ALIA West

March 2003

Diary dates

March

Presentation by National Library staff on new strategic directions and initiatives
Date: 4 March (Tues)
Venue: Theatre, Alexander Library Building
Time: 8:30am-12:30pm
RSVP by 21/2 to: Dale Forre March 02 6262 1390 dforrest@nla.gov.au

WA Library Technicians meeting
Date: 5 March (Wed)
Venue: Education, Fine Arts and Architecture Library, University of Western Australia, Nedlands
Time: 5:30 for 5:45pm
Contact: Claire Stokes clairestokes@westnet.com.au

Author talk at Subiaco Library
Date: 5 March (Wed)
Number 2 Home: A Story of Japanese Pioneers in Australia, Noreen Jones
Venue: Subiaco Library, Corner Bagot and Rokeby Roads, Subiaco
Time: 6pm
RSVP Bookings essential
Subiaco Library, ph 08 9381 5088, library@subiaco.wa.gov.au

An Introduction to Records Management
Date: 7 March (Fri)
Venue: Information Enterprises Australia, Unit 4, Upper level, 201 High Street, Fremantle
Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $250 + GST, $175 + G March (unemployed and registered members of IEA)
Contact: Bookings: 9335 2533

training@iea.com.au

WA Local Government Librarians Association 7th Biennial Conference
Date: 7 March (Fri)
Topic: Public Libraries 2003 - Community Building
Venue: Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
Time: 8am-5:00pm
Registration deadline: 14/2
Cheques payable to: WALGLA
Post to: Tina Ackerman, Victoria Park Public Library, 27 Sussex Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101
Cost: $190 full day with breakfa March and lunch, $170 full day with lunch, $100 half day with lunch

Presentation on SA library marketing campaign
Date: 10 March (Mon)
Fiona Lange, Lange Hill Marketing
Venue: State Library Theatre
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm

WA Forum meeting
Date: 11 March (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

AGIA Autumn Breakfast
Date: 12 March (Wed)
Venue: Moorings Café, Barrack Street Jetty
Time: 7:15 for 7:30am
Cost: $17 (pay on the day)
RSVP by 10/3/03 to: Liz Amann, ph 08 9479 0646, Elizabeth.Amann@wmc.com.au

ALIA Local Studies WA Group and Australian Society of Archivists (WA Branch)
Date: 12 March (Wed)
"Small Archives and Local Studies Collections - Principles and Policies"
Venue: National Archives of Australia, 384 Berwick Street, Ea March Victoria Park
Time: 5 for 5:30-7pm, dinner afterwards at a nearby restaurant
RSVP for dinner by 10/3/03 to: Martin Fordham, mfordham@sro.wa.gov.au

GuMP meeting
Date: 13 March (Thurs)
Contact: Joanne Roach joanne@kondinin.com.au

COLIS Demonstrator Roadshow
Date: 14 March (Fri)
Presenters: Kerry Blinco, James Dalziel
Venue: Curtin University, City Campus, Room 213, level 2, 78 Murray Street, Perth
Time: 10am-12:30pm
RSVP to: Rhoda Adams, ph 02 9850 7522, radams@mars.ocs.mq.edu.au

Australian Computer Society
Date: 14 March (Fri)

Simplicity in Information Architecture Design

Part 1: information architecture fundamentals

Part 2: metadata and classification

Part 3: navigation

Part 4: search

Part 5: layout and design

Time: 9am-5:00pm
Cost: pre-payment essential $550 ACS members, $660 CAVAL and ALIA members, $770 others
Bookings: e-mail gerrym@acslink.net.au or fax booking form to 08 9409 6278, or telephone 0) 9470 4878 (8:30am-5:30pm)
or mail booking form to Sue McLennan, Stars Event Management, PO Box 2202, Churchlands WA 6018

Recordkeeping Essentials Workshop
Date: 17 March (Mon)
Presenter: Jenny Robins, Enterprise Knowledge
Venue: Saville Suites, 201 Hay St, Perth
Time: 8:30-9am registration, 9am-5:15pm workshop, 5:15-6:15pm happy hour
Cost: $594 RMAA members, $660 others, [$550 each for 3+ employees from one organisation]
Contact: PiCS, ph 00 9854 8900, http://www.pics.com.au
Payment due by 10 March.
http://www.enterpriseknowledge.com.au

Trimagic Software Seminar and INMAGIC User Group meeting
Date: 18 March (Tues)
Venue: Fremantle room, Parmelia Hilton, 14 Mill Street, Perth
Time: 9-11:30am, 9-10:15 Trimagic Seminar: Solving the Infoglut, 10:30-11:30 Inmagic User Group
RSVP by 10/3 to: Tara Lord, ph 02 9880 8666, tara.lord@trimagic.com.au

KISWA meeting
Date: 18 March (Tues)
Venue: Café Pages, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Rose Hockley Rose.Hockley@wmc.com

Institute for Information Management
Date: 19 March (Wed)
The agony and the ecstasy - Real life communities of practice
"Practical lessons learned implementing global communities of practice, and when will they add business value?"
Speaker: Dr Mark Bennett, Rio Tinto
Venue: WA Club, 101 March George's Terrace, Perth
Registration: Pre-payment by Friday 14th March 2003 is essential.
Download registration form from http://www.iim.org.au
If paying by cheque, please inform Beth Ratering on: ph 08 9485 0999 (10am-3pm), bratering@towertechnology.com.au

How to train legal personnel in legal research
Date: 20 March (Thurs)
Presenter: Natalie Wieland, Bliss Consulting
Venue: tba
Time: 9am-4:30pm
Cost: $385 (10% discount to ALLG members)
Contact: Natalie Wieland, ph 03 9429 7197, http://www.blissconsulting.com.au/courseinf.htm

KISWA visit to Notre Dame University Library, Fremantle
Date: 26 March (Wed)
Time: 5:30-6:30pm library tour, 6:30pm Dinner in Fremantle
Contact: Jeanette Hill, ph 08 9482 7466 (W), jeanette.hill@landcorp.com.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 26 March (Wed)
Keywords, classification and all that jazz!

Introduction to Metadata, CAVAL
Date: 27 March (Thurs)
Venue: Centre for Business Solutions, 140 Royal St, East Perth
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $110 (CAVAL/ALIA members), $132 non-members
Contact: Eve Cornish training@caval.edu.au
Registration: online at http://www.caval.edu.au

Hands-On Metadata, CAVAL
Date: 27 March (Thurs)
Venue: Centre for Business Solutions, 140 Royal St, East Perth
Time: 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $198 (CAVAL/ALIA members), $220 non-members
Contact: Eve Cornish training@caval.edu.au
Registration: online at http://www.caval.edu.au

WALT group mentoring
Date: 31 March (Mon)
Venue: Room S136, Central TAFE, Perth
Contact: Judy Smith, jasmith@library.uwa.edu.au

April

Book Indexing - Intro Refresher, CAVAL
Date: 3 April (Thurs)
Venue: Centre for Business Solutions, 140 Royal Street, East Perth
Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Cost: $110 (CAVAL/ALIA members), $132 non-members
Contact: Eve Cornish, training@caval.edu.au
Registration: online at http://www.caval.edu.au

Journal Indexing, CAVAL
Date: 3 April (Thurs)
Venue: Centre for Business Solutions, 140 Royal Street, East Perth
Time: 1:30pm-4:30pm
Cost: $110 (CAVAL/ALIA members), $132 non-members
Contact: Eve Cornish, training@caval.edu.au
Registration: online at http://www.caval.edu.au

Book Indexing: Intermediate, CAVAL
Date: 4 April (Fri)
Venue: Centre for Business Solutions, 140 Royal Street, East Perth
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Cost: $198 (CAVAL/ALIA members), $220 non-members
Contact: Eve Cornish, training@caval.edu.au
Registration: online at http://www.caval.edu.au

WA Forum meeting
Date: 8 April (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

KISWA meeting
Date: 15 April (Tues)
Venue: Café Pages
Contact: Rose Hockley rose.hockley@wmc.com

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 30 April (Wed)
Keywords, classification and all that jazz!

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshop (for public, TAFE, school, special library staff)
Date: tba

May

Workshop on the Interim Standard AS (Int) Knowledge Management
Date: 9 May (Fri)

WA Forum meeting
Date: 13 May (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 28 May (Wed)
Conservation and Preservation Of Records

June

WA Forum meeting
Date: 10 June (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 25 June (Wed)
Storage Options

July

WA Forum meeting
Date: 8 July (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 30 July (Wed)
RandD Roundup

August

WA Forum meeting
Date: 12 August (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 27 August (Wed)
Records Outside The Square

September

Oral History Association of Australia Conference
Date: 4 September (Thurs) - 7 September (Sun)
From all Quarters
Venue: Rose and Crown Hotel, Guildford
Information and registration brochures available in May
Contact: Margaret Hamilton, ph 08 9296 9306, guy12mar@ellenbrook.net
Alex Shaw, ph 08 9271 8074, asylex9@bigpond.com

Australian Copyright Council seminars
Date: 9 September (Tues)
Libraries

WA Forum meeting
Date: 9 September (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

Australian Copyright Council seminars
Date: 10 September (Wed)
Local Governments
Publishers: books and magazines

Australian Copyright Council seminars
Date: 11 September (Thurs)
Educational Institutions

Australian Copyright Council seminars
Date: 12 September (Fri)
Governments

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 24 September (Wed)
Post Conference Briefing

October

WA Forum meeting
Date: 14 October (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 29 October (Wed)
Benchmarks, Models and Standards

November

WA Forum meeting
Date: 11 November (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 26 November (Wed)
Global Employment Opportunities

December

WA Branch of the RMAA CPD Committee
Date: 3 December (Wed)
Christmas Cheer

WA Forum meeting
Date: 9 December (Tues)
Venue: Room 2.9, Alexander Library Building
Time: 5:30pm
Contact: Belinda Grayson, ph 08 9383 8977, bgrayson@cambridge.wa.gov.au