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| September 2011 |
Welcome to the September aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
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- November inCite: Gonna be a revolution! Evolution or revolution? What's going on in your library or information service? Have you refurbished, redesigned, had your new library or service recognised with an award? Share the good news and your best pics in November INCITE. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html. Deadline October 1.
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- National Year of Reading 2012: Check out NYR2012's new website and find out who won the Adult Learners' Week Short Story Competition at www.love2read.org.au
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Events
- See you in Perth! Drop by and say hi to the National Office Staff or make an appointment to see our INCITE EEI Coordinator, Lesa Maclean, who will be at NLS5 and can tell you all about how you can be a featured contributor to INCITE. Thanks to all our conference sponsors and wonderful committee members who have made it happen. Make the most of it by planning your program now: conferences.alia.org.au/libtec2011/ and conferences.alia.org.au/nls5/.
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- Public Library Design Forum: the State Library of Queensland is hosting this forum on 29 September. Contact: bruce.monley@slq.qld.gov.au
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- ALIA Top End Symposium October 7-8: Charles Darwin University, Darwin. Guest Speakers include: Christine Mackenzie, Margaret Allen & Ellen Forsyth. Full orogram and registration forms: www.alia.org.au/groups/topend/
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- ALIATraining presents: EndNote Training - Melbourne: Friday 11 November. More: tinyurl.com/4c4ke3j
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- ALIATraining presents: E-FOLIO : an introduction to e-learning: 26 Sept-11 Nov (online). More: tinyurl.com/47zjcgg
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Out and about
- ERA under review: The Review Committee of Electronic Resources Australia is seeking submissions from different library sectors concerning participation in ERA and issues around national licensing for specific sectors and libraries. Submissions close 12 September. More: era.nla.gov.au/for_libraries/ERAReview.html
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- 20th Anniversary for Australian Sisters in Crime: Australian Women Crime Writers are celebrating with a convention featuring more than 60 Australian crime writers and crime professionals in Melbourne, 7-9 October. More: www.shekilda.com.au.
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- VOCED relaunches as VOCEDplus: The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has launched VOCEDplus - a free international education research database. There's a webinar demonstration on the VOCEDplus homepage at www.voced.edu.au.
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- Read on: aliaRETIREES have launched a classics reading program on their blog. September will see the group reading and discussing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. In October it's the Icelandic saga, Njals Saga and November, Tirra Lirra By the River. More at retireereaders.blogspot.com.
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COMPETITION!!
Win one of two WWI history packs generously donated by Big Sky Publishing this month, valued at over $80. The packs contain a selection of four titles from Big Sky's Australian Army Campaigns series, published in partnership with the Australian Army History Unit. Check out the series at www.bigskypublishing.com.au and watch out for a feature on the Unit in your October issue of INCITE.
To win your prize pack, simply answer this question: What's the name of the online directory of ALIA Group office bearers accessible via the ALIA website? Email your answer to incite@alia.org.au and please include your membership number and postal address for prizes in your answer. Good luck!
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