Welcome to the November 2010 edition of aliaPUBNEWS.aliaPUBNEWS is a free monthly electronic bulletin for everyone concerned with supporting and promoting the further development of Australia's public library services.We'd love to hear news and comments from readers - contact details at the end of this newsletter. And please feel free to pass this on to colleagues. [Permission is granted to re-broadcast, in part or full.] |
- ALIA Information Online - register now for the early bird rate
- National standard and guidelines, vision and framework for public libraries - coming soon
- Biggest and smallest - is your library in the running?
- Every Member An Advocate - download the public library kit
- Broadband For Society Summit - ALIA provides a keynote speaker
- Summer Reading Club - Scare Up a Good Book
- inCite - the Association's magazine - contributions welcomed
INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
ALIA NEWS
ALIA Information Online 2011
Registrations are now open for ALIA Information Online, from 1 - 3 February 2011, in Sydney. If you can't attend the whole event, there are day registrations, plus pre- and post-conference workshops. http://www.information-online.com.au/
National standards and guidelines, vision and framework for public libraries
The last round of consultation for both projects was completed in October and the final versions of the documents will go up on the ALIA website before the end of the year at http://www.alia.org.au/governance/committees/public.libraries/.
Biggest and smallest
ALIA is trying to find the biggest and smallest public libraries in Australia. Chair of the ALIA Public Library Advisory Committee Jan Richards is collecting the measurements. If your library is on the grand scale or compact and bijou, contact Jan jrichards@orange.nsw.gov.au.
Every Member An Advocate
ALIA has produced a special Every Member An Advocate kit for public libraries. Find it on the website http://www.alia.org.au/advocacy/public.library.advocacy.kit.pdf.
Broadband for Society Summit
ALIA's executive director Sue Hutley will be one of the keynote speakers at the CSIRO Broadband for Society Summit in Hobart later this month. She will be sharing the platform with the likes of Microsoft, Intel and Ericsson, as well as presenters from government agencies. http://www.csirobroadband.comALIA REMINDERS
Summer Reading Club
The 2010-2011 Summer Reading Club kicks off in December and runs through until February. The theme this year is Scare Up a Good Book. Don't forget to tell us about what you're doing. http://www.summerreadingclub.org.au
incite - the Association's magazine - contributions welcomed
The theme for January/February is Connections. How do you manage your professional networks and relationships? We welcome your contributions. Send your stories to incite@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address) by 7 January 2011.http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/deadlines.html
OTHER NEWS
At its AGM at the end of October, the Local Government Association of South Australia agreed to oppose the State Government's proposed $1m future budget cut for public libraries.
The Australian National Living Library Steering Committee has decided that we should change the name of our program to Human Libraries Australia, to fit in with the name change in the 44 other participating countries. This will enable the founders in Denmark to trademark the name internationally (Living Library has been trademarked in North America, Canada and Mexico for a very different concept). http://www.humanlibraries.org.au
Victorian public libraries have been told they may get a further $25m from the State Government for the Living Libraries capital investment program (not to be confused with Human Libraries - see above). If the Labor Government is re-elected this month (November), it will mean improvements and extensions for 30 libraries in Victoria.
The State Library of WA has made two former librarians honorary fellows of the Library Board. Lennie McCall, retired director of the Battye Library, attended a special event at the State Library last month (October). The award was made posthumously to Kay Poustie, manager of the City of Stirling public libraries for 15 years and chair of the Library Board from 2002 to 2006.
The Northern Territory Library began a year-long celebration of its 30th anniversary on Wednesday 10 November. A showcase of 30 treasures from its collection will be on show to the public from 23 May to 26 August 2011.
Congratulations to Sydney's Surry Hills library, which has won a prestigious Australian Institute of Architects National Award for Public Architecture for its sustainability features.
Williamstown public library (Vic) has moved to the Mechanics Institute while a $7.8m development of its Ferguson Street site takes place. The library will move back into a new building linked to the Town Hall.
It has been announced that the redevelopment of the Old Treasury Buildings in Perth will include a public library.
In NSW, proposals have been tabled for a $9m new library in Grafton, and for a big new library at Carnes Hill, to replace Liverpool council's smaller Casula and Green Valley branches.
Port Pirie's $4m new library has opened in South Australia. It is an extension of the railway station.
The winners of Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year awards were Our Daft Dog Danny, by Pamela Allen; Isabella's Garden, by Glenda Millard and Rebecca Cool, and Pearl Verses the World, by Sally Murphy and illustrated by Heather Potter.
The South Australian Library & Information Network has created a fabulous calendar for 2011 - Attack of the Zombrarians - it's a must for every library staff room. See it in all its technicolour glory at http://www.redbubble.com/people/salin/calendars/6062484-15-zombies-in-the-library.
Yarra Plenty Regional Library has chosen Boopsie as its mobile application provider. www.boopsie.com.
INTERNATIONAL
ALIA paid tribute to veteran librarian Norman Horrocks, who died last month aged 83. He was an active member of the American Library Association and had spent some time working in Australia, England and Canada, as well as the US.
Jumpstart's Read for the Record simultaneous reading event last month involved more than 2.5 million children in the US, Japan, Australia and Scotland. The read aloud book was The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
The Auckland Supercity came into effect on 1 November as far as the library service was concerned. From that date, 55 NZ libraries came together, giving library users access to 3.5m items.
CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS
ALIA Information Online Conference and Exhibition
With ALIA Access 2010 still fresh in our memories, it's time to think about the next major event for library and information professionals. ALIA Information Online takes place from 1 - 3 February, in Sydney. http://www.information-online.com.au/
Back-to-back
We're making it a double in Perth next year, with two big ALIA events running back-to-back. It starts at the Sheraton Hotel from 12-16 September with Back to Basics for library technicians, and continues from 16-18 with ALIA's 5th New Librarians Symposium for emerging professionals. http://conferences.alia.org.au/libtec2011/ and http://conferences.alia.org.au/nls5/
SWITCH 2011
Public Libraries NSW has announced the dates and theme for its conference and exhibition next year. SWITCH 2011: Innovative, Inspired, Intuitive - the Digital World of Public Libraries will take place from 20-23 November 2011, at the SMC Conference & Function Centre, Sydney, Australia. www.plmnsw.org.auFORTHCOMING EVENTS
| November 28 - December 1 | LIANZA centenary conference, Dunedin, NZ | http://www.lianza.org.nz/ |
| February 1 -3 | ALIA Information Online, Sydney | http://www.information-online.com.au/ |
| May 22-25 | LGMA National Congress, Cairns, Queensland | http://www.lgma.org.au |
| September 12-16 | ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Conference, Perth, WA | http://conferences.alia.org.au/libtec2011/ |
| September 16-18 | ALIA 5th New Librarians Symposium, Perth, WA | http://conferences.alia.org.au/nls5/ |
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