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 [...]

The Monday Muse is a back after a hiatus and this week we’re doing something slightly different. A few weeks ago, several of us had an email conversation about the parallel importation of books in Australia. What follows is a slightly edited and tidied up version of that conversation. But first, what is parallel importation? [...]

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