OK so the Twitterverse has been a aflutter at the awesome campaign by @oldspice that has taken the internet by storm over the last few days. If you were hiding under a rock, for some background reading – and watching – check out here, here, and here. And if you open up the Old Spice [...]

Over on the Twittersphere we are discussing have a meeting of twitter library folk just prior to #ALIAAccess / @ALIAAccess. @flexnib rightly tweets: #aliaaccess will be one big tweet up However as the conference dinner is Dine-Around, the conference is multi-streamed and we come from all walks of LibraryLand, we may not all get a [...]

ALIA Access 2010 is taking place at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 1 – 3 September 2010. The 2010 event will challenge the traditional format of ALIA conferences with a focus on making the conference more ‘accessible’ for delegates and vendors. More will be revealed as the planning progresses…… The 3-day multi-sector conference [...]

ALIA has aligned itself with Google, Inspire Foundation and Yahoo to present a statement on Internet filtering. You can read Core Principles for Effective Action for a Safer Internet on the ALIA site. As one tweeter put it… @katiedatwork smart partnering and a strong stance: http://www.alia.org.au/internetfiltering/ seriously impressed, @ALIANational.

Colleagues, I have been here at the Realising our Broadband Future forum for the past two days and many of you have seen the twittering at #bbfuture. Places at this conference have been by invitation only and I have been pleased and proud to represent our profession and ALIA here – amongst the government, technical [...]

In September a program of regional meetings for ALIA members was conducted to gather members’ input to guide the professional organisation. The consultation focussed on lobbying and advocacy, local issues and reviewing outcomes of the 2008 topic – professional development. The reports from the regional meetings are now available on the ALIA website. Just a [...]

Public Libraries Australia (PLA), the Queensland Public Libraries Association (QPLA), ALIA and the Townsville City Council are partnering to bring you: QPLA/PLA CONFERENCE 2009 : CHANGE AND CHALLENGE 11 – 14 October 2009 Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino The theme of the conference is appropriately Change and Challenge. It will feature many outstanding speakers and will highlight [...]

ALIA has released an advance notice for “Rebuilding with Books”, a campaign to provide new books for families with empty bookshelves. “When the bushfires swept across Victoria in February, homes and contents were destroyed and thousands of books turned to ash. In the immediate aftermath, the basic necessities of life took priority, but as people [...]

…and we want to hear from you! After the IFLA decision last week, it’s been wonderful to see so much enthusiasm,  ideas and creative suggestions for a 2010 event flying around the blogosphere, Twitter, Facebook and the e-lists.  Thanks to LINT for a great post that kicked off some discussion here. As ALIA President Jan [...]

[update: ALIA has just set up a wiki to explore possible alternatives for 2010] [update: official word (Prez) from ALIA, and from the Vice Prez] Interesting news to hand in recent hours. Alas IFLA has decided to cancel the Brisbane Conference in 2010. They cite a bunch of reasons, primarily centred around the “Global Financial [...]