A group may be established for a short period (for example for a specific purpose, issue or activity) or for up to two years to fulfil a longer-term purpose or need. A geographic location need not be limited to state borders. The Board of Directors may initiate groups to meet specific needs of the Association not met by self-nominating groups.
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| ALIAWest |
wa | aliawest | ALIAWest co-ordinates and communicates strategic professional issues and organises continuing professional development activities statewide. more... |
| ALIA WATER |
nat | aliawater | ALIA Water benefits library staff working with water-related collections. Goals include: creating a community of practice, resource discovery, reciprocal interlibrary loan rights, circulation of discard lists, networking, showcasing industry specific services & consortia options. more... |
| ALIA WA Library Technicians |
wa | libtwa | The ALIA WA Library Technicians Group promotes ALIA and library technician activities. Encourages professional development and communication within local area and nationally. Encourages new graduates through mutually-supportive friendships and recognising the special interests of library technicians. more... |
| ALIA Victoria |
vic | aliavic | Facilitates communication and networking among Victorian library and information professionals through formal and informal functions. more... |
| ALIA URLs (ACT) |
act | urlsact | ALIA URLs (ACT), (Universities and Research Libraries’ Group), provides a networking and information-sharing forum for all levels of library staff interested in issues and trends affecting the development of university and research libraries. The group organises professional development and training opportunities and provides a network of communication and support. ALIA URLs aims to enhance inter-institutional information exchange within the region, and liaises with other relevant organisations. Planned activities include seminars, monthly meetings with guest speakers, and workshops on topics relevant to the sector. more... |
| ALIA TropicALIA |
qld | tropicalia | Based in Townsville, tropicALIA is a virtual group for library staff and students in North Queensland. Our members represent a wide range of NQ libraries - public, university, school, special and corporate. We aim to promote professional development and social networking for library staff and students in North Queensland more... |
| ALIA Top End |
nt | topend | The group covers all of the Northern Territory with a focus on the Top End.
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| ALIA Tasmania |
tas | aliatas | ALIA Tasmania is a cross-regional, cross-sectoral statewide group. It provides professional development activities, membership services and lobbies to increase public awareness of all library services. more... |
| ALIA Sydney |
nsw | aliansw | ALIA Sydney presents a selection of formal and information events to encourage discussion and critical engagement and create networking opportunities across the library and information section in Sydney and beyond. more... |
| ALIA Sustainable Libraries |
nat | sustain | The ALIA Sustainable Libraries Group has been established to inform & educate colleagues on issues of sustainability. The group will support and promote research and professional development, and increase the awareness of environmental concerns amongst library staff. The group also seeks to enhance and promote documentary resources connected to sustainability. more... |
| ALIA Special Libraries (Vic) |
vic | specialvic | ALIA Special Libraries (Vic) is a group which provides opportunities for continuing professional development and networking for people working in, or with an interest in, special libraries and related fields. more... |
| ALIA Special Libraries (SA) |
sa | specialsa | The ALIA Specials SA group provides professional development and networking opportunities to professionals in special libraries in South Australia. It fosters the exchange of ideas among special librarians, and with librarians working in allied professional fields of information services, knowledge management, indexing, record management, archives and information brokerage. It is also committed to advocacy on behalf of its members and to advising education bodies at any opportunity. more... |
| ALIA South Australian Library Technicians |
sa | libtsa | The ALIA South Australian Library Technicians Group provides an opportunity for library technicians from varied workplaces to meet, network, share ideas and learn from each other. more... |
| ALIA Schools |
nat | aliaschools | ALIA Schools promotes the interests of school libraries and teacher-librarians, provides opportunities for professional development, lobbies for school libraries with state and local groups, liaises with other groups, identifies and analyses current trends in teacher librarianship, and maintains the profile of teacher-librarianship within ALIA. more... |
| ALIA Retirees |
nat | retirees | The group aims to maintain the connection between retirees, to encourage engagement in the profession, to recognise retirees' achievements, to ensure their professional interests and aspirations are fostered, and to encourage members retiring from the profession to remain involved with the Association.
By doing so, the group aims to assist in the long-term future of the Association. more... |
| ALIA Reference and Information Services (Vic) |
vic | raisvic | Formerly known as the ALIA Reference and Information Services (SEA), the group aims to represent reference and information service staff across all sectors in Victoria. It facilitates communication and information for members and contributes to the professional development of reference and information services staff through professional and networking activities which include workshops and evening meetings with presenters. more... |
| ALIA Red Centre Group |
nt | central | The Red Centre Group of ALIA provides communication and networking, professional development and mentoring of members and promotion of libraries. more... |
| ALIA Queensland OPALs |
qld | opalsqld | ALIA Queensland OPALs provide a network between members who are the sole professional in their work unit providing library or information services, and provides a forum for support and knowledge creation, sharing and dissemination. more... |
| ALIA Queensland Library Technicians |
qld | libtqld | The ALIA Queensland Library Technicians offers support, networking, and learning opportunities for library technicians and students, promotes ALIA and membership, acts as mentors for newly-qualified library technicians and provides forum for information and discussion. more... |
| ALIA QUEENSLAND |
qld | aliaqld | ALIA Queensland is a cross-sectoral, state based group seeking to provide opportunities for ALIA members to participate in networking and professional development activities. The group aims to be representative of ALIA members in Queensland. more... |
| ALIA Pathways |
nat | infolit | ALIA Pathways fosters a common understanding of and advocates for information literacy within ALIA and the general community. more... |
| ALIA OPALs ACT |
act | opalsact | ALIA OPALs ACT provide a formalised network between members operating as either the sole professional or with up to three staff in their work unit providing library or information services, and provides a forum for support and knowledge creation, sharing and dissemination. more... |
| ALIA NSW Library Technicians |
nsw | libtnsw | The ALIA NSW Library Technicians Group promotes library technicians to the wider ALIA membership, provides a range of professional development activities, represents library technician interests on relevant issues, and promotes and supports national library technician initiatives. more... |
| ALIA New Graduates Group |
nat | newgrad | 
The Sixth New Librarians’ Symposium (NLS6) will be held over the two days preceding Information Online on 10-11 February 2013 In Brisbane, Australia. NLS6 will be THE professional development event for 2013 for students and New Graduates and we are working hard to make this a different and fantastic event. Head to http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/ for all the details or follow us on Facebook or twitter (@aliaNLS6).
The ALIA New Graduates Group provides a forum for new graduates to communicate and socialise with colleagues and build relationships and networks within the profession. more... |
| ALIA National Library Technicians |
nat | libtnat | Promotes ALIA and library technician membership on a national basis and actively represents the interests of library technicians in national forums more... |
| ALIA Library Technicians (Vic) |
vic | libtvic | Victorian ALIA Library Technicians is a Victoria-wide group which promotes library technicians within ALIA and the wider information industry, promotes ALIA membership amongst library technicians and provides support for library technicians and students throughout Victoria. more... |
| ALIA Library Technicians (ACT) |
act | libtact | The ALIA Library Technicians (ACT) Group promotes professional development opportunities for members in the ACT and district, and provides support to library technicians with emphasis on networking and mentoring. more... |
| ALIA Information Science (SA) |
sa | infoscsa | A forum for presenting and demonstrating the application of emergent technologies to library and information agencies and the people who work in them. more... |
| ALIA Hunter Group |
nsw | hunter | The ALIA Hunter group promotes professional development and provides a social network for library-minded folk in the Newcastle, Central Coast and Hunter area. The group meets monthly to organise events, discuss library-related topics, and support our colleagues in their professional endeavours.
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| ALIA Health Libraries Australia |
nat | healthnat | The vision of Health Libraries Australia is to promote, inform, unite, influence, and innovate libraries and information professionals in the health and biomedical sector. In support of this vision, and in line with ALIA's policy direction and priorities, HLA will undertake strategic initiatives in five key areas (portfolios): professional development; research and development; networking and collaboration; advocacy; and promotion. more... |
| ALIA Far North Coast Regional Group |
nsw | fncnsw | Provides a forum and a focus for members in far north coast area of NSW to interact and forward the objectives of ALIA and the profession, including professional development activities and lobbying. more... |
| ALIA ePortfolio Practice |
nat | ePort | The ALIA ePortfolio Group has been established to inform, promote and develop ePortfolio practice in the LIS profession. This group will provide support for LIS professionals beginning and using ePortfolios; and align ePortfolios with formal and informal learning, professional development and long term work goals. The group also seeks to provide an avenue to demonstrate LIS professionals’ capabilities for future and ongoing employment more... |
| ALIA Community Information Australia Networkers |
sa | cian | ALIA Community Information Australia Networkers (CIAN) is a professional development group for community information workers. We aim to inform and educate members and other interested people by promoting best practice in community information, provide a forum for discussion relating to the skills and functions of community information provision, and to support standards of operations which will ensure a high quality service to the community. more... |
| ALIA Children's and Youth Services (Qld) |
qld | cysqld | ALIA Children's and Youth Services (Qld) is based in South East Queensland but open to all members. The group aims to develop library services to young people in Queensland by promoting interaction between library and information specialists who work with young people. more... |
| ALIA Children's and Youth Services (NSW) |
nsw | cysnsw | ALIA Children's and Youth Services (NSW) promotes library services to children and youth, highlighting children's literature and fostering professional development of members. more... |
| ALIA Asia Pacific Special Interest Group |
nat | apsig | ALIA Asia Pacific Special Interest Group is a national group that aims to lead efforts in identifying new sources of support for the development between information professionals in the region, through two-way co-operation. more... |
| ALIA Agriculture and Environment Interest Group |
nat | agriculture | The ALIA Agriculture and Environment Interest Group aims to promote the sharing of information between librarians working in agriculture and enviromental libraries and to provide support to members working in these libraries. more... |
| ALIA Acquisitions (National) |
nat | acqnat | ALIA Acquisitions is a national group aiming to inform and educate by supporting and promoting best practice in acquisitions and serials management, collection development and preservation, and to promote use of appropriate and leading-edge technology. more... |
| ALIA Academic and Research Libraries (WA) |
wa | arlwa | ALIA Academic and Research Libraries (WA) is a forum for tertiary, research and academic librarians to discuss ideas and practices and foster collaboration. It offers opportunities to support and promote research and professional development. more... |
| ACTive ALIA |
act | active | ACTive ALIA provides communication among library professionals of all sectors, arranges and supports professional development activities, promotes the role of libraries and lobbies on local matters, and promotes ALIA membership. more... |
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