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APLA 2003 Wellington NZ

"Setting the Context, information services for parliament and looking to the future"

Monday	Theme: Setting the Context
9.00 – 9.30	Moira Fraser	Welcome and introduction
9.30-10.30	Presenter from each Parliament: Commonwealth New South Wales New Zealand Northern Territory Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia	Setting the context Presentations from each Library attending covering: Structure of the Parliament, how many houses, parties, MPs etc Reporting lines for the Parliamentary Librarian Organisational structure for Library Principal services Major achievement of the past year Major challenges of the coming year
10.30-11.00		Networking break Opportunity to look at parliamentary intranets Tea and coffee served
11.30-12.15		Working with other agencies Which agencies do you work with? What kind of projects?
12.15-1.00		Setting the context presentations continued
1.00-2.00		Lunch
2.00-3.00	Tour Guide	Tour of Parliament
3.00-3.30		Networking break Tea and coffee served
3.30-5.00	Gail Dunston Nola Adcock Maria Connor	Talking to our clients: How often? What about? What do you record? How do you use this information to shape services? Who do you offer induction programmes to? What induction programmes do you offer to MPs and others? When do you offer your induction programme? What works best, what doesn’t work so well?
Monday evening 5.30-7.00		Cocktail function Blondinis, Upstairs Bar in the Embassy Theatre, Courtenay Place
Tuesday	Theme: Information services for Parliaments: what do we do now
8.45-9.00		Welcome Coffee & tea available
9.00-9.30	Nola Adcock Fiona Rigby	Assessing what we deliver: Performance measures Surveys Anecdotal feedback
9.30-10.45	Patrick Gregory Judy Ballantyne Ellen Fitzsimons Ros Membry	Parliamentary intranets Look and feel of the intranet Services offered Search engines Navigation Ownership of intranet Usage
10.45-11.15		Networking Break Coffee & tea available Opportunity to view other parliaments intranets
11.15-12.45 Session not held	Ros Membry Judy Ballentyne Moira Fraser/ Katherine Close	Parliamentary internet sites What is the Library’s involvement in the internet site for the Parliament How do the parliamentary agencies work together What is the ownership structure Search engine Navigation issues including branding
12.45-2.00		Lunch
2.00-3.00	Moira Fraser, Katherine Close	Tour of the Parliamentary Library
3.00-3.30	Gail Dunston Kate Curr Fiona Rigby Mary Seefried	Current information services Services provided to help MPs keep up-to-date and deal with information overload News coverage, which formats, how timely? Media monitoring – is it integrated? Copyright issues?
7.00 – 10.00		Conference dinner Shed 5, on the Wharf
Wednesday	Theme: Looking to the future
Wednesday morning		Theme: How do we decide what to deliver in the future Future gazing What will our Parliaments look like in 5-10 years? How will MPs work? What information services will they find useful? How do we decide what to do differently? Presentations from MPs outlining their requirements for information in the next 5-10 years
9.30	Stephen Franks, ACT list MP	How does information support your work? Where do you get your information from? What do you value most about the services you receive from the Library? If you had no time constraints, what difference would that make? What are the barriers that make it difficult for you? How do you think Parliament will change over the next 5-10 years?
11.00	Peter Dunne, United Future party Leader	As above
Wednesday afternoon		APLA AGM

Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Australasia (APLA)

APLA 2003 Wellington NZ

"Setting the Context, information services for parliament and looking to the future"

Monday

Theme: Setting the Context

Tuesday

Theme: Information services for Parliaments: what do we do now

Wednesday

Theme: Looking to the future