The Australian Committee on Cataloguing (ACOC) has released its position statement on the coverage of cataloguing in courses providing an initial qualification in library and information management.
The statement including an extract from the Educational Policy statements of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services is available from the ACOC site.  This extract contains a [...]

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Quoting the Librarian: Executive Summary: “Forget about that image of librarian as a mousy bookworm. Librarians these days must be high-tech information sleuths, helping researchers plumb the oceans [...]

Merry Christmas everyone!As the year draws to a close, there are just under 12 months left till the exciting and innovative ALIA New Librarians Symposium, to be held at CQ Functions, Melbourne. The dates for this event are Friday December 5 to Saturday December 6, so mark them in your diary. It will [...]

Audio from the symposium is now available as a Podcast.Add the NLS2006 podcast with enclosures to your RSS reader, iTunes or podcast software to get started. 19 sessions were recorded and are now available, including Joan Frye Williams’ popular keynote address on the user experience. Other topics include: the debate - “Should librarians be politically [...]

There is not long to go before NLS2006. Here is the latest news and resources to check out:
Internet access: this is being provided by UNSW library, which is situated opposite the Scientia where the symposium is being held. You may also want to explore the library and chat to a librarian about academic librarianship.
Library tours: [...]