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Alia Information Online 2011 #aliaioc

Posted February 6th 2011 @ 11:01 am by haikugirloz

It’s been two days since I returned from Information Online and I woke up from a dream about writing a blog post so here it is. My takeaways from the conference are: Break the rules @thelib – Sarah Houghton encouraged conference participants to be prepared to break some rules in order to deliver the services [...]

A tweetup or three… #ALIAioc

Posted January 21st 2011 @ 12:25 pm by snail

The Information Online road train is gathering steam as we type – only a week and a half away. In addition to the official programme, there’s some additional social events: an ALIA Sydney gathering and two #ALIAioc tweetups. Here are the details for each: Date: Monday, 31st January 2011 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Cohibar Location: Cohibar, [...]

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Library Day in the Life

Posted January 19th 2011 @ 5:49 am by Michelle

Yes, its that time of year again, time for Round 6 of Library Day in the Life. On Monday 24th January 2011: “Any one who works in a library can participate. You may share your day (or week) on your blog, Twitter, Flickr and/or YouTube (or any other way you choose. If you have none of [...]

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Melvil Dewey – this is your ………

Posted December 14th 2010 @ 3:03 pm by Michelle

Somehow we missed it. Last Friday, 10th December was Melvil Dewey’s birthday. The man whose name is vaguely familiar, even to non-librarians, was born 159 years ago on that day. Although I am not a cataloguer, I can very much appreciate the magnitude of what Dewey produced. When visiting OCLC in 2007, I was thrilled [...]

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LIANZA 2010 is on

Posted November 28th 2010 @ 7:30 pm by Peta Hopkins

The Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa annual conference is on again and this time it’s a special centennial conference in beautiful Dunedin, at the University of Otago. Want to follow the action? A Coveritlive session has been set up with coverage starting 8am (NZ time) Monday 29th November. If you just want [...]

ALIAAccess 2010 blog posts

Posted September 8th 2010 @ 12:25 pm by Peta Hopkins

Last week saw a horde of librarians descend on Brisbane for ALIAAccess. This is the conference you have when you are not having an IFLA conference. Some of us were unable to attend, although we enjoyed the tweets, or had a left-behind party to console ourselves. The tweets were great, but I’m ready for some more [...]

#ALIAAccess #TweetUp and other social events!

Posted July 16th 2010 @ 1:09 pm by naomidoessel

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 conference – online options

Posted May 28th 2010 @ 7:17 pm by Warren Cheetham

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 [...]

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National Year of Reading 2012

Posted May 25th 2010 @ 8:44 am by Michelle

2012 is the National Year of Reading and will be celebrated year round with events, competitions and much more, organised and sponsored by diverse partners, including libraries, educators, writers, publishers, booksellers, professional associations, politicians and other associated organisations. ALIA is a sponsor and will be launching the National Year of Reading 2012 website – Love [...]

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VALA 2010 – Wednesday

Posted February 9th 2010 @ 3:19 pm by Peta Hopkins

Live coverage of VALA2010 continues here… VALA2010 – Wednesday

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