Rockhampton NAC
A big thank-you to all participants in the Rockhampton NAC. It was a fabulous forum with 14 participants from a number of library and information services sectors in the Central Queensland Region. Central Queensland University Library were kind enough to offer a venue and Claudia Davies (QLD ALIA LLO) provided tasty treats to munch on throughout the discussions.
The evening progressed in an informal round table discussion with views from library students to library managers and employers shared. It was of particular interest to hear the Rockhampton regional specific issues - and will be interesting to see if these are similar to other regional NAC comments.
A report on the Rockhampton NAC will soon be available via the ALIA NAC web page.
Jo Kelleher, an inspiring ALIA New Graduate volunteered to be the Rockhampton meeting representative at the NAC meeting in October.
In regards to ‘Celebrating Success’ at the 2007 NAC meetings, Rockhampton has had a number of ALIA Success Stories in the past 12 months. This includes 2 Aurora participants, a number of ‘first time’ presenters of peer-reviewed ALIA conference papers, an active CQ New Graduates Group, a large 70th Birthday celebration, and 3 ALIA Gold Medal Mentors noted by New Grads at the Perth Conference.
For those ALIA members from Regional areas unable to make it to an NAC meeting, remember there is the NAC teleconference of rural and regional members on the 18th September to participate in. Details available on the ALIA NAC web page.