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Welcome to the March aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
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- May inCite: It's in our DNA - What is fundamental about the library and information sector? Which came first, the information, the housing, or the desire to share knowledge? When it comes right down to it, what are our core values, our core skills - our core? Tell us what you think: no double helix diagrams necessary. Deadline 1 April 2012. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html.
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- Harmony Day 2012: Celebrate what unites us. Wear orange, and check out the website for ideas on how to promote harmony in your workplace, your library, your school, your office, your life.
http://www.harmony.gov.au/
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Events
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- National Simultaneous Storytime 2012 - Registrations for storytime are opening soon. Register your location and purchase your The Very Cranky Bear merchandise.
http://www.alia.org.au/nss/
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- Library and Information Week 2012 - 'Think Outside the Book' is the theme for LIW 2012. Let us know how you will be 'thinking outside the book' to celebrate LIW 2012 events@alia.org.au.
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Out and about
- Inaugural Kay Poustie AM International Scholarship: To honour Kay's immense contribution to the library profession the State Library of Western Australia Foundation has created the Kay Poustie Scholarship. This scholarship takes the form of an International Study Grant and will enable a WA-based librarian to travel overseas to learn more about innovative library practices and to bring that knowledge back to Western Australia. Calls for nominations are now open.
http://www.statelibraryfoundation.org/our-projects
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- World Read Aloud Day: World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. It happens this year on Wednesday 7 March.
http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday
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COMPETITION!!
It's all about thrills and chills in March: here's your chance to win a copy of Alastair Reynold's brand new SF novel, Blue Remembered Earth or Swedish author Hans Koppel's new crime novel, She's Never Coming Back. Just tell us in a hundred words or less one way your workplace 'thinks outside the book'. Best two answers win, and others may be included in inCite as a promotion for Library and Information Week.
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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