ICML 2009

Post Congress Newsletter

2009-09-15T15:48:00.003+10:00

Dear Delegates

The post Congress ICML Newsletter is attached for your information. Many thanks for making ICML a very memorable occasion.

Warm regards

Heather and Lisa

ICML T-Shirts

2009-09-15T13:17:00.002+10:00

If you liked the ICML t-shirts that a few of us wore during the Congress, you can order them from Sunshine Monograms. You can find the t-shirt you like on their web site and they will add the ICML monogram:

www.sunshine-monograms.com

Or email them:

Sunshine@launch.net.au

To Teach the Sick by John Pearn

2009-09-15T12:53:00.004+10:00

To Teach the Sick is a new book just published by the ICML Patron, Professor John Pearn. This is a hardcover book with 372 pages of historical photographs that documents hospital schooling in Queensland. This magnificent book is available for AUD$30 and AUD$10 for postage within Australia. Follow the link for the Order Form.

ICML Newsletter No. 3

2009-08-26T14:46:00.004+10:00

Dear Delegates

ICML Newsletter no. 3 is attached for your information.

Thanks to Jenny Hall, Liaison Librarian, at the Herston Health Sciences Library for compiling the newsletters for ICML delgates.

All the best from your Convenors

Heather Todd and Lisa Kruesi

Upload your ICML 2009 photos to Flickr

2009-08-25T14:59:00.004+10:00

Our official photographer will be roving and taking shots all week; these will be uploaded to the Congress’ Flickr group account (ICML 2009).

We’re also looking forward to seeing your photos on the Flickr page.

If you’re not familiar with Flickr, uploading instructions follow below:

Note: If you have a Mac, Mozilla Firefox may freeze mid photo upload; Safari is OK; Internet Explorer works each time.

Go to Flickr

* Establishment steps:

If you don’t have a Yahoo account – create one

If you don’t have a Flickr account – create one

Join the ICML 2009 group – note: the Group Administrator must approve you. Once approved, you’ll receive an email to your nominated email account, which will contain a link to the ICML 2009 page

Near the top of any Flickr page, use the blue Groups link then enter “ICML 2009” in Find A Group. Click Join?, and an email will be sent to the Group Administrator

Upload your ICML 2009 pictures to your Photostream (from your USB or C:/ drive, etc)

* Next steps:

Allow some time for the Group Administrator to approve your request

If you’ve nominated Yahoo as your email account - login to Flickr, and check your Yahoo email (mail icon is at top right of page). From the Group Administrator’s acceptance email, click the link to ICML 2009

If not using Yahoo email, check your usual email to link to the ICML 2009 group, then login to Flickr

At the ICML 2009 group page, click Add Photos or Video link next to the header Group Pool

Your Photostream will display. Click on a photo to upload – you can add up to six at a time

Click Add to Group

* If you already have a Flickr account; and for subsequent uploads:

On the lower left of the Flickr page under You, click Upload, and upload your ICML 2009 photos to your Photostream (eg. from your USB or C:/ drive)

Once loaded, click on one of your photos

Above each photo and below each title appears a Send to Group icon, second from left

Click this, and choose the ICML 2009 group from the list, then click OK

* To find ICML 2009 in future:

On your Home page, you will find ICML 2009 listed under Your Groups

Delegates from educational facilities, do you know about Eduroam?

2009-08-19T14:44:00.004+10:00

Do you work at an educational facility, in Australia or elsewhere?

Will you be bringing your laptop, PDA, iTouch or similar hardware to ICML?

If you do, make sure you install your home institution’s Eduroam certificate profile and VPN access profile files, preferably before you arrive so your home IT can help troubleshoot.

Eduroam (EDUcation ROAMing) is the roaming infrastructure used by the international research and education community that provides the Eduroam user experience: open your laptop and be online.

Being part of Eduroam allows users to access a wireless network at a visited institution (also connected to Eduroam) simply using the same credentials (for instance, username and password) the users would use if they were at their home institution.

For example, if you are attending ICML Continuing Education sessions at The University of Queensland’s campuses, you will be able to use Eduroam on your enabled hardware.

Eligible institutions

St Lucia campus wireless hotspots map

Rural Health Librarians Lunch Fri 4 Sept

2009-08-19T13:35:00.001+10:00

Join librarians working in rural areas or supporting rural health services for an informal lunch on Friday 4 September. Collect your conference lunch box and then meet us in the foyer of the Congress venue just after 12.30pm. We'll go to Southbank Parklands for a picnic. This is another chance to catch up with like minded people, especially if you can't attend the rural health dinner on Wednesday night. Contact Kaye Lasserre with any queries: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au

More events on in Brisbane during ICML

2009-08-18T16:37:00.001+10:00

Take a look at a new page on the ICML website, listing more events within walking distance of the Brisbane Convention and Entertainment Centre.

They’re listed under a few broad groupings: Aboriginal Themes, History, Art, Fashion, Food, Performance, Exercise / Sports, and Miscellaneous.

Enjoy Brisbane!

Free Concert Sunday Afternoon 30 August

2009-08-16T10:15:00.003+10:00

Dear Delegates

There is a free concert on Sunday 30 August at 3 pm until 4 pm, live from the ABC Ferry Road Music Centre, West End, Brisbane. You must be seated by 2.50 pm for a live broadcast that begins promptly at 3 pm. Concert details:

The Endeavour Trio with Paul Dean (clarinet), Stephen Emmerson (piano) and Louise King (cello). Known for their musical excellence and adventurous programming. They will be performing Beethoven's Trio in B flat for Piano, Clarinet and Cello, Op 11, Andrew Schultz's After Nina and Frankel's Clarinet Trio, Op 10.

Ferry Street is a twenty minute walk along the Brisbane River from South Bank. Going up River past the State Library and GOMA.

ICML Newsletter No. 2

2009-08-14T12:25:00.003+10:00

Dear Delegates

ICML Newsletter no. 2 is attached for your information. Get ready for an action packed time Down Under.

All the best from your Convenors

Heather Todd and Lisa Kruesi

ICML Newsletter

2009-08-05T16:34:00.005+10:00

Dear Delegates

We hope you will find our first issue of the ICML Newsletter informative. We are counting down the days to the Congress!

All the best from your Convenors

Heather Todd and Lisa Kruesi

ICML Rural Health Dinner

2009-08-04T16:07:00.003+10:00

If you are working for a Rural Clinical School or providing services for rural and remote communities you may like to meet with other like minded people over dinner on the evening of Wednesday 2 September. It will be a great opportunity to chat about what we do and find out what others are doing. We have booked a table at Ottoman's which is close to the Congress venue and can accommodate a large group. We have a small party already and would welcome more join us for a merry evening, commencing 7.15 onwards. Please email j.hansen@library.uq.edu.au so we can confirm numbers.

Conference Bags Arrive!

2009-07-21T12:43:00.007+10:00

ICML committee members were excited to take delivery of our conference bags last Friday. These are made by the Rehabilitation Unit of The Schieffelin Institute of Health in Karingiri, Tamilnadu, India (about 150 kms from Chennai - originally Madras).

Two committee members still use their Schieffelin bags from an Indian conference in 2000. Whilst in Sardinia attending the same conference series last month, we were pleased to see another delegate using hers. We hope you will enjoy our version as much.

The Schieffelin Institute of Health was established in 1957, and is an internationally renowned centre for leprosy and for treatment of dermatological, eye and orthopaedic problems. It also manages general conditions such as diabetes, and supports community health including maternal and child welfare. It has over 25 medical staff and specialists, and offers training to medical and allied health professionals. A general nursing and midwifery course was initiated in 2001, and its School also conducts a community geriatric care course.

The Institute’s video unit uses state-of-the-art equipment and has produced many teaching videos. Conversion of existing U-matic cassettes to DVD has recently been completed, and the editing of videos into interactive tapes is underway. Its library has 6000 books, 1772 bound volumes of journals and subscribes to 60 journals annually.

Protective devices and rehabilitation products such as handloom woven articles, hand-printed items, and miscellaneous handicrafts are also made. The rehabilitation unit runs as 'not for profit' with workers paid on a piece rate basis. Training and materials are provided, and help is given to market products. Workers are the leprosy-cured, the disabled, and the ‘socially deprived’. The Unit takes pride in helping its workers live a life of dignity.

Check Out one of the 1st Automated Book Sorters

2009-07-20T20:14:00.002+10:00

Centrally located, the Brisbane Square Library boasts a vibrant atmosphere in an architecturally stunning new building, complete with windows that look like slanting book spines. It is not just the exterior that is so inviting, once inside, open spaces, easy comfortable seating, trendy perspex bayend panels and glimpses of the beautiful Brisbane River all add to create a delightful atmosphere. This Library is not only ascetically pleasing but is also technologically advanced with the acquisition of the first automated book sorter in the Southern Hemisphere, designed to automatically check books in and sort them onto book trolleys for easy reshelving – a great help with a collection of over 110,000 items.

Why not join a tour to experience the workings of the Hi IQ book sorting system? Follow the journey of returned books via the conveyor belt from the floor above, see how items are measured, checked in and sorted into broad categories and loaded onto book sorter trolleys or into smartbins, ready to be placed on the shelves.

Inside Queensland

2009-07-07T15:06:00.021+10:00

Queensland is well known for its beautiful beaches, but the interior has spectacular scenery too. A journey to the outback offers an insight into another aspect of Australian culture.
Some places of interest within a days travel from Brisbane include:

Carnarvon Gorge

Carnarvon gorge is a National Park that is 720km northwest of Brisbane. The lush gorge has many creeks and rainforests that are home to a wide variety of wildlife. The gorge is rimmed with towering white cliffs. A wide variety of walking trails, from the short and easy to long and difficult, allow access to most of the gorge terrain. For an introductory view watch the video.

Aboriginal rock art at Carnarvon gorge provides a connection with the longest contiguous culture on earth.

A trip to Carnarvon Gorge is worth at least two days staying at the gorge (i.e. 3 nights). Accommodation options include camping through to staying at Takarakka Bush Resort or the Wilderness Lodge.

The Granite Belt

Stanthorpe is the central town in the grape growing and agricultural region called the granite belt of Southern Queensland. Attractions include wineries, apple orchards, restaurants, a lavender farm and Girraween National Park. Many of the wineries feature live music. Girraween’s walking trails to outcrops of large granite boulders offers sweeping vistas of the granite belt. The region is a 2-3 hour drive Southwest of Brisbane.

Boonah
An hour drive from Brisbane, the picturesque town of Boonah sits nestled within the scenic rim of the Great Dividing Range. This area offers beautiful views of the mountains. Other attractions include fishing at Moogerah and Maroon dams, wineries, country stores, hiking, rock climbing and much more.

The Ginger Factory at the Sunshine Coast

2009-06-28T19:34:00.007+10:00

Home of the World's Finest Ginger™ Buderim Ginger, The Ginger Factory is the perfect place to experience a real taste of Queensland.

Take your tastebuds on 'The Ginger Tour' and enjoy a taste of the worlds' finest ginger. Get a real buzz with the new Superbee tour, a live beekeeping show complete with the taste of pure Australian honey.

Choose your favourite from 65 flavours of freshly churned, homemade ice cream. Ride 'The Ginger Train', a 100 year old piece of Queensland history. Enjoy the ginger-lovers paradise of The Ginger Shop now complete with a full range of honey and health related products.

The Big Pineapple at the Sunshine Coast

2009-06-28T19:31:00.006+10:00

The Big Pineapple is a famous tourist attraction and working farm situated near Nambour, Queensland. The Big Pineapple is 16 metres high, and was originally open back in 1971. Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, agricultural exhibits, exciting rides, restaurants and tours for all ages.

Take a ride on an authentic sugar cane train through tropical fruit orchards and pineapple fields, stopping for an informative farm show about growing pineapples. Visit the Koala and Fauna Sanctuary, home to many of Australia's great birds and animals.

Scuba Diving

2009-06-21T15:49:00.007+10:00

Moreton Bay and the SE Queensland coast are great places to dive, short or long trips, everything is catered for! For more details go to:

Redcliffe Scuba Dive Centre

Sunreef Scuba Diving Services

wireless hotspots in Brisbane

2009-06-15T13:42:00.004+10:00

Read all about where can you find free internet access - and other marvels of the digital age whilst in Brisbane!

Markets in Brisbane & surrounds

2009-05-22T20:05:00.012+10:00

Farmers Market at the Powerhouse

The Farmers Market at the New Farm Powerhouse is a unique boutique fresh seasonal produce market with around 100 stalls showcasing all the best available goodies in Queensland. All made, caught, dug, plucked, picked, bottled or baked by the person serving you. Organics, hydroponics, aquaculture and horticulture on show. Held every alternate weekend on Saturday from 5 am until noon. See the web site for dates.

South Bank Markets – Brisbane
Every Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, the South Bank Lifestyle Market features an exciting range of arts, craft, homewares, collectibles, exotic items, designer fashion and much more. The markets are an ideal way to find a unique gift, orsimply stroll through and enjoy the atmosphere.

Eumundi Markets – Sunshine Coast
The Eumundi Markets is more than just a market with magical experiences every way you turn. You will be enchanted with the sounds of our wonderful musicians and swoon to the delights of the diverse cuisine that is available. The art and craft stalls are unique in Australia and our fresh produce is second to none. So why not come along and enjoy the experience of Australia's largest market. We are open rain, hail or shine every Wednesday & Saturday throughout the year. Wednesday 8am-1:30pm and Saturday 6:30am-2pm

Bush walk in the Brisbane State Forest

2009-05-17T17:25:00.009+10:00

Eight members of the ICML social committee undertook the planned ICML bush walk in the Brisbane State Forest this weekend. It was a perfect Queensland day, with temperatures around 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit). The walk is two hours through beautiful Queensland rain forest. With magnificent sweeping views across western valleys, hundreds of different plant species and wildlife make the walk a memorable experience. Close by is the Maiala Rainforest teahouse and restaurant that is available for replenishing after the brisk walk. You can sign up for the walk when registering for ICML. Remember to pack sturdy walking shoes if you plan to join the walk.

Library Tours during ICML

2009-05-11T12:35:00.003+10:00

For information on library tours during ICML go to:
http://www.icml2009.com/program/lib_tours.html

Bookings to undertake the tours can be made on the registration form:
https://www.icms.com.au/icml2009/register/

Contact us if you require further details via
ICML@library.uq.edu.au

Sailing

2009-05-08T15:32:00.003+10:00

Moreton bay on Brisbane’s doorstep is a great place to do some sailing. Here are some websites with further information
http://www.sail-away.com.au/ http://www.redballoondays.com.au/experience/MHV170
http://www.travelaus.com.au/cat/3-adventure-sailing-to-moreton-bay-full-day_879.htm

Don't know what to pack, why not SHOP when you are in Brisbane?

2009-04-27T16:02:00.007+10:00

The ICML Social Committee has prepared a brief outline of the main shopping precincts in and around Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Lots of other gems are out there for you to find – we focussed on where to get the most shopping achieved in a manageable area.

Please enjoy… page down (once) to find the “Shopping” section on the ICML website, under the "Destination" > "Brisbane" links.

PS: If you’re interested local, award-winning high end fashion, check out Easton Pearson. Only two shops in Australia – Brisbane and Sydney.

Outstanding ICML Preliminary Program - Now Available

2009-04-26T09:05:00.006+10:00

"I am stunned by how many sessions there are. The Conference is jammed with activity and excitement! While I was thinking maybe I will get some time to sneak off and look around, I am thinking I can’t miss a moment of this!"
Feedback on the ICML Preliminary Program from Janene Batten, MLS AHIP, Reference Librarian to Yale School of Nursing, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library:

Don't miss out on this major world health information event - REGISTER soon.