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Number 220: February 2002

Events for December and beyond

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Monday, 4 February. The ANU James Bennett Lecture. Professor Jean-Claude Guédon on 'The bias of scientific communication and the dissemination of scientific knowledge'. 12:30pm in the McDonald Room of the Menzies building. All welcome. (See page 3 for more details.) Enquiries Colin Steele, ph 02 6125 2003, colin.steele@anu.edu.au.
Monday, 11 February. PEARLS (Previously Employed Australian Retired Librarians), 2:30pm, Backbenches, Old Parliament House, for coffee, cakes and conversation. All retired library people welcome, and any intending to retire soon. Further dates for 2002: 8 April, 17 June, 12 August and 14 October. Contact Jon Prance for more information on ph 02 6255 1857, or prance@c031.aone.net.au.
Wednesday, 13 February. ACTive ALIA Monthly meeting. Tom Ruthven, director, Interlending Services, NLA, will speak on the findings of a report just released by the National Resource Sharing Working Group, on maximising the performance of interlibrary loan/document delivery operations. All welcome. 4th floor Conference Room, NLA, 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Ward (Branch secretary), jward@nla.gov.au.
Thursday, 14 February. Librarians' libations. ACT Specials, from 5:30pm at the Canberra Southern Cross Yacht Club. A warm invitation is extended to all colleagues to join the Specials in these first libations for 2002! Contact: Julie Philips, ph 02 6208 5112, j.philips@nma.gov.au.
Wednesday 6 March. Library Technicians. 5:30pm-7:00pm, in the Ferguson Room, National Library. Sonia Street and Karen Vinoles on 'ISSN - unique or obsolete?' All welcome. Come and join the Technicians for dinner afterwards. Contact Beth Clary, ph 02 6234 2225, beth.clary@radford.com.au.
Saturday-Sunday, 20-21 April. Library Technicians. Albury Workshop. Join NSW, Victoria and ACT technicians for a weekend of workshop, networking, friendship and fun. For further detail contact Beth Clary, ph 02 6234 2225, beth.clary@radford.com.au.

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