Welcome to the COSA website
Welcome
After a successful 2019 conference in Sydney the presentations are available now under the Documents tab when you have logged in
Our keynote speaker this year was Matt Moore. Matt teaches on the University of Technology Sydney Masters of Digital Information Management. He has worked in knowledge management, learning and development, information technology, innovation, marketing and sales for organizations such as Seven West Media, PwC, IBM, ASIC and Oracle. He has written and spoken on knowledge management in relation to artificial intelligence, social media, and post-truth.
The full program is here. We had exciting presentations from customers and SirsiDynix staff including AIATSIS project with Australian Languages, Harvest Unleashed, Getting the most out of Enterprise (by customising Marc Maps, creating new facets with MarcEdit), Adding databases in Portfolio, moving to SaaS, Data Control, BC Lists, Libraries Australia update project, Google Analytics usage, Succession planning and more.
We are already planning COSA 2020 which will take place in Melbourne, venues being investigated now. The preferred date is the third week of October, so if you are aware of any other conferences or events that might clash between 19-22 October 2020, please talk to a committee member
Is your library a member of COSA?
Membership is open to any site that is a current customer of SirsiDynix, and who is located in Australia, New Zealand or the Asia Pacific region.
Membership benefits include:
Discounted conference registration fees and pre-conference software training sessions
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Up to 2 staff from a financial member institution or consortium may take advantage of discounted fees. Additional staff can attend at the non-member rates, or purchase additional memberships
Voting rights at the annual general meeting, held at the conference
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One vote per financial membership
Ability to become a committee member, to shape the future direction of the group
Discounted conference registration fees for international SirsiDynix user group conferences, such as COSUGI in the USA and COSI EMEA (usually held in Europe)
Access to a members-only area on the website, with papers and presentations on SirsiDynix software
Access to COSUGI presentations from the USA
Free access to escrow arrangements for your institution negotiated on our behalf by the American user group COSUGI
Queries?
See the membership tab or email Bruce Morgan bmorgan@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au
Call for presentations - COSA 2020 needs YOU!