July-December 2002

Six-monthly report to the ALIA Board of Directors

Special Libraries South Australia is committed to discussing and disseminating information on issues affecting those working in and associated with special libraries in South Australia.

It offers a forum for professional and personnel development, networking opportunities, promotion, and exchange of ideas and solutions through its active program. It raises members awareness of new initiatives, offers support to those with an interest in special libraries and represents members nationally and internationally by providing appropriate comments on issues affecting them.

The committee consisted of:

Kate Sinclair, convenor

Lucy Brown, treasurer

Di Thompson, secretary and ALLG (SA Division) representative

Caryl Armstrong, Health Libraries SA representative

Jackie Williams, SA Library Technicians representative

Marie Francis, committee member

Sue McArthur, committee member

Geraldine Wardle, committee member

Blan MacDonagh, committee member

Georgia Livissianos, committee member

Rachel Teesdale-Smith, committee member

Warren Winship, committee member

At the end of October 2002, the group had 165 members.

The committee met every six weeks to discuss national and local issues.

An e-mail list has been established and is maintained by the secretary to communicate with members.

The group has held a variety of activities in the period July-December 2002. They were:

Marketing your library to your organisation 5 July 2002
Whole day seminar held in conjunction with ARCoM: ALIA Academic, Research and Collection Management Group
40 participants
Total income: $2470 (33 people at $60 each, and 7 at $70 each)
Total expenditure: $1532.50
Total expected profit: $937.50 (or $468.75 each)
(Payment has not yet been received from several attendees, so the profit margin has not been finalised.)
Library tour - Parliamentary Library of SA, 30 September 2002.
25 participants
Income: $31.00
Expenditure: $10
Profit: $21.00
Budgeting seminar 16 October 2002
6 participants
Income: $11.00
Expenditure: $9.00
Profit: $2.00

10th Asia Pacific Special Health and Law Librarians Conference
Group members have also been heavily involved with the 10th Asia Pacific Special Health and Law Librarians Conference to be held in Adelaide, South Australia in August 2003. There are Special Libraries SA members on the organising committee and all the sub-committees. All planning for this conference has been in conjunction with the ALIA SA Health Libraries Group and the Australian Law Librarians Group (SA Division).

Committee members volunteer their time to operate the group.

Kate Sinclair
Special Libraries SA
29 October 2002

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