating Libraries

Here’s a listing of libraries who sent delegates to the conference.

Atherton Shire Council
Australian Library and Information Association
Banana Shire Council
Beaudesert Shire Council
Boonah Shire Council
Bowen Shire Council
Brisbane City Council Library Service
Bundaberg Library
Burdekin Shire Council
Caboolture Shire Library
Caloundra City Libraries
Cardwell Shire Council
Cooloola Shire Council
Dalby Wambo Public Library
Douglas Shire Council
Gatton Shire Council
Gladstone City Council
Gold Coast City Council
Hervey Bay City Council
Hinchinbrook Shire Library
Ipswich City Council
Johnstone Shire Council
Jondaryan Shire Council
Laidley Shire Council
Livingstone Shire Council
Logan City Council
Mackay City Council - Mackay Libraries
Mareeba Shire Council
Maroochy Shire Council - Library Services
Maryborough City Council
Mirani Shire Council
Miriam Vale Shire Council
Mount Isa City Council
Nanango Shire Council
Noosa Council Library
Pine Rivers Shire Council
Redcliffe City Council
Redland Shire Council
Richmond-Tweed Regional Library
Rockhampton City Council
Rosalie Shire Council
Sarina Shire Library
Springsure Library
Stanthorpe Shire Council
State Library of Queensland
Thuringowa City Council
Tiaro Shire Library
Toowoomba City Library
Townsville Library Service
Warwick Shire Council
Whitsunday Shire Council

Thanks to all who attended - including our wonderful sponsors and exhibitors!

Learning ways

I only got to hear the last ten minutes of Noni Hazlehurst’s presentation about Reading, literacy and the foundations of lifelong learning, but the passion for her chosen topic was obvious. Kelly Czarnecki’s presentation about Teen Second Life was no different. Two very different ways of learning and both of use in our public libraries.

Great time

It was good to listen to the variety of speakers and network with other ‘library’ people!  I really enjoyed Bob McNulty’s Livable Communities session on Monday. Here’s a website that looks at some of the most livable cities in US.

Breakfast with yourtutor

Tuesday got off to a great start with breakfast at the Ipswich International hosted by Tutoring Australasia, providers of yourtutor. Attendees heard from 4 speakers about their libraries’ experiences with yourtutor.

The speakers were:

Tania Paull - State Library of Queensland
Penny McGinty - Ipswich Library & Information Service
Laurel Henry - Maroochy Shire Libraries
Aggie Partridge - Mackay Libraries

All of these libraries have made a concerted effort to promote the yourtutor service to their customers, and the effort has paid off. These four library services had the highest usage of the yourtutor service in Queensland. Feedback about yourtutor was all positive, and the general feeling seemed to be that the service was very valuable in providing accurate and friendly help to students in an anonymous environment that they are comfortable using. A number of comments were made that participating libraries were keen to continue offering the yourtutor service.

Off to a good start!

The conference is off to a good start! Day one offered a range of speakers with the morning addresses by Bob McNulty & Dr Alan Bundy emphasizing the importance public libraries play in knowledge creation, education, life style and community life yet not attracting appropriate funding.

Cath Wood shared what the Ipswich Library has meant over the years to her and her family - a testimony to the pivotal roles libraries play.

The afternoon brought an inspirational talk by Khoa Do - he has led a very interesting & challenging life for one so young! Charmaine McVea was up last sharing her experiences with organizational vitality.

Please join in a discussion of the day - your comments & feedback are welcome.

Transport to Gourmet BBQ

A free bus shuttle will operate on Monday evening to transport visitors to the Gourmet BBQ and return. This service will operate from selected locations with pickup time from 5:30pm and return time from 8:30pm - 9:15 pm.

Please contact staff at the registration desk to secure your place.  Limited places available so get in quickly!

Our Speakers

I thought you all might like to know a little more about our conference speakers and their work, so I have a few links for each speaker that will take you to a web site or article written about or by them.

John Binnion - SWIFT the future library system for Victoria’s communities

Dr Alan Bundy - Libraries a living force

Selected Conference Papers and Presentations 1996-2004

Kelly Czarnecki - Constant Beta

Second Life Librarians

Khoa Do - Australian of the Year Awards

Australia Wide ABC 2

Lea Giles-Peters - Stateline Queensland

Noni Hazlehurst - ABC Queensland

Sydney Morning Herald

Veronica Lunn - Multicultural Library Services in New South Wales Public Libraries 2001

Robert McNulty - Partners for Livable Communities

Culture and Solidarity

Charmaine McVea - Psychodrama with trauma survivors

Catherine Palin-Brinkworth - Enlighten E-zine

Global speakers & entertainers

Great Prize for Conference Passport

Make sure you take advantage of your Conference Passport to enter to win a great prize.  Simply visit the Trade Exhibition and collect signatures &/or stamps from each exhibitor then fill in your name, organisation & contact number on the back page & place in the entry box.  You’ve got to be ‘in’ to win.