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29 September

 

Program Booklet
8.30 am Registration
9-9.15 am Welcome & Opening
9.15-10.15 am Opening Keynote – Clare Thorpe
Impact, Reimagined: Reframing Practice-Based Research in Library and Information Work
10.15-10.45 am Olivia Inwood &  Archana Datt
Critical Discussions around Generative AI and Social Impact: Exploring a Theory of Change Model in a University Library 
10.45-11.15 am Break
11.15-11.45 am

Lightning Talks: School Libraries

Lily Young & Kimberley Pressick-Kilborn
Embedding an Academic Scholarship Continuum in Years 7–12 

Gabrielle Mace
Beyond Engagement: Designing Narrative Inquiry for Deep Reading in School Libraries 
11.45 am-12.15 pm Yasuyo Inoue
Manga and Libraries in Japan, Based on Selection and Collection Policies of Public Libraries
12.15-12.45 pm Ash Watson & Meherose Borthwick
Using Fiction Writing Workshops to Understand Everyday Experiences of Digital Exclusion
12.45-1.30 pm Lunch
1.30-2 pm Huw Sandaver
From Relationship Engine to Research Method: Linked Data, Entity Exploration and Library-Based Inquiry
2-2.30 pm Saffron Howden, Janet Fulton & Sora Park
Stay Smart Online: Helping Older Australians Spot Misinformation and Find Facts
2.30-2.45 pm

Lightning Talk

Kate Rowe
Making Connections: Blue Sky Thinking about Libraries from Participants Taking Part in the Digital Life in a Small Town
2.45-3 pm Break
3-3.45 pm

Lightning Talks: Volunteers’ Work

Yasuyo Inoue
IFLA Library Theory and Research

Anne Goulding & Suzana Sukovic
From Membership Diversity to Leadership Representation: Investigating Cultural Diversity across IFLA Groups and Governance 

Andrew Finegan
The impact of information professionals as international volunteers 
3.45-4.45 pm Closing Keynote – Jeffery Cruz
Why research? Why now? The importance of research in a library career
4.45 pm Close

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