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Professional Information Exchange English Language Immersion Program for Librarians

Professional Information Exchange English Language Immersion Program for Librarians. China Agricultural University: November 2009 Day One. Welcome to PIE2009! Day 1: Monday. Introduction Introduction to your facilitator Program outline and learning outcomes

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Professional Information Exchange English Language Immersion Program for Librarians

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  1. Professional Information ExchangeEnglish Language Immersion Program for Librarians China Agricultural University: November 2009 Day One

  2. Welcome to PIE2009!Day 1: Monday Introduction • Introduction to your facilitator • Program outline and learning outcomes • Background: Australia, Australian academic libraries and the University of Sydney • Getting to know each other Introduction to Week One Theme • Library Clients and Services

  3. Your facilitator Su Hanfling Director, Library Services: Humanities, Arts, Sciences and Technology University of Sydney, Australia. S.Hanfling@library.usyd.edu.au MJH

  4. My learning and teaching philosophy learning is an active, collaborative process everyone is a student everyone is a teacher

  5. Learning outcomes • participants will improve their ability to communicate in English (listening, speaking, reading and writing) • participants will broaden their knowledge of library and information science • participants will gain knowledge about new developments in library and information services. • participants will have fun!

  6. Program themes Week One: • Library Clients and Services: finding out about our clients, the information environment, planning. Week Two: • Digital Libraries: trends in digital library services, databases, digital services, digitisation, Web 2.0. Week Three: • Trends and Professional Development: library environments, marketing, information literacy, personal and professional development.

  7. Post-It Note Trail Begins My name is…. I am…. Image: www.freeimages.co.uk

  8. Introduction to Australia and Australian Academic Libraries

  9. Australian History Dr Charles Perkins AO • Settled by Aboriginal people over 50 000 years ago • 300 Aboriginal clans, 250 languages. • Largest indigenous groups today are Pitjantjatjara, Arrernte and Luritja. • The Aboriginal languages with the largest number of speakers today are the Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri and Arrernte. Representation of Aboriginal (left) and Torres Strait Islander flags.

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  11. Australian History • 1770 Capt. James Cook claimed Australia in the name of Great Britain. • 160,000 men and women came to Australia as convicts between 1788 and 1868. • Free settlers came from all over the world, including many from China, for gold and wool. • The Commonwealth of Australia was formed from 6 colonies in 1901. • Now a multicultural country with people from all over the world.

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  13. Australia Today • Australia is the 6th largest country in the world • The population of Australia is 21,770,000 - an average of only 2 people per square kilometre! • 458,500 are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders • 57% of Australians live in cities • 85% of people live less than 50 km from the coast • The capital city is Canberra (307,700 people) • The largest city is Sydney (4,350,986 people)

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  15. Some Curious Australian Sayings • Gidday mate! • No worries! • Onya! • It’s bung! • I’m feeling a bit crook. • That’s the biggest mozzie I’ve ever seen! • Here comes the postie, I think there’s a parcel. • I’ve got my cossie on and I’m going for a swim. • That bloke’s a bit of a drongo . • I’ll get a brickie and a sparky in tomorrow to do some work on the house. • He’s a truckie, he drives thousands of kilometres a week. • Come round and we’ll throw some snags on the barbie and open some tinnies.

  16. Great change, great opportunities: library programs and projects at the University of Sydney, Australia.

  17. Image from: http://www.universitiesaustralia.edu.au/

  18. State Library of New South Wales

  19. Surry Hills Library & Community Centre

  20. Faculties Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Architecture, Design and Planning Arts Dentistry Economics and Business Education and Social Work Engineering and Information Technologies Health Sciences Law (Sydney Law School) Medicine (Sydney Medical School) Music (Sydney Conservatorium of Music) Nursing and Midwifery Pharmacy Science Veterinary Science Visual Arts (Sydney College of the Arts)

  21. University of Sydney Library

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