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aliaNEWS 17 August 2007
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ALIA turns 70!

The first meeting of our Association was held in Canberra on 20 August 1937. That means we're now 70! Visit our webpages for our 'Celebrating 70 years' media release. You can also share with us your memories and photos of ALIA. This website will be updated regularly during August and over thehttp://www.alia.org.au/r> http://alia.org.au/alia70/

National Advisory Congress - Regional & Rural Members

Calling all Regional & Rural ALIA members! Would you like to attend an NAC meeting, but can't because of the distance? Then you'll be pleased to hear that this year's series of NACs includes a teleconference just for you. Don't miss your chance to contribute to the direction of the Association. The Regional & Rural NAC will be held via teleconference on the 18 September from 6.00 pm (EST). You can RSVP your attendance by contacting Robyn Ellard, Assistant Director: Member Services on 1800 020 071 or emailing robyn.ellard@alia.org.au

If you would like further information about the NAC, please visit http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/

Internet filtering

The official launch of the Government's NetAlert - Protecting Australian Families Online initiative took place on 10 August. ALIA rejects the description of public library filtering efforts as an 'abject failure' made by Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Hon Helen Coonan, and has issued a media release defending public libraries' initiathttp://www.alia.org.au/ release at http://alia.org.au/advocacy/internet.access/.

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National Simultaneous Storytime Thursday 6 September

Do not miss out! National Simultaneous Storytime merchandise orders close on Thursday 30 August. Visit the NSS website to register your organisation's participation and download the merchandise order form. The website also includes great ideas for activities, storytime and displays plus much, much more.
http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/storytime/2007/

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

ALIA President, Roxanne Missingham, Board members Damian Lodge and Helen Partridge and ALIA Executive Director, Sue Hutley are in Durban, South Africa, for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council.

http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/index.htm

Membership and events database tender

ALIA has put out a tender for a new membership and events database. This is an exciting opportunity to extend the services we provide to our valued members. It will give us increased functionality in many areas including a member portal on our website, member loyalty programs and, events and sponsorship management. ALIA hopes to have the new database implemented in April 2008. The Request for Tender is available on our website.
http://www.alia.org.au/alianet/rftms.html

New manual for Australian school library resource centres

ALIA Schools in conjunction with Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians have produced A Manual for Developing Policies and Procedures in Australian School Library Resource Centres. It was launched on Saturday 4 August, by Judy Maddigan MP for Essendon, at Santa Maria College, Northcote. The Manual sets out how to develop the policies and document the procedures that are essential for exemplary management practices. A school library that is well managed is in the best possible position to offer the range of library programs and services that are essential to the endeavours of the school community. It is only available in electronic form, and http://www.alia.org.au/ for download.
http://alia.org.au/groups/aliaschools/policies.procedures.pdf

Managing copyright compliance in libraries and information services

Presented by CAVAL in partnership with ALIA. Do you have responsibility for copyright in your organisation? Need practical, hands-on advice? Then this workshop, presented by ALIA's copyright adviser Moyra McAllister is for you. Moyra provides you with examples and case studies to illustrate the principles of copyright law and functional solutions provided to common compliance problems. ALIA members receive preferential rates ($132 for members and only $88 for ALIA students GST inclusive). Registrations are open now. For information on dates and destinations visit CAVAL at

The combined submission is available at http://training.caval.edu.au/pdt/show_course.php?CID=264

The Hollywood Librarian. Coming to a screen near you.

We've had many inquiries about the Hollywood Librarian movie, premiered at the recent ALA conference in front of an audience of 5,000 in Washington. Check out the Washington Post story at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/23/AR2007062301378.html and see a trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8kd4fC1bwo

ALIA has now contacted Ann Seidl, whose brainchild the movie was, about bringing it to Australia. The great news is she's just as keen as we are to bring the movie here. We don't yet know how, or when, but we're working on that. So stay tuned, polish up your premiere togs and watch this space. http://www.hollywoodlibrarian.com/

Children's Book Week 18-24 August

This year's theme is READiscover. The winning and honour books of the Children's Book of the Year Awards will be announced on Friday 17 August. For more information see the link from ALIA's Children's and Youth Services (NSW) group website at
http://www.alia.org.au/groups/cysnsw/

Australian Committee on Cataloguing seminar 2007, registrations now open

This is your last chance to register for the 2007 ACOC Seminar, Promise for the future, or legacy of the past?: cataloguing in a changing world. Registrations close on 31 August 2007. The conference will be held at the State Library of Queensland on Friday 7 September 2007. Karen Calhoun, Vice President, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services, will present the keynote address. Download the registration form at
http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/documents/registration2007.pdf

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Australian Library Journal

Subscribers to ALJ should be receiving Vol 56, no 2 shortly. It features articles on digital issues by Courtney Gibson, Marijana Bogdanovic, Graeme Johanson, Peter Dobrovits and Kate Davis..
Don't receive ALJ? You can subscribe today at http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/subscriptions.html For information about the content or about contributing to the journal, contact editor Ian McCallum at alj@alia.org.au.nospam

Australian Academic and Research Libraries

Subscribers to AARL should be receiving Vol 38, no 2 June 2007 shortly. It features articles by Joan Moncrieff, Peter Macauley and Janine Epps; Paul Denoni, N M Nakata, Mary Anne Kennan, Patricia Willard, Heather Carlile, S. Wilson and Fletcher Cole.
Don't receive AARL? You can subscribe today at http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/subscriptions.html For information about the content or about contributing to the journal, contact editor Professor Ross Harvey at aarl@alia.org.au.nospam


Norfolk Island Book Festival 30 September - 7 October 2007

The organisers are inviting those in the LIS industry to be their guest at a complimentary dinner for librarians. Mix and mingle with librarians from around Australia at a relaxed and friendly boutique book festival and have a personal tour of the local library. Call Lee 1800 1400 66 or email lee@travelcentre.nf.nospam
http://www.travelcentre.nf/book_festival.htm

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