4 March 2002

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NSW Governor to speak at opening of ALIA2002 Conference

Everything to do with books

Gracile gestational groups gone

What about my Group's webpages?

Affinity program news

LIW2002 - catalogue out now!

Call for Papers - Information Online 2003

Thinking of the IFLA conference in Glasgow?

That Honda advertisement...

Board of Directors ballot, meeting

Feedback

NSW Governor to speak at opening of ALIA2002 Conference
Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir, AC will present the opening address at the ALIA2002 Conference in Sydney on Monday 19 May. The conference program features 16 eminent and sometimes controversial speakers who will speculate on our possible future as a knowledge economy and how to get there. Issues such as intellectual capital, convergence and access to information will be explored. Download the registration brochure or register online. Act now and save $100 - the deadline for Early-bird registration has been extended to 15 March. The conference will be held at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre, Darling Harbour from 19-22 May 2002 (no - not September or October!).
http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2002/

Everything to do with books
ALIA National Office has received additional copies of the AC Nielsen report (Sept 2001) A national survey of reading, buying and borrowing books undertaken for the Federal government's Books Alive! project being administered by the Australia Council. Copies are available at no cost to members by contacting ALIA National Office.
enquiry@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove the '.nospam' from address)

Gracile gestational groups gone
The following ALIA groups have decided to cease their operations, effective at 31 December 2001: ALIA Central West NSW, ALIA Corporate Special Interest Group, ALIA TAFE Queensland.
http://www.alia.org.au/groups/

What about my Group's webpages?
Each ALIA group has an individual website on ALIAnet at http://www.alia.org.au/groups/. A generic template sets up each group initially. However, office-bearers are responsible for modifying and adding content, by following the 'comments' link at the foot of each page (no html coding required). Extra content, new content, logos, pictures, links to affiliated interests, and much more are all possible. To aid with navigation, there are some elements of page layout that cannot be altered, but otherwise office-bearers are free to craft their site to suit group member's desires.
http://www.alia.org.au/site.map.html

Affinity program news
ALIA has joined with HotelClub to offer ALIA members significant discounts on a large range of hotels worldwide. HotelClub has an extensive range of hotels in all capital cities and offers highly-competitive rates. As an ALIA member, you will have access to over 2800 hotels in 27 countries at special ALIA member rates - up to 15 per cent off already-discounted HotelClub rates.
http://www.alia.org.au/membership.benefits/

LIW2002 - catalogue out now!
The March issue of inCite contains the latest merchandise catalogue for Library and Information Week 2002, to coincide with our launch of the LIW2002 campaign. Keep those Success stories rolling in to ensure that this year's Library Week is the biggest ever!
http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/alw/

Call for Papers - Information Online 2003
Information Online 2003 will be at the Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, 21-23 January 2003. We are seeking papers on online and multimedia information and communications, including the internet, intranets and portals, especially on: strategic management of online information assets; virtual reference; new technology and usability; content management; online information literacy; educating information professionals for an online world e-learning and e-learning technologies. Deadlines: proposals/abstracts by 30 April 2002, completed papers by 29 October 2002. Contact Wendy Simpson of Conference Action via confact@conferenceaction.com.au.nospam (please remove the '.nospam' from address).
http://conferences.alia.org.au/online2003/

Thinking of the IFLA conference in Glasgow?
We are exploring with our travel agent the possibilities for cheap group fares for any of our members planning to go to Glasgow in August. We require a minimum of ten people travelling to Glasgow on or near the same date. It does not need to be the same flight - for example, Perth delegates could fly out from Perth rather than Sydney. You would then be able to plan your own itinerary with our travel agent for return, or any additional travel. Please let us know soon if you are interested. If there is enough interest we can move to the next stage of finding the best deals.
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/index.htm

That Honda advertisement...
Thanks to everyone who has notified us of the current Honda print advertisement running in America. We've followed this matter up with Honda Australia, who tell us that the car featured is not for sale in Australia and that therefore the advertisement is unlikely to run here. However, we aren't letting the matter rest, and Honda Australia are now on our list of potential sponsors should the opportunity presents itself in the future. If nothing else, the advertisement demonstrates that there is still considerable mileage to be gained from an association with librarians!

Board of Directors ballot, meeting
Just a reminder that the Board of Directors elections are in full swing, and that the ballot papers are going out in March inCite and by mail. The Board next meets on 11 March, in Canberra.
http://www.alia.org.au/governance/board/

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 (please remove the '.nospam' from address).

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