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ALIA Top EndInterface August 2005EditorialWelcome to the third issue for 2005 of the ALIA Top End newsletter. The Top End Group are gearing up for the 3rd ALIA Top End Symposium Technology, visions or nightmares: true stories in the territory which will be held 7-8 October 2005 to view the full program go to http://conferences.alia.org.au/topend2005. If you would like to contribute to the newsletter please e-mail Barbara Coat barbara.coat@cdu.edu.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).
Convenors report
Library and Information Week was held 24-30 May and deemed a success with features published in each of the three local newspapers: NT News, Darwin/Palmerston Sun and Territory Times. A programme of library activities throughout the NT was printed as part of the feature. The ALIA Top End stall at Casuarina Square was very successful, and it was agreed that the ALIA banner displayed at the top of the escalator in Casuarina Square received maximum publicity. Good feedback was received from members to the publicity and a member based outside of Darwin, commented that it 'felt really positive and united'. Visits to the NT Police and Emergency Services Library in May and the Museum Library in June were both really interesting and attracted many members with the Water Ski Club providing a very relaxing venue for the June meeting. Many thanks to our hosts. We are looking forward to the meeting at the Minerals and Energy Library in August. There was no meeting in July ; instead 32 members and guests got together at our social of the year - the ALIA Top End garden party - which was held in the Chinese Gardens at the CDU Casurina Campus. It was a typical Darwin balmy dry season Friday evening enhanced by a few drinks, some yummy food and great conversation.We even managed to get some publicity in the social pages of the NT News. All the photos from the party are printed in this issue! Our next big event will be the National Advisory Congress consultation which will take place on 5 September and wine and cheese will be served so please do come along and give Ana Govan your input! Leading up to the 3rd ALIA Top End Symposium, two workshops are planned for September: 'Presentation skills' and 'Chairing conference sessions'. Details are available in this issue. These are targeted at presenters and session chairs at the symposium but are of course open to all. I hope to report on the Futures Expo in the next issue of the newsletter. See you all at our next group meeting.
Top End garden partyA great time was had by everyone who attended ALIA Top End's social event of the year - the garden party on 29 July. Held at the beautiful and serene Chinese Gardens at Charles Darwin University's Casuarina Campus this event attracted 32 members and friends and was enjoyed by all. It was a typical Darwin balmy dry season Friday evening enhanced by a few drinks,some yummy food and great conversation, a networking and promotional opportunity par excellence. Membership kits were given to potential members. There were a number of requests to 'do it again' so we shall certainly bear that in mind for next time. 
Di Sinclair, Dianne Wilcox and Mary-Anne Meginess Mary-Anne Meginess, Stephen Barnett et al 
Di Sinclair (secretary) and Rachel Wellstead and Dianne Wilcox (treasurer) 
Frieda Evans, Barbara Coat Moira Macallister and Karen McDowall 
Stephen Barnett, Emma Darby, Sue Chilman and Mary-Anne Meginess 
Anthony Hornby, Stephen Barnett and Emma Darby 
Jill Hefferman, Kathy Hilder and June Westwood 
Di Sinclair (Secretary), Brenda Lindon and Peter Walton 
Jayshree Mamtora (Convenor) and Anne Ritchie 
Julie Adams, Ruth Quinn, Vanessa Fleming and Robyn Tranthem 
Melanie Macauley, Melanie Bennett, Karen Lake and Alex Kersemakers
National Policy Congress. A chance to have your say on how ALIA runs...ALIA local liaison officer: Anastasia Govan (please remove '.nospam' from address) mb 0401 118 193 This year the National Policy Congress has changed names to National Advisory Congress. A regional meeting will be held in Darwin on 13 September and possibly in Gove. A representative from each of these areas may attend the advisory congress in Canberra in November. Come along to the special meeting and discuss how we can make the association better and relevant for you. Further information will be forwarded soon. Information will be forwarded to Alice Springs and all other NT ALIA members to comment before the November congress.
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Important ALIA Top End dates 2005
Wedensday 24 August Tour and meeting 5:00pm-6:00pm tour, 6:00pm-7:00pm meeting
Thursday 1 September Presentation skills workshop, presenter: Roger Clifton
Tuesday 13 September National Advisory Congress wine and cheese, and your chance to have your say on how ALIA runs
Monday 19 September Chairing a conference session workshop, presenter: Ruth Quinn Wedensday 28 September Tour and meeting 5:00pm-7:00pm, Casuarina Senior College
Thursday 6 October CAVAL training
Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October 3rd ALIA Top End Symposium
Tuesday 11 October dinner with Andrew Booth
Wedensday 23 November Tour, meeting and Christmas dinner 5:00pm, tour NT Open College, Chrisp St, Rapid Creek
Moving up moving on
Kira Paznikov Barry - Has moved interstate, Kira was previously our ALIA Top End Group support officer and heritage librarian at Northern Territory Library
Dinner with Andrew Booth
Adapting or Mutating?: future prospects for the librarian species Andrew Booth is an information professional/lecturer/researcher with experience of a wide range of aspects of evidence-based practice. He is a chartered librarian and has very recently been promoted to become a reader at the University of Sheffield, where he was previously the senior lecturer in evidence-based healthcare information and director of information resources. Andrew has co-edited and contributed to many publications on evidenced-based practice, including co-editing eEvidence-based practice for information professionals: A handbook (London: Facet Publishing, 2004). See his homepage. To reserve your seat or for more information, contact Linda Marchesani (please remove '.nospam' from address), deputy convenor, ph 8999 3929.
Conference reportANZIIL Symposium Information Literacy getting back to basics - 6-7 July 2005 University of South Australia 92 delegates from around Australia (including 4 from the NT) attended a national conference on information literacy. Most of the representatives were from university libraries and the kinds of issues raised and explored included practical cases of successful programs that involve the library having high level representation in the academic structure and for information literacy to be embedded in student attributes, liaison librarians more and more consider themselves educators and have taken on educational principles in their work, generic information literacy takes up too much time and many universities are moving to the model of online interactive tutorials, and that we need to reflect on our practices and share what has and hasn't worked to build on our skills. There were two practical workshops within this conference - sharing successful training techniques and force field analyis which were great opportunities to network and learn from what university libraries from across Australia are developing. Full papers will be available at http://www.anziil.org. 
Prue King, Batchelor Campus of BIIE, Barbara Coat, CDU and Natalie Smith from the Alice Springs Campus of Batchelor 
Prue Jessup, Stephen Barnett CDU Library and Natalie Smith
Deadly directions: current and emerging trends in libraries, archives and information services for indigenous knowledgeAIATSIS (Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) Library Conference, Canberra, 1-3 August 2005 There were many interesting speaker including Jackie Huggins (University of Queensland), Alex Byrne (University of Technology, Sydney), Martin Nakata (Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology, Sydney) and David Kukatai Jones (Te Ropu Whakahau/National Library of New Zealand). Topics included preservation (digitisation being the 'buzz' word of the conference), access and intellectual property rights. However, one of the more important results of the conference was the revival of ATSILIRN (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library and Information Resource Network) as the organisation to advance the protocols and provide leadership on indigenous issues. The immediate concerns are to build the membership base and hold an AGM in November 2006 to vote in a new committee - in the meantime an e-list will keep members informed. All indigenous staff working in libraries, archives and museums are encouraged to join, as are non-indigenous staff who are providing a service to indigenous clients. For membership forms, contact Pat Brady or Sonia Sumner (please remove '.nospam' from addresses). Sonia Sumner, librarian, Alice Springs Campus, Charles Darwin University
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