Monday

6th August

Theme

What does Balance mean in an economic world?

8.15am – 9.15am - Registration
9.15am – 9.45am – Welcome and Opening of Conference;
Traditional welcome; Janice Nitschke, (President PLSA) + Robert Knight (PLA)

9.45am – 10.30am
Pushing Towards Greatness: providing communities with the public libraries they deserve. Rivkah Sass - Director, Omaha Public Library, USA

11.00am – 12.30pm Measuring Community Strength: what the statistics can tell us.  Michael Janssen-Gibson, National Information Skills Program Manager, Australian Bureau of Statistics, ACT
Sustainable Local Government and Libraries – what will it take? -  Graham Sansom, Associate Professor and Director UTS Centre for Local Government, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW

12.30pm to 12.45pm   - Naming rights sponsor – Softlink presentation

Theme

Balance for Service Delivery

1.45pm – 2.00pm   -Launch of ERA. Julie Rae, Chief Executive, Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation
2.00pm – 3.00pm

Public Libraries as the 3rd place – what does this mean?  Kate Meyrick, General Manager, Qld The Hornery Institute; Member, Public Library Advisory Committee to Libraries Board of Qld

3.30pm - 4.45pm – Award winning snapshots of success

• Family and Mobile Library Literacy programs in California. Anna Boland Community Literacy and Engagement Officer, Hume Library Service, Vic – Barrett Reid Scholarship
• From Siege to Sojourn: working with youth. Shane Cathcart, Manager Library Services, City of WestTorrens, SA – Jim Crawford Award, 2006

Researching Library Services to Baby Boomers  Janice Biggin, Coordinator Operations and Acquisitions, State Library of NSW – Colin Mills Scholarship

Social Function

Conference Dinner at Convention Centre

Tuesday

7 th August

Theme

Developing Your Workplace:

Staff/ volunteers

Program

9.15am – 10.45am
Workforce planning – are you ready for crunch time?Julie Sloan, Director, Julie Sloan Management Pty Ltd, SA
Volunteering in the 21st Century – what does it mean for libraries?  Moira Deslandes, CEO, Volunteering SA
11.15am – 1pm – concurrent sessions
1. Developing Public Library Leaders  (Hall D)                      
Workforce Planning:  who are they, where are they, and how do we get them?
Robert Knight, Director  Riverina Regional Library, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Creating our future: workforce planning for Library 2.0 and beyond - some ideas on building effective management teams and developing staff to ensure they have the right skill mix in the world of Library 2.0
Chris Mackenzie, CEO Yarra Plenty Library Service, Vic

2. A New Manager’s Toolkit (Meeting Rooms 1+2)

Strategy, Staff and Projects: tips for achieving success in your library.

Bernie McSwain, Manager Library Services, City of Salisbury, SA + Michelle Brennand, Manager Library Services, City of Wanneroo, WA

Theme

Innovation + inspiration

2.00pm – 3.00pm
Developing 21st Century Public Libraries – what will it take?  Rivkah Sass – Director, Omaha Public Library, USA

3.00pm – 3.45pm
Close.  Janice Nitschke President PLSA – Next PLSA conference
            Robert Knight President PLA – next PLA Conference
            Roxanne Missingham  President ALIA

3.45pm – Drinks with the Trade