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Number 223: May 2002

Events for May and beyond

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Wednesday 8 May. ACTive ALIA monthly meeting. All welcome. 4th floor Conference Room, NLA, 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Ward (Branch secretary), jward@nla.gov.au.
Thursday 9 May. ACT Specials. Librarians Libations this month at the The Trinity Bar, 28 Challis Street, Dickson. Come along from 5:30pm and celebrate our new (pay) day. Contact: Julie Philips, ph 02 6208 5112, jphilips@nma.gov.au.
Tuesday 14 May, 12:30pm-1:30pm. Asia-Pacific Special Interest Group (APSIG) lunchtime meeting, Conference Room, 4th floor, NLA. Another in our classic series of Travellers' Tales. 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.
Tuesday 21 May. ACT Library Technicians. 7:30am: celebrate National Library Technicians Day with breakfast at the Crown Plaza Hotel (formerly Park Royal). Cost $23 full, $16 continental and $10 express (tea/coffee and pastries). RSVP by 13 May to: Beth on ph 02 626234 2225; beth.clary@radford.com.au or Lynn Bale at lynn.bale@ea.gov.au.
Tuesday 21 May. ASSIG/Acquisitions AGM and dinner. Join us at 7:00pm for 7:30pm on The Promenade Deck aboard the South Steyne moored on the tranquil waters of Darling Harbour. $50.00 per person, includes a three course dinner with special guest speaker, Jan Fullerton, director general, NLA. Everyone is welcome to join us for a wonderful evening of gentle swaying, harbour lights, excellent food coupled with an entertaining insight into the life and times of high profile librarian, Jan Fullerton. Please advise any dietary requirements when making your booking. RSVP Heather Brown, brown.heather@slsa.sa.gov.au.
Wednesday 22 May. Health Libraries Australia (ACT and District). Presentation about the ACT Government's Health First service: 'The 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week health telephone advice line staffed with Registered Nurses to answer your questions'. Alexander Building, Department of Health and Ageing, Furzer St, Woden. 12:30pm-1:30pm. All welcome. Bring your lunch; tea and coffee will be provided. RSVP by 17 May to: Prue Deacon, ph 02 6289 7505, prue.deacon@health.gov.au.
Monday 17 June. 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, prance@c031.aone.net.au.

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