proACTive

Number 235: June 2003

Events for June 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.

Wednesday, 11 June, 5:30pm. ACTive ALIA monthly meeting in the NLA 4th Floor Meeting Room. All members of ALIA in the ACT region are warmly invited to attend. Contact Judy Brooker on ph 02 6230 2266 or judith.brooker@alianet.alia.org.au (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Monday, 16 June, 2:30pm. PEARLS. Come along and join us in BOOKPLATE at the National Library for coffee, cake and conversation. All people with library connections who have retired and those about to retire are welcome.

Wednesday, 25 June, 5:00pm. APSIG. In the Theatre, Australian War Memorial, Anzac Parade, Campbell. Refreshments will be served. Emma Jones will speak on the AWM collection and Rob Hurle on his research in the National Library of Vietnam, both illustrating the theme of 'Propaganda at times of conflict'. Entry via the ground floor door from Western Courtyard into the reception room next to the Telstra Theatre. Parking at the rear of the Memorial entering from Treloar Crescent. The area is well-lit and only 100 metres away from the parking area. More details on page 3. Contact: Marie Sexton, ph 02 6247 7795, msexton@netspeed.com.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Wednesday 25 June, 9:00am-12:30pm. FLIN Seminar on 'Reinventing the Special Librarian'(see page 3).

Wednesday, 2 July, 12:30pm. URLs, in the McDonald Room, Menzies Library, ANU. Andrew Schuller, Commissioning Editor with Oxford University Press, on academic publishing from the publisher's perspective (the microeconomics of academic publishing). All welcome. Bring your lunch. More details on page 3. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Indexing for librarians?
Saturday, 28 June, 1:00pm to 4:30pm. The Australian Society of Indexers, ACT Region Branch, will hold a workshop on 'Indexing Government Annual Reports' conducted by Michael Harrington in the Archives Building, East Block, Parkes ACT. Here is a chance for librarians to learn a lucrative new skill. For costs and further information contact Edyth Binkowski at geoffb@webone.com.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Breaking barriers: reaching users in a digital world The 8th Interlending and Document Supply International Conference aims to encompass new ways to deliver services to users as well as ways to make our operations more efficient. It will be held at the NLA in Canberra, 28-31 October 2003. Details are on the web at http://www.nla.gov.au/ilds/index.html

proACTive: next deadlines
17 June for events
25 June for copy
Events that you wish to see in the July inCite should reach the editor by Tuesday 17 June, and news and events for the July proACTive by Wednesday 25 June.
Send events and news by e-mail (preferred), or by snail mail on disk with hard copy, or as scannable clean hard copy (fax for events only, please!) to:
Peter Judge, 10 Glyde Place, Kambah ACT 2902
peter.judge@alianet.alia.org.au.nospam
ph/fx 02 6296 6211.

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