EAST-IN SIG (East Coast Special Interest Group)

PURPOSE
To form a focus group for information specialists in the East Coast/Hawkes Bay Region.
To conduct continuing education for information professionals.

Membership

Membership is open to all Librarians in the East Coast Region of the North Island.
Membership is $10 per annum.
LIANZ Membership is not a requirement, but desirable.

Membership application can be obtained from treasurer Diane Friis dfriis at eit.ac.nz
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Committee 2009-10

The current comittee is:

Convenor: Jenny Cutting
Secretary: Jeannie Wright
Treasurer: Diane Friis
Blog: Kim Salamonson

Committee: Sheryl Reed, Sue Fargher, Kim Salamonson, Paula Murdoch, Jennifer Cutting, Diana Cram, Pat Money, Karen Tobin, Rae Jones, Maureen Roache,

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

LIANZA Conference 2009 Key Speakers

LIANZA CONFERENCE 2009
Its getting closer...

MONDAY 12th OCTOBER
Key Speakers:
Sir Tipene O'Regan and Hana O'Regan - Generation Ngai Tahu
Richard Stallman - Copyright vs community in the age of computer networks
- programme includes Research in Libraries: what the library may hold in the future and accessibility of that material and probes the broader topic of how we find and value everyday life in libraries, and later an "outside the square" approach to library induction for university students, and a session on using online identities for professional (and personal) communication. Plus Powhiri and welcome drinks.

TUESDAY 13th OCTOBER
Key speakers:
Warwick Grey and Corin Haines - Making IT work for you
Claudia Lux - Libraries on the agenda
- programme includes library services for distance learners, libraries for the self serve generation, a faculty-library publishing partnership, user surveys, customer education and more. Plus Newcomers morning tea, and social evening at Sol Square.

WEDNESDAY 14th OCTOBER
Key speakers:
Penny Carnaby - A new equity emerges: citizen-created content powering the knowledge economy
Jessica Dorr - Libraries building communities: communities building libraries
Tim Spalding - Social cataloguing - What it is, and what it means for libraries?
programme includes defining the best customer experience, case study of library professional cadets, institutional repositories meeting and more. Plus Poroporoaki.

Check out the programme yourself and pick a day for your sphere(s) of interest. http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2009/programme.html

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