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Conference

ALLA 2011 Conference

Introduction

Actioning the Law

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Actioning the Law, the 2011 Australian Law Librarian's Association conference was held at the Hotel Realm, Canberra from 28-30 September 2011.

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2011 Conference Committee

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ALLA would like to thank the members of the 2011 conference committee:

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Amanda Magnussen, Jan Bordoni, Rick Clarke, Vima Devia, Pauline Dowling, Fiona Gallagher, Janet Gray, Margaret Hutchinson, Gregory Jones, Roy Jordan, Joanna Longley, Rosemary Nicholson, Maria Pate, Randi Taylor, and Morgan Wilson

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for organising such an informative and successful event

Papers & Presentations

  • The legislation process - the role of the drafter - Claire Parkhill, Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

  • The flowchart of the legislation process which was displayed during this presentation.

  • The new Personal Property Securities Register - Melissa Tracey-Patte, Attorney-General’s Department.Download the presentation in .ppt format

  • ComLaw – recent changes and proposed developments - Liz O'Donnell, Attorney-General’s Department. View the presentation in .pps format

  • The Pacific Twinning Program - Karyn Gladwish, Lionel Murphy Library, Attorney-General’s Department.Download the presentation in .ppt format (4.7 MB)

  • Free as in beer, free as in speech - John Sheridan, AGIMO. Download as PDF file.

  • Freedom of information, a government perspective - Dr James Popple, Freedom of Information Commissioner.Download  the presentation in .ppt format

  • Nature of a hung parliament - Maggie Burke and Mardi Darmody, Lexis Nexis Australia the paper in .doc formatDownload Download the presentation.ppt format

  • 30 websites in 30 minutes, Dennis Warren, La Trobe University and Kay Tucker, Monash University.| View the prezi

  • Lessons learnt from a crisis: Disaster management in law libraries, Lisa Sylvester, MacGillivrays Solicitors and Sue Hutley, ALIA Download the presentation in .ppt format See also: http://www.alia.org.au/disasterplanning/

  • Do I want an app for that? Legal professionals and mobile devices - Linda Moore, CCH Australia. the presentation on slideshareView Download the whitepaper, "Legal Professionals and Mobile Devices" Linda Moore, CCH, March 2011

  • Trove and the digitized newspaper project – its use for legal researchers, Mark Raadgever, National Library of Australia Download the presentation in .ppt format (4.5 MB)

  • FoolkitThe law in ACTion : legal research in small law firms, Andrew Rogers, Download the presentation in .ppt format (7.5 MB)

  • Mind the gap! Legal research skills at university and in the workplace - or how I leaned not to love Google - Philomena Humphries and Justin Booker, University of Western Australia Download PowerPoint slides in .ppt format

Program

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Please note that the program is subject to change at the discretion of the organising committee.

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Wednesday 28th September

Topic

Time

4.00

Publishers’ Panel (National Library, Lower Ground Theatre)

5.30

Welcome reception, sponsored by Thomson Reuters (High Court of Australia)

Thursday 29th September

Time

Topic

8.45

Conference opening - Amanda Magnussen, conference chair
 

10.45am

Keynote address: The National Library in 2011: some strategic questions and context - Anne-Marie Schwirtlich, Director-General, National Library of Australia

10.15

Morning tea

11.30

ComLaw – recent changes and proposed developments - Liz O'Donnell, Attorney-General’s Department

12.15

Lunch

12.30

Lunchtime paper (optional): The Pacific Twinning Program - Karyn Gladwish, Lionel Murphy Library, Attorney-General’s Department

1.30

Access to government information
Free as in beer, free as in speech - John Sheridan, AGIMO
Freedom of information, a government perspective - Dr James Popple, Freedom of Information Commissioner
Access to government information: an outsider’s perspective - Jack Waterford AM, Canberra Times

3.00

Afternoon tea

3.30

Nature of a hung parliament - Maggie Burke and Mardi Darmody, Lexis Nexis Australia

4.00

Australian Law Librarians’ Association annual general meeting

5.00

Day one close

7.00

Conference dinner, sponsored by DA Information Services (Parliament House)

Friday 30th September 2011

Time

Topic

9.00

Day two welcome - Amanda Magnussen, conference chair

9.05

30 websites in 30 minutes – Dennis Warren, La Trobe University and Kay Tucker, Monash University

9.35

Lessons learnt from a crisis - disaster management in law libraries - Lisa Sylvester, MacGillivrays Solicitors and Sue Hutley, ALIA

10.20

Morning tea

10.50

The Senate Tabled Papers Database - Sue Blunden and Matt Keele, Senate Table Office

11.20

Best practices in implementing online legal information research services - Angus Cook

11.50

Do I want an app for that? Legal professionals and mobile devices - Linda Moore, CCH Australia

12.20

Lunch

12.35

Lunchtime paper (optional): Partnering with you to Action the Law - LexisNexis Information Session

2.00

Trove and the digitized newspaper project – its use for legal researchers, Mark Raadgever, National Library of Australia

2.30

Opening our national advice vault: publishing volume 3 of the Opinions of Attorneys-General of the Commonwealth of Australia - Robert Orr, Australian Government Solicitor’s office

3.00

Afternoon tea

3.30

The law in ACTion : legal research in small law firms, Andrew Rogers, Foolkit

4.00

Mind the gap! Legal research skills at university and in the workplace - or how I leaned not to love Google - Philomena Humphries and Justin Booker, University of Western Australia

4.20

The gap between legal research as taught at universities and that expected in the workplace – a recent graduate’s experience - Max Petro, Minter Ellison

4.45

Conference close - Amanda Magnussen, conference chair

5.00

Closing drinks

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