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Welcome to the July 2006 edition of aliaNEWS, a regular newsletter distributed to all members of ALIA and other interested individuals.

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National Simultaneous Storytime 2006


Not long until one of the biggest library events of the year! Raise community awareness of your library: invite a local celebrity to read aloud on 1 September. National Simultaneous Storytime is a great opportunity to involve parents, grandparents and others with their children's literacy and your library. Proudly sponsored by Hachette Children's Books. Register your participation (and order your NSS merchandise) online now.

http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/storytime/2006/
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CLICK06: 19-22 September


New on the conference website: information on satellite events, the list of trade exhibitors and the draft program, including abstracts. Book flights now: both Qantas and Virgin Blue fly to Perth. You can download the CLICK06 registration brochure and registration form or register online.

http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2006/satellite_workshops.html

IT standards committee: ALIA representative wanted


ALIA members working or interested in the IT sector are invited to submit an expression of interest in a two-year term as the ALIA representative on the Standards Australia IT-019 IT Standards Committee. Please submit a brief CV and a 100-word statement of your qualifications to [maryann.ryan@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address)] by 31 July 2006.

http://committees.standards.org.au/COMMITTEES/IT-019
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NLS2006


For those who want to make the most of their visit to Sydney for the New Librarians' Symposium, think about attending a satellite event. Information about some of these is now available on the website, with more to be confirmed. We hope you find something to tickle your intellectual curiosity!

http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2006/satellite.php

National Advisory Congress 2006: Regional meetings


Regional meetings will be held in late July and throughout August in 12 locations across Australia. Be there or be square! In September, the half-day national meeting (1:00pm - 4:00pm, 19 September) is to be held in association with CLICK06, and all ALIA members are invited, encouraged and incited to attend. See link for the meeting schedule and additional information.

http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2006/
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Insurance offer


Member Advantage Insurance Services has negotiated a great travel insurance offer for you. Save up to 30 per cent on travel insurance with AIG Australia. It's fast, secure and completely online. The Member Advantage Insurance Services also provides other insurances, including life, income protection, professional indemnity, home and contents and car insurance. For an obligation-free quote call Member Advantage Insurance Services on 1300 365 152 or go to the address below and click through the links for details.

http://www.alia.org.au/membership.benefits/affinity.html

Seminar on 'Managing E-Resources'


State Library SA, Lecture Theatre, North Terrace, Adelaide, 10:00am - 1:00pm, 27 July 2006, $30 (Conc. $15). Morning tea included. Payment can be made on the day, in cash or a cheque made out to 'ARCoM'. Registration is at 9:45am. The seminar is a general information session exploring the management of e-resources. It includes presentations from vendors about e-resource publishing and management tools and from South Australian libraries and Libraries Australia about current practice. Further information and program: Tom Snook, ARCoM Convenor and Metadata and Acquisitions Services Librarian, Flinders University. Ph: 61(8) 8201 2083 Fax: 61(8) 8201 2508 E-mail: tom.snook@flinders.edu.au

Free access to LISTA


Full marks to EBSCO Publishing, who recently announced increased availability of LISTA (Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts). The comprehensive library science database is available to any library, college, university, K-12 school, hospital, corporation or other interested party at no cost. Go search!

http://www.libraryresearch.com

ALIA Premier Awards: Closing date 1 August


The closing date for the premier ALIA awards is 1 August. Nominations for the HCL Anderson, the Redmond Barry and Ellinor Archer Awards must be received by this date. Nominations for the Excellence Award will be accepted until 30 September. Nominations for the next Metcalfe Award will close in June 2007.

http://www.alia.org.au/awards/

National licensing proposal: Join the e-list


Australian libraries' proposed consortium for national access to selected full-text resources is fast becoming an exciting reality. Keep in touch with the process and have your say: join the NLP-L discussion list. Go to http://listserver.nla.gov.au/wws/info/nlp-l and follow the prompts to register. NLP-L is a low-traffic list hosted and moderated by the National Library of Australia. Want to know more about the National Licensing Proposal? E-mail nlp@nla.gov.au or visit online.

http://www.nla.gov.au/nlp/

Don't forget...


You can choose between two SPECIAL CAR RENTAL DEALS! Available when renting with Europcar in Australia until 30th September 2006. Deal 1: discounted car rental rates; Deal 2: great rates and reduced insurance liability. For more information call Member Advantage on 1300 853 352 or visit our webpage.

http://www.alia.org.au/membership.benefits/affinity.html
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Children's Book Week: Book now! 19-25 August


The theme of Children's Book Week 2006 is Book Now! The week this year is 19-25 August. The shortlist and notable books for the Book of the Year Awards were announced on 5 April 2006. Book of the Year Award winners will be announced 18 August 2006. Merchandise is available from the Children's Book Council website.

http://www.cbc.org.au/bookweek.htm

Library Stars: Best of the Best Forum, 19 September 2006


Registration is now open for 'Library stars: best of the best', Tuesday 19 September 2006, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. The varied program will showcase outstanding Australian public library projects and successes. Rolf Hapel, Library Director, Aarhus Public Libraries, Denmark, will give the keynote address. For cost, program details and to register see online.

http://www.alia.org.au/governance/committees/public.libraries/stars.html

Shortage of Academic Librarians


Members of the Western European Studies Section (WESS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a committee to address the current and long-term shortage of academic librarians. They are particularly interested to advise scholars and teachers with foreign language training and advanced degrees that academic librarianship provides additional options for using their training in an academic setting.

http://www.columbia.edu/~klg19/WESS/

Matters of Life and Death: Annual Lecture


Professor Ian Donaldson, Director of the Humanities Research Centre, will deliver this year's Australian Book Review/La Trobe University Annual Lecture. Professor Donaldson's theme will be 'Matters of Life and Death: The return of biography'. He will examine some of the forces driving the current resurgence of interest in biography, and some of the more enterprising examples of the genre. ABR is presenting the lecture in three states: 9 August at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 20 September, La Trobe University, Melbourne, and 8 October at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide.

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~abr/New Events.htm
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Job Networking @ ALIA


Looking for a job? Or are you looking to fill a vacancy soon? Consider taking advantage of the Job Networking@ALIA initiative to be launched at Click06. Employers are encouraged to advertise current vacancies at the conference, where a private interview space will be available (next to the ALIA Trade Stand) to get together with potential employees. For more information take a look online.

http://www.alia.org.au/jobnetworking/

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