Information
Management,
Libraries, Archives, Museums
2007
Embedding librarians in a world of dirty data:
the Information Online Conference {2007]. Article by Paul Bentley reprinted
with kind permission of Online Currents.
Full text.
The theatre and concert program: ephemera or
vital record? A history of the program, a description of Australian library
collections and a discussion of related management issues by Paul Bentley. Summary
2006
Changing museums and galleries [2006].
Article by Paul Bentley reprinted from Museum Matters December 2006.
Full text
2005
Baking a new pie: library and information
associations in an online world [2005]. Article by Paul Bentley, reprinted
from Online Currents, November 2005. Full text
Evolving stages: Australian performing arts
online [2005]. Article by Paul Bentley reprinted with kind permission of
Online Currents, July/August 2005. Full text.
Fighting bush fires: the 2005 Information Online
Conference. Article by Paul Bentley reprinted with kind permission of
Online Currents, March 2005. Full text.
2004
ARLIS/ANZ and the Australian Visual Arts
Information Project [2004]. Paper by Paul Bentley presented at the National
Library of Australia forum, May 2004. Full text
Leading Libraries, Archives & Museums: a Senate
Inquiry Post Script [2004]. Article by Paul Bentley reviewing the report of
the Senate Inquiry on the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment,
reprinted from Online Currents, July/August 2004.
Full text
Libraries in the online environment, part 1:
contexts [2004[. Article by Paul Bentley reviewing the report of the Senate
Inquiry on the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment, reprinted from
Online Currents, January/February 2004. Full text
Libraries in the online environment, part 2: challenges [2004]. Article by
Paul Bentley reviewing the report of the Senate Inquiry on the Role of
Libraries in the Online Environment, reprinted from Online Currents, May
2004. Full text.
Measuring a knowledge-based economy & society [2004]. Presentation by Paul
Bentley to NSW KM Forum 1 April 2004. Summary.
Serving the arts: ARLIS/ANZ 1975-2025. Paper by Paul Bentley presented at
the ARLIS/ANZ Conference September 2004. Text
Bibliography
Chronology
2003
Arts Hub Australia [2003]. The story of Arts
Hub Australia - ‘the online home for Australian arts and cultural workers’ –
provides valuable lessons on attitudes, skills and tools for success in the
information game and it prompts questions about the management of Australian
information resources. Article by Paul Bentley reprinted with kind permission
of Online Currents, October 2003. Full text.
Information roles: a question of maturity?
A view of the Information Online Conference 2003. Article by Paul
Bentley, reprinted from Online Currents, January/February 2003.
Full text.
The role of
libraries in the online environment [2003]. Submissions by Paul Bentley
on behalf of the Wolanski Foundation to the inquiry conducted by the Senate
Environment, Communications, Information Technology and Arts References
Committee, August 2002 and May 2003. Executive
Summary. The
Full text available on Australian Parliament Senate site. If the URL
doesn't work, go to the Australian Parliament House site http:/www.aph.gov.au
select the Committees link and drill down.
Stinking libraries, disappearing librarians and
the invisible web. A view of the Information Online Conference 2003,
part 2. An article by Paul Bentley reprinted with kind permission of Online
Currents, April 2003. Text
Turning the light bulbs on: getting ideas to the
information consumer [2003]. Seminar at the 11th Australasian Information
Online Conference, Darling Harbour, Sydney 20-24 January 2003.
Summary,
Program Presenters Registration form,
Who's
Who in Australia Live! [2003]. An article by Paul Bentley first
published in December 2003 and reprinted with kind permission of Online
Currents. Text
2002
Driving Australian e-culture: the OZeculture
Conference 2002. Article by Paul Bentley, reprinted from Online Currents,
October 2002. Full text.
Searching for the next sigmoid curve: the ALIA
Conference 2002. Article by Paul Bentley reprinted from Online Currents,
July/August 2002. Text.
Why aren’t we at the table?
[2002] Letter
by Paul Bentley re involvement of library sector in development of national
information plan reprinted in Australian Library Journal Aug 2002.
Text
2001
Arts and industry talk spaces [2001].
Article by Paul Bentley on ALIA Information Specialists Division round tables,
formed to pinpoint interests, help shape strategy, contribute information and
build connections. 2001. Full text
Australian culture seeks e-business direction:
impressions of the Ozeculture conference, June 2001. Article by Paul
Bentley, reprinted from Online Currents, September 2001.
Full text
Digital resources for research in the
humanities: the Computing Arts Conference, Sydney, September 2001. Article
by Paul Bentley, reprinted from Online Currents, December 2001.
Full text
Integrating diverse interests [2001].
Article by Paul Bentley on Museum Australia Performing Arts Special Interest
Group Conference in Canberra, 23-24 April 2001. Full
text.
Shifts in the sand: information online 2001.
Article by Paul Bentley on information industry trends and speculation on the
role of governments, professional associations and libraries, reprinted from
Online Currents, December 2000. Text
Stage
byte: Australian performing arts online [2001]. Article by Paul Bentley on
performing arts industry sites, services and sources, libraries, archives and
museums, and issues, reprinted from Online Currents, January/February 2001.
Text
2000
Performing
arts information projects and initiatives [2000]. An
extract from a report completed in July 2000 by Paul Bentley for Flinders
University on information standards relevant to the development of a national
database on Australian theatre practice. Text
Performing
arts organisations and digital technology [2000]. Review
by Paul Bentley of Cinemedia's Performing Arts Multimedia Library Pilot Project and
a reflection on
the use of digital technology for
managing information, marketing and audience development in Australian
performing arts organisations. Full
text
Scratching the surface: arts information
management in Australia: the role of special interest groups [2000].
Paper by Paul Bentley speculating on the
role of ARLIS/ANZ, IAML and PASIG in the context of restructuring, joint
venture and networking trends in the information industry. Summary
or full text
1998
Acting
on a new stage: performing arts information management in New South Wales
[1998].
Report by Paul
Bentley examining the management of performing arts information in libraries, archives and
museums following the closure of the Dennis Wolanski Library of the Performing
Arts in 1997. Summary
or Full
text
Merging
arts information and curatorial associations in Australia:
a draft proposal [1998].
Paper by Paul
Bentley looking at management of membership, liaison, finances, conferences, publications,
websites and other projects. Proposes options for development of groups in the
future. Summary
or full text
Virtually
yours: IAML in the 21st century: more of the same or something completely
different? [1998]. Paper by Paul Bentley describing the history and achievements of IAML Australia and the role of
kindred organisations. Suggests possible operational changes. Full
text