aliaNEWS - February 2011

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February 2011

Welcome to the February aliaNEWS!

YOUR ASSOCIATION

Welcome to our incoming Board members: http://www.alia.org.au/governance/elections/2011/board/candidates.html
New copyright notices: New copyright notice content and instructions for use now available http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/copyright/notices.html
Launching even more online resources at ALIA - There are now more reasons than ever to be an ALIA member. ALIA has joined forces with EBL Ebook Library to bring members a fantastic new service in 2011. Members can now download over 60 recent, specialist LIS Ebooks covering a wide range of relevant topics. Read them online or offline on a laptop or ebook reading device. Our concurrent usage arrangement means you won't have to wait. It's quick, easy and absolutely free. http://www.alia.org.au/LISjournals
Flood recovery watch: get the latest news on how the flood recovery is going at http://www.alia.org.au/disasterrecovery/QLDFloods.html. Resources at http://www.alia.org.au/disasterrecovery and donate if you can to http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

Conferences and Events

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Information Online can come to you! If you can't get there, register to attend via webstreaming. Attending via web streaming attracts 1 PD point per hour in the ALIA PD Scheme. http://www.information-online.com.au/sb_clients/iog/bin/iog_2011_streaming.cfm?vm_key=DD16F011-1422-0982-EB92EFBAFE7829A9
Library Lovers Day - 14th February 2011: Feel the power of love and show how much you love you library! http://www.librarylovers.org.au/
National Simultaneous Storytime 2011: It's Feathers for P hoebe for 2011 National Simultaneous Storytime http://www.alia.org.au/storytime/index.html
Library and Information Week - We find stuff! Library information Week will be held 23 - 29 May 2011. Show Australia what stuff we can help them find... http://www.alia.org.au/liw/

PD

PD Competitions - Win a FREE place at a 2011 workshop or conference. Check out the ALIA supported ARK and PiCS options.
http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/pd.services/competitions.html

Reward yourself for the New Year! Successfully completed your ALIA PD Scheme Triennium? Apply for a Certified Practitioner certificate today.
http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/scheme/recognition/

Out and about

Safer Internet Day 8 February 2011. Great resources for libraries at http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Libraries.aspx
Cybersafety Help Button: Free application for personal, school and library computers, with help and advice cyberbullying, unwanted contact, scams and fraud, and offensive or inappropriate material. Download from www.dbcde.gov.au/helpbutton. Righting the imbalance of copyright law and setting a copyright agenda for the forthcoming 2-3 years is the purpose of a forum in March. More: http://www.digital.org.au/Forum.htm.
Churchill Fellowships 2011 now open: The Churchill Fellowships provide financial support for Australian citizens to travel overseas to undertaken an analysis, study or investigation of a project or an issue that cannot be readily undertaken in Australia. Applications close February 28, 2011. More: http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/applications/2011/ Collaborative Librarianship - Join over 500 "fans" of Collaborative Librarianship: Visit: http://www.facebook.com/CollaborativeLibrarianship.

COMPETITION!!

Win one of three ALIA Library Promotion Campaign Packs! Each contains a range of materials for promoting your library, including Access All Areas library cards, 'I love my library' stickers, Library and Information Week passports and more.

Just be one of the first three people to tell us who is the incoming ALIA Vice President in May. (Hint - it won't take too many mouse clicks...). Email your answer to incite@alia.org.au.

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