Monday
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Theme: Setting the Context
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| 9.00 – 9.30
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Moira Fraser
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Welcome and introduction
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| 9.30-10.30
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Presenter from each Parliament:
Commonwealth
New South Wales
New Zealand
Northern Territory
Queensland
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
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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
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| 10.30-11.00
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Networking break
Opportunity to look at parliamentary intranets
Tea and coffee served
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| 11.30-12.15
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Working with other agencies
Which agencies do you work with?
What kind of projects?
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| 12.15-1.00
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Setting the context presentations continued
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| 1.00-2.00
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Lunch
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| 2.00-3.00
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Tour Guide
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Tour of Parliament
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| 3.00-3.30
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Networking break
Tea and coffee served
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| 3.30-5.00
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Gail Dunston
Nola Adcock
Maria Connor
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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?
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Monday evening
5.30-7.00
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Cocktail function
Blondinis, Upstairs Bar in the Embassy Theatre,
Courtenay Place
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Tuesday
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Theme: Information services for Parliaments: what do we do now
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| 8.45-9.00
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Welcome
Coffee & tea available
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| 9.00-9.30
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Nola Adcock
Fiona Rigby
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Assessing what we deliver:
Performance measures
Surveys
Anecdotal feedback
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| 9.30-10.45
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Patrick Gregory
Judy Ballantyne
Ellen Fitzsimons
Ros Membry
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Parliamentary intranets
Look and feel of the intranet
Services offered
Search engines
Navigation
Ownership of intranet
Usage
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| 10.45-11.15
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Networking Break
Coffee & tea available
Opportunity to view other parliaments intranets
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11.15-12.45
Session not held
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Ros Membry
Judy Ballentyne
Moira Fraser/ Katherine Close
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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
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| 12.45-2.00
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Lunch
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| 2.00-3.00
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Moira Fraser, Katherine Close
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Tour of the Parliamentary Library
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| 3.00-3.30
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Gail Dunston
Kate Curr
Fiona Rigby
Mary Seefried
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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?
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| 7.00 – 10.00
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Conference dinner
Shed 5, on the Wharf
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Wednesday
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Theme: Looking to the future
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| Wednesday morning
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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
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| 9.30
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Stephen Franks, ACT list MP
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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?
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| 11.00
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Peter Dunne, United Future party Leader
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As above
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| Wednesday afternoon
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APLA AGM
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