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Welcome to the September aliaNEWS!
ALIA Access 2010 kicks off today - good conference wishes to all those attending, and all those taking part thanks to a brand new initiative from ALIA - live webstreaming! Check out below for what else is happening this month.
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
- November's inCite reminds us that advocacy starts at home, with the theme of Every Member an Advocate. What do you or your library do to advocate for your profession, your library, your organisation, or your association? Let us know! Deadline is 1 October to incite@alia.org.au.
More Info : http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/
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- Your voice: National Advisory Congress ALIA is your association and you can have a say at the National Advisory Congress. The 2010 NAC focus is volunteering with ALIA. Read the papers, consider putting in a submission, raise your voice.
More Info :http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2010
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- ALIA publications - enjoy your member discounts!
Did you know that, as an ALIA member, you are entitled to discounted subscriptions on Australian Library Journal and Australia Academic and Research Libraries? Keep up-to-date on the latest research and evidence-based practice in LIS.
More Info : http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/journal.subscription.Info.10.11.pdf
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- In honour of the Federal Election, in anticipation of November's Every Member an Advocate inCite, and to celebrate October's Building Our Association inCite, tell us in 25 words or less the importance of professional associations. The most creative member response will win an hour's telephone conversation with our very popular Every Member an Advocate workshop presenter Sue McKerracher to discuss any of your advocacy, lobbying, or media and publicity needs. Email incite@alia.org.au by 15 September to win!
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- Download your free Every Member an Advocate kit
ALIA is excited to offer Australian LIS professionals our new Every Member an Advocate kit for free! Encompassing powerful messages this kit provides you with the tools to create your own advocacy messages.
Visit http://www.alia.org.au/emaa and fill in our online form and we'll send you the kit for free!
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Conferences and Events
- Registrations open for ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition 2011!
Register now and take advantage of the early bird reduced fee. Conference will be held from 1-3 February 2011 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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- Australian Committee on Cataloguing 2010 Seminar: Describing resources in a web services world
The seminar will be held Thursday, 21 October 2010 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra Registrations now open. Seminar will be of interest to all librarians, especially cataloguers and metadata creators.
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