COSA 2023 Program

COSA 2023 Program

Conference Day 1 - Thursday Oct 5

9am-10am

Networking and morning tea
10am-10:20am Welcome from Lloyd Brady, COSA President 
10:20am-10:50am SirsiDynix Welcome and Opening Session - Shaun Brady, SirsiDynix
10:50am-11:50am SirsiDynix Products update - Berit Nelson,Chief Product Officer, SirsiDynix (remote)
11:50am-12:30pm Under the hood - Symphony holds configuration - Kathy Haese, SAPLN, Cathy Cusack SirsiDynix
12:30pm-1:25pm Lunch
1:25pm-1:30pm Vendor presentation - Bibliotheca
1:30pm-2pm Knowing Me, Knowing You: Building a library website from scratch – Paul Kloppenborg, William Angliss Institute of TAFE
2pm-2:30pm What's New in BC Cat and BC Circ, what's coming in Symphony - Cathy Cusack, SirsiDynix –
2:30pm-3pm Analysis of circulation across state - Patrick Jovaras, Hume Libraries
3pm-3:30pm Afternoon tea break
3:30pm-4pm Building a Modern New Library Within a Shopping Centre - Susan Courtland, City of Kalamunda
   
5pm-7pm Renewed and Returned - Social networking (separate ticket needed

 

Conference Day 2 - Fri Oct 6

9am-10am Tour of WAIT Special Collections Research Room and morning tea
10am-10:30am BC Mobile - James Goodman, SirsiDynix BC Mobile Product Manager (remote)
10:30am-11:15am BC Discovery – Adam Viator, SirsiDynix Discovery Product Manager (remote)
11:15am-11:45am How Diverse is Your Collection? Implementing and customising the BCA DEI Subject headings reports - Lloyd Brady, Libraries Victoria
11:45am-12:15pm Travelling with IMMS – Kathy Haese, SAPLN
12:15pm-12:30pm Vendor presentation - MDM Entertainment
Vendor presentation - Adilam
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm-2pm Bulk Uploading Yarra Local History Images to Portfolio - Smita Biswas & Yolande Binfield, Yarra Libraries 
2pm-3pm Cloud Source Open Access and CSOA+ - Rick Branham, SirsiDynix
3pm-3:30pm

Joint Closing / SirsiDynix Q & A 

 

NOTE: Schedule times are AEDT
With thanks for the support from our vendors - MDM Entertainment (Corey Bancks) ; Adilam (Mark Anderson) ; Bibliotheca (Francois Charon and Inge Watson)