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Welcome to the November aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
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National Advisory Councils Announced – The 2012 National Advisory Congress events are coming up soon. Please follow the link to the website to see the dates and topics. http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/
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New Year: New Format! We’re updating aliaNEWS to make it better, faster, stronger...and more in touch with the LIS industry. Next year we will start running our newsletter weekly, so you get the news when you need it. All members will automatically receive ALIA Weekly. If you are not a member of ALIA but still want to receive important LIS industry news, you can sign up to ALIA Weekly here: http://eepurl.com/q7105
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Copyright: ALIA will be supporting Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC)/ Australian Digital Alliance (ADA)’s submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s (ALRC) issue paper, Copyright and the Digital Economy. In addition to our support of the ALCC/ADA’s paper, ALIA will also put in a brief submission about important issues in the library industry. Remember, ALIA members have access to the Copyright newsletter, Keeping up with Copyright, as part of your membership: http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/copyright/
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TAFE Libraries in Victoria: In early October, ALIA released a prospectus detailing the important role libraries play in TAFE education and the importance of library programs in the TAFE sector. For more information, please visit the TAFE cuts wiki http://tafecuts.wikispaces.com/
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Government Library Prospectus: ALIA has created a government library prospectus discussing the important role government libraries and librarians have to government departments. The prospectus can be accessed on the Dumb Idea wiki http://dumbidea.wikispaces.com/Advocacy+tools
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January/February INCITE: Be Different/Do Different. Coordinating with ALIA Information Online 2013, INCITE will be exploring innovations, improvements, and inspirations – how do you think outside the box? What have you done differently? What can we do differently? What’s your million dollar idea to boost the industry, your workplace, your colleagues, or your profession? Share, and let’s make a start down the roads less travelled.
Deadline is 6 January 2012. Please consult the guidelines for submissions available here: www.alia.org.au/incite/guidelines. All submissions to incite@alia.org.au
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GROUPS AND EVENTS
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Registrations Open for ALIA Information Online 2013 –Don’t miss out on the fantastic Early bird registration rates. Visit www.information-online.com.au to register.
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Dick Rijken, Tim Kastelle and Anna Troberg have been announced as the latest keynote speakers for ALIA Information Online 2013. Read more about all the keynote speakers on the conference website.
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Draft Program now available –The ALIA Information Online 2013 program committee is pleased to announce that the draft program has been released. Check out the program here and keep checking the conference website for more exciting keynote speakers and additions to the program.
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Registrations are now open for the Sixth New Librarians’ Symposium. Early Bird rates apply for a limited time only so don’t miss out. http://alianls6.eventbrite.com.au/. Don’t forget that registering for NLS6 also entitles you to attend the first day of the Information Online 2013 trade exhibition.
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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
- 21 November 2012, ALIA Queensland Mini Conference: Innovate Evolve Create, 9:30 am – 3 pm. Brisbane Square Library. http://www.aliaqld.blogspot.com.au
- 21 November 2012, tropicALIA’s Professional development for library staff and students in North QLD. James Cook University Campus, Townsville, Endeavour Room @ University Halls. events@alia.org.au
- 4 December, ALIA VIC Lib Tec’s End of Year Celebration. The Wharf Hotel, 18-38 Siddeley Street, Melbourne. 6:30 pm, Dinner and drinks at delegates own expense. kkelly@slv.vic.gov.au
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YOUR INDUSTRY
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Research Request – Dr Stuart Ferguson is looking for stories, true or hypothetical, in which LIS professionals faced ethical dilemmas in their library/information work and how they resolved such dilemmas. It is part of a research project designed to develop a set of case studies that highlight aspects of ALIA’s statements on values and ethics. The study includes the broader field of information ethics and policy and related collecting institutions such digital libraries, e-repositories and digital archives, and the impact that digitisation and enhanced access have on our information policies and ethical decision-making. You can send your stories, which will be de-identified, via email to: stuart.ferguson@canberra.edu.au
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Australia State of the Environment: Australia State of the Environment (SoE) 2011 is a comprehensive and independent national review of the state of Australia’s environment, the pressures upon it, how effective we are at managing it, and how it is likely to fare in the future. The general public and environmental professionals alike are finding it to be an excellent source of information on our environment. It is being used to assist environmental management and decision-making, as a teaching resource and for general interest. More information: www.environment.gov.au/soe/2011/index.html
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COMPETITION!!
Hallowe’en may be over, but that doesn’t mean the chills have to end! In November, ALIA has three scary novels to give away to the members who share the scariest book/e-book/document in their collection.
Up for grabs: The Twelve by Justin Passage, The Gathering of the Lost by Helen Lowe, and Red Country by Joe Abercrombie.
To win, please send your answer, your member number, your address, and which book you would prefer to incite@alia.org.au before 12 November 2012. ALIA staff will choose the winners, and no discussion will be entered into. We will endeavour to honour book requests, but may need to resort to a second choice.
Good luck!
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