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ALIA is inviting feedback on the draft Australian Code of Ethics for the LIS Workforce, with the aim of creating a Code of Ethics that embraces the sector’s diversity and unites the workforce in ethical practice.
What is the relationship between a library and democracy? Has it always been this way? What is it that libraries do that can possibly make a tangible difference to living in an open, democratic society?
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2/06/2026
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is looking to work with libraries across the country to host information and fill-in-the-form sessions.
19/05/2026
ALIA has partnered with SBS, bringing Australia's premier national reading event — National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) — to the SBS On Demand platform.
14/05/2026
Read the keynote address by Distinguished Professor Larissa Behrendt AO - first presented at ALIA National 2026.
6/05/2026
ALIA and PressReader have released a collaborative report examining how Australian public libraries are supporting media literacy in their communities and where opportunities remain.
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Join our presenters as they describe their journeys in creating digitisation spaces in their libraries.
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Managing encounters with historical practice in cataloguing work.
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SCIS Metadata Manager
Closing Date: 31/08/2026
Employer: Education Services Australia
Job Type: Full Time - Ongoing
Location: Melbourne
Community Field Officer
Closing Date: 18/07/2026
Employer: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Job Type: Casual - Contract
Location: Australia-wide
Library and Information Manager
Closing Date: 15/08/2026
Employer: Department of Legislative Assembly
Location: Darwin
Storylines Program Coordinator (50D)
Employer: State Library of Western Australia
Job Type: Full Time - Contract
Location: Perth