aliaNEWS - December 2011

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December 2011

Welcome to the December aliaNEWS!

YOUR ASSOCIATION

ALIA Biennial 2012 'SUPER' Early Bird Registration Offer: Only for members and only til December 22. Save up to $200. conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012/index.html
Cybersafety survey: ALIA and ACMA have launched a survey to gain feedback required to help shape the future development of cybersafety resources for library users and staff. Survey closes December 12: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Cybersmart2011.
NAC discussions now on the web: The results of the National Advisory Congress discussions on the future of the profession are now on the website. More at www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2011/.
Board nominations now open: Call for nominations for three Directors and the Vice-President is now open. Nominations close at 5pm AEDST on Wednesday December 21st. www.alia.org.au/governance/elections/2012/
What's our story?: The National Year of Reading has launched a search for the eight books that best depict our nation. Have your say. More at www.love2read.org.au/our-story.cfm. Voting closes January 6 2012.
ALIA voucher scheme to end: Following consultation and review, the ALIA interlibrary lending voucher scheme is to be phased out. Assistance is available for libraries needing to migrate to alternative trading systems and vouchers can be redeemed until June 30, 2012. More www.alia.org.au/interlibrary.lending/vouchers.

Events

Information Awareness Month: Information On Demand is the theme for Information Awareness Month 2012. More: www.informationawarenessmonth.com.au/.
2012: Our 75th anniversary and the National Year of Reading: It's a big year for every library and information professional. Visit www.love2read.org.au and get involved in the National Year of Reading (over 800 libraries are already registered). And celebrate our anniversary by sharing your thoughts about our Association for our January/February issue of INCITE. Deadline January 6th 2012. Contributor guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html and themes for INCITE 2012 now also available at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/deadlines.html.

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Biennial Conference signs Tom Chatfield as keynote:London-based author, commentator and technology theorist Dr Tom Chatfield will be the international keynote speaker in Sydney next July for the ALIA Biennial conference. Register now! conferences.alia.org.au/alia2012

Out and about

Copyright 1-IFLA launches new webpages: IFLA has created a new set of webpages, dedicated to one of the most important policy issues which IFLA is currently dealing with - the issue of copyright limitations and exceptions for libraries. More at www.ifla.org/en/copyright-tlib
Copyright 2 - Retention trial for LIS authors: Routledge, the social science and humanities imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced a two-year pilot initiative for the library and information science research community, allowing contributors to its library and information science journals to retain the copyright to their work and to post it within their institutional repository without an embargo period. More: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/author/lis-journals.pdf
Weekly internet show about libraries: This Week in Libraries and is filmed by two Dutch librarians, Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer. More: www.thisweekinlibraries.com.

COMPETITION!!

"Being really happy isn't what you think it is. It's much better. Come on a journey with me."
So writes the Frog in the delightful Frog and Well gift book, celebrating the absurd and wonderful. That sentiment seems to fit perfectly for Christmas, so Big Sky Publishing have donated three prize packs of this happiness booster and their popular title Dog Logic for our competition winners this month. (Check out www.bigskypublishing.com.au for reviews of both books.)

To win your prize pack, simply answer this question: What is the theme for the ALIA Biennial Conference being held next July in Sydney? Email your answer to incite@alia.org.au and please include your membership number and postal address for prizes in your answer. Good luck!

Our thanks to Big Sky for their generous support of our aliaNEWS competitions through 2011. And a happy, safe Christmas season to all.

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