Leap into Leadership in 2008!

What are you doing with your extra day in 2008, February 29? Would you like to spend it participating in an introductory leadership workshop, whilst being exposed to the knowledge and wisdom of many leaders in the library and information industry? A group of fellow Victorian Aurorians have put together a cost recovery workshop for you to, “Leap into Leadership” that allows you to gain an experience to drive your leadership learning further. The workshop will be led by distinguished Victorian based facilitator Greg Cook, who has conducted leadership training for the State Library of Victoria and various Public Library Services across Victoria. There will be a panel session where some noteable (to be announced soon) leaders from a variety of library sectors will share their personal insights on leadership with you. The aims of the workshop are to:

• provide a framework to assist participants to identify their own leadership styles;
• provide role models by having a panel of highly experienced leaders talk about their leadership;
• provide opportunity for participants to work in small groups to discuss and consolidate their learning with the support of experienced leaders.

The workshop is aimed at participants who are new to leadership and wish to develop their leadership style. This is a rare opportunity to learn about leadership with respected industry leaders and a highly qualified facilitator. Librarians, Library Technicians, recent graduates and students from ALL sectors are encouraged to participate. Other important details:

When: 29th Februrary 2008

Where: State Library of Victoria

Time: 8.30 for 9am sharp start – till about 5pm

Cost: $130 for ALIA Members and $172 for Non ALIA Members The registration form is available at. http://www.alia.org.au/groups/aliavic/Payment will confirm your registration. Participant numbers are limited, so you will need to apply quickly The venue has been kindly sponsored by the State Library of Victoria Workshop Organisers: Margie Anderson, Tania Barry, Chris Kelly, Paula Kelly, Beth McKenzie, Jill Stephens, Michelle Thomason – the workshop is run under the ALIA Victoria Banner

For more information: email: Jill Stephens – jillcstephens@gmail.com.nospam (remove the no spam) – Subject: Leap into Leadership Workshop

On behalf of the Organising Committee, we wish to announce that Registration for the ALIA National Library and Information Association Technicians Conference 2007 is now open.

The Conference will address key issues affecting the library and information professions in this rapidly changing digital age and offer a stimulating program featuring leaders in their fields of expertise and based on the Conference themes ‘Inform, Innovate, Initiate and Inspire’.

The Early Bird Registration Deadline is Friday, 27 July 2007 and the easiest method of registration is on-line via the Conference website. We invite you to visit the Conference website www.alia07.com for information regarding registration and the Conference program. We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne for ALIA 07.

Tania Barry

Marketing and Promotions

ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Conference 2007www.alia07.com/

There are only 7 months remaining until the exciting and innovative ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Conference 2007, to be held at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne. The dates for this event are Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 October 2007, so mark them in your diary and start making your travel plans!

The call for abstracts closes on February 28th and we encourage you to contribute to the success of the conference. Contributions are invited for conference papers, tutorials and interactive workshop presentations that fit within the daily themes of Innovation, Initiation and Inspiration.

The Committee have been considering the implications of the possibility of the university sector adopting the recommendations from the Research Quality Framework, in which publications, including conference papers, will contribute to the quality assessment of academic institutions. As a result, the Melbourne LT conference will be breaking new ground by calling for, and distinguishing between, refereed and non-refereed presentations, in line with the Research Quality Framework proposed by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST).

Abstracts should be a maximum of 350 words. If you wish to submit an abstract for consideration by the Program Committee, you must also intend to register for the Conference.

Please note that first time presenters will be offered coaching in presentation skills.

For more information and suggestions for relevant topics, please visit the conference website: http://www.alia07.com/, or contact the Convenor, Gail Schmidt, gschmidt@slv.spammersbegone.vic.gov.au. [Note: please remove spammers' deterrent to use the email address!]

Tania Barry
Marketing and Promotions
ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Conference 2007

Well, this is a first for me (apart from a couple of attempts on our internal blog) – writing a post on an open blog. I thought about creating a blog myself but I think this will be more useful….and fun. I’m really looking forward to Click06 – I co-authored one of the papers being presented. (And that’s a first too!) I’ve got to say, opportunities to spread my wings and attempt new things have certainly come my way this year at my place of work. I hope it continues. I hope other library technicians will join in and contribute to this forum.