If you are interested in new technology and where it fits into our libraries, then there are two events in early February that you shouldn’t miss. Today (Friday, 30 November) is a significant deadline for both.
VALA - the Victorian Automated Libraries Association - holds their biennial conference in at the Melbourne Convention Centre from 5 - 7 February 2008. The theme this year is “Libraries: Changing spaces, Virtual places “. Early bird registration closes today.
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ALIA’s Web 2.0: Beyond the Hype symposium is just before VALA at QUT Gardens Point campus in Brisbane from 1-3 February 2008. You can get up to $250 discount for presenting a “Hot Topic” paper or a Poster session. But - submissions close today, so you’d better get them in.
UPDATE: VALA Earlybird registration has been extended to Friday 7th December 2007.
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November 30, 2007 at 06:33
Such a shame they’re so close to each other! I would have loved to go to both but was committed to VALA by the time the other was announced.
November 30, 2007 at 08:04
Yes, it is…but BTH costs substatially less than VALA - $170 (speaker rate) compared to $540 (speaker rate). For those of us in isolated states, it’s a bit of a bonus - not that much extra to fly between Brisbane and Melbourne - compared to the flights for two individual events in citites on the Eastern seaboard.