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Number 222: April 2002

Events for April and beyond

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Thursday 4 April, 12:15pm. Free video presentation on the history of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, by William Hodges, Superintendent of Duke Humfrey's Library, in the Bodleian Library (which featured as Harry Potter's library in 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'). The talk and half-hour video will be in the Haydon-Allen Tank at ANU. It's bring your own lunch - there are no coffee facilities in the Haydon Allen lecture theatre but the Union is just across the way. Contact Colin Steele, ph 02 6125 2003, colin.steele@anu.edu.au.
Monday 8 April, 4:30pm-5:30pm. URLs. Information literacy: building partnerships between academics and information professionals - talks by Judith Peacock, Information Literacy Co-ordinator at QUT and Susan Bray, Head of Learning Resources at Melbourne Uni. McDonald Room, Menzies Building, ANU. All welcome. RSVP to Nancy Clarke, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au.
Monday 8 April. 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. Contact Jon Prance for more information on ph 02 6255 1857, or prance@c031.aone.net.au.
Wednesday 10 April. ACTive ALIA Monthly meeting. All welcome. 4th floor Conference Room, NLA, 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Ward (Branch Secretary), jward@nla.gov.au.
Thursday 11 April. ACT Specials Librarians Libations, from 5:30pm. A warm invitation is extended to all library and information colleagues to join the Specials in their Happy Hour for April! Back in the Yacht Club. Contact: Julie Philips, ph 02 6208 5112, jphilips@nma.gov.au.
Thursday 11 April, 5:30pm-7:30pm. Kippax Uniting Community Centre, Luke Street and Hardwick Crescent, Holt. Community consultation on the future of library services from the Kippax Library for the Belconnen Region. Come along to discuss the issues and have your say on what you expect from your local library. Contact Sherrey Quinn or Ian McCallum on ph 02 6257 9177, or see the project website: http://www.act.gov.au/actinfo/library/kippaxbelc/.
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 or beth.clary@radford.com.au.
Tuesday 14 May, 12:30pm-1:30pm. Lunchtime meeting, Conference Room, 4th floor, NLA. Another in our classic series of Travellers' Tales organised by the Asia-Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG). Come and hear what your colleagues are doing as they travel the world. More details on page 3. Refreshments served. Free - no bookings required. Contact: Marie Sexton - msexton@nla.gov.au.

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