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CAVAL June Newsletter
21st June 2006
June newsletter includes:
- CAVAL Members Day
- Cataloguing Update
- CAVAL Strategic Planning
- Guy St Clair Master Classes
CAVAL June Newsletter - [PDF] 185KB
CAVAL Members Day 2006
8th June 2006
The Second Annual CAVAL Member’s Day was held May 26th this year at the CARM Centre. There were over 30 participants who attended throughout the day. As well as providing an opportunity for CAVAL Members and Associate Members to meet and discuss current issues in their libraries, the participants enjoyed presentations, workshops and discussions of interest to library professionals.
If you have any comments or would like any information on this year’s Member’s Day please contact Jaime McCowan at
jaimem@caval.edu.au or on 03 94505528. Any comments or feedback would be much appreciated.
Dr. Gillian Hallam, recent President of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), was the featured guest speaker for the day. She opened Member's day with her presentation "We can work it out: workforce planning for the LIS sector". To view Gill Hallam's presentation please follow the link here.
Guy St Clair Master Class Competition - Results
1st June 2006
Thank you to everyone who registered for CAVAL Training courses in Library and Information Week 2006.
CAVAL congratulates Karin Medew, QUT Caboolture Campus (Queensland) and Aaron Tunn, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Victoria) as our two lucky winners of the Guy St Clair Master Class Competition.
Karin and Aaron will each receive a free guest place at a Guy St Clair "Knowledge Services Master Class" in September.
New York based Guy St. Clair is acknowledged as a leader in the field of Knowledge Services - the convergence of information management, knowledge management and strategic learning.
"Knowledge Services Master Classes" with Guy St. Clair will provide Australian information and knowledge professionals with unique opportunities for learning first-hand about this critical new management methodology.
Leadership and Knowledge Services: Developing the Management Framework for Enterprise-Wide Success
Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Perth (Click 06 satellite), Brisbane and Melbourne
Power and Influence: Cultivating Champions and Advocates for Knowledge Services
Sydney and Melbourne
For further information, please email Eve or Nicole at
training@caval.edu.au or telephone 03 9450 5508.
Guy St Clair Master Class Competition
10th May 2006
CAVAL is proud to mark Library and Information Week 2006 by recognising the exciting range of professional development opportunities available to Australian library and information professionals.
This Library and Information Week, register for any CAVAL training course and automatically enter the draw to win one of two guest registrations to the Guy St Clair "Knowledge Services Master Class" of your choice in September!
Winners will be announced on the CAV-TRAIN e-list and in aliaNEWS.
Leadership and Knowledge Services: Developing the Management Framework for Enterprise-Wide Success
Adelaide, Sydney, Canberra, Perth (Click 06 satellite), Brisbane and Melbourne
Power and Influence: Cultivating Champions and Advocates for Knowledge Services
– Sydney and Melbourne
New York based Guy St. Clair is acknowledged as a leader in the field of Knowledge Services - the convergence of information management, knowledge management and strategic learning.
"Knowledge Services Master Classes" with Guy St. Clair will provide Australian information and knowledge professionals with unique opportunities for learning first-hand about this critical new management methodology.
For further information, please email Eve or Nicole at
training@caval.edu.au or telephone 03 9450 5508.
http://www.caval.edu.au/ – Proudly supporting Library and Information Week 2006
CAVAL Second Member Meeting
26th May 2006
On May 26th 2006 staff from CAVAL Member and Associate Member institutions, as well as any prospective members interested in joining CAVAL, are invited to attend the CAVAL Second Annual Member Meeting. This is an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of the varied activities of the CAVAL committees and groups. At the same time, we would invite Members and Associates to discuss the issues that are important to them, helping CAVAL shape future services and developments.
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CAVAL March Newsletter
16th March 2006
March newsletter includes:
- Shanghai International Library Forum
- CAVAL Governanace
- Cataloguing Highlights
- CAVAL Training
- VDX CLIC Practioners Workshop
- Training Features
CAVAL March Newsletter - [PDF] 166KB
CAVAL welcomes Professor Nick Moore to Australia in February
18th January 2006
CAVAL is pleased to welcome respected UK academic and information management consultant Professor Nick Moore to Australia in February. Professor Moore will present two timely half day workshops on Designing and Managing Research Projects and Information Policy – Implications for Australia.
Perth Friday February 24th, 2006 – CAVAL Monday February 27th, 2006 – Canberra Thursday March 2nd, 2006 – Sydney Monday March 6th, 2006 – Brisbane Wednesday March 8th, 2006
For course details and to register online, visit http://www.caval.edu.au/calendar-courses.html
Professor Nick Moore is the Managing Director of Acumen Research and Consultancy Ltd (UK) where he has 
undertaken nearly 100 research and consultancy projects for a wide range of organisations in the UK, Europe and East Asia. He is also the author of How to do research (Library Association Publishing, 2000), now into its fourth edition. Professor Moore has been researching the development of information policies since the late 1980s at the Policy Studies Institute in London. He has just completed a major study of information policies in Asia, commissioned by UNESCO.
For further information, please email Nicole Sinclair or Eve Cornish at
training@caval.edu.au or telephone 03 9450 5508