Victoria

1. Roll of nominated group representatives

New Graduates Group Alison O'Connor
ALIA Vic and RAISSEA Margaret Smith
Information Literacy Forum Prue Mercer
OCLSG Kay Steel
Vic Info Organisers Leonie Bourke
Vic Special Libraries Jane Oliver
Vic Lib Techs Kerrie Kelly
Health Libraries Australia Veronica Delafosse
Board of Directors Angela Bridgeland

Observers Michael Bertie, Ian McGregor, Anne-Marie Schwirtlich

Vic Liaison Margie Anderson

2. Election of one delegate to attend Canberra NPC

Margaret Smith

3. Celebrating success

ALIA Information Literacy Forum
Membership has doubled since the restructure of ALIA, allowing the group to benefit from greater membership nationally. The group formed a partnership with Adult Learning Australia in late 2002 and is working towards several joint projects including joint representation during National Literacy Week and Australian Library and Information Week. ALIA Information Literacy Forum has recently completed the adaptation of an advocacy kit originally produced in the USA. The Australian version of the kit is now published electronically and available on the web.

RAISSEA
'Virtual Reference' half-day workshops held at the State Library of Victoria were sold out. Three workshops were presented.

Vic ALIA Library Technicians
This is the most prolific group in Victoria, having hosted many sessions. The clear favourite for Library Technician members was the 8th annual 'Techs on Tour' event; which allowed participants a back of house tour of the State Library, Australian Center for the Moving Image, Supreme Court Library and the Athenaeum Library. The event was over subscribed and will be held again in 2004.

Health Libraries Australia
With national office funding, eight members across Australia attended a workshop in Adelaide focussing on evidence based clinical practice. Those attendees have been able to present training sessions to the health industry on the topic and revenue for the sessions has been returned to ALIA national office.

Victorian Special Libraries Group
The group has hosted several functions in conjunction with vendors of services to the library industry including sessions with Swets-Blackwell on consortium proposals and Raeco.

4. Research exchange and partnership (REAP) initiative

Research topics
Social capital; Performance indicators on benchmarking within library sectors; Role and impact of the internet on library services and user expectations; Changes in funding and service provision for public libraries.

Researchers
Current Masters and Phd students at library schools; Recipients of awards such as the Dunn and Wilson scholarship; Health Libraries Aust is currently awarding $500 to members undertaking research. Recipients should be included on REAP.

Possible material for ALIA e-prints
Presenters at the recent ACOC forum. Suggested by Leonie Burke.

5. Continuing professional development

a) What are the priorities?
Making CPD mandatory for all levels of membership. Marketing the current CPD membership to employers and managers so that they understand the benefits of the scheme, value the efforts involved by members and can reward current and potential employees. Making CPD accessible and affordable for regional members. This might include the provision of training packages that are created with a session is held in a major city and can then be presented by someone else in a regional area. Provision of a central area on the ALIA web site for the provision of all training materials from sessions held by all groups.

b) What are the gaps between courses offered by brokered partnerships, ALIA conferences and ALIA Group CPD activities?
None suggested.

c) What types of workshops/seminars do members want to fill the above gaps?
None suggested.

6. Issues of critical importance

Provision and recognition of CPD; Research; ALIA engaging non members of the profession including managers and employers to value membership; Attracting younger members; Attracting managers; Attracting educators (Library Schools).

7. ALIA: Towards 2010 consultation draft

See general comments from the meeting.

8. Questions on notice

Will the NPC continue to be annual?

Any other comments from the meeting?
With regard to ALIA: Towards 2010 consultation draft: It was felt that the 2003-2004 specific goals did encapsulate the priorities identifies by the meeting. Readers of the report and the membership in general needs to recognise that ALIA is the first port of call for comment/advice on issues relating to the library industry. It was felt that the general membership was unaware of the role ALIA plays in this regard to politicians, government and the media etc.

General comments: ALIA needs to look at being able to package services into more flexible bundles to attract younger members who may wish to purchase only some of the current ALIA services. ALIA needs to address and attract members for allied professions and those who are now taking up more diverse roles within the information industry as opposed to traditional library roles.

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