Library Intelligencer

VALA – Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc.

NOTICE OF MEETING
Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne
Wednesday 28 October 2009

Australian Policy Online (APO) goes open source…

Speaker:
Amanda Lawrence
Managing Editor
Australian Policy Online

Amanda will discuss the process of upgrading the Australian Policy Online website,
which was launched in its new form in May this year.
In particular she will look at the process of selecting a content management system
for CCI and APO, and the implementation of the open source CMS Drupal.

Amanda Lawrence is managing editor of the gateway website
Australian Policy Online  apo.org.au) hosted by
the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology.
She also edits the Creative Economy weekly newsletter and manages
the website for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation  www.cci.edu.au).
She is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information management at RMIT.
Since completing an arts degree with honours at the University of Melbourne,
Amanda has worked in various roles in the book industry, including
manager of the Literature Program at the Asialink Centre from its inception in 1996 until 2005,
program manager at the Victorian Writers Centre,
newsletter editor and bookseller at Readings books and music,
and coordinator of the 1999 Melbourne Festival of Poetry.

Not a VALA member?
Visitors are welcome at VALA meetings – just come!

Want to join Committee and the speaker for dinner (your expense) afterwards?
Dinner RSVPs only by 5.00 p.m. Monday 26 October:  vala at vala.org.au or (03) 9725 2725

Venue
Tutorial Room, Ground Floor, Baillieu Library,
University of Melbourne

Date
Wednesday 28 October 2009
5.30 p.m. Wine and nibbles 6.00 p.m. Meeting