Hello ALIA SNGG,

This April we continue #GLAMRmatch25 with the final scheduled One-On-One and Online Group meetings.

Our #ALIASNGGBookClub_FunnyStory discussion has arrived at Weeks 5 – 8. Catch up on the Week 1 – 4 discussion and engage with book lovers in a range of book polls and questions via ALIASNGGBookClub on Facebook.

Did you know that ALIA Students and New Graduates Group aka ALIA SNGG is an ALIA Special Interest Group?

The ALIA SNGG Team have created an ALIA SNGG Special Interest Group and Sector Committee Social Media Guide, to help you stay connected with groups like ALIA SNGG and Health Libraries Australia Sector Committee on Facebook, Instagram, WordPress, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Stay turned to ALIA Students and New Graduates Groups socials for our ALIA SNGG Regional Groups Social Media Guide Part 2.

Are you on ALIA SNGG’s M365 elist, and need to update or remove your work, study or personal email details?

Please email the ALIA SNGG team at sngg@alia.org.au

ALIA SNGG will be sharing photos with The Truck Cat #LibraryStorytime book. Thanks to ALIA Queensland for sharing your pur-fect The Truck Cat photo with us on Facebook.

ALIA will be celebrating Library and Information Week aka #LIW2025 from 25 July – 3rd August. The theme for 2025 is #ToReadOrNotToRead.

The New Librarians Symposium NLSXI will be on Saturday, 6th September.

The 2025 theme is: Connected.

NLSXI is a opportunity for students and new professionals to network.

Time: 10am – 5pm AEST

Location: via Zoom

Cost: ALIA Members $150 |Non-Members $200

ALIA CPD Scheme Hours: 7.50

Are you looking for some library merchandise? Explore ALIA Merchandise Shop on Redbubble for Freedom To Read & Library Love t-shirts, hoodies, stickers and phone cases.

RSVP Wednesday, 14th May

Join GLAM Top End Group for a tour of Danala Library at Charles Darwin University.

Cost: ALIA Members/Non-Members: FREE Event

Date/Time: Thursday 15th May from 5pm -6:30pm AEST

Join ALIA South Coast Group for a GLAMR Tour of Shoalhaven City Library and Regional Art Gallery, Nowra.

Date: Saturday, 12th April  (Event has passed)

Time: 10am – 12:30pm AEST

Cost: ALIA Members | Non-Members $FREE.

Location:

Shoalhaven City Library

10 Berry Street,

Nowra NSW 2541

Shoalhaven Regional Gallery

12 Berry Street

Nowra NSW 2541

Accessibility information:

The Shoalhaven Regional Gallery is wheelchair accessible.

Register via this ALIA Events link to join the ALIA South Coast Group for a GLAMR Tour of Shoalhaven City Library and Regional Art Gallery.

RSVP by Monday, 14th April to join ALIA Library Technicians Group wrap-up of ALIA Info Online.

Learn key takeaways from:

Day 1: Indigenous Knowledges

Day 2: Greening GLAMR

Day 3: AI

Date: Tuesday, 15th April (Event has passed)

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm AEST

Location: via Zoom

Cost: ALIA Members (FREE) | Non-Members $22

RSVP by 28th April

Are you interest in learning about Museum #SpecialLibrary collections? Take a look at joing ALIA Rare Book Special Collections ‘ALIA Rare Cataloguing Catch Ups- Encountering different kinds of ‘rare’.    Hear from Museums Victoria, Librarian, Nina Whittakar (They/Them), on rare book collections.

Date: 29th April Time: 4pm -5pm AEST

Location: via Zoom

Cost: ALIA Members $FREE| Non-Members $22

RSVP by 13th May.

Join ALIA Disability and ANDPA (he Alliance for Neurodiversity and Disability in GLAMR Professions Australia) for a collab ‘Navigating mental health for professionals in the GLAMR industry‘ Zoom discussion.

Speaker:

Priscilla Jaya from Beyond Blue.

Date: Wednesday,  14th May | Time: 12pm – 1pm AEST

Cost: ALIA Members $FREE| Non-Members $22

Location: via Zoom

Learn Library Carpentry skills at ALIA Queensland Library Carpentry Workshop events.

Register to attend Library Carpentry Workshop Session 3, Introduction to Git on Wednesday, 16th April. (Event has passed)

Time: 6pm – 9pm AEST

Cost: ALIA Members $15 | Non-Members $22

Location: via Zoom

RSVP 11th May.

Register to join ALIA Island Tour of the Mornington Core Library and Geoscience Library.  Catch up with Geoscience Library Manager Lucy Hawthorne and librarian Lia Unwin. 

When: 12th May  | Time: 2pm – 3pm AEST  

Cost: ALIA Members/Non-Members $FREE

Location:

Mornington Core Library
93 Mornington Rd
Mornington, TAS  7018                                                                     

Join ALIA Vic for a tour of AQuA on Saturday, May 17th from 1pm – 2pm AEST.

Location: Victorian Pride Centre, 78-81 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, VIC 3182

Cost: ALIA Members/Non-Members: FREE

ALIA SNGG are joining ALIA VIC for a Library Speed Dating event.

Graduates and Students have the chance to sit and ask questions in a three minutes chat with experienced librarians and GLAMRous people from across the library sector.

The event will operate like speed dating with the participants rotating around the professionals, getting to spend 3 minutes with each of them. There will also be informal networking with ALIAVic and ALIA SNGG committee members and afternoon tea as you await your turn. Spaces are limited so make sure to book soon. 

*This is not a Resume/CV review service or job offers event.

Who will be there on the day?

Kyleigh Langrick: Coordinator Children and Young People Library Services Vision Australia
Michael Barry:  ALIA Vic and Library Technician Camberwell Primary School and Fitzroy North Primary School
Dr Romany Manuel: Research Librarian ACER/ Melbourne Art Library
Nicole McGrath: Archivist Museums Victoria
Joey Chung: ALIA Multicultural Group and Website and Systems Homesglen Institute
Nicole Kearney: Manager, Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia
Heather McKay: Librarian Naarm Ngargu Library City of Melbourne
Mare Maticevski: Senior Co-ordinator Monographs and Digital Collections RMIT University 
Tim Gillis-Jones: Library Technology Team Leader City of Monash
Renee Naylor: Education and Communications Coordinator Law Library of Victoria. 

Event Details:

Sunday, 27 July 2025
2:00pm – 4:00pm  AEST

Location:

PMI Victorian History Library Inc.
39 St Edmonds Rd
Prahran, VIC 3181

Cost/ ALIA Category details:

ALIA Member (Any Associate/Graduate, Library Technician who has completed an ALIA Accredited Course) – $10
ALIA Student member (Any ALIA Student member who is copleting a University/TAFE ALIA Accredited Course) – $5
Non-member – $22

ALIA Members from Victoria, join ALIA Vic at their first Victorian Library and Information Awards.

Nominate yourself or a fellow Victorian library and information profession, or professional research in Victoria, who is an ALIA Member, who has made a significant contribution and positive impact to the Library and Information Service.

Nominations are open May 5th.

Nominations for the F.A. Sharr Award  open on 28th April.

To be eligible for the award nominees must be:

• Currently living in Western Australia
• Graduated from an ALIA accredited course in the last four years. The 2024 award is open to those who graduated on or after 1 January 2021.
• Personal Member of ALIA

Self nomination and Nomination by a colleage available.

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