ALIA Schools

Newsletter, March 2007

Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the committee members of ALIA Schools Victoria I am writing to give you general information and our calendar of events for 2007. Contact details for committee members can be found at http://alia.org.au under the heading Groups.

Professional Development: please mark the following dates in your diary.

• May 5: Hooking them in: to literature and Book Week Please see enclosed flyer for details
• August 4: Management
• October 27: School Libraries: Virtual tours

Dates for Committee Meetings: Regular meetings are held on Saturdays at 9.30 a.m. in the Library Resource Centre at Santa Maria College, 50 Separation Street, Northcote. Entry is via Wardrop Grove and members or observers are welcome to attend. The dates for 2007 are as follows: April 28, May 26, June 23, August 4*, September 8, October 27*, November 17. The meeting will commence immediately following the professional development sessions on the days marked with an asterisk.

Committee Members 2007:

Thanks are extended to Barbara Bugg and Anne Girolami, outgoing co-convenor and secretary respectively, for their work undertaken in these roles.

Invitation to join the ALIA Schools Victoria e-list:
Many members have now joined the e-list and they were able to take part in the informative online forum on Blogging: transforming the social into the educational that was held between February 19 and March 5. This forum proved to be a most successful activity. For a comprehensive evaluation and the chance to revisit the discussion access the ALIA Schools Victoria website.

Regular electronic communication with members is again a priority for 2007.

Joint ALIA/ASLA Policy Advisory Group: ALIA is represented on the joint ALIA/ASLA Policy Advisory Group by three members of ALIA Schools Victoria. Anne Girolami is the chairperson of the group with Tilly Stoove and Genevieve Lynch as new committee members. The committee enables communication between the two national organizations that represent teacher librarians as well as joint initiatives and publications.

I wish you all the best for 2007 and look forward to your participation in the planned activities.

Sandra Ryan
Convenor, ALIA Schools Victoria