what is ngac?
The New Generation Advisory Committee (NGAC) exists to help strengthen the participation of recently graduated library and information professionals in the Association. The Committee provides advice to the ALIA Board of Directors on issues of relevance to students and new professionals. The Committee works to provide information to the Board and ALIA House staff to inform development and delivery of services for new professional and student members, with the aim of ensuring the Association's relevance to these groups.
NGAC's priority projects
The Committee works on priority projects and provides recommendations to the Board for decision and action. Recent projects include:
Review of NGAC Twitter use and engagement 2014-2016
NGAC response to the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey 2017
Monthly Twitter discussions at #AusLibChat
Committee Annual reports
CONTACT US
Do you have comments or questions for NGAC?
Contact the Chair of NGAC, Sara Altmann, who will forward your comments to the committee.
Follow NGAC at @aliangac
NGAC Committee members:
Sara Altmann (Chair) | Megan Chorusch | Sarah Doecke | Jade Koekoe | Olivia Larobina | Lisa Lynch | Lorraine Rose (Vice Chair) |
Sara Altmann
Sara is the Acquisitions and Liaison Librarian for an academic library. This role has her working with the library director and academic staff to select and source resources that will enhance and develop the library’s collection. Prior to this role Sara’s experience included the implementation of document and knowledge management systems within corporate sectors.
She graduated from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Library and Information Management) in 2015 and is currently working towards a Diploma of Languages (French).
When Sara is not studying, reading or contributing her share of unpaid domestic labour, she spends an above average amount time negotiating for more bookshelves in the house and pondering whether the tea collection should be organised alphabetically, by type or by usage.
When Sara is not studying, reading or contributing her share of unpaid domestic labour, she spends an above average amount time negotiating for more bookshelves in the house and pondering whether the tea collection should be organised alphabetically, by type or by usage.
Megan Chorusch
Sarah Doecke
Sarah works in programs and lifelong learning at City of Darwin Libraries, and has held a love of reading and learning as long as she can remember. Prior to this role, Sarah spent several years in civil engineering design, where she discovered her interests in accessibility, information management, customer service, problem solving and connecting people with information. She followed the natural progression into career change and a Master of Information Studies, specialising in Librarianship, through Charles Sturt University and graduated early 2021.
Sarah has a particular interest in community and bringing people together. She is passionate about library programming and digital literacy, especially for seniors.
If Sarah isn’t reading for study or pleasure, she loves to bake, play board games and explore her fascination with pincurling and the world of vintage fashion.
Olivia Larobina
Lisa Lynch
Lisa is a Full Time Mum to a beautiful and rambunctious toddler. She is looking to reboot her career after spending a few years out of the workforce to look after the little one.
Prior to being a Mum, Lisa had worked as an information professional for over 15 years. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication (Information) degree from the University of Technology, Sydney, Lisa worked in the corporate world in knowledge management and risk management. Then looking for a change, Lisa obtained a Graduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing also from UTS and worked as an in-house writer for a legal publishing firm. In late 2017, Lisa graduated with a Master of Information Studies degree from Charles Sturt University. Lisa’s passion is to connect people to the information they need to do their jobs.
After the little one has gone to sleep, Lisa loves a good gin and tonic and watching anything featuring science fiction, a supernatural element or Japanese animation. Lisa also loves books on health and wellbeing. Find her on Twitter: @LisaInfo
Jade Koekoe
Jade is an Online Presence Specialist and Career Coach with her business Misskoko the Librarian. In this role she focuses on helping Libraries and Librarians create a rocking online presence that brings them to the attention of all the right people. She also works for Melbourne Museum and various Libraries doing digital outreach and helping these organisations reach new (and existing) target audiences online. As well as social media, video and library marketing her interests include digital humanities, library carpentry and data mining.
Lorraine Rose
Lorraine is a Client Services Librarian at Charles Sturt University. She graduated from Monash University in 2017 where she completed a Master of Business Information Systems, specialising in Library and Information Science. She also holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Certificate IV in Practice Management and has been a vet and business owner in a past life before her quest for new knowledge started.
Hooked on lifelong learning and being a digital scholar, Lorraine likes using new technology particularly to help problem solve. She is focused on information literacy instruction and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
In that rare thing called spare time, Lorraine loves spending time with her family (both the two-legged and four-legged kind), reading, indulging in her love of seeing new places and dabbling in duck breeding. Long time lurker on twitter but determined to participate more, find her @RoseyRain.