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August 2004EventsALIA National Policy Congress, 2004 Perth meetingWhat is this? This is ALIA members opportunity to have a say in the policy-making of our Professional Association. Local ALIA Groups are invited to send a representative and any financial personal member or institutional representative member is welcome to attend and participate in the Perth meeting. Anyone within the above criteria may nominate to be the WA regional delegate to the National Policy Congress in Canberra which will be held 19-20 November 2004. The nomination and election of the WA delegate will take place at the Perth meeting. Members in regional or remote locations are welcome to send written submissions on the papers which will be available on the ALIA website to membership at ALIA or Kay Poustie Local Liaison Officer (please remove '.nospam' from addresses) What will we be discussing?
When? Tuesday 7 September 2003 at 5:45pm. Where? Conference Room, number 348, Level 3,TL Robertson Library Building 105, Curtin University.
Delegate responsibility, preparation and more information. RSVP: Please let Kay Poustie, local liaison officer for ALIA know who will be attending from your Group by Friday September 3, 2004. Her contacts are kpoustie@tpg.com.au (please remove '.nospam' from addresses) or ph 08 9382 1261.
Satellite session ALIA Conference, 2004Are you going to the 2004 ALIA Conference? If you have plans to attend the 2004 Biennial ALIA conference at the Gold Coast this year, you may wish to attend a satellite event the Health Libraries Australia Group is offering at the ALIA September conference at the Gold Coast. Called the The pub with no beer - medicine on tap: the session is an introductory searching of the free internet based PubMed medical database. The session will be held on Monday 20 September and repeated on Saturday 25 September 9:00am-12:00pm at the Bond University Computer Laboratory, University Drive, Robina The session is a hands-on course offered by the Health Libraries group of ALIA, designed for the searcher with an occasional need to find medical information. Included is the session are : why PubMed is a great source; use of the MeSHbrowser (Medical subject Headings) and why use of MeSH will enhance your search; how to conduct a PubMed search using MeSH; how to refine your search using the history function; how to use the limit functions to refine your search for relevance and to restrict to references available with free full text articles; how to view, display and print search results and link out to free full-text articles; how to use the Cubby to store saved searches; a brief introduction to search filters; and sources of quality health consumer-level information resources. The course will be conducted by a medical librarian with many years searching and training experience. A three hour 'informal learning activity' such as this is worth three points in the ALIA CPD scheme so come along and learn, accrue the points, and build your credentials up to earn those post-nominals [AALIA (CP), ALIATec (CP)]. The maximum number of attendees at the hands-on workshop is twenty-five, so make sure you register soon! For further information, please contact conferences@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from addresses) or phone on 02 6215 9235.
Reference Services in the New Millennium
An important date for your diary The title of this seminar is the same as a 2001 article by Professor Carol Tenopir, Professor of Information Sciences at the Center for InformationStudies, University of Tennessee, who is our featured speaker. She is an authority on reading in the digital age, reference services and the use of digital serials. For information on her publications go to http://web.utk.edu/~tenopir/. This is an important issue for all librarians. You are invited to take advantage of this chance to hear an important researcher in the field give her views on the current state of play. There will be extension opportunities for asking questions and giving your own views through a panel discussion.
Jan Partridge Curtin University of Technology Registration form [PDF, 74KB]
New Norcia Library LectureThe New Norcia Library Lecture will be held at St Ildephonsus College, New Norcia on Friday 27 August, a month earlier than usual. Anyone in the library world who is interested is invited to come. It is always a good day because of the professional input from the key lecturer and panelists, not to mention the great food and the opportunity to catch up with colleagues. Our key-note lecturer, recommended by Jan Fullerton at the National Library, is Dr Tom Griffiths from ANU, who will speak on collecting culture. He is the author of Hunters and Collectors and Forests of Ash and has been described as a brilliant speaker. He describes libraries as 'the generators and custodians of stories; the greenhouses of our emotional, intellectual and spiritual garden.' It will be a feel-good lecture by a highly sought-after speaker. Our afternoon panellists will be Brian Stewart who looks after Archival Collections at the Battye Library, Kandy-Jane Henderson from the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library, and Cecil Florey, now local historian but past public librarian. They will each speak on collection and/or research processes in our library systems and will join Tom Griffiths on the afternoon panel for a stimulating general discussion. Registration is at 10:00am and the day finishes at 3:00pm, so that you can be back in Perth before 5:00pm. We need names and money by 18 August. The price is $66.00 for adults, and $30.00 for students. The price includes morning tea, lunch and free admission to the Museum. You can pay by credit card or cheque. Tax invoices can be provided. There is a registration form set out below. Please send your form with payment to New Norcia Library, New Norcia WA 6509 You can contact me at library@newnorcia.wa.edu.au (please remove '.nospam' from addresses), or by phone at 08 9654 8060 between Wednesday and Friday. Sue Johnson Registration form Name______________________________________ Library______________________________________ Payment (please tick): ( ) $66 adult ( ) $30 student Cheques are payable to Benedictine Community of New Norcia. Or charge credit card $__________ ( ) Mastercard ( ) Visa ( ) Bankcard Card no. ___________________________ Expiry date________ Card-holder's name____________________________________
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