Tour popularity

As we expected, our tours are proving to be extremely popular!

When registering please remember – there is only time available to join ONE tour.

We agree – it’s hard to choose which one . . .

Official Opening Address

The committee is excited to announce that we have enticed Kel Robertson, celebrated Canberra author, to officially open and address our Symposium.  We are thrilled by this development!

Author Biography

Kel Robertson is the author of three critically lauded crime novels featuring the Chinese-Australian Federal Police investigator, Brad Chen: “Dead Set”, “Smoke and Mirrors” and “Rip Off”. He grew up in country NSW and once aspired to be a librarian but, instead, threw principles aside to qualify as a lawyer. He is a graduate of four Australian universities and has been a bored non-completer at a number of other tertiary institutions. He lives and works in Canberra, where he is currently writing a comic novel. The ALIA National Library and Information Technicians’ Symposium will be his only public appearance in 2013.

Registration update

Reposted

With many thanks to ALIA, we are able to unveil the registration link.

So, be quick – think and click

www.alialibtech2013.eventbrite.com.au

Registration Link

With many thanks to ALIA, we are able to unveil the registration link.

So, be quick – think and click

www.alialibtech2013.eventbrite.com.au

Tour Teaser

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

AIATSIS recognises that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are its key stakeholders, and own much of the intellectual property contained in the collections.

One of the Institute’s goals is to develop, maintain and preserve well-documented archives and collections, and to maximise access to these materials, particularly by Indigenous people, by respecting appropriate cultural and ethical practices.

Join our Bluebell tour to find out what information is stored within these compactus units, but be quick, think and click – places are limited.

Buddy Scheme

As part of the ALIA National Library & Information Technicians’ Symposium, the committee would like to run a program dubbed “the buddy scheme”. This scheme involves a “regular”, an experienced conference goer looking after their “buddy”, a conference first timer whose nominated to be involved in the scheme.

For our buddy scheme to be a success we need your help.

We are looking for any of your members or colleagues, who are coming to the Symposium, and who have been to a few LT conferences over the years, to volunteer to be regulars.

What we would like regulars to do:

• Contact their buddy before the symposium, so that they can answer any questions and relieve some of that anxiety that we all have experienced attending somewhere new.
• Help their buddy survive the Symposium; by attending the first timers dinner with them and offering networking opportunities throughout the conference.

How the scheme will work:

• A first timer would indicate on their registration form that they would like to be involved in the scheme.
• The Committee will then match them up to one of the regulars and provide their contact details to the regular.
• At the Symposium, the Committee will help facilitate regulars and buddy’s meeting each other in person.

If you or anyone you know would like to take part, please indicate you interest by emailing: alialibtech13@gmail.com

Thanks,

Colleen Gammage

Symposium Convenor

Which Library Am I?

Tour Information

This Library within this cultural institution can best be described as contributing to the memory of our nation in an institution which is collecting and preserving Australian Government records that reflect our history and identity.

The library collection reflects the records which trace events and decisions that have shaped the nation and the lives of Australians.

Intrigued? Want to visit the  library in this cultural institution  and many more? Think quick and click – book a library tour when you register for the Symposium.  Registrations will open on the 21^st of May.

Speakers and Abstracts

Great news – we’ve been burning the midnight oil, and have added a whole heap of draft program information.  Click the link below to view our (incomplete) list of speakers and abstracts.

Symposium Dinner

Here’s a tasty teaser for you about our Symposium Dinner . . .

follow this link

see what you think

PD Application

Here is a great template for you to use when applying for Professional Development to attend the Symposium.  We found it on ALIA’s website, and edited it a bit for the Symposium.  We hope it helps in your PD application.

Registrations open at 9.00am on Tuesday, 21st May – Library Technicians’ Day.

A draft of the program will be up on the website on Sunday – so keep checking for new information.

follow the hyperlink highway above

 

 

The template discusses registration costs and accommodation costs.  Here are some links to help you.

 

Registration             Accommodation