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Welcome to the August aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
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- Membership Renewals! Thanks to all members who have renewed their membership. It's going to be a great year ahead. If you have not yet got around to it yet, remember renewals were due July 31st. If you have not received your renewal notice in the mail, please contact the ALIA membership team at membership@alia.org.au or 1800 020 071. You can also renew online http://www.alia.org.au/members-only.html.
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- ALIA Executive Director announced The Board of Directors of ALIA is pleased to announce Sue McKerracher as the new Executive Director of the Association. Sue's appointment will commence from 20 August 2012. http://www.alia.org.au/ED.Announcement.pdf
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- New ALIA Director: Professional Services ALIA is also pleased to welcome Janice Taylor as our new Director: Professional Services . Janice began in the role on 31 July 2012.
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- Get your Info Online! The website for ALIA Information Online 2013 is now live. The theme for ALIA Information Online 2013 is be different. do different. http://www.information-online.com.au/
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- October inCite: are we still relevant? LIS professionals are passionate people, and never more so than when this topic comes up. But behind our emotional orations and blustering bravado, it remains our dirty little secret - the topic only really discussed with the closest of friends and a bottle or three of wine. So let's look at it. Let's really look at it. Are we still relevant? How? To whom? Are we slipping behind? How do we connect with a community glued to Google? How do we raise our profile in an economy interested only in profit? How do we hold on to our 'third space', make the world recognise our importance, and boost our profession to the accolades it deserves? Or are we there? Let's bring it out to the light - BYO wine. Deadline 1 September 2012. incite@alia.org.au
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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
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- ALIA Information Online 2013 Conference - The Call for Proposals is now open! Visit the conference website for details on how to submit your proposal www.information-online.com.au. Proposals close 13 August 2012.
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- NLS6 - The Call for Proposals is open. Visit the website for more information.
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- ALIA Biennial 2012 Conference - Thank you to all the sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, chairs, delegates, volunteers and the organising committee for making the conference such a success.
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- 14 August - ALIA New Grad VIC is putting on a Resume and Key Selection Criteria Event at RMIT in Melbourne.
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- 23 August - ALIA Sydney's Hallowed Ground: The Future of Reading. In collaboration with the City of Sydney Library, ALIA Sydney is presenting an evening of thought-provoking discussion on how Australians will be reading in the next 20 years.
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- 27 September - ALIA URLs ACT & AGLIN present an eBooks- Turning the Page workshop in Canberra
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- 20 October - ALIA Schools is presenting a half day seminar titled Learning in a Changing World
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- 20-21 October - ALIA VIC Lib Tech's will be putting on the River of Opportunities event in Mildura.
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PD
- Congratulations to all new ALIA Certified Practitioners. PD scheme members who have successfully completed their first PD scheme year from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 can now use the post nominal AALIA (CP) or ALIATec (CP) . If you have completed a PD Scheme triennium apply for your free Revalidation Certified Practitioner Certificate. http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/scheme/recognition/
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COMPETITION!!
Big Sky Publishing is back with another fantastic prize for our aliaNEWS giveaway. This month, we've gone to the dogs - warrior dogs. For a chance to win a copy of K9 Cops: Police Dogs of the World, let us know what you would name your warrior dog (and why, if you think it needs an explanation!). We've got two copies to give away.
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 August 2012 and please include your membership number and postal address for prizes in your answer. Good luck!
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