inCite : September 2009

Frontline with ALIA President, Jan Richards    [PDF 1232KB]
Jan addresses the value and importance of mentoring as both a professional and personal growth opportunity. She reflects on her own experience as both a mentee, and as a mentor for the Aurora Library Leadership Institute. She also touches on the Research Mentoring Program, set up by ALIA and currently underway with the first two mentees, and agonises about fitting her loquacious nature into Twitter.

Directline with Acting ALIA Executive Director, Robyn Ellard  [PDF 1112KB]
Acting Executive Director Robyn Ellard provides an overview of the September theme of university libraries, and commiserates with Jan about keeping below 140 characters in Twitter. She gives a brief update on the ALIA 2010 event, touches on a new ALIA partnership that is working on the Living Libraries Implementation Strategy, and reminds all members that the National Advisory Congress is this month. If you'd like a say in ALIA's direction, visit the website http://www.alia.org.au/governance/nac/2009

Energise>>Enthuse>>Inspire

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