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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Back in September 2006, Gillian Hallam asked us all to contribute data for the Nexus survey, to discover more about the Australian LIS workforce. Nexus 2 has arrived and the aim of this survey is to gather data from institutions on workforce planning, staff development policies and practices. If you are not a library manager, check [...]