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Image by Oskay reproduced under a Creative Commons License. More images on Flickr.

ALIA today launched its Twitter presence using the name @ALIANational. I’m looking forward to seeing how this works out. There are different challenges for an association as opposed to a personal Tweeter. Follow and take part in this new way of conversing with your professional association.
Australian Library & Information Association (ALIANational) on Twitter

Do you have a story to tell about how you are using creative commons licenses? Or maybe you’d like to find some examples of how others are using CC licenses.
Case Studies – CC Wiki
Some examples:

Ancient Free Gardeners – “Open content licensing was chosen as the band saw the great potential in using the Internet for [...]

Sue Hutley  writes at the ALIA Board blog to encourage members to vote in the Board election. Sue reports that the member survey in 2008 had around 1000 responses of which 83% indicated they would use online voting if it was available. Well it is, and it’s easy – I know, I’ve voted.
But as of [...]

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced a new service. Members are now able to access the ProQuest Library Science journal package as a membership benefit. There is no additional fee. ALIA  reports that ”the (…) member survey conducted in 2008 clearly demonstrated that ALIA’s members were eager to have access to LIS online full-text [...]

Are you interested in promoting discussion about Libraries Australia? Do you often find you have an idea about Libraries Australia that you would like to share with your colleagues? Do you enjoy participating in online library communities?

Libraries Australia has launched a social network using the Ning Platform and is extending an invitation to its members [...]

The ALIA Board’s blog has published a message about the impact of the bushfires in Victoria on libraries and library workers.
Jan Richards, ALIA Vice President, publishes a combined message from John Murrell, the President of the Public Libraries Victoria Network (formerly VICLINK) and Christine Mackenzie, CEO Yarra Plenty Regional Library
ALIA Board Blog » Blog Archive [...]

ALIA has announced the theme for 2009 Library and Information Week (LIW). “Libraries, Your Passport to Discovery”.
Visit the LIW page on the ALIA site for more information about activities, programs, events and competitions.
LIW runs from 25 – 31 May 2009.

ALIA will be making a joint submission with CAUL and other library organisations to the  Digital Economy Future Directions Consultation Paper.
All members - including those who attended ALIA Information Online and heard Senator Conroy invite us to make a submission - are asked to submit any comments, case studies and suggestions relating to the Digital Economy Future Directions [...]

In early 2008, Flickr launched the Commons to showcase the public photo collections of libraries, museums and archives from around the world. The Library of Congress was the first to start adding their collections and New York Public Library (probably) the most recent.
The two main objectives of the Commons are to increase access to publicly-held [...]