Australian Library and Information Association
home > groups > cysqld > reports > January-June 2003
 

ALIA Children's and Youth Services (Qld)

January-June 2003

Six-monthly report to the ALIA Board of Directors

Anne Spelman - convenor
Loris Phair - Secretary

Margaret Kittson resigned as group treasurer April 2003. The position is currently vacant.

Group Communication

The group communicates via the e-list cysalia. Membership has increased from 112 members (December 2002) to 143 (July 2003).

The executive committee met a number of times between December 2002-July 2003 to organise annual seminar Frameworking the Future

Activities

The two professional development activities (described below) organised by the group fulfilled the objects of the Association by promoting the free flow of information and ideas and by fostering members professional interests and aspirations.

At both events we promoted ALIA and encouraged people to support the Association through membership.

AccessEd visit

Public librarians attended an information session at AccessEd http://education.qld.gov.au/accessed/ (Education Queensland's school library service) Wednesday 12th March. The session covered resources available to teachers through AccessEd and information on how AccessEd builds its collections to meet the needs of the curriculum.

Frameworking the Future Seminar

Fifty-seven school, public and tertiary librarians attended the seminar Frameworking the Future. The seminar was held at Moreton Bay College. Queensland University Librarian, Janine Schmidt delivered the keynote address "Libraries Logging the Loop and Making the Link in Education". The afternoon was spent workshopping guiding principles for cross-sectoral co-operation.

Treasurers Report

We held one money generating event Frameworking the Future. $1160 was raised from the event. $945.09 went into catering for the event.

Activity Credit Debit
Event 1160.00  
Catering for event   945.09
Balance = 214.91

ALIA-Groups
Job Transactions 1/01/03 to 31/07/03
Job 073

Beginning Balance -$624.62
Net Activity: -$463.62
Ending Balance: -$161.00

Activities for the next 6 months

The committee and its members have not discussed upcoming activities.

Anne Spelman
ALIA Children's and Youth Services (QLD)
a.spelman@slq.qld.gov.au
07 3214 3214

ALIA logo http://www.alia.org.au/groups/cysqld/reports/2003.01-06.html
© ALIA [ Feedback | site map | privacy ] it.it 11:48pm 1 March 2010