Trying to fill a position in your library or have an internship on offer? Need volunteers to help with a stocktake?

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From the go-get we have welcomed job advertisements that would interest people who like to read about Australasian Libraryland.  To post one, just join up as a contributor by filling in our online contributor’s form . We will then approve you so that you can write drafts that we will then make live when you let us know they are ready.

Another great place to advertise job vacancies is the WAIN e-list. It stands for Western Australian Information Network, however material on it is of interest to people throughout Australia and one of its purposes is to “advertise positions that have become available”. To sign up, go to the WAIN Info Page .

A reminder: do not try to post to job advertisements to just any ALIA elist, even though you think the readership would match the vacancy or would like to share directly with a group of colleagues that you choose. This is against online communication guidelines , as it conflicts with a money-raising operation run by the association.  There is a separate  elist for job vacancies and – as cautioned through an email sent to members tonight – it is considered unfair to advertisers who pay for ALIA’s services. The relevant policy point is:

ALIA e-lists and social media are not to be used to advertise vacant positions. ALIA offers an online employment advertising service via ouremployment pages and the dedicated employment e-list (maintained by the National Office Publishing Team). Messages sent to e-lists which advertise vacant positions will be rejected, and the author contacted with details on how one can best utilise ALIA’s employment services to reach a wider range of candidates.

Here’s hoping that ALIA does not decide to take advertising from any library blogs, or Libraries Interact may cease being a topic that may be mentioned by members on their own elists ….

UPDATE: Thanks Kelly for this information:

Another place for posting vacancies is the South Australian Library and Information Network (SALIN) – http://www.salin.org.au/. Click on Join to subscribe to the elist