aliaNEWS - October 2011

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October 2011

Welcome to the October aliaNEWS!

YOUR ASSOCIATION

National Advisory Congress meeting dates set: It's your voice and it's your future. Get involved with National Advisory Congress 2011 and have your say. Meetings in capital cities and regional teleconferences have now been scheduled. Meeting schedules and further information: www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2011.
National Cultural Policy: ALIA will be making a submission to the National Cultural Policy Discussion Paper. If you have comments, email them to advocacy@alia.org.au by 14 October 2011.
Renewals (tick, tick, tick): Have you renewed your ALIA membership yet? Remember, after October 14, unfinancial members will lose access to member services including web access, inCite and professional support services so don't delay! Online renewal is available at www.alia.org.au/members-only.html, or you can phone your Membership Services team on freecall 1800 020 071 or email membership@alia.org.au.
Join the NBN eList: Are you in a National Broadband Network region or interested in the NBN? Join the NBN eList at www.alia.org.au/alianet/e-lists/.
#advocacy on Twitter: ALIA tweeters can follow the progress and discussion of advocacy issues on our twitter stream - use the #advocacy hashtag and join in! www.twitter.com/alianational.
December InCite: pssst! Got a secret? We know our members have some of the best kept secrets and most wonderful treasures in our libraries. Tell us about yours. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html. Deadline November 1, 2011.

Events

Forget-me-knot Day: ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse) is holding its annual Forget-me-knot Day this year on November 19th. They are calling on all libraries to hold a display to help break the stigma and taboo around child abuse. For more information and downloadable resources including a poster, go to asca.org.au/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=242.
ACOC Cataloguing Seminar 2011: Register now for Layers upon layers: delving into discovery. National Wine Centre, Adelaide on Friday 28th October. More: www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/grps/acoc/acocseminar2011.html.
Textual manipulation 2011 - Conference and Rare Book Librarians' Day: The Bibliographical Society of Australia NZ will present a conference program exploring physical and textual bibliography and examines how the manipulation of electronic texts may change the landscape of bibliographical studies in the future on November 3-4in Adelaide. More at www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/biblio/ and don't forget the very special Rare Book Librarians Day Wednesday November 2 - more at www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/biblio/rare_libs.html.

PD

PD scheme audit time is here - Be prepared! The annual random selection of 10% of PD scheme members for audit has commenced. Want to know how it works? Go to www.alia.org.au/education/pd/scheme/audit.html

Out and about

NYR teams up with Good Reading Magazine: Good Reading Magazine will be producing two special magazines during 2012 to support and celebrate the National Year of Reading. You can give them away to promote your library or sell them at full or a reduced rate of your choice. More at: https://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/file/view/NYR_OrderForm+%283%29.pdf.
Telstra award win for Mt Gambier's Library Manager: Congratulations to Cathryn Harris, Manager of the Mt Gambier Library in SA, on winning the Nokia Business Innovation Award in this year's Telstra Business Women's Awards. www.telstrabusinesswomensawards.com/award-winners/past-winners/2011/sa-259.aspx.
International School Library Month : October is International School Library Month. This year's theme is School libraries empower learners for life. More at www.iasl-online.org.
Ain't no mountain high enough: Here's a great example from Brazil of an innovative way to get books to people who need them: www.springwise.com/non-profit_social_cause/brazilian-tricycle-distributes-books-disadvantaged-communities/.

COMPETITION!!

Every 29 seconds, someone in the world is diagnosed with cancer and, in an instant, they have to come to terms with a whole new future. Because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Big Sky Publishing has generously donated three very special prize packs to help raise awareness of cancer and share the extraordinary insights of those who have faced the challenge. This month's prize pack includes signed copies of Pieces of Me (plus DVD) by film director/performer and mum Veronica Neave, detailing her journey from discovery that she carried the breast cancer gene and how she dealt with all that followed, and the inspirational What I Wish I Knew, by Marty Wilson and Gary Bertwhistle, packed with real life advice from survivors, families and professionals. (Check out www.bigskypublishing.com.au for reviews of both books.)

To win your prize pack, simply answer this question: What's the closing date for nominations for the 2012 ALIA Board? 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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