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aliaNEWS 22 January 2008
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Library Lovers Day 14 February

Once known as Valentine's Day, now known as a time for Library Lovers. Use your creative flair to help celebrate the day and have fun! Official Library Lovers Day merchandise is now available. This is a joint ALIA and PLA initiative.

http://www.librarylovers.org.au


inCite theme for March 2008: Community Engagement

Contribute to your member magazine! March’s feature topic is 'Community engagement’. Contributions on this theme or on other issues relating to library and information services are welcome. High resolution images are also encouraged. Send your articles to incite@alia.org.au by 31 January.

http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/

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ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference – Call for Papers

The ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference will be held in Alice Springs from 2-5 September 2008. The call for papers deadline for abstract submission is the 30 January. For details on the conference themes and paper submission process go to:

http://www.alia2008.com/
Video with Fiona O'Loughlin:
http://www.alia.org.au/conferences/2008-2009.html

Environment and Conservation Collections Fellowship

The State Library of New South Wales is seeking a suitably qualified person with a demonstrated record of research for a Fellowship supported by the Purves Environmental Fund. Applications close on 31 January 2008.

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/award

Call for Nominations for ALIA Board of Directors

The call for nominations for the ALIA Board of Directors is now open. Nominations are due by close of business on Friday, 1 February 2008. Forms are available from ALIA National Office.

http://www.alia.org.au/governance/elections/2008

ALIA-ASLA Policy Advisory Group - Seeking member

ALIA is looking for an interested member to join the ALIA-ASLA Policy Advisory Group. Candidates should hold teacher-librarian qualifications. Expressions of interest, accompanied by curriculum vitae of no more than 100 words should be forwarded to Sue Hutley, Executive Director, before the close of business, Friday 8 February.

http://www.alia.org.au/governance/committees/external/alia-asla/

Safer Internet Day 2008 – 12 February

Take part in the SID 2008, and celebrate the right of every child to enjoy safe and rewarding internet experiences. Organised by the European internet safety network Insafe, the event is being held on 12 February with the theme 'Life online is what YOU make of IT’.

http://www.netalert.gov.au/news_and_events.html

The Australian Library Journal - Call for Papers

ALJ’s special issue on 'Community and workplace information literacy’ is due to be published in May with guest editor Helen Partridge. Call for papers is now announced with full papers due 15 February. Contact: h.partridge@qut.edu.au. Visit the ALIA Information Literacy Forum for further information.

http://www.alia.org.au/groups/infolit

Library Stars: best of the best 2008 – Call for Submissions

The Library Stars forum, hosted by ALIA’s Public Libraries Advisory Committee (PLAC), will showcase public libraries, their projects, and successes on 2 September 2008 at a satellite event as part of the ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference in Alice Springs. Public libraries are invited to submit a proposal for presentation. Three will be selected and those libraries will be given a travel grant of $1,000 each to assist with costs in attending the conference. Deadline for proposals is 29 February.

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

Jean Primrose Whyte Churchill Fellowship 2008

The Churchill Trust is seeking applications from **SA residents only** for Fellowships to be awarded in June 2008 for the study of an aspect of library and information services. Each Fellowship available has an average value of $25,000 and includes return economy airfare and an oversea living allowance. There are no prescribed qualifications required with the merit of the proposal being the primary test. Deadline is 29 February 2008.

http://www.churchilltrust.com.au

ALIA Education and Workforce Summit 2008

The Education and Workforce Summit will be held on Friday 28 March 2008 at the State Library of Victoria. It will discuss critical issues in library and information education and in the library workforce. ALIA members and groups are invited to make submissions and comments to the Summit which will be made available on the website.

http://www.alia.org.au/education/summit08/

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ALIA Information Online Conference – Call for Papers

The leading Conference for the online information industry in the Asia-Pacific region, Information Online will be held in Sydney 20 -22 January 2009 with satellite events Monday 19 and Friday 23 January. The call for papers is now on. Deadline is 28 March 2008.

http://www.information-online.com.au

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4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium – Call for Papers

The 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium (NLS4) will be held in Melbourne on 5-6 December 2008. The NLS4 Committee is calling for papers in keeping with the Symposium theme of 'Breaking Barriers’. Online submission, lodged no later than Friday, 4 April 2008 is the only method for the receipt of abstracts. Queries to the Symposium Secretariat, Patty D'Cruz at program@icms.com.au

http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008

ALIA Conference Manual

The Conferences Standing Committee is preparing the next draft of the Conference Manual which will be sent to the conference convenors and previous teleconference participants. If any other member wishes to have a copy of the latest draft, please contact Jane Hardy at jane.hardy@alia.org.au.



Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship 2008

Awarded to a female librarian or student of librarianship for an outstanding paper on any aspect of librarianship, this Fellowship is funded by the National Council of Women in New South Wales Incorporated and the Australian Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Associations Incorporate. An award of $1000 will be presented to the winner at the annual Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon to be held on 9 May 2008. Applications close on 14 April 2008.

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/awards/arnot.html

ALIA Resources Directory– ALIA goes green

The 2008 Resources Directory will be available for members online on the ALIA website. The electronic version will be available in February, will be updated regularly and will be in an easily downloadable pdf format.

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

New publications available from ALIA

Available from our online shop: Uniting a profession: the Australian Institute of Librarians 1937-1949 by Jean P Whyte and David J Jones. You can also purchase the special double issue of ALJ (Australian Library Journal) entitled Unfinished business: papers from the Forum on Australian Library History, and AARL’s Australian Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries has been reprinted and is now for sale.

http://shop.alia.org.au/

ALIA Member discount for CSU publication

Libraries in the twenty-first century is a collection of papers that brings together leading library educators and practitioners and provides a scholarly yet accessible overview of library and information management and the challenges that the twenty-first century offers the information profession. **ALIA members receive a 5% discount.

http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/educat/sis/CIS/L21C/index.htm

Exclusive benefits and services for you through Member Advantage

pic ALIA offers its members access to a range of outstanding savings on lifestyle and business products through Member Advantage. Member Advantage has specifically negotiated arrangements with many high profile suppliers that include: Health Insurance - save 5%; Car Hire - exclusive rates and package; Home loans - save on interest rates and fees; Qantas Club - corporate membership; Car buying service - fleet prices; Insurances - Professional Indemnity, Income Protection, Life, Travel, Car, House and Contents and many more. Visit the website or call Member Advantage on 1300 853 352.

http://www.member-advantage.com/alia

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