January-June 2003 report

Six-monthly report to the ALIA Board of Directors

On 12 February at our usual venue at the State Library of Queensland an informative evening with guest speakers Kim Sutcliffe from Southbank Institute of TAFE and Elaine Baker of Moreton Institute of TAFE was held. Kim and Elaine briefly outlined their careers and their involvement with selection criteria and interviews through their own applications and as members of interview panels. Kim gave valuable advice about answering selection criteria and Elaine urged us to plan and prepare well for an interview.

A visit on Saturday 15 March to the Queensland State Archives proved very popular with 38 members attending. We were given an eloquent and knowledgeable talk and guided tour by Nola Fulwood the Public Access Manager. This was followed by a lunch at a very busy yum cha restaurant which was attended by 20 members.

Again this year the Annual Dinner has been a highlight I am told. I was on holidays at the time and missed the event. Many thanks to those who carried on so well without me. The Dinner was held on Library Technicians Day, Tuesday 13 May, during Library Week at Skyline Restaurant, Southbank Institute of TAFE. The hospitality students served a lovely Asian meal and a trio of Conservatorium of Music students entertained beautifully. The guest speaker of the evening, Janet Poole, Community Services Librarian, Logan City Council engaged the gathering with her experiences of organising the position and working in a library in Edinburgh. Library Locums representative, Deirdre Gibb, presented a lucky door prize. The Queensland Library Technician of the Year (Recent Graduate) award was presented to Meredith Lewis of QEII Hospital HSD by Colin Matthews of Queensland Library Supplies, the sponsor. The selection panel had a difficult job deciding on the recipient, as there were five very fine nominations received but Meredith proved a worthy winner responding to her presentation in an excellent manner.

The Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 11 June at the Brisbane City Council, Central City library meeting room. The gathering was addressed by Glenn Bourner, State Library of Queensland on the redevelopment of the library and the building of the Gallery of Modern Art nearby. This was extremely interesting and Glenn answered many questions. The following is the result of the elections.

Position	Name	Nominated by	Seconded
Convenor	Jennifer Parker	Helen Trochoulias	Maxine Cole
Vice Convenor	Unfilled
Secretary	Anne Collins	Jennifer Parker	Helen Trochoulias
Treasurer	Helen Trochoulias	Margaret Mowberry	Maxine Cole
Committee Members	Lyn Bogaarts	Jennifer Parker	Margaret Mowberry
	Anna Johnson	Elaine West	Yvonne Brock
	Jennifer Batycki	Yvonne Brock	Elaine West
Student Representative	Margaret Mowberry	Jennifer Parker	Lyn Bogaarts

The position of IT Co-ordinator, maintaining our pages on the ALIA website, will now be combined with that of Secretary and Margaret Mowberry has agreed to be Communications Co-ordinator, using our members e-list, which was previously filled by our Vice Convenor. The new committee will meet in July to prepare a program for the next twelve months.

I have tried to attend as many Quorum meetings as possible to ensure that library technician's views are represented outside our group. I know other library technician members are members of other ALIA groups helping to enhance the reputation of library technicians within the profession.

Jennifer Parker
Convenor

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