25 July 2003

In this aliaNEWS broadcast:

Members-only access

E-mail addresses and passwords

Our inCite yearly calendar hits the airwaves

ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime 2003

Adult Learners Week 1-7 September 2003

aliaPUBNEWS - a new monthly e-broadcast

ALIAnet web publishing policy

Knowledge management interim standard

ALIA National Policy Congress (NPC) 2003

CPD program

ALIA local liaison officers

IFLA conference

Feedback

Members-only access
A gentle reminder that access to members-only content of website requires your 6-digit membership number, and a password (which may be changed at any time). In any given browsing 'session' of members-only content, you are only required to enter these details at most once every one hour. Be wary, however, of browsers with 'auto-completion' set to store these values - unless the browser that you are using is yours alone to use. To maintain access to members-only material on ALIAnet's website, please renew by the end of July!
http://membership.alia.org.au

E-mail addresses and passwords
Initial passwords for access to ALIAnet are sent to your recorded e-mail address upon request. For security, we advise a change as soon as you log in. Our membership team can help if your e-mail address is no longer current, or incorrect. Please note that if your e-mail address changes, it is up to *you* to change your subscription to any ALIA e-lists, which are not handled by the membership database. Nor are you automatically subscribed to any group or specialist e-lists other than this one (aliaNEWS). E-list activity (subscriptions etc) is always independent of membership details, and managed through an entirely different web interface, since non-members require access to this service also.
http://lists.alia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/

Our inCite yearly calendar hits the airwaves
As members of ALIA are well aware, the first inCite issue of each year includes a compiled calendar of events of interest to the sector, as well as ALIA events. It seems that ABC Radio have discovered it, and ALIA National Office staff have been interviewed more than once about upcoming events of interest: and in particular, 'Take a gnome to work day' (26 July). If you want to hear more about the Gnome Liberation Front and other events that inspire national interest, listen to your local ABC Radio station over the next 24 hours!

ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime 2003
11:00am [AEST] Friday 5 September. In National Simultaneous Storytime 2003, public library services, primary and pre-school libraries, early-childhood centres and pre-schools participate in reading the picture book, I don't want to go school, simultaneously throughout the country. I don't want to go school is written by popular Australian author, Christine Harris and illustrated by Craig Smith. All organisations registering will receive a NSS2003 poster featuring the chosen book; bookmarks for all the children participating; and a certificate of participation. NSS2003 is kindly sponsored by Random House and Dymocks Booksellers. To register:
http://alia.org.au/advocacy/storytime/

Adult Learners Week 1-7 September 2003
The theme for this year's ALW is literacy in its broadest sense. ALW offers an opportunity for libraries to be involved through the Great Literacy Debate. The ALIA Information Literacy Forum will be conducting an online debate during Adult Learners Week. To find out more about how your library can participate visit the website. More information from Marie Murphy [please remove the '.nospam' from address].
http://www.adultlearnersweek.org/events/greatdebate.html

aliaPUBNEWS - a new monthly e-broadcast
aliaPUBNEWS is for anyone who is concerned with supporting and promoting the further development of Australia's public library services. aliaPUBNEWS will cover the policy and strategic issues and service developments having an impact on public libraries Australia-wide. Regular sections will include policy and advocacy; states and territories roundup; international; news from ALIA; what's on. aliaPUBNEWS Number 1 will be issued on 30 July. aliaPUBNEWS is an initiative of ALIA's Public Libraries Reference Group. More information from Susan Magnay [please remove the '.nospam' from address], ph 02 6215 8225.
http://lists.alia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aliaPUBNEWS/

ALIAnet web publishing policy
At the last Board meeting, the ALIA Board of Directors have approved the ALIA web publishing policy drafted by the ALIA Publishing and Editorial Reference Group.
http://alia.org.au/governance/committees/publishing/policies/web.html

Knowledge management interim standard
The Knowledge Management Interim Standard AS 5037 (Int), now out for comment, provides a model for the implementation of knowledge management and will have wide application across a range of organisations. Feedback on the Interim Standard will guide the development of the final Standard due out in 2004. ALIA members are encouraged to provide feedback on AS 5037 (Int), either to Dale Chatwin [please remove the '.nospam' from address] as ALIA's representative on the MB-007 committee responsible for developing the interim standard, or through the online feedback form. The Interim Standard can be purchased from SAI at http://www.standards.com.au, ph 1300 65 4646.
http://www.knowledge.standards.com.au

ALIA National Policy Congress (NPC) 2003
This important consultative mechanism - ensuring that ALIA members have the opportunity to participate in the policy-making process of the Association - started last night in Adelaide with the first regional meeting. The dates and agendas for other regional NPC meetings can be found on ALIAnet. For further information please contact Georgina Dale [please remove the '.nospam' from address], ph 02 6215 8229.
http://alia.org.au/governance/npc/2003/

CPD program
ALIA is developing a CPD program of training courses for ALIA members by brokering partnerships with quality training providers. Courses are available to ALIA members at discounted rates with Monash Learningfast and APESMA Management Education. Full details of these opportunities for ALIA personal and institutional members is available on our website. For further information please contact Georgina Dale [please remove the '.nospam' from address], ph 02 6215 8229.
http://alia.org.au/education/cpd/services.html

ALIA local liaison officers
ALIA National Office is currently appointing ALIA local liaison officers in each state. ALIA local liaison officers will be responsible for promoting ALIA and supporting members at a grassroots level. To date, the following appointments have been made: Queensland - Gillian Hallam; Tasmania - Jane Jeppson; Victoria - Margie Anderson; Western Australia - Kay Poustie. Contact details for these officers can be found in Vital Link Online. Further information about the role of ALIA local liaison officers will appear in the August issue of inCite. For further information please contact Georgina Dale [please remove the '.nospam' from address], ph 02 6215 8229.
http://alia.org.au/vital.link.html

IFLA conference
Earlybird registrations for the 8th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference in Canberra 28-31 October 2003 close on 31 July. More details, and to register: http://www.nla.gov.au/ilds/. ALIA National Office is taking registrations now for the following satellite events at the Special, Law and Health Librarians conference in Adelaide 24-27 August 2003. Finding answers to clinical questions; A fistful of dollars: copyright management workshop; PDA (personal digital assistants) workshop; Basics of electronic indexing; MeSH and the health and ageing thesaurus.
http://conferences.alia.org.au/shllc2003/satelite.html

Feedback
We are still being thrilled by the response to aliaNEWS from subscribers, and it is still gratifying to know that we are providing a useful and timely information, in a format that is easy to read. 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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