During the first phase of ALIA's digital health literacy training program, more than 2,700 public library staff have been trained to support patrons in navigating and understanding Federal Government digital health initiatives, such as My Health Record.
This document (PowerPoint slides) provides instructions and templates to create a visual resource to help library staff run information sessions ALIA has created.
During the first phase of ALIA's digital health literacy training program, more than 2,700 public library staff have been trained to support patrons in navigating and understanding Federal Government digital health initiatives, such as My Health Record.
This document (PowerPoint slides) provides instructions and templates to create a visual resource to help library staff run information sessions ALIA has created.
ALIA, along with the Australian Space Agency and The Office of the Chief Scientist, and with help from Science Time From Space, is very excited to be able to bring an additional science and educational component to National Simultaneous Storytime 2021 - a science demonstration conducted by astronauts on the International Space Station emulating the heat balances between the sun/Earth/space.
Student questions about temperatures in outer space were answered by Bjarni Tryggvason, Former Astronaut, Research Engineer and Test Pilot.
The purpose of this guide is to assist you to run a successful Library and Information Week 2021 social media campaign and to promote your library. Running a successful social media campaign will help you to gain attention for your library services, attract more attendees to your library events and increase overall attention for the LIS industry.
Research grants of up to $5000 are offered by the Australian Library and Information Association. The Research Grant Award is open to library practitioners and early career LIS researchers who are Members of ALIA.
The purpose of the award is to enable the recipient to undertake a research program on a selected library or information issue of present and future relevance to the development and improvement of library and information services in Australia.
This document provides general information and answers common questions about the grant.
Research grants of up to $5000 are offered by the Australian Library and Information Association. The Research Grant Award is open to library practitioners and early career LIS researchers who are Members of ALIA.
The purpose of the award is to enable the recipient to undertake a research program on a selected library or information issue of present and future relevance to the development and improvement of library and information services in Australia.
This document is an application form for consideration to receive the Research Grant Award. Part 1 of the application requests personal details and those of referees.
Research grants of up to $5000 are offered by the Australian Library and Information Association. The Research Grant Award is open to library practitioners and early career LIS researchers who are Members of ALIA.
The purpose of the award is to enable the recipient to undertake a research program on a selected library or information issue of present and future relevance to the development and improvement of library and information services in Australia.
This document is an application form for consideration to receive the Research Grant Award. Part 2 of the application requests details of the proposed project.
Research grants of up to $5000 are offered by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The Research Grant Award is open to library practitioners and early career LIS researchers who are Members of ALIA.
The purpose of the award is to enable the recipient to undertake a research program on a selected library or information issue of present and future relevance to the development and improvement of library and information services in Australia.
This document provides a template for recipients of the Research Grant Award to complete for quarterly reporting to ALIA.
It is the responsibility of the researcher and ALIA to ensure that any research funded by the Association meets national ethical guidelines.
This document outlines requirements to meet ethical standards when conducting library and information research.
It is the responsibility of the researcher and ALIA to ensure that any research funded by the Association meets national ethical guidelines.
This form should be completed by ALIA research grant holders.
This form has three sections:
SECTION 1: Form (to be completed by applicant)
SECTION 2: Ethical issues checklist for research involving humans (to be completed by applicant)
SECTION 3: To be completed by ALIA research ethics coordinator/reviewer
The ALIA Silver Pin is available to personal member who has served a minimum of five terms (five years) or more on ALIA group committees (including special interest groups, ALIA Board advisory groups, ALIA conference committees, or as the ALIA representative on external committees) or any ALIA Member who has made a significant contribution the Association, considered to be the equivalent of a five-year commitment.
This document is an application form for nomination or self-nomination for receival of the ALIA Silver Pin.
The Redmond Barry Award is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to one or more of the following:
This document is an application form for peer nomination to receive the Redmond Barry Award.
The Queensland Library Achiever of the Year Award is maintained by the ALIA Queensland group.
The Queensland Library Achiever of the Year Award is an annual merit prize aimed at:
This document is a form for self-nomination and nomination to receive the award.
The Metcalfe Award recognises high achievement by a current financial Associate or Library Technician member in their first five years of practice in libraries and information services. Achievement would be commensurate with experience and should show a contribution beyond the normal requirements of the nominee’s employment. This may include but not be limited to initiative, a commitment to innovation in practice, and leadership.
This document is an application form for peer nomination to receive the Metcalfe Award.
The Marjorie Cotton Award is maintained by the ALIA Children's and Youth Services Group.
Promoting the role and image of librarians providing library services for young people, an award of $500 and citation recognise an outstanding contribution to library services for young people.
This document is an application form for peer nomination to receive the Marjorie Cotton or Bess Thomas Award.
This document lists recipients of the Library Technician of the Year Award from 1989 to 2020.
Miss Anne Harrison (1923-1992) was librarian-in-charge of the Brownless Medical Library at the University of Melbourne (1949-1983), and founder of the Central Medical Library Organization (1953-1994). She helped pioneer the introduction of Medline into Australia, and was a founder of the Australian Medical Librarians Group in the early 1970s, and later of the LAA Medical Librarians Section (now ALIA Health Libraries Australia).
The Anne Harrison Award was established to commemorate her work, and to encourage others to make their own contribution to the development of health librarianship.
This document lists recipients of the Anne Harrison Award from 1987 - 2018 and research topics supported by the Award.
Des Tellis Australian Geoscience Information Association Grant is an annual grant fund of up to $2500 is available to ALIA Members who are Australian residents engaged in the practice or study of geoscience information and data management. The purpose of the funding is to provide financial assistance for projects that have one or more of the following objectives:
This document provides general information about the grant and application.
This presentation (PowerPoint slides) discusses:
Speaker notes for this presentation which discusses:
Library Design Conference 2021: Changing Spaces virtual conference held on 18 March 2021.
This document provides a conference program. Featuring presentations on:
True or False: Media literacy for capable, confidence, critical-thinkers virtual conference was held on 3 September 2020.
This document provides a conference program summary. Featuring presentations:
Pre-read speaker notes for presentation at National Library and Information Technicians' Symposium 2019.
This paper discusses the direction and development undertaken in expanding library services into social spaces, and the challenge of establishing a social presence for community building through Facebook.
Promotional material advertises the benefit of ALIA conference to professional development for information Professionals.
Article published in INCITE September/October 2019 Volume 40, Issue 9/10.
Robert Knight shares how, after successive state governments spent decades underfunding New South Wales public libraries, the 2018–2019 Renew Our Libraries campaign successfully delivered the largest single increase in library funding since the introduction of the NSW Library Act in 1939.
This document is an article published in INCITE July/August 2019 Volume 40, Issue 7/8.
Australian librarian and ALIA Fellow, Christine MacKenzie, will become the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) at the World Library and Information Congress in Athens later this year for the 2019–2021 term. Before she commences her presidency, ALIA grabbed a moment of her time to have a chat about her presidential theme, the challenges on the horizon, and what she’s most looking forward to in her time in office.
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) resource for preparing a submission to INCITE magazine.
The HLA/MedicalDirector Digital Health Innovation Award is funded by MedicalDirector and maintained by the ALIA Health Libraries Australia group. The Award focuses on innovation projects in health care information delivery with practical outcomes.
The Award is presented annually at a relevant HLA (ALIA) event. The recipient/s are to be presented with a certificate and $3,000 to implement the innovation or further their (or their team’s) professional development in the area of the innovation.
This document is an application form to nominate an individual or team for consideration to receive the award.
The HCL Anderson Award is awarded in recognition of outstanding service to the library and information profession in Australia, to ALIA, to the theory of library and information science, and/or to the practice of library and information services.
This document provides general information and an application for nomination of an individual to receive the award.
The Board of Directors may confer the distinction of Fellow on a member who, in the opinion of the Board, has reached an exceptionally high standard of proficiency in library and information science, and has made a distinguished contribution to the theory or practice of library and information science, and also directly contributed to the aims and objects of the Australian Library and Information Association.
This document provides general information about the award and an application form to nominate an individual to receive the award.