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JCDL/ICADL 2010 (Gold Coast, Australia)

For the first time in 2010, the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) and the annual International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries (ICADL) will be held together.

JCDL welcomes submissions in the areas of computer science, information science, librarianship, archival science and practice and preservation technologies. Submissions associated with the JCDL 2010 theme of “Vision 2020 - Beyond Digital Libraries” are particularly welcome.

ICADL welcomes submissions in the areas of computer science, library and information science and knowledge management in the applications of environmental sciences, social sciences, humanities and museum studies. Submissions associated with the ICADL 2010 theme, of “Digital Libraries in a Time of Global Change”, as well as case studies and practical implementations are particularly welcome.

See jcdl-icadl2010.org for more information.

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AUIC 2010 (Brisbane, Australia)

The Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC) is the forum for user interface researchers and practitioners at the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2010). AUIC provides an opportunity for workers in the areas of HCI, CSCW, and pervasive computing to meet with colleagues and with others in the broader computer science community.

AUIC invites participation and submissions from researchers and practitioners with an interest in techniques, tools, and technology for improving user interfaces over a wide range of areas, including the following:

• User interface architectures, tools, techniques, and technology
• Usability and evaluations
• Innovative applications and user interfaces, including VR, multimedia, and adaptive interfaces
• Distributed interfaces, including the World Wide Web
• Ambient and highly mobile devices (PDAs, wearable computers)
• CSCW, group work, groupware, and computer-mediated human communication
• HCI education

See auckland.ac.nz for more information.

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Hi UXNet Brisbane

I am the new UXnet Local Ambassador for Brisbane, Australia.

I have over 12 years experience across a wide range of corporate areas including: intranets, delivery of large scale IT projects, business analysis, change management, user centered design, IA, project management, learning and development, online education and HR.

User experience and accessibility is something I am passionate about. I am currently working for Step Two Designs, an Information Management consultancy based out of Sydney and Brisbane.

If you have an event coming up or you know of something that is going on in Brisbane that relates to UX, let me know.

Rebecca Rodgers

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Website User Experience and CSS Workshop (Brisbane, Australia)

Max Design presents: Website user experience and CSS workshop: designing for usability, building for the future
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley.

Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.

Day 1: Planning and designing the user experience
Donna Maurer

On day one you will plan and design a website - focusing on the user experience: designing the navigation, page layout and forms.

You will:

• learn techniques to understand your users, and prepare user scenarios
• understand your content with content analysis methods
• create an effective and usable site structure (information architecture)
• design a range of navigation methods
• create page layouts for content, home, index and special pages
• design simple forms

For each step, Donna will outline the fundamentals and show examples from small and large website projects. But most of the time will be hands-on - you work on your own project, ask questions and discuss with the group.

Day 2: Building beautiful sites using CSS
Russ Weakley

On day two you will build your website from the ground up - starting with structural markup, adding accessible markup and then styling your layout using CSS.

You will learn:

• how to create well structured, accessible markup
• the basics of CSS including rule sets, selectors, shorthand rules, inheritance and the cascade.
• how to structure efficient CSS files
• how to create a full CSS layout from a flat graphic mockup
• how to deal with browser issues including specific browsers such as IE5, IE6 and IE7.
• how to create a resolution dependent layout
• how to create CSS for printing and hand held devices

Who should attend?

Web managers, web designers, web developers and bloggers who:

• are interested in designing user-focused websites
• have a basic understanding of CSS and want to learn more

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Information Architecture Essentials (Brisbane, Australia)

In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets.

Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.

Please note, this is a introductory workshop designed to build core skills, and is not suitable for intermediate or experienced practitioners.

Event Details:
Time: 9.00am to 5.00pm
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Location: Rydges Southbank, Brisbane

For more information and to register, go to
www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080618/

About the presenter

Patrick Kennedy is a senior consultant in Step Two Designs, and has over ten years of experience in the digital media and web industry. He has in-depth expertise in best practice web design and development, usability, information architecture, user research and strategy.

Patrick has provided user-experience consultancy for many public and private sector organisations both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Patrick will draw examples from real-world projects to give insight into addressing common challenges and issues. This practical approach will ensure that all participants gain information that can be used back in the workplace.

Patrick holds a nationally recognised training qualification (Certificate IV in Assessment and Training), and is steadily bringing this workshop to all corners of Australia.

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