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ALIA national 2020 conference program

National 2016 Conference, Monday 4 to Friday 8 May 2020 Sydney: Courageous and Audacious
 
ALIA National Conference provides the platform as a meeting point for all Library and Information professionals, from all sectors and all areas of Australia and the international community. 
 
 

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ALIA Honours Board

Over the last 80-plus years, there have been many people who have helped shape the Association and the library and information science profession in Australia – award recipients, past Presidents, Honorary Members and Fellows. In this document, you will find their inspirational stories of leadership, innovation and achievement.
This document lists honours board recognitions, past presidents, honorary members, excellence award recipients and fellows of ALIA.

ALIA Honours Board individual profiles: A-F

Over the last 80-plus years, there have been many people who have helped shape the Association and the library and information science profession in Australia – award recipients, past Presidents, Honorary Members and Fellows. In this document, you will find their inspirational stories of leadership, innovation and achievement.
This document includes individual biographical information about Honours Board recognition recipients with surnames beginning A-F.

ALIA Honours Board individual profiles: G-M

Over the last 80-plus years, there have been many people who have helped shape the Association and the library and information science profession in Australia – award recipients, past Presidents, Honorary Members and Fellows. In this document, you will find their inspirational stories of leadership, innovation and achievement.
This document includes individual biographical information about Honours Board recognition recipients with surnames beginning G-M.

ALIA Honours Board individual profiles: N-Z

Over the last 80-plus years, there have been many people who have helped shape the Association and the library and information science profession in Australia – award recipients, past Presidents, Honorary Members and Fellows. In this document, you will find their inspirational stories of leadership, innovation and achievement.
This document includes individual biographical information about Honours Board recognition recipients with surnames beginning N-Z.

Constitution of Australian Library and Information Association Limited

The fundamental principles according to which the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, is to be governed, as amended to 24 May 2021.
 
This document has been superseded by the amended "Constitution of Australian Library and Information Association Limited" (2022), passed 16 May 2022.

ALIA Strategic Plan 2021-2024

The ALIA Board met on 10 August 2021 to develop the next iteration of the ALIA Strategic Plan 2020-2024, with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as its planning framework. At this time, and for the next four  years, the ALIA Board foresees the need for a four-fold approach:

  1. Supporting a resilient, diverse workforce
  2. Developing alliances and collaborative ventures
  3. Succeeding through advocacy
  4. Enhancing Member value

In addition to ALIA’s ongoing investment in advocacy and the development of critical stakeholder relationships, the workplan for 2021-2024 will feature three major areas of activity linked to the strategic priorities and ALIA’s continued commitment to the SDG.

  1. Delivery of the Professional Pathways initiative 
  2. Review and refresh of ALIA’s structure and operations
  3. Increased focus on ALIA and the Sustainable Development Goals

Joint Statement on School Libraries

Well-resourced school libraries staffed by qualified library professionals are essential to rebuild the literacy levels of Australian students and achieve an appropriate level of reading competency. School libraries are necessary to create safe, confident users of online content and ensure that young people are media literate.
 
The statement calls on commonwealth, state and territory governments to ensure equitable access to appropriately funded and well-resourced school libraries, enhanced by the services of fully qualified teacher librarians and other library professionals.

Efficient and Effective Special Libraries

Paper produced by the ALIA Special Libraries Working Group and AGLIN Think Tank on July 2021 as information resource for ALIA Members and selected stakeholders.
 
From small libraries run by one or two qualified librarians through to sizeable library and information services employing a team of professionals, special libraries are constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of their users. Special libraries have readily introduced new technologies and new ways of working to deliver greater efficiency and effectiveness.
 
This paper sets out the position for special libraries in relation to networked or cluster models and offers factors for consideration by management and the library team if this approach is tabled within the organisation.

Submission in response to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications Regional Telecommunications Review

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and ALIA Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA) respond to the Regional Telecommunications Review issues paper drafted by the Australian Federal Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
ALIA and APLA support equality of access to the benefits arising from our increasingly digital society and view public libraries as having an important role in bridging the gap for those who don’t have the skills, knowledge, money, devices or high speed connection to be regular and confident users of the internet.
 
ALIA and APLA ask the Regional Telecommunications Review committee to reference the role and value of the public library network in its report and to encourage federal government, telecommunications industry actors and other stakeholders to approach libraries, through councils, as key delivery partners in new initiatives in this space.

Greening libraries: a literature review for the Australian Library and Information Association

The Greening Libraries Literature Review provides an overview of academic and professional literature relating to sustainability practices in the library and information sector in Australia and overseas. It is the first output from the Greening libraries research project and was commissioned by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) with the support of the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).

ALIA Board climate change statement

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Board accepts that climate change is a dangerous reality and that its effects pose an increasing threat to libraries and the communities they serve. 
The statement outlines actions being taken by ALIA to respond to climate change by supporting its members, reducing the association's own environmental footprint and being and active participant in collective efforts to improve the outlook for the planet.

ALIA LIS education, skills and employment trend report 2020

Each year the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) trend reports provide Members, including employees, employers, students and educators, with an understanding of the national library and information science (LIS) education and employment landscape. 
 
As the sector’s peak professional body, ALIA promotes the use of accurate data and analysis to drive evidence-based policy and planning. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided additional challenges in data collection, with some government agencies forced to pause or alter their reporting, or to release data with strong cautions as to reliability.
 
To address this data gap, for the first year ALIA conducted a survey of Institutional Members. The survey provided a snapshot of the industry during the pandemic and gauged sentiment about the future. This survey supplements information gathered from other sources including the annual course returns from ALIA accredited courses and the latest figures from the Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

Australian public library staff living through a pandemic: personal experience of serving the community

[Peer reviewed] Abstract: The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic forced public library staff to rapidly rethink the services they offered as lockdown restrictions meant that libraries as social venues briefly came to an end. Online content was developed overnight to fill the void. This study examines the impact that the contactless operational model has had on library services across Australia, as seen through the eyes of eight public library staff. The qualitative study contributes in-depth data to scant literature about public libraries and the pandemic in an Australian context. The study highlights the value of libraries to the community. The need for in-person contact is discussed in terms of future service design in library and information practice.
 
This document is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association on 2 August 2021, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24750158.2021.1955436.
 
Citation for published article:
Maree Wilson (2021) Australian Public Library Staff Living through a Pandemic: Personal Experience of Serving the Community, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 70:3, 322-334, DOI: 10.1080/24750158.2021.1955436
 
© Maree Wilson 2021

Akaltye Antheme, a continuing partnership

Australian Library and Information Association Biennial Conference, 2 – 5 September 2008, Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs, NT Australia: Dreaming 08.
 
This conference paper presents discussion by the Special Collections Librarian and the Indigenous Services Officer at Alice Springs Public Library on establishing and developing the Alice Springs Public Library’s Akaltye Antheme Collection. The Akaltyne Antheme Collection aims to facilitate Indigenous people’s use of the Library and all its collections and to provide insight into local culture for non-Indigenous patrons and visitors. The paper contextualises the collection's role within the broader scope of the library and its information services for Indigenous people and highlights its successes.
 

Value for money: Best practice options for demonstrating return on investment for libraries

ALIA 2012 Biennial Conference, Sydney, Australia, 10 - 13 July 2012.
 
This conference paper utilises an environmental scan and survey conducted by Oranjarra Partners regarding return on investment (ROI) in academic libraries from Australia, New Zealand, the US, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines, together with input from major global library suppliers to describe the evolution of, and posit future development in, best practice methods for demonstrating value for money in libraries using Australian and international examples. The paper then synthesizes the disparate strands of ROI development into a provisional toolkit that may be selectively customised to the particular needs of individual libraries. 

ALIA 2012 biennial conference program

ALIA 2012 Biennial Conference, Sydney, Australia, 10 - 13 July 2012.
 
ALIA National Conference provides the platform as a meeting point for all Library and Information professionals, from all sectors and all areas of Australia and the international community. 

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INCITE: November/December 2021

INCITE: The magazine for library and information professionals - November/December 2021 Volume 42 Issue 6
 

Contents: From the President – Directline -- An immersive experience -- ALIA Board commits to carbon neutral by 2030: Stretching towards sustainability -- Online Storytime bigger and better than ever in 2022 -- News from the states and territories -- Career opportunities -- A who’s who of library greats -- The one thing -- A great opportunity – Risk -- Keeping communities connected --  One stop shop -- Let’s talk: Special and cultural collections -- The rewards of risk -- The next regeneration -- Small space, big ideas -- Always greener -- A curated approach -- Time for pursuits of choice -- The road less travelled -- A radical act

 

Health Libraries Australia "Open Scholarship - All things open" 2021: Seminar 1 [video]

Health Libraries Australia Lunchtime seminars 2021: Thursday 15th July and Thursday 22nd July, 1.00-2.30pm. 
 
Webconference recording (MP4 audiovisual) of session 1 of the "Open Scholarship - All things open" seminars held by HLA, which feature presentations on open access resources in university and health libraries.

Health Libraries Australia "Open Scholarship - All things open" 2021: Seminar 2 [video]

Health Libraries Australia Lunchtime seminars 2021: Thursday 15th July and Thursday 22nd July, 1.00-2.30pm. 
 
Webconference recording (MP4 audiovisual) of seminar 2 of the "Open Scholarship - All things open" seminars held by HLA, which feature presentations on open access resources in university and health libraries.

Towards a national strategy for FAIR and open access to Australia’s research outputs [slides]

Health Libraries Australia Lunchtime seminars 2021: Thursday 15th July and Thursday 22nd July, 1.00-2.30pm. 
 
This seminar presentation (PowerPoint slides) discusses work by the authors to progress an open research strategy, done at a national level, including implications for health researchers and health research leaders.

A knowledge management system framework for an Australasia open biomedical repository [slides]

Health Libraries Australia Lunchtime seminars 2021: Thursday 15th July and Thursday 22nd July, 1.00-2.30pm. 
 
This seminar presentation (PowerPoint slides) facilitated sharing of results and discussion about PhD research by the author on a Knowledge Management System framework for an Australasia open biomedical repository.

Making Griffith University's Open Research Statement a reality: first steps [slides]

Health Libraries Australia Lunchtime seminars 2021: Thursday 15th July and Thursday 22nd July, 1.00-2.30pm. 
 
This seminar presentation (PowerPoint slides) discusses the work of the Open Research Reference Group formed to address the barriers to change in the first steps towards making open research a reality at Griffith University.

An illegal adoption? — What future for fair use in Australia?

ALIA Information Online 2015 Conference, 2-5 February 2015, Sydney: at the edge.
 
In 2014 the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommended the introduction of an American-style fair use, an architecture of non category-based permissible exceptions to the exclusive rights of copyright owners. The conference presentation discusses the ALRC report and possible futures for Australian copyright law.

10 ways that libraries power high performance organisations [poster]

This advocacy document [poster] illustrates the ways that Australian special libraries serve clients in government, health, law, business, banking, consulting, research, science and technology, the arts, media and other industries by providing facts not fiction, decision-ready information, usable big data, tailored resources, 24/7 electronic delivery of information, a world view of cutting edge information theory and practice, access to the latest news, staff professional development, information and technology expertise, and preservation services.

10 ways that libraries power high performance schools [poster]

This advocacy document [poster] illustrates the ways that Australian school libraries power high performance government, Catholic and independent schools through providing modern learning environments, digital hubs, developing student research skills, promoting reading for pleasure, providing curriculum support and cybersafety education, celebrating diversity, enabling participation and access, coordinating special programs, and building communities.

At the edge, collaboration and the blended lecture room: breaking the mould to improve student learning

ALIA Information Online 2015 Conference, 2-5 February 2015, Sydney: at the edge.
 
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Using one subject class as a case study, this presentation will discuss the value of innovation in constructively aligning the teaching of information literacy skills into a subject in terms of student engagement and outcomes. In the context of reimagining an existing subject, the library lecture was completely redeveloped. The results of the first assessment, an annotated bibliography, showed that all students found relevant scholarly resources and all passed.
The foundation BA subject has been taught for 4 years with lectures video conferenced across 2 campuses in a traditional format of 2 hour lectures and a 1 hour tutorial. Library staff taught a 1 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial. The format changed to a 1 hour lecture followed by a 1 hour lectorial focused on skill building and assessment – a blended leture room; and a 1 hour tutorial focused on discussing the lecture content.
 
 
The teachers requested a lecture demonstrating specific skills. They requested and participated in a practice run of the class. The library lecture and resources demonstrated, set the foundation for the following lectorial. Students were engaged and actively participated in tasks and demonstrated sound understanding of information literacy concepts demonstrated in the lecture in terms of credibility, authority, audience, bias and usefulness.
 
 
The redeveloped library lecture took about 40 hours to prepare. This included the development of a detailed run sheet and an assessment question analysed using a People, Events and other Considerations (PEC) methodology. A themed 13 slide PowerPoint presentation used to conclude the lecture was also prepared.
 
 
At all times the process was a true collaboration between library and teaching staff. Student outcomes were at the centre of planning. The teaching staff, were integral to developing an effective library lecture which was constructively aligned with assessment questions and assessment tasks. The library in class time commitment for the subject was reduced from 7 hours to just 3 hours making this innovation in learning support more sustainable.
 
 
The reimagined library lecture was made possible by a willingness to accept constructive criticism; a willingness to work at the edge of comfort zones; a willingness to devote a large amount of time at a very busy time of year; and a willingness to take risks. As Librarians we need to embrace new ideas and practices to facilitate emerging teaching methodologies.
 

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