National Policy Congress 2003

Celebrating Success in Making and Taking Opportunities: Symposia, workshops and Conferences: Some opportunities taken

Group Workshops/Symposia

Health Libraries Australia

An ALIA supported grant for an Evidence-based Clinical Practice workshop was organised for 8 trainees (all HLA individual members) who then became local resource/ learning leaders for their colleagues, both librarians and other health professionals. Each trainee has since provided at least one EBP workshop:

• Evidence based practice workshop 16 Jan 2003 -8 delegates
• Evidence based practice workshop 19 February 2003 Perth -17 delegates
• Evidence based practice workshop 20 March 2003 ACT-5 delegates
• Evidence based practice workshop 26 March 2003 Perth-10 delegates
• Evidence based practice workshop 9 April 2003 Brisbane-12 delegates
• Evidence based practice workshop 1 May 2003 Canberra-6 delegates
• Evidence based practice and information skills workshop 15 May 2003 Gold Coast-8 delegates
• Searching for the Evidence 30 July 2003-8 delegates
• Finding answers to clinical questions 24 August 2003-satellite event to Specials, Health and Law conference - 25 delegates
• Evidence based clinical practice workshop - 4 September

Partners in the Special, Health and Law Librarians Conference 2003. Under consideration: participation in ALIA Biennial 2004 and Online Conference 2005.

National Acquisitions Seminar - Collaboration in Acquisitions: changes in the way we work - 5 September 2003 - 87 delegates (one day)

ACOC Seminar - 25 July 2003 Sydney -189 delegates (one day - overseas keynote speaker)
ACOC - 2 February 2004 - satellite to the VALA conference expecting 200 delegates.
Probably at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Qld CYS - Frameworking the Future - 11 July 2003 - 60 delegates
NSW CYS - Switching them on to reading - 1 April 3003 -126 delegates (one day, invited keynote speaker)
ACT Region CYS - Children's and YA (ACT, South NSW and Riverina) - 13 September 2003 - Young at Heart: inaugural one-day seminar

Regional

ALIA Top End Symposium - Power our Territory: Information literacy for development of the NT, 12-13 September 2003, Darwin - 46 delegates

WA Local Studies - 21 - 23 November 2003 - Albany visit
NSW Local Studies - Weekend workshop in Ballina

ALIA SA Out of the Blue Surfing the Lake Symposium 17-19 October 2003 - expecting 30-50

NSW and Victorian Library Technician Groups - Techs on Tour Canberra visit.

New Graduates Group

New Librarians' Symposium 1, 6 - 7 December 2002, Brisbane - over 200 delegates New Librarians' Symposium 1.5, 5 December 2003 - Carlton Crest Hotel Brisbane - expecting 100 delegates New Librarians' Symposium 2, 3-4 December 2004 Adelaide - expecting over 200 delegates

Forums

ALIA Forum on Purchasing Agreements - ALIA House, 14 October 2002 - 22 delegates
Interim Coalition for Information Literacy Advocacy - workshop, ALIA House, November 2002 - 20 delegates

Conferences

ALIA 2003 Information Online conference - 21 - 23 January 2003 Sydney - approx 1200 delegates
10th Special, Health and Law Librarians Conference 24-27 August 2003 - Adelaide - Over 600 delegates
12th National Library Technicians Conference 9-12 September 2003 - Brisbane - 520 delegates

Still to come

ALIA SA Out of the Blue Surfing the Lake symposium 17-19 October 2003 - expecting 30-50 delegates
Interlending and Document Supply International Conference - 28-31 October 2003 - Canberra - expecting 300 delegates; in collaboration with NLA and IFLA.
New Librarians' Symposium 1.5, New Generation Group, 5 December 2003 - Carlton Crest Hotel Brisbane - expecting 100 delegates
ACOC 2 February 2004 - satellite to the VALA conference expecting 200 delegates. Probably at the Melbourne Convention Centre
ALIA Purchasing Forum 2 February 2004 - satellite to the VALA conference expecting 50-100 delegates. Probably at the Melbourne Convention Centre
New Librarians' Symposium 2 2004, 3-4 December 2004 Adelaide - expecting over 200 delegates
ALIA 2004 Biennial Conference 21-24 September 2004 Gold Coast Convention Centre
ALIA Information Online 2005, 1-3 February 2005 Sydney Convention Centre
ALIA 2005 National Library and Information Technicians Conference 6-9 September 2005
ALIA 2006 Biennial Conference

Benefits include

• Responsive to member interests;
• Taking on topical professional issues;
• Nimbility and flexibility;
• National office administration support