July 2008

In this aliaPUBNEWS broadcast:

Believe it or Not!
Light Up Your World; Book Furniture

News from ALIA
inCite theme for September 2008; Library stars: best of the best - 2 September 2008, register by 22 August; 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium; ALIA Education and Workforce Summit 2008; ALIA Biennial Conference

Professional Development
RDA: Next Generation Cataloguing Standard; Australian Copyright Council's 2008 Training Program; Children’s and YA Collection Development Seminar (NSW)

National
New information pack and videos promotes safe internet use; Safe Work Australia Week 19-25 October 2008; Review of the Cataloguing in Publication Service (NLA)

International
From Awareness to Funding; Digital Lives; Canada Boasts the Busiest Public Library; 25 Most Modern Libraries in the World

Conferences
2008 Mobile Muster; International Conference on the History of Records and Archives

Awards and Scholarships
Churchill Fellowship Winners in Libraries; Prime Minister's Literary Awards

States and territories
International Day of People With a Disability (NSW); Upcoming events at the State Library of NSW; Living Learning Libraries - Standards and Guidelines (NSW); Library Models in New South Wales - Checklist

Web Resources
People Search

Believe it or Not!

Light Up Your World
There are a lot of books about the Enlightenment, but none of them actually provide light. Studiomeiboom has combined this idea into a lamp which is in the form of a book. Not a heavy book, a light book. Not a book of absolute truths. It is, however, a book which sets you thinking but which does not tell you what to do. A book which will not only help you in dark days but other people as well. Find out more at:
http://www.lightupyourworld.nl/

Book Furniture
A good use for old books?
http://tinyurl.com/5945or

News from ALIA

inCite theme for September 2008
Library Studies overview, Freedom of Information Contribute to your member magazine! September's feature topic is 'Library Studies overview, Freedom of Information'. Contributions on this theme or on other issues relating to library and information services are welcome. High resolution images are also encouraged. Send your articles by 4 August to incite@alia.org.au
http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/incite/

Library stars: best of the best - 2 September 2008, register by 22 August
This one-day forum will showcase libraries, projects and successes and will recognise outstanding achievements in the public library sector and inspire public library practitioners. The keynote speaker is Inga Lunden, Director of the Stockholm Public Library.
http://www.alia.org.au/governance/committees/public.libraries/

4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium
NLS4 will be held from 5-6 December 2008 at CQ Functions in Melbourne. The program is built around the theme of "Breaking Barriers", challenging delegates to look beyond the barriers they face in their career and workplace.
http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008/

ALIA Education and Workforce Summit 2008
A progress report is available on the NAC website and the Education and Workforce Summit website. Link in to one of those locations for the report, and turn up at one of the NAC meetings to have your say and make your contribution to the process. NAC website: http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/ Summit website: http://www.alia.org.au/education/summit08/

ALIA Biennial Conference
ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference – one month to go! Have you registered and booked accommodation yet for the ALIA 2008 Biennial Conference in Alice Springs from 2-5 September? It’s not too late! The conference has a varied and stimulating program, a unique trade exhibition, and a fun and different social program – seize the opportunity to spend some time in a fascinating part of the country.
http://www.alia2008.com

Professional Development

RDA: Next Generation Cataloguing Standard
This full-day seminar on Friday 24 October 2008 will be ACOC's main professional development event for 2008 and will be of interest to all librarians, especially cataloguers and metadata creators. The seminar will aim to answer your questions about RDA (Resource Description and Access) and its implementation in Australia and will feature a keynote address by Deirdre Kiorgaard, Chair, Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA. For more information go to:
http://tinyurl.com/6ep42n

Australian Copyright Council's 2008 Training Program
Learn how copyright can affect you and your workplace (and even your income) from our specialist lawyers. They'll explain how the latest developments in copyright apply to real situations and rapidly changing technology. Cities ======= Adelaide (Oct), Brisbane (Sep/Oct), Melbourne (Aug), Sydney (Aug) Program overview at http://www.copyright.org.au/training2008 Calendar of sessions at http://www.copyright.org.au/calendar2008

Children’s and YA Collection Development Seminar (NSW)
Gettin’ the goods: Collection Development Seminar will be held on Thursday 13th November 2008, at the Max Webber Library in Blacktown (NSW). This seminar is for children’s and young adult librarians and collection development staff with an interest in building collections for young people.
http://gettinthegoods.wordpress.com/

National

New information pack and videos promotes safe internet use
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released an information pack and for online videos designed to assist library staff in promoting safe and positive internet experiences in public libraries, particularly for children. The pack and videos are available now online and a pack will be delivered to every public library in Australia in August.
http://www.acma.gov.au/libraries

Safe Work Australia Week 19-25 October 2008
Is your library a safe place to work and visit? Safe Work Australia Week is a national week to focus attention on workplace safety issues around Australia. It aims to encourage all working Australians to get involved in, and concentrate on, safety in their workplace to reduce death, injury and disease. This year, Safe Work Australia Week will be held from 19 to 25 October. How can you participate in Safe Work Australia Week? You can get involved by participating in a safety event in your state or territory or by conducting a safety activity in your own workplace. Incorporating safety into our everyday work practices and making it a daily consideration not only improves occupational health and safety performance, but it has a very significant effect on productivity. Last year, over 2000 organisations were actively involved in Safe Work Australia Week activities across the country. You can hold your own event for Safe Work Australia Week. By organising a safety event in your workplace you can begin to highlight to your employees the importance of safety and the role that everyone plays in making safety a priority at work. Where can I find more information?
http://tinyurl.com/637tzb

Review of the Cataloguing in Publication Service (NLA)
The National Library of Australia has engaged Gundabluey Research to conduct a review of the Cataloguing-in-Publication (CiP) service. The CiP service is a free service offered to publishers by the National Library to provide pre-publication catalogue records. The catalogue records also serve the purpose of providing advance notice of new publications to libraries and others and reduces the amount of cataloguing required when the books have been published and acquired by libraries. Publishers, libraries and library suppliers may be contacted by Gundabluey Research in July-August to participate in a telephone survey. The National Library encourages you to respond to the survey so that we can attain a better understanding of which aspects of the service are useful to our client groups and where improvements could be made. All enquiries regarding the review should be directed to Rosemary Turner, Director, Corporate Performance Management, at the National Library of Australia (02) 6262 1527.

International

From Awareness to Funding
Targeting marketing messages to the right segments of the voting public is key to driving increased support for U.S. public libraries. This is one of the conclusions of From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America, a new report from the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC). The study was funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to explore attitudes and perceptions about library funding and to evaluate the potential of a large-scale marketing and advocacy campaign to increase public library funding in the United States. Among the report's findings are the following: 1. Library funding support is only marginally related to library visitation. 2. Perceptions of librarians are an important predictor of library funding support. 3. Voters who see the library as a "transformational" force as opposed to an "informational" source are more likely to increase taxes in its support. http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/200826.htm Download the complete report by visiting:
http://www.oclc.org/reports/funding/

Digital Lives
Led by the British Library with University College London and Bristol University, ‘Digital Lives' sets to understand how we use computers in our daily lives to capture personal moments and memories. From diaries, letters, jottings and photo albums to blogging, emailing, tweeting and flickr-ing, the digital revolution has affected enormously the ways in which we record our personal lives. These largely born-digital collections will become invaluable in years to come for researchers – from biographers and historians to literary critics and scientists. Currently nobody knows for sure what is happening to this material and whether it can be made available in the future. ‘Digital Lives' aims to begin to answer these questions. For more information see:
http://tinyurl.com/6hrzjj

Canada Boasts the Busiest Public Library
Business is booming at Canada's major public libraries, which credit everything from the high price of buying books to social networking, vampires and a new social acceptance for frothy best-sellers. "People say libraries are dying because of the Internet," said Beth Barlow, chief librarian at Surrey Public Library. "But we're finding a lot of growth in people who get library cards, and a continual growth in the circulation of our materials." Growth in library membership has seen a 15-per-cent jump in the number of people getting new library cards from 2005 to 2007. Toronto boasts the busiest public library system per capita in the world, with 1.2 million cardholders and 28.9 million items in 40 languages circulating each year. Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/6pzdok

25 Most Modern Libraries in the World
Libraries aren’t just musty places to store books with librarians shushing anyone who makes a peep. They’ve become much more than that and the modern library is often home to sleek architecture and the latest technology. These 25 libraries demonstrate how libraries have become part of the cutting edge of information management, design and Web technology, and all of them can help you get some ideas on how to bring your library into the future. Check out the top 25 Libraries by visiting:
http://tinyurl.com/6nocna

Conferences

2008 Mobile Muster
The 2008 Mobile Muster will be held on the Gold Coast (QLD) from 12-14 September. Early bird registration closes 7 August 2008 and Final Registration closes 7 September 2008. For more information about the conference please visit:
http://www.mobilelibraries.com.au/Conf2008.htm

International Conference on the History of Records and Archives
Where: Perth When: 3-5 August 2008 The general theme of this conference explores issues relating to the history of record keeping by and about Indigenous peoples, migrant communities, minority communities, forgotten and disappeared communities. For more information go to:
http://tinyurl.com/5wal9t

Awards and Scholarships

Churchill Fellowship Winners in Libraries
MS PAULA KELLY (Victoria) To investigate international reading programs that support the development of readers and focus on reading as a vital and creative activity throughout life - U.K., Denmark, Netherlands, Italy MR ALAN SMITH (South Aust) The Professor Jean Primrose Whyte Churchill Fellowship to investigate management philosophies and strategies in creating significant cultural change in National Libraries - U.K., France, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland

Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The Arts Minister Peter Garrett will announce the 2008 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards short list at the Mitchell Library in Sydney at 2pm on 6th August. The Minister says the 2008 short list contains an impressive selection of quality Australian works from both established and emerging writers, reflecting a great wealth of local literary talent. The chair of the fiction judging panel, Professor Peter Pierce and panel members, broadcaster Margaret Throsby and author John Marsden have praised the quality of the 91 fiction entries. The Australian Government has introduced the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards to celebrate the major contribution of Australian literature to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life. These prestigious awards offer a tax free prize of $100,000 for the two fiction and non-fiction works judged to be of the highest literary merit. For more information or to view the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards short list after 2pm on the 6th August visit:
http://www.arts.gov.au/books/pmliteraryawards

States and territories

International Day of People With a Disability (NSW)
The NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) invites organisations to register events for the NSW celebrations of the International Day of People with a Disability. This event is celebrated throughout November and December in NSW with the ‘Don’t DIS my ABILITY campaign.’ To ensure your events are listed in the official printed program, organisations must register online by Monday 1 September 2008. Events can be registered after this date but they will not appear in the official program, only on the website. To register an event go to:
http://tinyurl.com/3cp9my

Upcoming events at the State Library of NSW
Seminar with Chrystie Hill 4 August 10am-12pm State Library of NSW Contact: Leanne Perry (lperry@sl.nsw.gov.au) Seminar with Lorrine Roy Indigenous Library Services in the United State 29 August 2008 State Library of NSW Contact: Ellen Forsyth (eforsyth@sl.nsw.gov.au) Multicultural seminar 21 October 2008 Contact: Oriana Acevedo (oacevedo@sl.nsw.gov.au)

Living Learning Libraries - Standards and Guidelines (NSW)
In February 2008 the State Library, on behalf of the Public Library Network Research Committee, commissioned Libraries Alive Pty Ltd to develop standards and guidelines for public libraries in New South Wales. These draft standards and guidelines will be used to assist councils and public libraries to plan, evaluate and improve library services. In April 2008 a workshop was held with staff from 32 public libraries in New South Wales to provide feedback on an initial draft standards and guidelines document. Using this feedback the next version of the draft guidelines was developed in consultation with the Public Library Network Research Committee. To download a copy of the draft standards and guidelines go to:
http://tinyurl.com/5qda48

Library Models in New South Wales - Checklist
In March 2007 Public Libraries NSW – Country published Library Models in New South Wales at a Glance: summary report by John A Liddle. At the time this report was issued it was agreed that a checklist of some the matters that a local government authority would need to consider when reviewing the local library model would be of value. The State Library of NSW, Public Library Services division has consequently developed this checklist in association with Public Libraries NSW – Country. This checklist is intended to be a starting point and seeks to provide some guidance to researching different library models. It is recommended that local government authorities considering a change to their library service model contact the State Library of NSW, Public Library Services (PLS). PLS will provide advice on the requirements of the Library Act 1939 and contact details of NSW Library Managers who can provide additional expert advice. Note that the checklist list is not exhaustive. If you have comments/ additions for the list please contact Public Library Services on telephone (02) 9273 1527 or email: pls@sl.nsw.gov.au A copy of the checklist can be downloaded from:
http://tinyurl.com/5hcw9v

Web Resources

People Search
The PIPL site bills itself as "the most comprehensive people search on the web" because it searches "the deep web," covering sites such as Amazon, Flickr, and MySpace. Search by first and last name, city, state, and country to obtain links to sites with information about individuals.
http://www.pipl.com/

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