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| April 2012 |
Welcome to the April aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
- Welcome to ALIA!
ALIA welcomes some new staff members into key roles.
Noreen Kirkman, State Manager WA - You can contact Noreen by phone, 0417 618 286, or by email, noreen.kirkman@alia.org.au
Vassiliki Veros, State Manager NSW - You can contact Vassiliki by phone, 0425 351 770, or by email, vassiliki.veros@alia.org.au
Erin York, Groups and Events Coordinator - You can contact Erin by phone, 02 6215 8219, or via email, erin.york@alia.org.au
Jade Dawes, Membership Coordinator (Parental Leave) - You can contact Jade by phone, 02 6215 8224 or via email, jade.dawes@alia.org.au
You can find a full list of ALIA Staff here: http://www.alia.org.au/contacts/
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- ALIA AGM: Get involved, be heard, and have your say in the Association. ALIA's AGM is being held on Tuesday 15 May 2012 from 6pm in The Ferguson Room, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes ACT. RSVP to Erin York, erin.york@alia.org.au
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- ALIA is on Pinterest! Pinterest is a great social media tool that many libraries around the world are using in exciting ways. Check out ours here: http://pinterest.com/alianational/
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- June INCITE: Getting down to business - Let's face it, running a library or information service is no longer just about providing key information and promoting literacy. It's about budgets, operations, systems, management, and chasing the corporate dollar. So let's get down to it - what are your secrets for a balanced budget? How did you get your organisation to listen? What creative ways have you found around budgetary restrictions? What systems, organisational or otherwise, have worked for you? Share your story. Deadline 1 May 2012. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html.
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Events
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- National Simultaneous Storytime 2012 - We are getting excited to meet The Very Cranky Bear. Make sure you register your school and event and check out our merchandise and activities. Orders must be in 10 days prior to guarantee shipping.http://www.alia.org.au/nss/
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- Library and Information Week 2012 Let us know how you will be 'thinking outside the book' to celebrate LIW 2012. Check out the website for lots of new ideas, resources and an exciting range of new merchandise to support your LIW event. http://www.alia.org.au/liw/
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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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COMPETITION!!
Not everyone is lucky enough to live in an ALIA conference city, but travelling is not without its charms. Share your best travelling-to-an-ALIA-event story - funny, poignant, silly, or otherwise - for a chance to win Lonesome George - C'est Moi!, a hilarious travel-logue from Australian Jorge Sotirios about his odyssey to South America.
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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