aliaPUBNEWS - a broadcast e-list to the library and information sector

September 2008

In this aliaPUBNEWS broadcast:

Web Resources
Online Marketing for Small Libraries; Snooze your email; Free E-Books; New service gives access to Australian Parliamentary Information

International
My Own Book - Pages for all ages; The Dead Sea Scrolls soon to be on the web; Service Standards and Targets; Louis Braille's 200th Birthday; E-News Reader

Grants
Google Grants; Community Grants

Conferences
QPLA Conference 2008 - "Future Thinking - Future Proofing"; LIANZA Conference 2008 Programme Now Online; RAILS5 Conference

Publications
National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries; International Survey of Library & Museum Digitisation Projects

Believe it or Not!
102 year old Librarian still on the job; Found in Books; Library Mini Golf

Celebrating Libraries and Librarians
Library Song; Why Libraries Are Back in Style

News from ALIA
RDA: next generation cataloguing standard; 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium; ALIA Information Online Registrations Open; ALIA Biennial Conference 2010/2012; ALIA Acquisitions Seminar - 17 October 2008; Summer Reading Club - 1 December 2008 – 15 February 2009

Awards and Scholarships
Aurora Leadership Institute 2009 - ALIA Scholarship; 2008 Marjorie Cotton Award

States and territories
City of Literature (Melbourne); Paint the Town Read - 17 October 2008; Pudding Day

Library Blogs
Aussie Library Blogs

Professional Development
ALIA’s Professional Development Scheme

Web Resources

Online Marketing for Small Libraries
A PDF download of a PowerPoint presentation on marketing small libraries online - some useful tips. Download from:
http://tinyurl.com/4kuuaj

Snooze your email
Finally a way to delay your emails. Just forward any email to 24@hitmelater.com and they will resend it to you 24 hours later. You can replace "24" with any number or day. For example, forward it to 4@hitmelater.com and you'll get it back four hours later. Send it to wednesday@hitmelater.com and they'll send it back to you the first Wednesday morning after today.
http://www.hitmelater.com/

Free E-Books
60 sites where you can download free E-Books. Go to:
http://tinyurl.com/4b2yuy

New service gives access to Australian Parliamentary Information
Access to information about debates and activities of the Australian Parliament is relevant to all Australian wherever they are. The Australian Parliamentary Library is delighted to advise that there is a new system that will help all your clients keep up to date with parliamentary issues and debates – ParlInfo Search. The system was put into production from Tuesday 9 September. ParlInfo provides access to a wide range of parliamentary information resources including: • Hansards • House of Representatives Votes and proceedings, Senate Journals • Notice Papers • Other chamber materials • Bills and legislation • Media resources • Library collections • Publications The new ParlInfo Search offers a service that has: * a single access point to a wide range of Parliamentary resources; * a modern look and feel (including facets); * ‘Google’ like functionality; * the ability for users to set up alerts to receive notification about new information resources; * the flexibility to meet the needs of expert and non-expert users; and * improved reliability, robustness and quality of results. To help you and your clients use this service a short information sheet and video is available at http://www.aph.gov.au/parlinfosearch.htm There is extensive help in ParlInfo which you can locate by clicking on the “help” tab at the right hand side of the ParlInfo search banner. If you have suggestions for any improvements or notice anything that should be updated please don’t hesitate to let the team know by contacting ParlInfoSearch@aph.gov.au Roxanne Missingham Australian Parliamentary Librarian ParlInfo can be found at:
http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/

International

My Own Book - Pages for all ages
'My Own Book' was started to brings top quality new books to less fortunate children. Read more about this program at:
http://www.myownbook.net/home.html

The Dead Sea Scrolls soon to be on the web
Digitisation of the Dead Sea Scrolls is underway. Read more about this project at:
http://tinyurl.com/6984e5

Service Standards and Targets
Here's some short service standard examples from the UK. Go to:
http://tinyurl.com/4xynyk

Louis Braille's 200th Birthday
The 4 January 2009 will be the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, and it will begin a year of worldwide celebrations of this historic event in the tide of history. How will your library celebrate? For a short background on Louis Braille see:
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/louis_braille_bio.asp

E-News Reader
Do you like to keep up with the latest E-reading gadgets? Read the "New E-Newspaper Reader Echoes Look of the Paper" article at:
http://tinyurl.com/3jj49r

Grants

Google Grants
The Google Grants programme supports organisations sharing Google's philosophy of community service, and with a strong mission to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. In Australia – Organisation must be institutions or funds that have either been endorsed as such in Australia by the Commissioner of Taxation, or prescribed as charitable institutions in the Income Tax Assessment Regulations of 1997, to be considered for this programme. To find out more about the program (especially if you have ATO approved DGR status) go to:
http://www.google.com.au/grants/details.html

Community Grants
Share in billions of dollars of Federal and State Government, philanthropic and corporate grants funding. Find out more about subscribing to 'Easy Grants' at:
http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/funding/grant_main.jsp

Conferences

QPLA Conference 2008 - "Future Thinking - Future Proofing"
Where: State Library of Queensland When: 19-21 October 2008 The conference theme “Future Thinking – Future Proofing” shifts focus from current challenges and looks to the future of public libraries, showcases best practice examples and explores how we’ll get there. The QPLA Executive has worked in partnership with State Library of Qld to develop and present this conference. The program has something for library staff at all levels and is being held at the award-winning State Library just across the river from the state of the art, Brisbane Square Library. A copy of the conference program is available from:
http://qpla2008.wetpaint.com/page/Program/file

LIANZA Conference 2008 Programme Now Online
LIANZA Conference 2008: Poropitia Outside the Box 2 – 5 November 2008, SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand LIANZA's annual conference is the largest gathering of library and information professionals in New Zealand, and one of the largest in Australasia. The 2008 Conference anticipates up to 800 librarians, library managers, local authority managers and representatives from both the business and educational sector will attend. The theme for LIANZA Conference 2008 is Poropitia Outside the Box. This refers to the shifting nature of what we do and the world we work in. We have to ensure that we are developing and growing with the communities we serve. There are only a couple of weeks left for Earlybird registrations which close on 19 September 2008. If you’re planning to attend the full conference, take the opportunity to save yourself or your organisation $100. None of the keynote sessions have had to change. These are the conference anchors, and we are pleased to have such an array of local and international expertise available to the conference. Plan to be at all the keynote presentations. As speakers indicate their topic areas, we blog these and add them to the conference website. Remember that this conference is designed to give you plenty of networking time with colleagues and lots of opportunities to have quality conversations with exhibitors. Plan ahead and set aside the time for catching up with the people you want to talk to. The list of Exhibitors is on the conference website: http://www.lianza.org.nz/events/conference2008/exhibition.html An updated Programme plus session abstracts can now be found on the LIANZA Conference website:
http://tinyurl.com/4swrac

RAILS5 Conference
The upcoming Research Applications in Information Library Studies Conference is to be held at the University of Technology, Sydney on January 23, 2009. For more information visit:
http://www.communication.uts.edu.au/conferences/rails/

Publications

National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries
The National Standards for Australian Museums and Galleries are now available online at Collections Australia Network (CAN). Collecting organisations of all kinds are invited to use the National Standards framework as a resource. Download your copy from:
http://tinyurl.com/3u4ygr

International Survey of Library & Museum Digitisation Projects
The study presents data from more than 100 library and museum digitisation programs from academic, public and special libraries in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK and other countries. A brief summary of some of the finding is available by following the link below. The full report is available for purchase.
http://tinyurl.com/4zmy5v

Believe it or Not!

102 year old Librarian still on the job
While most people dream of retiring from the job somewhere between the ages of 60 and 65, Martha Smith has continued working for about forty years beyond those ages. She still puts in her time every Sunday at the Vinland, Kansas, library that she first started working at in 1926. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/3e93tn

Found in Books
Be careful what you use as a bookmark. Thousands of dollars, a Christmas card signed by Frank Baum, a marriage certificate from 1879, a baby’s tooth, a diamond ring and a handwritten poem by Irish writer Katharine Tynan Hickson are just some of the stranger objects discovered inside books at a second hand bookstore. Imagine what's been found in between the leaves of public library collections! Send a list of your unusual 'finds' to roger@rhcs.com.au for inclusion in a future edition of aliaPUBNEWS. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/5q2qlk

Library Mini Golf
Now here's an idea just waiting for an entrepreneurial Australian public library. A company operating in the United States will turn your library into an amazing miniature golf course for a day as a fundraiser. Read more at:
http://www.libraryminigolf.org/index.html

Celebrating Libraries and Librarians

Library Song
Check out the Hi Fi Sc Fi library song at the Libraryman Blog. Warning this song stays in your head :-)
http://tinyurl.com/6bdlfc

Why Libraries Are Back in Style
Reading rates are down and Americans say they love casual living. And yet, one of the most popular rooms in big new houses is a library. Rather than being about books, their appeal is often about creating a certain ambiance. - Libraries connote elegance and quality. When the economy turns bad, people turn to the classics. Libraries are especially appealing during anxious times because they project coziness and comfort. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/4h8uou

News from ALIA

RDA: next generation cataloguing standard
This full-day seminar on Friday 24 October 2008 will be ACOC's main professional development event for 2008 and will be of interest to all librarians, especially cataloguers and metadata creators. The seminar will aim to answer your questions about RDA and its implementation in Australia and will feature a keynote address by Deirdre Kiorgaard, Chair, Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA.
http://tinyurl.com/6ep42n

4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium
NLS4 will be held from 5-6 December 2008 at CQ Functions in Melbourne. The 4th ALIA New Librarians' Symposium breaking barriers‚ will provide emerging professionals with opportunities to explore how these barriers can broken. The objectives of the 2008 symposium are to showcase new and innovative developments by addressing various issues which affect new graduates, providing a forum for professionals from all library and related sectors to network, exchange ideas and learn from each other.
http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008/

ALIA Information Online Registrations Open
ALIA Information Online 2009 will be held at Darling Harbour in Sydney from 20th to 22nd January 2009. The Organising Committee has speakers coming from around the globe on a range of topics. Visit :http://www.information-online.com.au or you can now register online by following the link at:
http://tinyurl.com/4uks4r

ALIA Biennial Conference 2010/2012
Just a reminder that the ALIA Biennial Conference due in 2010 will not be held as Australia will host the World Library and Information Congress 76th IFLA General Conference and Council in Brisbane. ALIA invites all of its members to join us and 4,000 other professional colleagues from around the world, for a week of networking and professional development. ALIA will be calling for Expressions of Interests from ALIA groups in early 2009 for the opportunity to host the 2012 ALIA Biennial Conference.
http://www.alia.org.au/ifla2010/

ALIA Acquisitions Seminar - 17 October 2008
An ALIA Acquisitions Seminar, is being held 17th October, 2008 in the National Archives of Australia,Canberra. The ALIA Acquisitions Committee invites you to our annual one day Seminar in Canberra on Friday, October 17th, 2008. Theme: Cultural Acquisitions - Where from and what for? For more information, the program and a registration form please visit:
http://www.alia.org.au/groups/acqnat/acquisitions/2008/

Summer Reading Club - 1 December 2008 – 15 February 2009
The Summer Reading Club program encourages young people of all ages in reading, writing, sharing books and other fun and engaging literature based activities over the summer period. Libraries can offer a range of reading resources, book lists, programs and activities for Summer Reading Club participants. The 2009 website will be launched soon, however you have the opportunity to get a sneak peak by clicking on the below link! http://www.alia.org.au/src/2009/ (Adobe Flash Player required - Download Flash <http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/> ) Visit the website and register for the 2009 Summer Reading Club Program and be kept up-to-date with all the latest news! Struggling for inspiration or have loads of ideas to share? Visit the Summer Reading Club planning wiki http://www.alia.org.au/src/wiki/ We look forward to you playing on our team for Summer Reading Club 2009 and we hope that you and your Club participants score big with the Get in the game, READ! Summer Reading Club Program.

Awards and Scholarships

Aurora Leadership Institute 2009 - ALIA Scholarship
Just a reminder that applications for the 2009 Aurora Institute are closing Friday 17th October 2008. Information about the ALIA Aurora Scholarship is also available. For more information visit:
http://www.alia.org.au/~aurora

2008 Marjorie Cotton Award
The 2008 Marjorie Cotton Award for Promoting the role and image of librarians providing library services for young people was awarded to Melinda McNaughton, Sutherland Shire Libraries. The 2008 Bess Thomas Award for Encouraging and supporting the development of innovative and significant public library services to young people went to the Bidyadanga Community Library, in Western Australia. Both awards were recently announced at the ALIA Biennial Conference in Alice Springs.

States and territories

City of Literature (Melbourne)
The Director-General of UNESCO has appointed Melbourne as the City of Literature to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. This Australian city will be joining Edinburgh as the 2nd city of literature in the network. Melbourne, Australia's second largest city and the capital of the State of Victoria, is widely acknowledged as Australia's cultural capital. From the times the State Library of Victoria was founded in 1854 as the first major cultural institution in the city till today, Melbourne continues its long cherished literary tradition. It is foremost recognized for its rich literary culture, history and creative talent. The city boasts the largest literary publishing sector in Australia, showcased by more bookshops and readers than anywhere else in the country. It hosts a wide range of literary festivals, including Melbourne Writers' Festival, the Overload Poetry Festival, the Alfred Deakin Innovation Lectures and the Emerging Writers' Festival. With its new title and status, the city aims to increase its international profile by increasing its commitment to literary life. It expects to draw new audiences and participation, local and international, in the variety of literary activities and create new partnership initiatives across public, private and civil society sectors as well as in cooperation with the other member cities of the network. As a part of its bid to be a UNESCO City, the Victorian Government has also increased its financial support for projects such as the establishment of a Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas and the expansion of the Melbourne Writers' Festival.
www.unesco.org/culture/en/creativecities

Paint the Town Read - 17 October 2008
Martin Place (Sydney) will come alive on Friday, 17 October when kids from all over the state celebrate the benefits of reading. There will be heaps to do including live entertainment and an official ceremony with the Lord Mayor of Sydney and the Mayor of Parkes as well as the Reading Bug! There will also be organisations which work towards the health and well-being of our communities who you can meet and talk to. The Paint the Town Read is an initiative of the Department of Education and Training and Anti Poverty Week 2008. It highlights the link between poverty and illiteracy and celebrates the gift of literacy. In 2005 the Paint the West Read book relay was staged in western NSW. In each of the 60 towns it visited, the people held ceremonies and every town become more interested in reading. You can get involved by either coming to the event or getting your organisation involved. Venue: Martin Place Contact Name: Rhonda Brain Contact Phone: 02) 6862 1196 Contact Email: rbrain1@bigpond.com Downlaod a flyer from:
http://tinyurl.com/6j98hm

Pudding Day
This year, The Magic Pudding celebrates its 90th anniversary. HarperCollins Publishers is hosting a party on Sunday 12 October to celebrate the launch of a new anniversary edition of the beloved book. There will be costume and colouring and drawing competitions as well as a large 'seaside' board where children can put their faces to pudding owners, thieves and Albert, to be photographed. It will be held at the Norman Lindsay Gallery at Springwood, Blue Mountains, where there will be a special exhibition with reproductions of Lindsay's animals from the early 20th century. Cost is $6 for children and $10 for adults. The Norman Lindsay Gallery, a National Trust property, is located at 14 Norman Lindsay Crescent, Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains. (02) 4751 1067.

Library Blogs

Aussie Library Blogs
Explore the many blogs listed and/or add your blog to the list of Australian Library Blogs. Go to:
http://librariesinteract.info/australian-library-blogs/

Professional Development

ALIA’s Professional Development Scheme
Participation in ALIA's professional development (PD) scheme is open to personal ‘Associate’ and ‘Library technician’ members. Members registered in the PD Scheme can now claim 20 points for their recent attendance at the Biennial Conference in Alice Springs. This plus 10 points for professional reading is enough to  satisfy the minimum requirement of the scheme for the PD year July 2008 – June 2009. For information on how to register in the scheme and how simple it is to accumulate points contact ALIA’s PD Officer at pd@alia.org.au or go to:
http://www.alia.org.au/education/pd/