2025 Conference Programme

Session 1: Cataloguing Session incl. an interactive presentation on AI & Cataloguing — Philip Harvey, Librarian, The Carmelite Monastery Melbourne | Community of the Holy Name Library (bio↗) & Elizabeth Greentree, Librarian, BST (bio↗)

5:00 –5:45

Welcome to Conference drinks & canapes
Acknowledgement of Country – Rev Dr Rex Rigby (bio↗)

5:45 –7:00

Dinner

7:15 –8:30

Session 2: Keynote Address: The Soul of the Search: Why People Still Matter in the Digital Age — Sarah Howard, Griffith University Librarian (bio↗)

Thursday 27 November 2025

7:00 – 8:45

Breakfast

9:00 – 9:55

Session 3: Project Eureka — Maria Stanton, Director of Product Management and Production, Atla (session info & bio↗)

10:00 – 10:40

Morning Tea (sponsored by Archival Survival) and Sponsor Market Place

10:45 – 12:05

Session 4: Library Advocacy (includes workshop) — Nick Gellatly, St Paschal Library, ANZTLA President (bio↗)

12:10 – 1:15

Lunch (sponsored by Bezi) and Sponsor Market Place

1:20 – 2:20

Session 5: Supporting researchers using AIRS — Lyndelle Gunton, Coordinator, Information Research Skills + AIRS, QUT Library (session info & bio↗)

2:25 – 2:40

Session 6: Lightning Talk — Phoebe Kim, The Emmaus Library, ACCS

2:45 – 3:10

Afternoon Tea (sponsored by EBSCO) and Sponsor Market Place

3:15 – 4:45

Session 7: Selecting and evaluating AI tools for research — Lyndelle Gunton, Coordinator, Information Research Skills + AIRS, QUT Library (session info & bio↗)

4:50 – 5:15

Session 8: Lightning Talk – From Citations to Stories: Research into Research via Citation Analysis — Kerrie Stevens, Librarian Alphacrucis, ANZTLA Statistician (bio↗)

5:30 – 6:55

Dinner

7:00 – 8:00

Forum

Friday 28 November 2025

* timing for sessions 12-14 on Friday may be subject to change & will be confirmed ASAP

7:00 –8:30

Breakfast

8:45 –9:55

Travel to State Library of Queensland (SLQ) for three concurrent sessions

10:00 –1:00

Session 9:

(Conference Group 1) Live at the Library & Special Collections — Troy Bullock, Program Officer, Schools Engagement, SLQ (session info & bio↗)
(Conference Group 2) First Nations Art Tour
(Conference Group 3) Conservation Lab

Session 10:

(Conference Group 2) Live at the Library & Special Collections — Troy Bullock, Program Officer, Schools Engagement, SLQ
(Conference Group 3) First Nations Art Tour
(Conference Group 1) Conservation Lab

Session 11:

(Conference Group 3) Live at the Library & Special Collections — Troy Bullock, Program Officer, Schools Engagement, SLQ
(Conference Group 1) First Nations Art Tour
(Conference Group 2) Conservation Lab

1:00 – 1:45

Lunch

2:00 – 3:00*

Session 12: Lightning Talk: Morling Merger — Michelle Liu, Jill Walker (bio↗) & Elizabeth Webb, Librarians, Morling College

Session 13: Lightning Talk – Stella Wai Basile, Librarian Bishop Patteson

Theological College, Jeanette Little Scholarship Scheme delegate

Session 14: Lightning Talk: Rightsizing at Mary Andrews College — Erin Elton

3:00 – 5:30*

Explore Southbank (optional) and return to Women’s College

6:00 – 6:15

Conference Photo

6:15 – 7:00

Pre-dinner drinks & canapes

7:00 – Later

Conference Dinner & entertainment

Saturday 29 November 2025

7:00 – 9:00

Breakfast

(8:30 – 9:25)

(ANZTLA Board Meeting)

9:30 – 10:25

Session 15: Is there a place for Indigenous Australians? – Rev. Dr Rex Rigby (bio↗)

10:30 – 10:55

Morning Tea

11:00 –11:15

Session 16: Lightning Talk – AI and Ethics Project – Nica Tsakmakis, Senior Librarian and Digital Capability Librarian, ACU (bio↗)

11:20 –12:20

Session 17: Let’s Chat AI again because everything’s changed! – Elizabeth Greentree, Librarian, BST (bio↗)

12:25 – 1:00

Practicalities and handover to NSW Chapter; includes official close of 2025 ANZTLA Conference

1:00 – 2:00

Lunch