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Number 225: July 2002

Events for July and beyond

RSVP? It means what it says. Sometimes organisers of an event MUST know what numbers to expect. If they request an 'RSVP' and you plan to attend, please oblige them.

Thursday, 4 July. Librarians' libations. ACT Specials. Come and share Independence Day with our American cousins and shout your friends and colleagues in the Piano Bar at the old Lakeside (now Rydges). From 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Philips, ph 02 6208 5112, jphilips@nma.gov.au
Tuesday, 9 July. URLs. 12:30pm in the McDonald Room, Menzies Library, ANU. Colin Steele and Lorena Kanellopoulos from the ANU will speak on 'E-Prints Australia: the future of scholarly information'. Developments in the electronic storage of important scholarly publications. All welcome. Bring your lunch. This is the mid-year break, so parking should be easy. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, Secretary URLs, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au
Wednesday, 10 July. ACTive ALIA monthly meeting. All welcome. 4th floor Conference Room, NLA, 5:30pm. Contact: Julie Ward (Branch Secretary), jward@nla.gov.au
Tuesday, 30 July. ACT Library Technicians. 7:00 for 7:15pm. Cool Yule: Christmas in July, at the CIT Restaurant. Come and have some fun (and network) over a jolly fine feast for $34.00. Bring your partner and contact Beth Clary, ph 02 6162 6225, beth.clary@radford.act.edu.au. Limited bookings: early RSVP vital.
Wednesday, 7 August. 12:30-1:30pm. Professional Perspectives Lecture, University of Canberra. Professor Peter Putnis, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Division of Communication and Education, on 'The challenges of communicating across cultures' (see p.3). Lecture theatre 12B2, in the nursing building on the northern end of the campus. Enquiries Peter Clayton, ph 02 6201 5431, prc@comedu.canberra.edu.au
Friday, 9 August. ACTive ALIA. Midwinter dinner, quiz and prize-giving. University of Canberra Staff Club, 7:00pm for 7:30pm. Dinner including drinks $40.00. Your RSVP is vital by 6 August, to: Judith Brooker at judith.brooker@alianet.alia.org.au
Wednesday, 21 August. URLs. In the rapidly changing world of copyright what does 'Moral Rights' actually mean? Matthew Rimmer, from the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property at the ANU Law School will give us a current briefing in the McDonald Room at the Menzies Library ANU. All welcome. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, secretary URLs, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au
Tuesday, 17 September. APSIG is proposing a visit to St Mark's Library. More details later, but see p2.

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