aliaNEWS - April 2010

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April 2010

Welcome to the April aliaNEWS!

It's starting to get cooler, but the LIS world is heating up - preparations are well underway for a bumper month in May, including Library and Information Week, Information Awareness Month, Library Technicians Day, and, of course, National Simultaneous Storytime. More info about these events and more are below!

YOUR ASSOCIATION

Have a story to tell? Why not write for inCite? June's theme is Research and Education. More info: http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/
Congratulations to Jan Fullerton, Director General of the National Library of Australia, awarded the HCL Anderson Award. More info: http://www.alia.org.au/awards/hcl.anderson/
ALIA and ASLA are preparing a submission for the inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools. Comments to advocacy@alia.org.au by 13 April. More info: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/edt/schoollibraries/index.htm
Your journal needs you! Doing something innovative? Undertaking a project with new insight for current practice? Why not share? ALJ is accepting articles for 2010 now! More info: http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj
ALIA members and their families can make significant savings on health insurance by joining or transferring to Member Advantage Health. More info: http://www.memberadvantage.com.au/login/alia

EVENTS

BlueShield Australia & DISACT Symposium 2010: Disaster Proofing Heritage Collections One-day event to be held on 6 May 2010 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Register: http://www.alia.org.au/events/disasterproofingheritagecollections_rego.pdf Speaker abstracts: http://www.alia.org.au/events/disasterproofingheritagecollections_abstracts.pdf
ALIA Information Online Exhibition and Conference 2011 The Call For Papers has closed, but the Committee is still taking suggestions for invited speakers & topics of interest. Register linden.fairbairn@information-online.com.au http://www.information-online.com.au/
Looking for LIW merchandise to help promote your gig? Look no further! Access All Areas merchandise now available! http://www.alia.org.au/liw/
Jump into National Simultaneous Storytime merchandise now! Great Storytime giveaways and promotional poster now available to purchase! http://www.alia.org.au/storytime/
Member Freebie: Have you been paying attention? The first three members who email the link between last year's NSS story and this year's will win an LIW merchandise pack. Email enquiry@alia.org.au
ALIA Biennial 2012 Conference location announced! The ALIA Board of Directors has confirmed Sydney as the location for the ALIA 2012 Biennial Conference, held midyear. The Board thanks the Sydney committee for their work on the bid.
ALIA 5th New Librarians Symposium 2011 The ALIA Board of Directors has confirmed Perth as the location for NLS5. The symposium will be held in September 2011. Congratulations to the Perth NLS5 Committee!

PD

Connect! ALIA launches Career Connect:
Career Connect is your connection to the career support you need, when you need it.
More info: http://www.alia.org.au/careerconnect/

Meet face-to-face:
Adam Le Good's 'Managing Challenging Clients', 'Fundamentals of Supervision',
and 'Leading others through change' coming to Brisbane in May.
More info: http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/pd.services/adam.html

Public speaking is the number one phobia - conquer yours:
Book in the May course with renowned expert, Dr Irena Yashin-Shaw.
More info: http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/pd.services/irena.html

Nail that job application:
Members only eCourse: 'Writing to Selection Criteria'.
More info: http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/workshops/#2

Be prepared:
Sue McKerracher will facilitate a free 1 hour teleconference discussion on disaster preparedness within
the library and information sector 2.00pm AEST, 5 May 2010.
More info: http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/pd.services/sue.mck.html

FOLIOz 2010:
Making Your Case Successfully (Machiavel) - Monday 24 May - Friday 9 July 2010.
Register now http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/pd.services/folioz2010.html

Career fair mania:
Say hello at the ALIA stands! Melbourne Age VCE & Careers Expo 23-25 April &
the Sydney National Careers & Employment Expo 30 April & 1 May 2010.
Check out the updated Destination wiki: http://destinationlibrary.pbworks.com/

OUT AND ABOUT

Got a great idea for creating better lives for people in Australia? Want access to amazing mentors and a bucket of cash (up to $1million) to get your idea off the ground? More info: http://www.tacsi.org.au/challenge
Mobile Libraries create communities. Details of the 2010 Mobile Muster are now available. More info: http://www.mobilelibraries.com.au
World Press Freedom Day conference, 1 - 3 May, 2010 at The University of Queensland. More info: http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=20603

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