proACTive

Number 236: July 2003

Events for July and beyond

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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. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, secretary URLs, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Monday 7 July, 12:15pm. URLs. Monthly meeting of URLs group in the ACT at University House (in the cellar eating area) at ANU. All welcome. Inquiries: Nancy Clarke, secretary URLs, ph 02 6209 1117, n.clarke@signadou.acu.edu.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Wednesday 23 July, 12:30pm. ACTive ALIA. All members of ALIA in the ACT region are warmly invited to attend a lunchtime talk: 'Librarians in communities: the Indigenous Knowledge Centre project' by Angela Barry from Indigenous Community Volunteers. Fourth Floor Conference Room, NLA. Bring your lunch. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. (This is instead of the usual monthly meeting.) Contact Judy Brooker on ph 02 6230 2266 or judith.brooker@alianet.alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Wednesday 6 August, 5:30pm. The ACT regional meeting of the ALIA National Policy Congress will be held in the NLA Fourth Floor Conference Room. Each ALIA group is asked to nominate one representative to attend the regional meeting. Other members may attend as observers. Contact Helen Roberts on 02 6125 4068 or helen.roberts@anu.edu.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Monday 11 August, 2:30pm. PEARLS. BOOKPLATE at the National Library of Australia. Anyone with library connections who has retired (or is about to retire) is welcome to join our informal group to enjoy delicious refreshments and conversation. Contact Eileen, ph 02 6262 4105, warndon@optusnet.com.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).

Wednesday 13 August, 5:30pm. The ACTive ALIA meeting this month will be held at the AIATSIS Library, Acton Peninsula. Doreen Mellor, Director Development Public Programs National Library of Australia, will speak on 'Cross-cultural protocols: enjoying both difference and common ground'. Barbara Lewincamp, the AIATSIS Library Director, is arranging a tour of the library to follow the talk. Contact Judy Brooker on ph 02 6230 2266 or judith.brooker@alianet.alia.org.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 July for events
25 July for copy
Events that you wish to see in the August inCite should reach the editor by Thursday 17 July, and news and events for the August proACTive by Friday 25 July.
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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