GLAMR colleagues are all invited to an End-of-Year/Holiday Gathering
on Thursday, December 12, 2019!
Add this event to your diaries as a must for catching up with library friends and colleagues and celebrating all the hard work done in 2019.
The last Connect and Chat for 2019 will be held on Wednesday 6 November at Bookplate, National Library of Australia from 11am.
Connect and Chat is held once a month February to November, with a summer break over December and January. ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) provides a casual opportunity for all who worked in the library sector in the ACT and surrounding areas to keep in touch post work. Come along for coffee and/or lunch.
Interstate and overseas visitors are always welcome.
Judy and Helen, Convenors, ALIA CRR
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) next Connect and Chat event is on Wednesday 4 September.
We meet at Bookplate at the National Library of Australia from 11am.
Connect and Chat is held once a month and the aim is for Library sector people who have retired to keep in touch.
We start at 11am over coffee and stay on for lunch. Come along for coffee or lunch or both.
Here are the dates of Connect and Chat through to November:
You are warmly invited to come along to the ALIA ACT Groups Spring Gala Dinner!
Leigh Hobbs has created some of the most memorable characters in children’s books. Who doesn’t love the incorrigible Old Tom, Fiona the Pig and the much-travelled Mr Chicken? Join Ruth Nitschke as she takes you up close to the many items created by this award-winning author/illustrator that are held by NCACL. Max Brown will also discuss the various challenges of artwork conservation.
NCACL holds Australia’s largest collection of material created by the reknowned children's author and illustrator, Bob Graham. Drawing on this collection of items from Max and A Bus Called Heaven Rowan Simpkin will take you on a journey that shows how Bob created these much-loved books. Max Brown will also discuss aspects of artwork preservation.
ALIA CRR (Canberra and Region Retirees) Connect and Chat event is on Wednesday 7 August 2019 at Bookplate at the National Library of Australia.
Connect and Chat is held once a month and the aim is to for Library sector people who have retired to keep in touch.
We start at 11am with some people coming for coffee and some joining in later for lunch.
For your diaries here are the dates through to November:
Interstate visitors are very welcome.
Judy and Helen, Convenors, ALIA CRR
Friday 2 August
The New Librarians' Symposium (NLS9) was held in Adelaide on 6-7 July 2019.
Presenters and delegates attended from all over Australia and other countries and discussed many important issues in the Library sector and the GLAM industry.
Come along to hear about the highlights of the weekend from local presenters and delegates.
Brought to you by ACTive ALIA and ALIA SNGG - ACT
