NSW

Join ALIA Hunter for a working bee at the Schoolmasters house on Ash Island, Kooragang Wetlands

Dear aliaRARE members,

You are warmly invited to evening drinks at Hordern House Rare Books for

AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE INNER WORKINGS OF  A RARE BOOKSHOP

Hordern House Rare Books is a leading international antiquarian dealer specializing in voyages and travels, colour

plate books including natural history; early Australian paintings and prints, voyage art, historical maps  and

ALIA Hunter has been granted a special behind-the-scenes tour of Newcastle Museum! 

This event is free and open to everyone. Friends and family are welcome.

The guided tour will focus on the Museum’s direction, exhibition interpretation, public programming, visitor and community engagement, and we will also be given the oppurtunity to see the Back of House areas off limits to general visitors.

The South Coast & Illawarra Library Unconference

Whatever your kind of Library... and whatever your role is in that Library... this is the unconference for you! An opportunity to network and collaborate and celebrate the wonder of what we do and where we work and what libraries can be.

ALIA Hunter will be holding out mid-year meetup at The Burwood Inn in Merewether. There will be a dinner at 6:30 and people are encouraged to stay for trivia afterwards beginning at 7:30pm.

Please RSVP by contacting damien.linnane@gmail.com or registering as attending on the event listing on our Facebook page @aliahuntergroup

Hope to see you there.

School libraries in the 21^st century are often unique in keeping with the needs of individual school communities. A keynote presentation by Pru Mitchell will consider the purpose and value of having current policies and procedures in a range of areas related to the management of the school library.

Dear all,

On the behalf of the ALIA New South Wales ALIA Library Technicians Group as part of Library & Information Week we are celebrating National Library and Information Technicians’ Day.  This is the day to celebrate the great work that library technicians do and to gain a better understanding of their role in libraries.

We will be having a get together to help celebrate National Library and Information Technician’s Day.

When: Tuesday, 21st of May, 2019

ALIA Hunter will be holding a social event playing lawn bowls on Saturday the 30th or March at Club Charlestown. Lawn bowls is free and begins at 1pm. As an option, you may join us for lunch at the club at midday, though you are most welcome to arrive at 1pm for bowls only. Partners, family and friends are welcome though please advise us if you are bringing additional people. RSVP by emailing or marking yourself as attending on the Facebook event athe ALIA Hunter page: facebook.com/aliahuntergroup

Hope to see you there.

Bookplate making, collecting and use in Australia