September 2018

Another successful Australian Reading Hour

• Announcing the Truth, Integrity, Knowledge campaign
• APLIC 2018 keynote speaker videos are now available online
• INCITE themes for 2019 announced
• ALIA Information Online 2019 early bird registrations open
• ALIA Leadership and Innovation Forums
• ALIA Library Design Awards are open

ALIA will be running the Truth, Integrity, Knowledge (TIK) campaign throughout 2019 through the FAIR platform. The campaign will focus on why librarianship is one of the most trusted professions in Australia and how people working in libraries (whether LIS qualified or from another discipline) promote the free flow of information and ideas in the interests of all Australians. It will remind people that, in a society driven by fake news and the 24-hour media cycle, they can rely on libraries for quality information. Read the campaign details, and watch for the launch of the new ‘10 ways’ poster, 10 ways that library and information professionals promote truth, integrity and knowledge on 28 November.

The video recordings of the Asia-Pacific Library and Information Conference (APLIC) 2018 keynote speakers are now available for everyone to watch on the ALIANational YouTube channel.

The INCITE themes for 2019 were announced in the September/October issue of INCITE and can be found online.

The ALIA Information Online 2019 program is now live. You'll receive an early bird discount on your conference attendance fee if you register now.

The ALIA Leadership and Innovation Forums connect ALIA Members with leaders and influencers in the library and GLAMR sector. You can check out when the event will be held in your State or Territory.

Entries for the 2019 Library Design Awards are open until 30 September 2018. They will be presented at a conference at the State Library of Queensland in March 2019. Entry forms and details can be found online.

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To help inform users how to opt out of the My Health Record, information packs have been distributed to all Australian public libraries. Additional resources are also available, such as this video which shows how to opt out of the My Health Record as well as this guide on how to change the privacy and security controls to restrict access to your record. People have until 15 November to decide to opt out. Contact advocacy@alia.org.au for more information.

RMIT University, the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University, Roy Morgan, and Telstra have released the third year findings of the 2018 Australian Digital Inclusion Index, a national measure of digital inclusion. In it you can find out how Australia is tracking and gain insights to inform effective digital inclusion policies, products and programs.

The 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is being celebrated around the world this year and to participate you can use these exercises for conversation classes in your library (developed by Joanna Bragg, Multicultural Learning Coordinator, Libraries ACT). You can see other ways to support the campaign by visiting the ALIA website.

Creativity Australia is offering a limited number of Start-up Grants for community organisations to start their own With One Voice program.

On 7 September 2018 the Guardian published this article by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries. In it, two great champions of reading for pleasure remind us how important it is and how libraries create literate citizens.

A webinar presented by Vision Australia Library on 18 October 2:00pm–3:00pm will be hosted by the dyslexia specialist Sarah Asome and Rebecca Clark, a vision technology specialist from Quantum. Vision Australia invites teachers, librarians and parents to join this free webinar to learn about dyslexia and how you can support children who have been diagnosed with dyslexia.

Submissions for presentations, workshops, and panel sessions for NLS9 are open until 30 September. A second round of submissions, for lightning talks or debates, will run 11 February – 10 March 2019.

The article, Library revival creates pathways for new migrants, by Tara Cosoleto in SBS News, 20 September 2018, looks at all the ways that Australian libraries support migrants.

The October Librarians' Choice top ten has been released and has some fantastic recommendations.

The E-lending Project has collected data about the availability of ebooks for library lending from each of Australia's five main elending aggregators (and their terms of access) and has created a database of the results. You can use the E-lending Project dashboards to explore this exciting data.

Authors are invited to contribute a chapter to an upcoming book on visual research methods in the field of library and information science, edited by Shailoo Bedi and Jenaya Webb in collaboration with Facet Publishing. If you would like to contribute, please contact Shailoo Bedi and Jenaya Webb with a brief expression of interest.

Tasmania

Health on the Shelf, a collaboration between Libraries Tasmania and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is a collection of books for children, parents and educators, made available through Libraries Tasmania and promoted through the DHHS Healthy Kids website. The Health on the Shelf collection promotes healthy eating, exercise and hygiene habits. It offers a mixture of stories and information for newborns through to upper primary school children. 
 

New South Wales

The Renew Our Libraries campaign has had a great success with the current NSW State Government announcing a $60 million investment into public libraries.

Registrations for the annual NSWPLA Conference, SWITCH 2018, early bird registrations are open until 31 August. The theme for the conference, Flick the SWITCH, will focus on the ideas of 'Collaboration, Innovation and Sustainability'. SWITCH 2018 will be held in Coffs Harbour on 27–29 November 2018.

After a successful launch in 2017, the Australasian Mobile Library & Outreach Services Network's Reach Out symposium will once again be held in conjunction with SWITCH 2018 on 27 November. The national Mobile Library Conference will also be held in conjunction with Reach Out, and will include a half-day meeting and workshop for mobile library delegates on 26 November.

The Early Literacy Framework for NSW public libraries will be launched at the State Library of NSW on 5 November with a one day seminar featuring presentations by researchers. Bookings are essential. Presenters will include early childhood experts, Dr Emilia Djonov, A/Professor Jane Toor, and Dr Maree Stenglin.
 

Queensland

ALIA QLD is calling for expressions of interest for presentations, workshops, lightning talks or a panel discussion at its 2018 Mini Conference. Submissions are due by 28 September.

The Queensland Library Achiever of the Year Award nominations are now open. The award, sponsored by UQ Library, seeks to recognise individuals within the library and information sector for innovation and excellence in the profession. Nominations close on 19 October.
 

Northern Territory

The article, Galiwin'ku library prioritises Yolngu culture, by Jesse Thompson in ABC News, 22 August 2018, looks into how the small East Arnhem Land community of Galiwin'ku re-organised their library books according to local Indigenous concepts and started a quiet revolution.