3rd NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE on LIBRARIES & ASIA

Thursday, 16 February 1995
Conference Room, 4th Floor, National Library of Australia

AGENDA

9.00-9.30     Registration and distribution of information kit.                 


9.30-9.40     Welcome (Warren Horton, Director-General, National Library of     
              Australia).                                                       

9.40-10.00    Introduction to the 3rd National Roundtable and background        
              information (Eric Wainwright, Deputy Director-General, National   
              Library of Australia).                                            

10.00-10.45   Asian Studies in Australia. Chairman: Prof. Colin Mackerras,      
              Griffith University                                               

              1.    Asian Studies in Australia: Trends and Prospects /
              Beverley Hooper, President, Asian Studies Association of          
              Australia                                                         

              2.    The Australian Research Council and the Funding of Asian 
              Research / Prof. Max Brennan, Chairman, ARC                        

	      3. South Asia: Future Directions for Australian Research : 
              Prof. Robin Jeffrey, La Trobe University

	      Questions                                                         

10.45-11.00   - Morning Tea -                                                   


11.00-12.00   Overview of developments since the 2nd National Roundtable        
              (1993). Chairman: Nada, University Librarian, Murdoch University  

              1.    Bibliographic Access to Asian Materials at a National Level /     
              Julia Trainor, Director, National Bibliographical Services,       
              Services to Libraries, National Library of Australia              

              2.    Asian Collections: Collection Development and Analysis            
              (evaluation of questionnaire distributed to State and             
              University libraries) / Cliff law, Director, Distributed          
              National Collection Office, National Library of Australia         

              3.    Issues in the Automation of Access to Asian Materials  Chinese    
              Periodical Indexing on CHARLINET / Susan Prentice, Senior         
              Collection Management Librarian, East Asia, Australian National   
              University INTAN MAS Database / Oliver Mann, Northern Territory   
              University National CJK Project / Linda Groom, Project Manager,   
              National Chinese, Japanese and Korean Automation Project          
              APSIG/ACLIS Survey of On-line Asian Databases / Nereida Cross,    
              SILAS, University of New South Wales                              

12.00-1.00    - Lunch - Short tours available to Asian Collections, 3rd         
              Floor. Demonstrations of Australian Conspectus software in        
              Conference Room and CJK system if available.                      

1.00-2.00     Future Directions for Asian Library Services in Australia         
              Chairman: Edward Lim, University Librarian, Monash University *   
              Indicates issues paper has been mounted on NLA Information        
              Server in advance for comment.                                    

	      1.    *South Asian Collection Needs / John Horacek, Divisional 
              Librarian, Acquisitions, La Trobe University                      

              2.    *The DNC and Collecting Agreements / Alex Byrne, Chief            
              Librarian, Northern Territory University                          

              3.    *What is the Future for Networking and the Internet in            
              Australia and the Region / Dr T.M. Ciolek, Australian National    
              University and Dr Warwick Cathro, Assistant Director-General,     
              Services to Libraries, National Library of Australia              

              4.    *Asian Library Services: What are the Training and Staffing       
              Needs / Chooi-hon Ho, Associate Librarian, Information            
              Services, Monash University                                       

2.00-3.00     Syndicate discussion in groups on specific topics as follows:     

              (a)   South Asia.   Issues Leader: John Horacek / Group Facilitator:    
              tba                                                               

              (b)   Collection Development and Collecting Agreements. Issues          
              Leader: Alex Byrne / Group Facilitator: Cliff Law                 

              (c)   Networking and the Internet Issues Leaders: Warwick Cathro,       
              T.M. Ciolek                                                       
 
              (d)   Training, Staff, Competencies Issues leader: Chooi-hon Ho /       
              Group Facilitator: Susan MacDougall                                            

              (e)   Preservation of Asian Collections  Issues Leader: Dr Neil         
              Radford / Group Facilitator: Katy Bellingham                      

              (f)   Bibliographical Control of Asian Materials Issues Leader: Julia   
              Trainor / Group Facilitator: Linda Groom                          

3.15-4.15     Final Discussion; Recommendations; Mechanism for Follow-up         
              Action - Chaired by Eric Wainwright                                

Last updated 9 February 1995.

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