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aliaNEWS - a broadcast e-list to the library and information sector
12 May 2000
In this aliaNEWS broadcast...
Libraries: here for the long run
ALW Oration
National Library Technicians Day
Send a webcard today!
ALW in inCite
Federal Budget
NPC review
ALIA Awards for Innovation
Viri, spams and network blockages
Feedback
Libraries: here for the long run
ALW2000 will be celebrated and enjoyed by many next week [15-21 May]. Please check the ALIAnet ALW pages for all the latest of what's happening during ALW2000.
http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/alw/2000/activities/
A letter in support of Australian Library Week and libraries has been received from The Hon Peter McGauran, Minister for the Arts and Centenary of Federation.
http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/alw/2000/ministerial.letter.html
ALW Oration
Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the ALW Oration scheduled to take place on Friday 12 May has been cancelled. We wish to thank the State Library of Victoria and the ALIA Victoria Branch for their co-operation and hard work and look forward to planning and presenting future ALW Orations.
National Library Technicians Day
National Library Technicians Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 16 May during ALW. Find out how it will be celebrated in your area on the ALIAnet events pages [http://www.alia.org.au/events/]. Sales of the NLTD lapel pin have been very encouraging and the pins will be worn by many on the day. Supplies of the pins are still available and can be purchased through ALIA National Office ($5.00).
[http://archive.alia.org.au/sections/libt/nltd.html]
Send a webcard today!
In a first for our website, ALW2000 is now offering the opportunity to send a webcard to the person of your choice. Simply follow the instructions and choose your favourite image, background colour, and text to send. A copy is previewable onsite, then a short message is sent to the recipient (via e-mail) advising him/her that there is a personal webpage especially crafted and awaiting viewing. More than 200 people have sent cards in just the first week of operation!
http://www.alia.org.au/alianet/webcards/
ALW in inCite
The July issue of inCite will feature ALW2000. Stories and photographs (original prints, please - not digital) should be sent to incite@alia.org.au.nospam by 1 June 2000. We look forward to receiving news and reports of all your ALW events, including the NSW Branch Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk which will take place on Sunday 21 May and ALIA ACT branch's success in getting the ABC to devote their 'Snapshot' program (one minute before 7:00pm News) to ALW for the entire week. ABC's Snapshot will also feature the Vic Branch Statewide Storytime with the simultaneous reading of The hungry caterpillar, by Eric Carle which will take place in libraries across Victoria at 2:15pm on Thursday 18 May.
http://incite.alia.org.au/
Federal Budget
Senior staff at ALIA National Office offer an analysis of the Federal Budget as handed down by treasurer Peter Costello on Tuesday night. A summary of the full report will be printed in the June inCite, but you'll need to view the online
document to get the full picture.
http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/budget.analysis/2000.html
NPC review
The National Policy Congress, to be held in Canberra from 26-27 May, will be attended by over 60 nominated representatives of ALIA divisions. The agenda items address the proposed revision of the divisional structure - briefing papers are now accessible online. Observers are most welcome to this yearly event, please contact enquiry@alia.org.au.nospam for details of the Congress.
http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2000/reports/
ALIA Awards for Innovation
Selection panels have convened, comprising representatives from ALIA and Library Locums (the sponsor) to assess the applications and to recommend winners of the Awards. Nominations were not received in the categories of health libraries and school libraries. The winners of the 2000 ALIA Awards, as recommended by the selection panels, are:
- Academic Libraries - Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Library [Ergonomic Checking System]
- Law Libraries - a tie between Colin Fong of the Law Faculty at UNSW [Show me the way: a pathfinder for legal academics and students], and Blake Dawson Waldron [Review of library services and nationalisation].
- Public Libraries - Moreland City Council [The Moreland Reading Project]
- Special Libraries - David Tan, Coles Myer Research [Internal Consulting Service: collection management, database and systems design, and information management solutions].
http://www.alia.org.au/awards/innovation/
Viri, spams and network blockages
It has been a quite a week for internet activity, malevolent and otherwise. The coincidence of the distribution of the ILOVEYOU worm, a number of broadcast e-mails through ALIAnet e-lists, and the resurfacing of some web-based problems on ALIAnet has given us a few sleepless nights, and has affected the performance of many ALIAnet services - especially web services.
People who access ALIAnet through Novell BorderManager-controlled systems are wreaking total havoc on our system, and that of many others around the world. Subsequently, the following IP addresses are now blocked from accessing ALIAnet's website until they can demonstrate that they have configured their system correctly: 202.50.90.9, 203.108.120.146, 203.108.211.114, 203.108.43.74, 203.108.59.221, 203.30.206.13, 203.37.71.74, 203.61.51.125, 207.34.57.10, 208.225.145.133, 209.208.246.143, 209.215.127.2, and 212.216.239.3. If you can identify any of these numbers as your own (an IP address is a unique number assigned to each computer connected to the internet - but is often hidden from users by being translated into something more recognisable, such as 'alia.org.au').
Feedback
We have been thrilled by the response to aliaNEWS from subscribers. It is gratifying to know that we are providing a useful and timely information, and in a format that is easy to read. We now have countless supportive and constructive compliments (but
are always eager for more!). As always, though, we would like to know your thoughts on what you would like to see in this broadcast, and how you would like to see it.
Send your comments to Ivan Trundle, manager, communications and publishing .
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