ALIA Vic Event!

ALIA Members and #ALIASNGG in Victoria, are you searching for a networking event in February?


Join ALIA Victoria Group for a social catch-up event at the Garden State Hotel at 7 pm on Wednesday, February 22nd.

RSVP to join the event at: aliavicgroup@gmail.com

Event Details:

Location: Garden State Hotel, 101 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000.

Time: 7 pm.

#ALIAVIC #Networking #GLAMR #ALIASNGG

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November Newsletter

Welcome to the November newsletter!

This month catch up on ALIA in person and online events near you.

Professional Pathways!

Professional Pathways Events continued in November with Professional Pathways Consultation Workshops in Adelaide on the 1st November and Darwin on the 5th November.

Join ALIA on Tuesday the 22nd of November at 1pm for the online launch of ALIA Multicultural. The launch will include special guest Joseph Lo Bianco AM, Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne.

The meeting will be held via Zoom

ALIA SNGG Social Media Team Update!

This month ALIA SNGG Welcomes new Social Media Coordinators to the #ALIASNGG team.

Welcome:

  •  ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator Sheeni Mutheeu to the ALIA SNGG Twitter team.
  • ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator Brian Valionis to the ALIA SNGG WordPress Blog team.
  • ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator Kate Davis to the ALIA SNGG WordPress team.

Catch up on #ALIASNGG WordPress Blog “GLAMR Professional Interview” of Nell Fraser from the Melbourne Art Library.

Take a look at ALIA NGAC’s Alex Dupriez WordPress Blog ALIA SNGG Professional Profile on November 28th.

Catch up with ALIA SNGG Book Club – The Eyre Affair read-along!

Need to catch up on the ALIA SNGG Book Club – The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Discussion?

  • Week 1 – Time Travel
  • Week 2 – Intertexuality
  • Week 3 – Relationships
  • Week 4 – Key Moments In Lit
  • Week 5 – Acheron Hades
  • Week 6 – Science

📚 Explore our WordPress blog link for a recap of The Eyre Affair and share your thoughts on the Eyre Affair questions.

Join the November – January read-along.

📚 New Book:

Jamaica Inn by Daphne De Maurie

Visit Adelaide Metro website for timetables and a journey planner.

Join ALIA VIC’s GLAMRous picnic!

ALIA SNGG, join ALIAVic, newcardigan, Aus Archivists and AMAGA Victoria for a #GLAMRous picnic event at Albert Park Lake on the 27th of November.

Location

Coote Picnic Area, Albert Park Lake
1 Aughtie Drive, Albert Park, Victoria 3205

Public Transport Details:
Catch the number 96 (East Brunswick – St Kilda Beach) Tram to stop 129.

Visit the Public Transport Victoria website for timetable and journey planner details.

#ALIAVic #GLAMR #ProfessionalDevelopment #Networking

Dewey Really Need It? ALIA VIC recap

Catch up on the ALIA VIC Why Classify? Part 3 of “Dewey Really Need It” Panel.

Reference:

ALIAVic. (2022, October 30), Why Classify? Part 3 of “Dewey Really Need It” Panel [Video]. YouTube.

In preparation for the New Librarians Symposium 2023, #ALIAWest created an event to help you with your questions on writing Abstracts and Conference Presentations 

If you are interested but can’t attend the event in person, fear not – ALIA West have you covered and will be live streaming the event on the ALIA West Facebook page

Join ALIA Island for their end-of-year dinner on 2nd December.

Register to join ALIA Island Christmas Dinner via the eventbrite link.

Location: Lizzie & Lefroy 349 Elizabeth Street Hobart, TAS, 7000

Date: 2nd December, 2022

Time: 6 pm – 8 pm.
Cost: Free #ALIATas Event.

ALIA NGAC team update!

Welcome Alex Dupriez and Emilia Bell to the ALIA NGAC team.

Miss out on The First Steps – New Careers in Libraries #AusLibChat?

Catch up with the chat on ALIA NGAC’s Wakelet.

View the ALIA NGAC #AusLibChat The First Steps – New Careers in Librarianship questions and share your thoughts with us on the blog.

Join ALIA NGAC and SNGG on November 29, 7pm, for Decoding Selection Criteria. This event will include a panel discussion addressing responses to common selection criteria for library roles.

Register to join ALIA NGAC Decoding Selection Criteria Event.

When: 29 November, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM (AEDT)

Cost: FREE

Location: ZOOM

Counts as 1.00 CDP Hour

Keep an eye on the Monthly Newsletter or visit the ALIA Events page for professional development events near you!

ALIA Vic Event recap Why Classify? Part 3 of “Dewey Really Need It” Panel at the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library.

ALIA Victoria, had a new Why Classify? event with Part 3 “Dewey Really Need It” at the Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Victorian History Library.

With talks by panelists Mary Carroll, Renate Beilharz and Melissa Parent.

Key discussion points included:

  • How do school libraries and libraries classify items with Dewey Decimal Classification?
  • The process of reclassification. How do you change existing labelled DDC items into new DDC areas at the library?
  • Ethics. 
  • Terminology exploring the evolution of subjects and topics.
  • How are cataloguing skills taught in LIS courses, and are we learning the same way? 
  • Do we require more practical theory or cataloguing skills to help us find jobs in librarianship?

Panel 1 speakers included:

  • @clareifications
  • Leonie Bourke @birdsey7
  • ALIA Vic Ellen Coates @BiblioEll
  • @antimpodean

#DeweyReallyNeedIt #Classification #ALIAVIC #ProfessionalDevelopment

Reference:

ALIAVic. (2022, October 30). Why Classify? Part 3 of Dewey Really Need It Panel [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FthGgGGqKf0

ALIAVic. (2022, June 19). Different to Dewey Part 2 of Dewey Really Need It Panel [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTAY5kncA0

ALIAVic. (2021, September 20), Dewey Really Need This? Part 1 Panel [Video]. YouTube . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMmMpaynG0k

1 week to go till ALIA Vic’s Why Classify Event!

ALIA SNGG, ALIA Victoria’s free discussion panel event is a week away!

If you’re in Melbourne next week, why not come along? Living interstate, you can catch the panel live on the ALIAVic Youtube channel (or watch the recording later).

#ALIAVic committee is proud to present “Why Classify?”.

A discussion about the back-end of library classification:

  • How and why do you classify resources?
  •  How are classification skills taught to LIS students and the public?
  •  How are classification systems managed, and who decides what is classified?

Event speakers include Mary Carroll, Melissa Parent, and Renate Beilharz.

Event details:

WHEN: Sunday, October 30th, 1:30 pm (for a 2:00 pm start)

WHERE: The PMI Victorian History Library, 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran

Online: live-streamed on the ALIA Vic Youtube channel

RSVP to aliavicgroup@gmail.com to save your seat.

Catch up on ALIA Vic’s previous Event YouTube recordings of:

Reference:

ALIA Victoria. (2022, 19 June). Different to Dewey [Video]. YouTube.

ALIA Victoria. (2021, 20 September). Dewey Really Need This? [Video]. YouTube.

October 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to the October Newsletter!

ALIA Distinguished Certified Professional!

Congratulation to ALIA’s latest Distinguished Certified Professionals.

📜 Emily Wison (AALIA) DCP (South Australia)

📜 Ellen Coates (AALIA) DCP #ALIAVIC (Victoria)

📜 James Baker (AALIA) DCP #ALIAVIC and #ALIAGraphic (Victoria)

📜 Jeremy de Korte (AALIA) DCP Schools/Public Library (Victoria) 

 📜 Erin Mollenhauer (AALIA) DCP Heritage Collections (New South Wales)

Professional Pathways Continue!

There are more Professional Pathways events for the month.

Join:

📌Online: Professional Pathways Consultation Workshop on 13th October, via Zoom, 4:00pm – 6:00pm (AEDT)
📌Adelaide: Professional Pathways Consultation on 3rd November, State Library of South Australia, 1:00pm – 5:00pm (ACDT) RSVP by 1st November 2022
📌Darwin: Professional Pathways Consultation on 7th November, Libraries and Archives NT, 1:00pm – 4:30pm (ACST) RSVP by 5th November 2022

📌Online: Professional Pathways: Rare Books and Special Collections RSVP by 25th October 2022

📌Online: Professional Pathways: Health Libraries online info session RSVP by 27th October 2022

Past Professional Pathways Events:

📌Canberra 7th October
📌Melbourne 4th October Consultation Workshop
📌Ballarat 5th October Consultation Workshop

📌Visit the ALIA Professional Pathways Events page for more information on Professional Pathways near you.

Catch up on the ALIASNGG and ALIANGAC Professional Pathways: Student and New Graduates Information Session Event with Trish Hepworth from the 6th of October.

📌Watch or re-watch the Students and New Graduates Professional Pathways Information Session to catch up on the discussion on the draft LIS Framework.

INCITE In Conversation

Register to join INCITE in Conversation Building trust with AFTRS (Australian Film Television & Radio School) students at the Jerzy Toeplitz Library in Sydney.

When: 20th October, 1:00pm -1:30pm (AEDT)

📌Registration closes in 2 days!

📌More info at the link: https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=CONVER005

Learn about Abstracts and Presentations with ALIAWest!

In preparation for the New Librarians Symposium 2023, #ALIAWest has created an event to help you with your questions on writing Abstracts and Conference Presentations 📝📑

If you are interested but can’t attend the event in person, fear not – ALIA West have you covered and will be live streaming the event on the ALIA West Facebook page

📌When: Saturday, 5th November 2022

📌Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm (AWST) 

📌Location: Great Southern Room – State Library of Western Australia 25 Francis Street Perth, WA 6000

Cost: FREE

Register to join the event at the ALIA West Eventbrite 👈 link

SAVE THE DATE for ALIA West Great Quiz!

ALIASAEvent!

On the 13th October ALIA SA had their Disaster Preparedness and our Cultural Heritage Collections Event at the Hetzel Lecture Theatre, State Library SA.

A half-day symposium on the role of cultural heritage collections and a workshop on disaster preparedness and collection digitization.

Queensland Library Achiever of the year.

The 2022 Queensland Library Achiever of the year happened this month.

What is Queensland Library Achiever Award?

  • An annual merit award for individuals working in the library and information centre in Queensland.
  • Aiming to promote innovation and excellence in the library and information profession
  • Started in 1995 and maintained by #ALIAQLD

Visit ALIA QLD WordPress for more event details!

Catch up on #ALIASNGGBookClub

Are you interested in joining the #ALIASNGGBookClub Facebook Group discussion?

Catch up on Week 4, 5 and 6 Discussion questions and share your thoughts on The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde with the ALIASNGG Book Club.

📌Week Four – The Eyre Affair Discussion: Key Moments In Lit

📌Week 5 – The Eyre Affair Disscusion: Acheron Hades

📌Week 6 – The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde Discussion: Science

Catch up with ALIANGAC #AusLibChat!

ALIA NGAC’s Selection Criteria #AusLibChat was on 4th October. Explore the ALIA NGAC Wakelet for posts from the chat.

Keep an eye on the Monthly Newsletter or visit the ALIA Events page for professional development events near you!