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| January/February 2012 |
Welcome to the January/February aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
- Happy Anniversary, ALIA!: 2012 marks ALIA's 75th anniversary. Look out for special celebrations and messages throughout 2012.
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- 2012 Update to National Standards and Guidelines for Public Libraries: Request for Comments
Ensure Standards and Guidelines for Australian Public is kept as up-to-date as possible: if you have comments on the first edition, on the use of the average of the three best-performing states/territories as the basis for calculating each measure, or on your experience in applying the standards and guidelines, now is the time to make them known. Please send your feedback to info@librariesalive.com.au or contact Sherrey Quinn or Ian McCallum directly on 02 6257 9177 - by 29 February 2012.
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- Call for EOIs: ALIA thanks Bob Pymm and Ian Morrison for their dedication and commitment in their roles as AARL Editor and AARL Book Reviews Editor respectively. Calls for EOI for these two positions are now open. Deadline for application is 29 February. www.alia.org.au/publishing/aarl
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- April inCite: Get sustainable! Everyone is thinking green - but what about the other aspects of sustainability? Think economic, financial, social, educational, and skills sustainability - and let us know what you are doing/thinking/saying. Deadline 1 March 2012. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html.
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Events
- Love your Library: Forget Valentine's Day - the 14th of February is Library Lovers Day! Show your love and get creative with help from the LLD website. www.librarylovers.org.au/
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- ALIA Information Online 2013 Conference - Coming to Brisbane 11th - 15th February 2012. Save the Date!
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- National Simultaneous Storytime 2012 - The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland has been selected as the NSS story for 2012. Look out for exciting activities and merchandise coming soon. http://www.alia.org.au/nss/
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PD
- Skilled Up: The ALIA Training Calendar 2012 is now available via the ALIA PD website. Get organised for your year of training, whether it's new skills or an upgrade. http://www.alia.org.au/training/
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- ALIA Training presents: Love 2 read! - promote client access to literature - Online: 21 February - 2 April 2012.http://tinyurl.com/cc4yrrt
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- ALIA Training presents: Overdrive 101 : free seminar on using the Overdrive service - Webinar : 22 February, 10am for 1 hour. http://tinyurl.com/83xcnp5
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- ALIA Training presents: FOLIOz - Survey Design: design, conduct, and analyse surveys - Online: 5 March - 27 April. http://tinyurl.com/76xve99
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Out and about
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- Australian rural libraries a model of engagement: Victoria University's School of Social Sciences and Psychology PhD researcher Roziya Abu is investigating how rural libraries in Australia engage with their communities to identify improvements for rural public libraries in Malaysia. The study, titled The role of the rural public library in community development and empowerment will help focus efforts on issues of service relevance. Preliminary findings were recently published in the International Journal of the Book.
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COMPETITION!!
Win one of two 50th Anniversary ALJ prizes (includes four volumes) this month to celebrate ALIA's 75th Anniversary. The Australian Library Journal is ALIA's flagship journal, and a voice for research, publishing, information, study, and furthering knowledge for the sector and the Association.
To win your prize pack, simply answer this question: What two special events related to LIS and ALIA happen on February 14th this year? Answers can be found on the 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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