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The Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) welcomes changes to the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Bill. These reforms are essential to foster the development of Australia’s digital economy and ensure all Australians share in its benefits. We welcome and support the Bill’s introduction into Parliament at the earliest opportunity this year.

ALIA Schools Professional Development, 12 September 2016: Bringing it together - Digital curation

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the presentation on curating digital content.

ALIA Schools Professional Development, 12 September 2016: Bringing it together - Digital curation

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the presentation on curating digital content.

ALIA Schools Professional Development, 12 September 2016: Bringing it together - Digital curation

This document (Webpage) "Linking learning: The professional portfolio of Kay Oddone" supports the presentation on curating digital content.

Australian National Early Literacy Summit, 7-8 March 2016 Canberra

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) from the summit provides an overview of issues influencing early childhood literacy and learning.

The aim of the National Early Literacy Summit is to spark debate about what a National Early Literacy Strategy for Australia might include and how it would help deliver the best results, building on existing work such as the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association’s "Declaration of Literacy in 21st Century Australia" and Victorian Libraries' "Reading and Literacy for All".

Government, educators, researchers, libraries and early years service providers will break new ground in collaborative engagement around this most vital national priority – future generations with the literacy skills to fight disadvantage, and advance Australia’s interests in the global knowledge economy.

ALIA Universities and Research Libraries (URLs) ACT, 8 September 2016 Canberra: data and libraries - harnessing the possibilities

The ALIA URL group provides a networking and information-sharing forum for all levels of library staff interested in issues and trends affecting the development of university and research libraries. 

This seminar presentation (PowerPoint slides) focussed on libraries and data, exploring new directions in data usage and sharing in the academic and government spheres.

ALIA Schools Professional Development Seminar, 20 August 2016 Truganina, Victoria: Beyond the walls - online learning

The seminar is for primary and secondary teacher librarians and others who are responsible for school library services and/or engaging students in attaining successful learning outcomes. Online learning is one of the benefits of the technological age. What role does the school library play in the promotion and delivery of online learning tools? How can the teacher librarian support online learning in their school? Which tools will best your school?

This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the keynote address which explores the concepts and issues that pertain to online learning and delivery.

Contents: Staying alive: health science library practice in the 90's by Andrew Rooke and Adam Clark; Medline and more: Sydney's St Vincent Hospital microwave their Medline by Judith Weaver; Wellington: wonderful or woeful? by Jo Marshall; President's column - 8th International Medical Library Congress; Editor's note: Stop thief! - discussion about copyright; National Executive: Ian Stubbin, Virginia Staggs, Toni Silson, Grahame Manns.

Original document held at ALIA House, Canberra.

ALIA Schools Professional Development Seminar, 16 March 2016 Camberwell, Victoria: 21st century resourcing - digital collection development

The seminar is for primary and secondary teacher librarians and others who are responsible for school library services. This presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the session which explores how digital ​resources ​sit ​equally ​alongside ​with ​physical ​resources and how ​the ​school ​library ​caters ​for ​the ​growth ​and ​development ​of ​digital ​resources ​within ​the collection. 

Layers of support for members of the Association.

Contents: Membership -- Meetings -- Activities -- Alignment with the ALIA Strategic Plan -- Forward plans -- Summary of the sector/topic.

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian School Library Association (ASLA) policy to ensure resource provision is an effective and integral part of curriculum development to support the school's vision and objectives.

Superseded by: ALIA ACSL Statement on School Library Funding and Resource Provision (2024)

This report concludes that Library and information science is an occupation with a relatively small, highly qualified workforce (representing approximately 0.2% of the Australian labour force) and an equally small education footprint (approximately 0.2% of VET students and 0.1% of higher education students).

Although the LIS workforce is small, our sector has significant reach and profile because millions of Australians use library services. More than 8.6 million Australians are registered public library users (source: National and State Libraries Australasia statistics) and still more use university, VET, special and school libraries.

The library and information sector remains an attractive proposition. It has a higher average age for workers, many of whom benefit from the option of part time flexible working. However, the workforce tends to be fairly static, with a relatively small number of vacancies occurring through staff turnover, people leaving the sector and the creation of new positions. The full impact of Baby Boomer retirement has yet to be felt, with people staying longer in the workforce.

There will be a modest increase in the number of qualified positions available over the next five years, but a significant decrease in the number of positions for staff without a library and information science qualification. Changes to ALIA’s professional development program in the lead up to 2020 will reflect the need for Certified Professional status in many parts of the sector.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference paper discusses the literacy programs and services developed by the City of Salisbury following the displacement of thousands of workers due to the withdrawal of the automative manufacturing industry in Adelaide.

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) provides an overview of a joint venture between the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA) and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) to make research outputs discoverable via a shared taxonomy.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper which discusses 'Memory', a State Library Victoria (SLV) and Public Libraries Victoria Network initiative, which aims to build the capacity of Victorian public libraries to collect, manage and share local history collections in the digital environment. The goal is to grow the ability of public libraries to meet demand from local history groups, family history communities and the general public for online access to local history collections and content. As an important first step in meeting this aim, 'Memory' focussed on increasing awareness about digital preservation and equipping Victorian libraries with the skills needed to identify, select, store, protect, manage and provide digital content.

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) provides an overview of developing a disaster plan which covers both physical and digital library collection material.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper which details the City of Salisbury Library Service family literacy program called ABC 30&3, which promotes the vital role parents play in the development of their child’s early literacy skills. The program shows parents and caregivers how to share books, language and music effectively and regularly with their children.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference paper details the City of Salisbury Library Service family literacy program called ABC 30&3, which promotes the vital role parents play in the development of their child’s early literacy skills. The program shows parents and caregivers how to share books, language and music effectively and regularly with their children.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper which details the 'scavenger hunt' designed by the Research Services Coordinator at Curtin University to engage library staff in developing research data management skills. The paper explores the background and methods of the scavenger hunt as well as presenting the lessons learned from an amibitious project that did not proceed quite according to plan. The experience it offers is valuable for librarians looking to undertake work in the emerging area of research data management.

ALIA National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference poster paper highlights a joint venture by the State Library of Queensland and HistoryPin to collaborate with community members to share untold stories of the First World War.

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference workshop presentation (PowerPoint slides) describes how an evaluation of a training program can be conducted.

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference paper draws on the decade-long strategic and organizational change experience of a large Canadian research library to address the conference theme of ‘Engage, Create and Lead’. This paper overviews an emerging framework for sustained and successful innovation for the realization of organizational culture change. The framework under development has three interrelated elements at its core: engagement, leadership and innovation.While the presentation will have a focus on academic librarianship in the context of the global post-secondary sector, this emerging framework for engagement, leadership and innovation to effect organizational culture change offers wide applicability for all types of libraries.

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian School Library Association (ASLA) policy describing the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in school libraries and their impact on the delivery and use of information and communication services.

Contents: About ALIA -- President's report -- Chief Executive Officer report -- Director of Corporate Services report -- Director of Learning report -- How we performed against the ALIA Board's strategic plan -- Our membership -- National advocacy campaigns -- Confrence and events -- Education, professional development and training -- ALIA training -- Awards -- Communication -- Financial statements.

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and Australian School Library Association (ASLA) policy to fulfil a school's teaching and learning goals through a well funded and appropriately resources school library.

Superseded by: ALIA ACSL Statement on School Library Funding and Resource Provision

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead.

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper that discusses gaming as a pastime that encompasses a wide range of activities including video games, board games, pen and paper role playing games, and card games. It evaluate the ways in which an urban public library can assess and meet the varied social and emotional needs of patrons using board and video games and examines issues surrounding gaming in libraries. It considers the role that game playing can have in the creation and building of communities when participation is facilitated by a public library through the provision of games and gaming events.

We welcome this opportunity to respond to the Productivity Commission Data Availability and Use Issues Paper. Library and information professionals work with data every day: we capture data; we help store data and make it accessible; we help make data discoverable; we help others find the data they need; we contribute to data policy discussions.

While we are aware of the potential risks to individuals’ privacy, mitigation strategies exist and we are also aware of the benefits of releasing data into the world. On a grand scale, the work of library and information professionals in making data more accessible and discoverable supports a stronger evidence-based approach to policy development in government and greater innovation through humanities and science research initiatives. At a less macro level, making data available through libraries can support small businesses and entrepreneurs with new product development and it can help individuals with their own projects. Family historians, for examples, are dedicated users of digitised newspapers and local history collections.

ALIA's response to the Productivity Commission Data Availability and Use Issues Paper (April 2016) includes eight recommendations.

The TAFE Libraries National Reciprocal Borrowing Scheme is managed by the ALIA VET Libraries Advisory Committee. It allows students and staff of participating TAFE libraries to register and borrow materials in person from any other participating host TAFE library in any other state, in addition to their own library. The scheme is designed to assist students and staff who may be enrolled with or employed by a TAFE institution in one state but who find it more convenient to access TAFE library services in another state. The reciprocal borrowing arrangements between TAFE libraries within a state are not covered by this scheme.

An updated list of participating institutions can be found at Mapping of TAFE Libraries: Updated 2021.

National 2016 Conference, 29 August-2 September 2016 Adelaide: Engage Create Lead

This conference presentation (PowerPoint slides) supports the paper which discusses the strategies and approaches adopted over the past five years to engage and maintain relationships with the multiple critical stakeholders, and share the tangible outcomes achieved by developing the Research Data Management Services at UQ Library.

Research data form an integral part of a researchers’ scholarly outputs. Research data can be a valuable resource, which can often be repurposed and future research can build upon, but more importantly research data provide critical evidence for validating the results of research. In recognising the significance of research data, the government, funding bodies and the general public increasingly demand open data for sharing and re-use. Evidently, to be able to share and re-use, research data need to be well-managed and securely stored. With the skills and knowledge of information preservation and curation, and with their extremely flexible and responsive attitude, academic librarians can be instrumental in providing training and advice for managing, preserving, sharing and re-use of research data (Cox & Pinfield, 2014; Brown, Wolski & Richardson, 2015).

Because of their knowledge and skillset, academic librarians can potentially play a vital role in providing research data management services to researchers. However, for these services to be successful, it is imperative for the librarians to build and maintain relationships with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels. The Research Data Management Team are supported by faculty librarians to provide infrastructure, advice, and training to UQ Research Higher Degree (RHD) students and researchers.