13 December 2005

In this aliaNEWS broadcast:

New executive director for ALIA

Call for nominations to ALIA Board

Metcalfe Award

National Excellence Award

Merry Christmas to all

New executive director for ALIA
The Board of Directors of ALIA is pleased to announce the appointment of Sue Hutley to the position of executive director of ALIA. Sue will take up her new role on 3 January 2006. Sue brings to the position her broad experience in the academic, TAFE, public library and special library sectors, underpinned by postgraduate qualifications in business and library science. She has a long-established record of contribution to the library and information sector profession through her active and proactive roles with the New Graduates Policy and Advisory Group, New Librarians' Symposium, ALIA Quorum, the Queensland Library Promotion Council and the Aurora Foundation.
http://alia.org.au/media.room/2005.12.13.html

Call for nominations to ALIA Board
Nominations for ALIA vice-president and three positions on the Board are now open. Close of nominations is at 5.00pm 3 February 2006. Nomination forms are available from ALIA National Office or via ALIAnet. Nominations must be in writing and signed by two financial members. They must include the written consent of the nominee, a 100-word, current curriculum vitae (full details of academic and professional qualifications) and a 100-word statement of professional concerns. For full details see ALIAnet or the advertisement in the December issue of inCite.
http://alia.org.au/governance/elections/2006/board/nomination.form.html

Metcalfe Award
The Metcalfe Award recognises high achievement by a practioner early in her or his career. The 2006 award has been won by Clare Glanville of Griffith University. Her contribution to the profession is both academic and as a practioner. Clare's work with ANZIL, the Evidence-based Librarianship conference and the QUT Alumni Chapter is also notable. The award ceremony will be reported in inCite.
http://alia.org.au/awards/metcalfe.award/

National Excellence Award
Anne Boyle has won the National Excellence Award. Her work as local studies librarian in Geraldton Regional Library has created a collection that is respected across the nation, attracting funding and publishing three significant books on the history of the area. The increasing use of the collection and the innovative activity program related to it were particularly noted.
http://alia.org.au/awards/national.excellence/

Merry Christmas to all
All of us at ALIA National Office wish each aliaNEWS subscriber a safe and festive Christmas and New Year. We look forward to 2006 with great enthusiasm, and hope that you do too. Please note that ALIA National Office will be closed from 24 December 2005 through to 2 January 2006 (inclusive).

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