ALIA Top End
Meeting minutes
Karama Public Library, 19 February 2003
- Present: Robin Hempel, Julie Fawcett, Joanne Anderson, Ruth Quinn, Jayshree Mamtora, Linda Winzar, Barbara Cotton, Julie Adams, Dianne Wilcox, Sarah White, Ann Ritchie (left 6:10pm)
Apologies: Stelios Podias
Early item
Mentoring: Ann posed the question, 'where do we go from here'. Mentors have been meeting and have some training. Stelios and Ann conducted the training and then promoted to NTU students today with Ana Govan. The mentoring group would like to meet once a month and have a support group for the mentors re small groups. First session will be in mid-March. Ann will provide e-mail text and application form to Julie A and Sarah for Charles Sturt, Edith Cowan and PLNT e-lists. Stelios has the application form and will be be asked to send to Barbara for posting to the website. The mentor group has requested $20.00 per month to fund the group. This sum has been incorporated into the 2003 budget.
- Previous minutes confirmed Ruth, seconded Sarah
- Business arising
3.1 Letter to the minister: The discussion at the last meeting was summarised. Linda e-mailed Ruth following that meeting re concerns for lack of evidence as was expressed by others also at the last meeting. As a result the letter was not sent at that time. The two points i.e. job prospects and training in the NT library industry will be discussed at the next meeting to see whether a letter is appropriate.
3.2 NTLIS Review: Robin will confirm with Felicity if she sent the letter as detailed in the November minutes. Either way Robin will e-mail the NTLIS director requesting what ALIA's involvement in the review is to be.
- Budget: tabled by Dianne and includes a request by the mentoring group.
- CPD activities
5.1 Ideas gathered to date include: a symposium - possibly on information literacy (about what we in the NT are all doing), volunteers, on-line learning, cross-cultural training, resolution skills workshop, John Stanley's retailing, ALIA/ASLA relationships, lobbying skills, media skills, applying for jobs/how to read job descriptions, information literacy. Proposed date for the symposium is September or October.
There is a PLNT function on 12 March. ASLA/CBC/English Teachers function aimed for May (Library Week). Sarah and Julie to consider PLNT function venue.
Jayshree, Barbara and Linda volunteered to give a presentation with a monthly meeting. Information to be included on the website.
Dianne to contact the Library Technicians conference convenor and see if any possibilities to invite speakers.
- Isolated and remote members
Sarah will see if later in the year the PLNT meeting can be combined with the proposed information literacy symposium which date is flexible to include public library workers from all areas of the NT.
- Awards
Waiting for what comes out of the Board of Directors meeting in March, which will determine what work the group will be required to do.
- Communication and networking
Robin to contact Kay Bartlett and see where the next newsletter is at. Robin and Felicity have submitted articles. Also to check if Kaye wants to continue doing the newsletter.
- Directory
Problems with e-mail addresses listed in the previous directory in that three-quarters of them are now defunct. The last published edition is on disk somewhere but hasn't been located to date. All data will have to be entered from scratch if it isn't found.
- Other business
10.1 Group Support Officer: Barbara has tendered her resignation. Linda/Barbara to find previous advertisment and e-mail on e-lists, and others to e-mail further. Record of thanks to Barbara.
10.2 Meetings for 2003: 19 March Palmerston Public Library/Tour; 16 April NTU Palmerston include Leadership presentation 21 May 12:00pm-2:00pm (note change of time for this meeting) Cornucopia Café; 18 June NT Archives/Tour.
10.3 New convenor. Robin has taken up the position. Record of thanks to Ruth after two and a half years.
10.4 National VET program 'Shaping the Future'. Holding forums and will be in Darwin next Tuesday 24 February at 5:30pm. Robin/Ruth to see if Bruce Lowth can represent ALIA at the Katherine forum as we have been asked to send a representative. Re submissions: you should be able to provide submissions via the CREATE webpage.
- Meeting closed 7:30pm, following e-book demonstration and tour of library refurbishment by Sarah White. Next meeting on 19 March 2003 at Palmerston Public Library.
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