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ALIA Weekly Volume 9 Issue 1–13 January 2021
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 IN THIS ISSUE
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Connect with the best, advance your career, and make a difference by getting involved. Become an ALIA Member today
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 HEADLINES
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ALIA | 5 February 2021
There's still time to register, and join more than 400 participants who will be virtually attending ALIA's upcoming Information Online 2021 conference through our ALIA institutional member registration options. We have teams from state, university, public and school libraries set to hear from industry leaders and engage with more than 40 exhibitors. Ask your employer if they have considered a group registration. There's still time before the closing date of 5 February 2021. Contact events@alia.org.au for more information.
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ALIA | 1 February 2021
Thank you to everyone who submitted their library to the ALIA-run Australian Library Design Awards 2021, we have an impressive 33 entries from across the nation. ALIA Members can now vote for their favourite library from the nominations. Voting closes 1 February 2021. For more information see the website.
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ALIA | 31 March 2021
The timeframe for the Digital Health Literacy online free training has been extended until 31 March 2021. This nationwide initiative provides training to library staff on how users can navigate and understand the new Federal Government digital health initiatives, such as My Health Record and assists libraries to better support their communities, and engage with other likeminded organisations. Register your interest to undertake this free training by emailing nicole.barnes@alia.org.au.
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ALIA | 17-23 May 2021
Library and Information Week 2021 will be the time to celebrate all the things that Australian library and information services do, with the theme ‘Adventures in Space and Time’. We have a limited number of space themed pins, stickers and bookmarks, and a very special Library Technicians' Day pin, so order your LIW2021 merchandise now.
The week runs from 17-23 of May, with the following themed days:
- Monday: Careers Day
- Tuesday: Library Technicians' Day
- Wednesday: National Simultaneous Storytime
- Thursday: Fundraising Day
- Friday: Join ALIA Day
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ALIA has posted a response to the South Australian Department for Education's Early Learning Strategy, which calls attention to the role of public libraries in childhood development.
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University and academic news
The ANU Library digitisation team was busy over 2020, as it created the following: Tooth Hotel; The Land of the Lyrebird; the Charles Morris Woodford collection; and the Burns Philp ship ledgers, among many other online albums. The University of Sydney Library will no longer charge overdue fines from 18 January 2021, and OCLC is hosting the webinar, Academic library work meets sustainable development.
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National and State Library news
The National Library is hosting school holiday diorama workshops; it unearthed one of the world's oldest boxes of chocolates (owned by poet Banjo Paterson), and it is restarting its Treasures Gallery tours. Trove is in the process of digitising the papers of former PM Sir Robert Menzies. Patrick Gregory from Library and Archives NT was interviewed for an ABC News article about the release of Northern Territory government documents from 1990. Face masks are now mandatory for visitors at the State Library of NSW, and the library partnered with the technology company Youngster.co to help older Australians navigate QR codes and apps during the pandemic. Check out the make and design section on the State Library of Queensland website as well as its quiz and memory games. The State Library of WA has partnered with Public Libraries Western Australia to launch a new online book club. The State Library Victoria's CEO Kate Torney was interviewed for The Age article, 'Lapsed bookworm? How you can get back into the habit of reading'. Cultural institutions including the National Museum, the National Library, and the National Archives are collecting historic items from 2020.
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School library and children's literature news
Here are some tips to help children develop a love of reading, and a Conversation article argues that students need to learn academic words. Children and their caregivers are encouraged to participate in the Summer Reading Club, which is organised by the State Library of Queensland and the Queensland Government. Downloadable writing tips, activities and a 2021 calendar are available from the Australian Children's Laureate Foundation. The Students Need School Libraries team is seeking signatures for two petitions, both of which call for higher school library standards.
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COVID-19 update
Read the May-November 2020 COVIDsafe report from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. Inner West Libraries, NSW, is seeking feedback from its users to explore the response by public libraries across Australia to the COVID-19 crisis. The CBC has published the article, 'Why there's no consensus on library book quarantines'. The NSW Government has created FAQ's in regards to common questions about face mask rules. The Greater Brisbane COVID-19 restrictions have changed: anyone in the five local government areas of Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Moreton Bay and the Redlands must wear a mask until 10:00am 22 January in public areas including libraries.
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Public library news
In NSW, Bathurst Library has hosted a Speechie Library Talk; Central West Libraries is hosting a summer reading event; Dubbo Library is hosting a youth trivia night and build and borrow sessions; Eurobodalla Library is running an exhibition chronicling the early years of granite mining in the shire; Inner West Libraries worked with author Will Kostakis on a series of writing workshops; Kempsey Library is seeking feedback on the future of its library; and Wellington Library is running holiday games. In Victoria, Moonee Valley Libraries has a seed library available across all five branches, Robinvale Community Library will open its doors for the first time on 18 January; Yarra Plenty Regional Library has new extended opening hours. Additionally, Melton City Libraries and Yarra Libraries are engaged in a Game of loans: Battle royale reading competition; and after 14 years as CEO of Geelong Regional Library Corporation, Patti Manolis OAM AALIA will be stepping down from the role at the end of March 2021. In the ACT, Belconnen Library has a new mural. In WA, a rare second-edition of an historic book has been re-discovered at the City of Vincent Library. Libraries Tasmania is collecting COVID-19 stories from members of its community. In related news, hundreds of documents held by the Public Record Office Victoria have been made public as part of Public Record Office Victoria’s annual Section 9 openings, and Hayley Webster, Library Manager at Museums Victoria was interviewed by ArtsHub.
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Publishers Weekly | 7 January 2021
According to OverDrive, readers worldwide borrowed some 430 million e-books, audiobooks and digital magazines across 2020, a 33% increase over 2019 based on data drawn from more than 65,000 libraries and schools worldwide. You can read more on the website.
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Arts and media news
Community groups and organisations across the Riverina and Central West can apply for a share in $150,000 through Round Six of the Stronger Communities Programme. Expressions of Interest are open until 19 February 2021. In book awards news, the shortlist for the Peter Porter Poetry Prize and the winner of the Small Press Network Book of the Year 2020 were announced. The 2020 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards; the Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2021, and the Pixie O'Harris Award have all called for nominations. Information about the upcoming 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards is now live on the website. In related news, the Australian Book Designers Association has revealed its favourite covers from 2020, and Magabala Books has announced the recipient of the inaugural Magabala Fellowship for a mid-career author.
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IFLA update
Applications are open for the IFLA PressReader International Library Marketing Award for 2021. Read the latest 10-minute International librarian post, make a library resolution. You can also listen to the IFLA CPDWL Podcast Project, the first episode features Christine Mackenzie, IFLA President and CPDWL Co-Chair Gill Hallam as host. IFLA has released a statement on open and good governance, and its key findings of the WLIC 2021 surveys. It is also celebrating the Public Domain in 2021, and it's seeking feedback via a survey to update the IFLA Intellectual Freedom Statement. The deadline for responses is 31 January 2021.
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International news
In the US, have you read the most popular books borrowed from the New York Public Library? The Institute of Museum and Library Services has released information about public library usage across 2017. At Oakland University, Michigan, a rare book librarian is highlighting the works of historic female writers. Academic libraries have been hit hard by the pandemic. Read the report from Ithaka S+R on the matter. Many works have entered the public domain including books by F Scott Fitzgerald, and Virginia Woolf. In Canada, read about the search for copies of Sir Isaac Newton’s Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, and the most popular books borrowed from the Greater Victoria Public Library's branches. In Europe, a library been refurbished in Latvia to encourage children to read, in the UK, the Government has announced a fund to help tackle loneliness which will run through organisations including libraries and radio stations.
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Vale Lawley Yukich
ALIA extends its condolences to the family and friends of former ALIA Member Lawley Yukich AALIA (CP) who passed late in 2020. Lawley was an active and dedicated librarian in Western Australia and will be missed by his colleagues and community.
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 WHAT'S ON
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What's On lists ALIA events, ALIA group events and free library and information sector activities for the benefit of ALIA Members.
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ALIA | 28 January 2021
Mary Coe AALIA and Rebecca Muir AALIA, both pursuing PhDs through the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University, will chat to INCITE Editor Andrew Finegan AALIA (CP) about their experience of undergoing doctoral research whilst working full-time. Their article will be featured in the January/February 2021 issue of INCITE, and this will be a chance to delve more into what it means to become a practitioner-researcher, the challenges experienced along this path, and how combining research with practice can bring more value to one's work and knowledge. This is a free event but you need to pre-register to receive the Zoom link to the event.
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eSafety Commissioner | 9 February 2021
Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on 9 February. Libraries can register their interest to celebrate the day. This day is run by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
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ALIA Schools | Various dates
ALIA Schools is running the following webinars as part of its 2021 professional learning program.
- Teams: the Hard Conversations on 13 March
- Reading our World on 29 May
- Information Literacy: a Whole School Approach on 14 August
- Digital Literacy on 23 October
For more information see the website.
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ALIA | 18 March 2021
The Changing Spaces Library Design Conference 2021 is being held as part of the Asia-Pacific Architecture Forum, an initiative of Architecture Media and the State Library of Queensland. We will soon be announcing a rich program of creative, innovative ideas about the very latest trends for school, public, academic and special libraries in Australia. The Changing Spaces conference showcases the best in contemporary library interiors and exteriors in Australia, and celebrates the investment in libraries made by our nation's institutions, corporations, local, state and territory governments.
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 ALIA TRAINING
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 ALIA | 13 January 2021
The need to address the challenges of the digital world and metadata users has resulted in the development of the new cataloguing record standard, RDA: Resource Description and Access, to replace AACR2. Registrations close 13 January 2021. For more information see the website.
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ALIA | 2 February 2021
The great challenge of this digital age in which we find ourselves is to ensure that what we do - the collection, preservation and management of information is done in a consistent manner which ensures it is identified and accessible in the future. Cataloguing remains one of the best tools we have to guarantee that information, irrespective of its format or content, can be accessed and understood. Registrations close 2 February 2021. For more information see the website.
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ALIA | 13 July 2021
Readers’ advisory is a core skill for those working in public and school libraries. Readers’ advisors assist readers in finding the right book for the right time or right mood, provide guidance in trying new authors, themes, and genres, and provide programs and services to promote reading, literacy and library use. Registrations close 13 July 2021. For more information see the website.
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 FEATURED JOBS
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Employer: ALIA
Location: QLD
Closing date: 20 January 2021
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Employer: ALIA
Location: ACT
Closing date: 21 January 2021
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To advertise your job in ALIA Weekly contact employment@alia.org.au.
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 FREE PD
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This is an interesting collaboration between the Goethe-Institut and IFLA. You will find lots of inspiring content from emerging librarians around the world including statements on digital libraries, social media and recordings of past seminars and presentations.
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ALIA | Ongoing - register and commence at any time
This tutorial explores the need to capture, evaluate and communicate GLAM impact in new and different ways, given the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. This tutorial is available to ALIA Members only, who must be logged in to register. For more information see the website.
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ALIA | Ongoing - register and commence at any time
ALIA Members can access ALIA's free tutorial on Working with software vendors which will help you get the most out of your working relationship with vendors in the library and information sector, including how to perform basic software testing, and write useful issue reports. ALIA Members can register and commence at any time. For more information see the website.
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ALIA Members can access more free PD in PD Postings, which comes out on the first Thursday of each month and provides quick access to selected, free learning activities. PD Postings features information specific to each PD specialisation. For more information contact pd@alia.org.au.
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The Australian Library and Information Association acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, waters, cultures and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and to Elders past, present and emerging.
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