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Welcome to the December aliaNEWS!
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YOUR ASSOCIATION
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Last monthly aliaNEWS: Next year we will implement a weekly e-newsletter, 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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Internet in Public Libraries: The ALIA Internet Access in Public Libraries Survey 2013 is now open. We are asking all public library managers across Australia to complete the survey, the sixth in a series of reports that provide the best indication of how public library internet services have been managed, delivered, and used over the last decade. The 2013 survey includes a few questions for the eSmart Libraries initiative and a section about e-books. Responses will inform ALIA in its ongoing engagement with the Book Industry Collaborative Council, IFLA, NSLA, associations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, and individual publishers. Please complete the survey by 14 December 2012. If you have any queries please contact margie.anderson@alia.org.au.
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Be a Leader:Take the opportunity to help direct ALIA’s future – and your own. The annual call for nominations for the ALIA Board of Directors opened on 26 November 2012. We welcome nominations from LIS professionals in all sectors. You can find out more information on the website: www.alia.org.au/governance.
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Congratulations: ALIA is pleased to announce our 2012 Award winners: Dr Warwick Cathro is the recipient of the 2012 HCL Anderson Award. Cathrine Harboe-Ree, Carol Newton-Smith, and Helen Partridge have been conferred with the distinction of Fellow. Suzana Sukovic is the 2012 recipient of the Research Grant Award for her project iTell: digital storytelling @National Year of Reading . Congratulations to all.
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Become a member on your terms: Not an ALIA Member? We are making major changes here at ALIA. As a way to express our appreciation for your support, ALIA is pleased to announce memberships will now run for one year from the month of application. You can now also access your member benefits right away! For a list of benefits, click here.If you have any questions about your membership, please contact your member Services team on 1 800 202 071 or membership@alia.org.au
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Win!:The New Generation Advisory Committee (NGAC) is running a competition to win a bursary towards part of your travel and/or accommodation costs to attend the ALIA 6th New Librarians Symposium (NLS6), held in Brisbane from 9–12 February 2013. The competition is open to presenters, non-presenters, students, or anyone just wanting to go for the experience. There are only two requirements – you must be a personal member of ALIA and must not have been involved in organising the symposium. Entering is simple. Fill in the application form, write a short statement, and then get creative! Use a digital format and tell us how the symposium themes or sub-themes will help you ‘be different’. For competition details see: http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/NGAC_NLS6CompetitionApplication.pdf Any questions contact Danielle or Kate at aliangac@gmail.com.
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ALIA Journals: We are pleased to announce that from 1 January 2013, Australian Library Journal and Australian Academic and Research Libraries will be published by Taylor & Francis under its Routledge imprint. This move will give LIS academics a prestigious outlet for their work, will provide ALIA members with access to scholarly research and will bring Australian research to the attention of a wider audience internationally. Find out more www.alia.org.au/publishing
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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 2013. 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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ALIA Information Online 2013: Early Bird registrations close 3rd December so register today to save!
Can't make it to Information Online? You can still be part of the “Be Different. Do Different” experience by joining us for the post conference workshops. See the conference program for more details or email us at events@alia.org.au.
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New Librarians Symposium 6 - Registrations now open! NLS6 registrations include two awesome days of the Symposium and a pre-Symposium workshop. Tickets are limited so book early and take advantage of early bird registration rates.
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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
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4 December, 6:30pm: End of Year Celebration for VIC Lib Techs: Wharf Hotel in Melbourne. Contact: Kerrie Kelly kkelly@slv.vic.gov.au
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7 December, 5:30pm: NSW NAC: Customs House Library in Circular Quay, http://alianswnac.eventbrite.com.au/
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11 December, 6:oopm: Christmas Library folk at the pub with the New Grads Group: Three Degrees in QV square. Contact: Lesa Maclean maclean.lesa@gmail.com
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11 December, 6:30pm: NSW LibTech Group Xmas Get-together: Kings Indian Restaurant & Bar, 40 Phillip St., Parramatta. $30 per head (own cost) for Banquet Menu, not incl drinks, BYO wine. RSVP before Fri 7th Dec to Vasuki Shanmuganathan, pillair_60@hotmail.com or phone 9687 5625 or 0433 543 855 - both after 5pm only.
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13 December, 4:45pm: TAS NAC: Tasmanian Polytechnic Library- Campbell Street Campus http://aliatasnac.eventbrite.com.au/
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YOUR INDUSTRY
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The End of an ERA : ALIA is disappointed to announce that, after months of attempts to identify a sustainable business model to support Electronics Resources Australia (ERA), the National Library of Australia has decided to discontinue support as from June 2013. The NLA will continue to maintain the ERA website and email list to support dissemination of information.
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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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The World through picture books project: IFLA’s Children and YA Group is calling all Library Professionals around Australia: please assist us by providing your feedback and promote Australian picture books to the world. Please answer two simple questions and add your favourite picture books as per these criteria:
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Suitable for any age between 0 – 11 years
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Books that have or will last the test of time and are or will become “classics?, representing the best in picture books of that country
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Must have been published by the country submitting them
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In the original language
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Of good quality and a high standard of publishing
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Text and illustrations should work well together
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Excellent for reading aloud to and with children
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Reflects a positive message
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In print (and therefore available for purchase)
It is quick and easy. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5XS238T
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COMPETITION!!
Congrats to Lianne and Douglas for sending us along scary examples from their collection and winning the two prizes available in November. In particular, Douglas’s informational tome on jazzing up denim gave the ALIA team chills!
We’ve teamed up with Big Sky Publishing once again to offer a fantastic reading opportunity. Eureka Stockade is an Australian historical non-fiction titles that explores – and dispels – some of the myths around the Battle of Eureka. A fabulous gift for that Australian history buff in your life – or yourself!
To win this book, please send your name, mailing address, and membership number, along with the answer to the question below, to incite@alia.org.au.
This month’s question is: Who allegedly shouted ‘Eureka’ upon discovering that water displacement is equal to the volume of the mass immersed in the water?
Good luck!
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