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ALIA new grads and Charles Sturt student gathering

Thursday 20 May 2004, European Bier Café, Melbourne

Frances Monagham, Active ALIA NGG'er

Rain was gently falling (well, it was Melbourne) as ALIA new graduates and Charles Sturt students gathered for an informal get-together on Thursday night.. Alison O'Connor, national convenor of the ALIA New Graduates group, and Damien Lodge, lecturer, School of Library and Information Science at Charles Sturt University welcomed students from all over Victoria for drinks and dinner at the European Bier Café in the city.

Topics of conversation ranged widely, appropriately-enough for a group of information specialists, and ran the gamut from how to make a million dollars really quickly to where to find the best cricket books in Melbourne. Surprisingly enough, football didn't figure strongly as a topic, but there was some speculation about the Royal Wedding over the last weekend in Copenhagen, which someone tried to divert with an interesting comment about the Helvetica font and the chances of getting a PhD proposal accepted on said topic. The consensus on that seemed to be: not much.

Many thanks to Damien and Alison for hosting the evening. It was a great example of networking in action!

Photo credits

top row
Phil the barman from NZ, Alison O'Connor (Blake Dawson Waldron and NGG national convenor), Damien Lodge (lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, Charles Sturt University), [immediately below] John Owen (MCC library).

second row, from top
Lyn Newlands (Family Court), Tania Barry (Wyndham Library Service), Ruth Barton (Cohuna Library Service ), Whitney Featherstone (Hobsons Bay Libraries), Tony Brooks (City Library) and Jenelle Cleary (Parliamentary Library).

wide view of Cat Doran and John, colleagues from group work RMIT 2003

bottom row
Ray Kingston (Whitney's partner and Alison's cousin!) Whitney Featherstone (Hobsons Bay Libraries), Keith Maclean, Ian Rossiter (Allens Arthur Robinson), Cat Doran (EcoCycle Victoria), Keith Maclean and Fran Monaghan.

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