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Welcome to the July aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
- Renewals! ALIA Membership Renewals have been sent out, and it's time to recommit to your career, your industry, and your association. Watch out for your renewal notice in the mail. You can also renew online here: http://www.alia.org.au/membership.benefits/
If you've recently moved, please let our membership team know via email: membership@alia.org.au or our member number: 1800 020 071
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- September inCite: Batten down the hatches - We're talking about security. What does security mean in the 'third space'? What do you and your staff do to protect yourselves? Your patrons? Your resources? Heck, even the books? What does security mean in the information age? How do you and your staff protect information? Access to information? Historical materials? What challenges do you face in the digital age? Finally, what does security mean in the industry? Do you feel secure in your LIS career? Why or why not? What needs to be done? What has been done? What would you like to see in the future? - Deadline 1 August 2012. Guidelines at www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/guidelines.html. Submissions to incite@alia.org.au
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- NSS/LIW Rundown: here's your chance to shine! This year's LIW and NSS celebrations were incredible, and we want to hear all about it! Whether you had a celebrity reader, introduced NSS or LIW to your workplace for the first time, or built on your amazing LIW successes from previous years, we want to know it all! We expect a mammoth response to this call out, so please keep your summary to 100 words or less. Photos are very welcome, but we can't guarantee that all will run. They need to be high-res (at least 1MB). Please also make sure to let us know if you have permission from the people in the photo to use it for promotional purposes. This goes double if you have kids in the photos! Deadline is 15 July 2012. Please send all submissions to incite@alia.org.au
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ALJ special issue
- The Australian Library Journal is putting together a special National Year of Reading issue on, appropriately enough, Reading. If you're interested in submitting an article, contact the ALJ editor Ann Ritchie ann.ritchie@alia.org.au or visit the www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj
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GROUPS AND EVENTS
Mark these dates down in your calendar! For more information, visit ALIA's events calendar here: http://www.alia.org.au/events/. To have your group's event in this listing, please contact Erin York, ALIA Groups and Events Coordinator, 02 6215 8222, erin.york@alia.org.au
- 9 July WA - ALIA NewGrad Library Spotlight: Specials. ALIA New Graduates Group have selected a panel of speakers from specialised libraries to speak about what their roles and answer questions. Contact Lorraine Bradshaw, ph 08 9335 2533, lorraine@iea.com.au.nospam
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- 12 & 13 July TAS - Reading- it's rocket science and much more (Burnie). An NYR event by CBCA (Tas) and ALIA: Claire Saxby and Catriona Hoy 'Picture Books: linking reading science and primary school children' and Jenni Connor '2012 Book of the Year Awards- Judge's Short List Title'. Two locations. Contact Sally Murdoch, ph 03 6234 4698, sally.murdoch@alia.org.au.nospam
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- 21 July VIC - Techs on Tour. The full day CPD event includes behind-the-scenes tours of the State Library of Victoria, a visit to one of 3 special libraries, and more. Contact Kim Wilson, ph 03 8664 7138, kwilson@slv.vic.gov.au.nospam
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- 25 July QLD: ALIA Queensland is holding an ALIA Biennial Conference Feedback Session for those unable to attend the conference. Contact Vicki McDonald, vicki.mcdonald@qut.edu.au.nospam
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PD
- Practical Book and Journal Repair: Learn how to care for your precious 'friends' in this hands-on workshop facilitated by an award winning conservator. Bring along an item for advice.
PD category: Informal Learning
PD points: 7
Dates: Melb - 10 August (Other states, please register your interest: training@alia.org.au)
Registrations Close: 20 July (Melb) REDUCED PRICING!
http://www.alia.org.au/training/
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- Web 2.0 Why? What? How? for your library: Monitor and Enhance Information Access *TAFE Short Course*: This online unit would be of interest to those starting to explore Web 2.0 and who are looking for practical and innovative ways they can apply its use in their workplace.
PD category: Tertiary Course
PD points: 30
Dates: 1st August- 12th September
Registrations Close: 18 July
http://www.alia.org.au/training/
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NATIONAL YEAR OF READING
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- Read This!
Winners from the National Year of Reading Read This Competition have now been announced. Also supported by Inside a Dog, Spineout Magazine, and Madman Entertainment, the competition challenged young adults to come up with creative ways to convince others to read their favourite book. Shortlists and winners from each state can be found here: http://love2read.org.au/readthis/winners/
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OUT AND ABOUT
- Show your creative side: Melbourne's famous Athenaeum Library is offering a prize of $1000 (as well as a runner-up prize of $500) for the best short story with the words "body in the library" as part of Sisters in Crime Australia's 19th Scarlet Stiletto Awards, Australia's only crime writing competition for women. The 19th Scarlet Stiletto Awards close on August 31, 2012. Entry fee: $10. Maximum story length: 5000 word. Entry forms are available by going to http://www.sistersincrime.org.au/node/88. For more information, contact Phyllis King on 0411 084 300 or phyllis.a.king@optusnet.com.au
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COMPETITION!!
Being an LIS professional is all about digging deeper - not just getting information, but getting the right information. This month's giveaway celebrates this perseverance. Dust, Donkeys and Delusions, written by Graham Wilson and published by Big Sky Publishing, examines and debunks one of Australia's favourite myths - that of Simpson and his donkey.
For a chance to win a copy of this book, thanks to Big Sky Publishing, let us know in 100 words or less your favourite busted myth - what surprised you? What shocked you? What do you still believe anyways, even if everyone else thinks you're nuts? (here's mine: I never step on a crack in a sidewalk if it is at all possible to avoid it!).
The winner will be chosen by ALIA's Publishing Team and all decisions are final.
Email your answer to incite@alia.org.au by 10 July 2012 and please include your membership number and postal address for prizes in your answer. Good luck!
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