ASLA Tasmania State Conference
The Boathouse on Northbank
55a Lindsay St Invermay Launceston
Friday 7 to Saturday 8 May

Professional learning for all education library staff: Teacher
Librarians, Teachers, Library Managers, Technicians and Assistants

Friday
8.30 Registration / Tea & Coffee
9.00 Welcome
9.15 Opening Address – Steve Wilkins
10.00 National initiatives and ASLA engagement
11.00 Concurrent Sessions
· Resource Description & Access – C Denholm
· Excel: Introducing spreadsheets tor library reporting – J Fielding
11.45 Concurrent Sessions
· Historical research and the picture book - Corinne Fenton (author)
· Managing the transition from print to electronic resources – Chair: D Morris, J Abell
· Database Searching – A Mills
1.30 Concurrent Sessions
· Communication, collaboration & community: Web 2.0 @ library information services – K Bonanno
· School Libraries of the Future – R Sussman
· Creating a Clever Clickview Community - K Nielsen-Creeley
2.50 Concurrent Sessions
· Dipping A Toe Into Web2.0 - K Reid
· Leveraging school library partnerships from a social perspective – R Sussman
· E-books – General introduction and discussion on library services issues
3.50 Close
6.30 for 7.00 Conference Celebratory Dinner (with award presentations) Gourmet BBQ with desert. The Boathouse. Full bar service available.

Saturday
8.30 Registration

Teacher librarians @ work: aspiring to professional excellence
Library technicians @ work: developing expertise and building networks
9.00

10.00
National standards: Political goobledegook or fair-dinkum professionalism – K Bonanno

Clickview: The Package: what are you doing, what are they doing? - K Nielsen-Creeley

Advanced Book Repair and Product demonstration – Raeco representatives

Moving forward: Merging practice and new technologies – J Bales

AV Equipment: The basics – j Fielding

11.30
Practice around Australia – inspiration from across the continent Web 2.0 tools for desktops and social bookmarking – J Fielding
1.15
What’s common about Learning Commons – A Research Study - S Chaplin, S Ludford
Cybersafety – J Fielding
2.15
Standards of professional excellence for teacher librarians: How do you rate? K Bonanno
Developing expertise: Professional learning non-teaching library staff – Chair: H Chapman, R Rathbone
3.30
Plenary – Moving forward (open to all delegates)
4.00
Close
8.50 Welcome & Housekeeping