Last night was Budget Night, which is a highly anticipated annual date on the government calendar (at least, in federal government and media circles!).  Working out how libraries, cultural institutions and education are going to be funded over the next year and beyond is important for all librarians to understand. Government expenditure is also a [...]

Today is a May Day with a difference: The Society of American Archivists’ initiative to bring awareness to preserving cultural heritage, MayDay, has come to Australia. Australian groups involved in this initiative are:
Australian National Committee of the Blue Shield
Australian Library and Information Association (representing IFLA)
Australian International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
Council of Australasian Archives [...]

The results are in! From Sue Hutley:
Congratulations to Derek Whitehead who has been elected Vice-president / President-elect and to Damian Lodge and Kate Watson who have been elected as Directors.
Kate Watson has contributed to Libraries Interact, researched blogs and wikis, and last year completed a two year term as convenor of NGPAG. Damian Lodge is [...]

It’s a new year (well, sort of) and Parliament is sitting for the first time in 2007. As librarians, we often need to find out about new Bills, legislation, and government publications, no matter what kind of library we work in. Here’s a roundup of resources you can use to keep up to date:
The Parliamentary [...]

With more libraries, especially academic libraries, taking on roles as publishers of scholarly materials the Open Publish 2007 conference in Sydney this August may be an important one to watch:
“Covering critical ideas such as wikis, blogs, single-sourcing data and content management, Open Publish will discuss these topics from the perspective of best practices, project methodologies [...]

Audio from the symposium is now available as a Podcast.Add the NLS2006 podcast with enclosures to your RSS reader, iTunes or podcast software to get started. 19 sessions were recorded and are now available, including Joan Frye Williams’ popular keynote address on the user experience. Other topics include: the debate - “Should librarians be politically [...]

It is now 8 days to go until NLS2006! Here are some last minute things to consider before the big event:
If you haven’t registered to attend NLS2006, don’t despair. You can still register and be part of the event people will be talking about for months later. Sign up now!
This is a good time to [...]

There is not long to go before NLS2006. Here is the latest news and resources to check out:
Internet access: this is being provided by UNSW library, which is situated opposite the Scientia where the symposium is being held. You may also want to explore the library and chat to a librarian about academic librarianship.
Library tours: [...]

Are you an ALIA member? Are you interested in working on proposals that will benefit new graduates?
Positions on NGPAG, the New Generation Policy and Advisory Group of ALIA are now open. More information about what we do available in this month’s InCite and from our Committee page.

An Australian Information Architecture conference and retreat, featuring an array of well-known speakers, including the NLA’s own Alexander Johannesen will be held this weekend in Sydney: OZ-IA 06.
We want to continue building and sharing the practice of information architecture in Australia and this is our forum to come together and discuss and learn.
Who should [...]