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Number 239: October 2003

Events for October 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 1 October, 4:00pm. ALIA will host an afternoon tea with PEARLS at ALIA House, to welcome Tom Featherstone and a group of 22 retired librarians from the UK. RSVP to Yvette Turner on ph 02 6215 8222.

Wednesday 8 October, 5:30pm. ACT Library Technicians. Post-conference coffee/drinks at Waldorf on London Where to from here? Please come even if you didn't go to the conference. RSVP to Margaret, Ph 02 6249 9649. or margaret.drury@ga.gov.au.nospam

Monday 13 October, 2:30pm. PEARLS. Meet at BOOKPLATE in the NLA foyer. Anyone with library connections who has retired (or is about to retire) is welcome to join our informal group to enjoy coffee, cake and conversation. Contact Eileen, ph 02 6262 4105, warndon@optusnet.com.au.nospam

Wednesday 15 October, 5:30pm. ACTive ALIA Outreach: 'Quirky Tales'. Talk and Tour of the ACT Heritage Library by Judy Becker and Janette Condon. Corner Corinna and Furzer Streets, Woden. Contact: Judy Brooker ph 02 6207 5725, judy.brooker@act.gov.au.nospam

Tuesday-Friday 28-31 October, in Canberra. 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. Details are on the web at http://www.nla.gov.au/ilds/index.html

Thursday 6 November, 12:15pm-1:30pm. APSIG. 'Trading books: publishing and selling books about Asia and the Pacific.' Lunchtime talk, Ferguson Room, Mezzanine floor, NLA. Speakers are Sally Burdon and Ian Templeman. Sally Burdon is from the well-known family who have been selling books in Canberra for many years. The Asia Bookroom in Belconnen specialises in new and out-of-print books on Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They produce regular booklists and have a large international clientele. Sally will be able to give us a unique perspective on the book trade. She will bring along some interesting items for us to see. Ian Templeman is responsible for Pandanus Books, part of the ANU's Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. It has already published a number of attractively presented books on the Pacific and Asia, striving not only for academic excellence and content but also pleasing presentation. One of his recent most remarkable successes has been White Butterflies by Colin McPhedran published last year by Pandanus. Ian established his credentials at the Fremantle Arts Centre Press and then at the National Library. Refreshments will be served. Gold-coin collection. Enquiries to Marie Sexton, msexton@netspeed.com.au or Amelia McKenzie, ph 02 6262 1519, amckenzie@nla.gov.au.nospam.

proACTive: next deadlines

17 October for events
24 October for copy
Events that you wish to see in the November inCite should reach the editor by Friday, 17 October, and news and events for the November proACTive by Friday 24 October.
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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