12 November 1999

In this aliaNEWS broadcast...

ALIA2000 conference

Online Australia Day 1999

Election for ALIA vice-president (president-elect) 2000

Very last General Council meeting

ALIAnet's Vital Link Online

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ALIA2000 conference
Canberra, is the location for ALIA2000, the 6th Biennial Conference of the Australian Library and Information Association. Capitalising on knowledge - the information profession in the 21st century: the theme of this conference will enable speakers to examine the nature of the provision of information in society in the 21st century and discuss who will provide information and on what basis.

For more information about the conference contact the conference secretariat, Conference Solutions, PO Box 238, Deakin West, ACT Australia 2600 or visit the conference website. Papers are invited on topics relevant to the theme. http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2000/

Online Australia Day 26 November 1999
Online Australia Day will feature exciting online content developed by a range of Australia's leading online providers and host an offline event in every state and territory. A major focus of the day will be a call to action encouraging all Australians to get online. Take part in the biggest internet event of the year! Online Australia Day offers TAFEs and public libraries all over Australia a great opportunity to promote their important role in connecting all Australians to the technology of the next century.

Join in this great national Commonwealth Government initiative by hosting free Internet introductions, having an open day, or organising activities to encourage everyone in the community to explore the magic of the internet on Online Australia Day, 26 November 1999. [http://www.onlineaustralia.net.au]

Election for ALIA vice-president (president-elect) 2000
Nominations for the position of vice-president (president-elect) 2000 have been received from Alan Bundy, Susan McKnight and Janette Wright. Ballot papers are being prepared and will be circulated to members as an insert in the October issue of inCite. The ballot will close in ALIA National Office at 5.00pm on Monday 15 November 1999. More information about the candidates: http://archive.alia.org.au/governance/elections/1999/.

Summary minutes of the very last General Council meeting
The very last [ever!] General Council meeting was held at ALIA National Office in October. Summary minutes of the meeting have been published on ALIAnet. More news resulting from the decisions made at this landmark meeting will appear in future issues of aliaNEWS. http://archive.alia.org.au/gc/online/minutes/1999.10.html.

ALIAnet's Vital Link Online
A long time coming, and still not 100% complete just yet. Many members will be aware of the printed publication, Vital Link, [our listing of all office-bearers of the Associoation] and the problems encountered in keeping it current. As from today, we welcome users to use Vital Link Online, taken directly from our membership database.

We will progressively change all of our committee listing pages on ALIAnet to point directly to the database front-end, and thus more-quickly match our records with that of each division's. As usual, please give us plenty of feedback on this evolving service. An article will appear in a future inCite to describe how it all works and who is responsible for the entries found. http://www.alia.org.au/vital.link.html.

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