This week’s Monday Muse is about the Darien Statements. At the risk of stating the obvious, Libraries Interact’s Kathryn Greenhill is one of the authors of the Darien Statements. Libraries Interact has no official spokespeople, so it’s not for me or anyone else to say that we collectively endorse it or not, but it’s definitely [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 » [...]

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 [...]

January has been busier than usual with stuff being released and conferences galore including Information Online, RAILS 5, and ALA Midwinter. NLS4 have announced in recent days that most papers are now available, and images have been flowing into their flickr group. Around the traps, the new issue of the Australian Library Journal has just [...]

It’s on again, applications to attend Aurora in 2009 opened on Monday, 15 Sept 2008. Most comments I’ve heard suggest this a great learning opportunity, and particularly beneficial for those with leadership aspirations. ALIA has maintained a list of testimonials.

Day 2 of the conference was awesome. I started at a vendor breakfast, my first such event at a a conference. ALS held a lovely pancake breakfast with guest speaker Margie Seale from Random House. She gave us an interesting insight into the publishing world and into the issues they are facing at present. I [...]

Presented by ALIA President Derek Whitehead ALIA Fellowship was awarded to: Christine MacKenzie: CEO of Yarra Plenty Regional Library ALIA Fellowship was awarded to: Roxanne Missingham: Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian Presented by Mylee Joseph Ena Noel Award was awarded to: Marcus Zusak for Book thief Marjorie Cotton Award was awarded to: Melinda McNaughton – Team Leader [...]

A few weeks back I attended the Gold Coast regional meeting for ALIA’s National Advisory Congress. The actual congress is next week in Alice Springs, but the minutes from the regional meetings are now available on the ALIA website. The focus is professional development. Skimming through the minutes of these regional meetings it’s clear that [...]