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ALLA 2008: The Art of Information

Thursday 18 September 2008

8.00- 9.00 Registration

9.00 

Conference welcome and opening

Welcome to Country
Nev Collard, Noongar Elder

Opening address
The Hon Chief Justice Robert French, High Court of Australia
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10.00

The art of reference
Dorothy Shea, Supreme Court of Tasmania
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10.45 Morning tea & trade exhibition
11.15

Main Auditorium

Finding, digging, moving, dealing and shaking: a hitchhiker?s guide to WA mining law
Nick Stagg, Lavan Legal

11.00 am Breakout workshop

When surviving is not enough: positioning your library to thrive in a commercial context
Kate Abbott, AGS

11.45 ALLA AGM
12.45 Lunch & trade exhibition
1.45

Lawyers, law librarians and Second Life: beyond the mooting avatar
Kathryn Greenhill, Murdoch University

2.15

Keynote speaker

Law 2: The challenge of user-generated and peer-produced networks, content and culture
Peter Black, Queensland University of Technology

3.15 Afternoon tea & trade exhibition
3.45

Stories from the frontline

  • Reviewing the map: intranet redevelopment
    Roxana Jarolimek, Clayton Utz download paper
  • A balancing act: wikis v intranet
    Alison O'Connor, Blake Dawson.
  • Wikis for KM: lessons learned along the way
    Mary Moar, Buddle Findlay (NZ) download paper
4.15

Through the looking glass: a panel discussion reviewing trends and ideas gleaned from attending international conferences

  • Dennis Warren, La Trobe University BIALL
  • Petal Kinder, High Court of Australia - AALL & IALL Download Paper
  • Vanessa Blackmore, Law Courts Library, NSW Joint Study Institute Download paper

Moderated by John Botherway, Federal Court of Australia

5.00 Close & trade exhibition
7.00

The Conference Dinner: Fraser's Restaurant, Fraser Avenue, Kings Park, West Perth


Friday 19 September 2008

8.30- 9.00 Registration

9.00

9:05

 

Welcome

Justice and emotion: legal education for human wellbeing
Robin Tapper, Robertson Hayles Lawyers

9:35

Online legal indexes: an abstract likeness or a true portrait?
Tracy Robertson & Dennis Warren, La Trobe University
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10.15 Morning tea & trade exhibition
10.45

Keynote speaker

Challenging the "art of disinformation" in Australian animal law
Nichola Donovan, Lawyers for Animals Download paper

11.30
Main Auditorium

Collection development and standards for law libraries: do we need them now more than ever?
Catherine Crawford, Queensland University of Technology. Download paper (Part 1)

Breakout workshop

Taming the shrew: managing technology to meet your user and stakeholder expectations
Robyn Nielsen & Michael Keely, AGS

12.15 Lunch & trade trade exhibition
1.45

Collaborating on teaching the RAW materials for a law degree: research and writing
Kay Tucker & Trish Hughes, Monash University
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" 'Scuse me miss! What's an unreported judgment?": relating graduate attributes to legal research skills in the workplace
Ruth Talbot-Stokes, University of Newcastle
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The power and the passion: teaching legal research
Natalie Wieland, Bliss Consulting Download paper

3.15 Afternoon break
3.30

Closing address
Kelli MacMillan, Corrs Chambers Westgarth, WA Winner of the Golden Gavel 2008

4.00

Official close and handover to the Northern Territory

4.30

Closing drinks at Parliament House



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