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Books Create Australia is an alliance of those working in the Australian book industry who all agree: a reading nation makes for a better nation. With that in mind, authors, publishers, libraries and booksellers have come together as Books Create Australia to take collaborative steps to preserve, promote and value Australian books and writing not only in the short-term, but also in the future. This document sets out the achievements of the alliance.

Over the last five years, that TAFEs have been reducing their investment in course coordinators (the administrative support role). This has a negative effect on the student experience and has serious implications for the capacity of lecturers in terms of delivering the course and ensuring that students graduate with a full understanding of the subjects they have taken. This has the potential to devalue the course and to damage the reputation of the TAFE institution and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) as the accrediting body.

Research Applications, Information and Library Studies (RAILS) Conference, 28 - 30 November 2018 Melbourne: Engaging Research - Collaboration and Community

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) accompanied the session which reported on the 2018 Competencies Review project.

These guidelines have been produced to assist senior managers in organisations, governments, institutions, who are responsible for library and information services but may not come from a library and information background. They are designed to provide a good practice model for undertaking a service review, to achieve the best outcomes with the least disruption.

This research report presents the key findings of a project which aimed to provide a holistic picture of the role that humanoid robots play in Australian public libraries - as community builder, teacher, assistant and challenger.

The 'Australian Library and Information Association Galleries Libraries Archives Museums and Records Workforce Diversity Trend Report 2019' details the current status of diversity across the galleries, libraries, archives, museums and records (GLAMR) workforce using the 2006, 2011, and 2016 census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

ALIA New Librarians' Symposium 9 (NLS9), 5-7 July 2019 Adelaide: collaborate deviate innovate

The NLS9 theme is “Collaborate, Deviate, Innovate”. Our logo represents this as a Venn diagram indicating the nexus of librarianship involving these three core ideas.

Health Libraries Australia Professional Development Day, 18 & 19 July 2019 Melbourne: All about data - what do health librarians need to know in the data driven world of ehealth?

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) accompanied the workshop 'What we count to what really counts - measure outcomes versus activities for your library using statistical evidence'.

Health Libraries Australia Professional Development Day, 18 & 19 July 2019 Melbourne: All about data - what do health librarians need to know in the data driven world of ehealth?

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) accompanied the keynote address 'Living evidence - partnerships and technology for up to date, reliable evidence'.

Health Libraries Australia Professional Development Day, 18 & 19 July 2019 Melbourne: All about data - what do health librarians need to know in the data driven world of ehealth?

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) accompanied the workshop 'Person-centred care and its role in health literacy: how librarians can champion its values'.