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Number 218: November 2001

Events for November and beyond

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Thursday, 8 November. ACT Special Librarians Section. Librarians' libations. Push the boat out again with the Specials, at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club from 5:30pm! Contact Susan White, ph 02 6205 0391, susan.white@act.gov.au
Tuesday, 13 November. APSIG Travellers' Tales. Come and hear from three of your Canberra colleagues: Sally-Anne Leigh (ANU) on 'Singapore - a library tail'; Chris Foster (NLA) on an IFLA-organised workshop in Noumea; Jeanette Regan (Mt Stromlo Library) on the SLA conference in San Antonio, Texas. 4th Floor Conference Room, NLA, 12:30pm-1:30pm. All welcome, drinks and nibbles. Enquiries: msexton@nla.gov.au
Wednesday, 14 November. URLs. Cliff Law, ADFA's academy librarian will speak about future strategic directions of the ADFA library. This is a great opportunity for the University and Research Libraries sector (and others who are interested) to meet the new academy librarian. Seminar Room, ADFA Library, 12:30pm-13:30pm. All welcome. Bring your lunch - tea and coffee will be provided. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au
Wednesday, 14 November. ALIA ACT and District Health Forum. Joint meeting with the Australian Society of Indexers. Non-members welcome. Conference Room 2, Ground floor, Alexander Building, Furzer St, Woden, 12:30pm-1:30pm. Details page 3. Contact Jill Buckley Smith, ph 02 6289 8488, jill.smith@health.gov.au. RSVP by Friday 9 November (to arrange security passes).
Wednesday 14 November. ACTive ALIA .Monthly meeting, all welcome. 4th floor Conference Room, NLA, 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Ward, Branch secretary, jward@nla.gov.au
Saturday, 1 December. ACT Library Technicians. Our end of year get-together. Lyons, from 4:40pm. Go hand in hand with LCSH and AACR2 down Dewey Lane along with Donna Reid. Bring a plate (with food of course) instead of filing rules and a gold coin. RSVP for venue details and reservations contact: Marion, ph 02 6270 6912, mboyd@hcourt.gov.au, or Beth, ph 02 6259 1240, beth.clary@radford.com.au
Wednesday, 12 December. APSIG. Christmas lunch. Rubicon Restaurant, Griffith Shops, 12:15pm. $20.00 a head for a fine lunch. All welcome, come and enjoy some Christmas jollity with good food. Pre-bookings essential: RSVP by 10 December to: Dorothea.Polonyi@anu.edu.au
Wednesday, 12 December. ALIA members in the ACT are invited to a special showing of the NLA Centenary Exhibition: 'Treasures from the World's Great Libraries', with a tour by the curator of the exhibition, Margaret Dent. 5:00pm-6:00pm. Cost $10.00. The tour will be followed by the group Christmas party. RSVP (vital!) by 30 November to: Julie Ward, Branch secretary, jward@nla.gov.au

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