January 2025
Welcome to a brand new year.
ALIA SNGG congratulates former ALIA SNGG Facebook Coordinator, librarian and author Emily Paull on her brand new book – The Distance Between Dreams. A book we will add to our #ALIASNGGBookClub TBR list.
Our ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service is back open for ALIA Members to refresh their resumes for FREE in the new year.
ALIA SNGG #GLAMRmatch 2025 Thanks
The ALIA SNGG Team thank the LIS #GLAMRmatch Leader and Proteges who registered for #GLAMRmatch2025.
#GLAMRmatch Leader spots filled up on December 18th. #GLAMRmatch Protege places filled in 2-weeks and 1 day on December 11th.
Please make sure to complete the #GLAMRmatch JotForm before 11:59 PM on Friday, February 7th, 2025.
#WhatYouAreLookingForIsInGLAMR #ALIASNGG #GLAMRmatchJotFormReminder
ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service is back for 2025!
ALIA Members, give your resumes an ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service refresh for 2025.
We are accepting resumes from Monday, 6th of January.
The best thing about having your resume reviewed via ALIA SNGG is that it is free for ALIA Members. (Students, Associates/Graduates, LibTech).
To have your resume reviewed by the ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service.
- Email a PDF or doc. (word) version of your resume to alia.sngg.rrs@gmail.com
- Name (First Name & Surname)
- Your ALIA Member Number
- Advice on areas of the resume you would like feedback on – from format, skills, style and readability
ALIA SNGG Book Club
Booklovers of ALIA SNGG, our ALIA SNGG Book Club (Facebook Group) has a brand new read-a-long book .
We will be reading You Are Here by David Nicholls.
Share a photo of the cover of the book, e-book or e-audio version of the You Are Here in the #ALIASNGGBookClub chat.
Thanks to the 290 #Biblarians for following our book club group!
ALIA Information Online Transformation & Disruption
You can now view the Draft Program for ALIA Information Online 2025 – Transformation & Disruption.
Interested in attending? Register via this the ALIA Information Online Event link.
RSVP Date: 17th March
Cost:
Members $400 | Non-Members $500| Institution 5 attendees $1800 | Institution 10 attendees $3500 | Unlimited $6000
One Day ALIA Member Price (includes ALIA personal members and institutional staff members): $150
One Day Non-Member Price: $200
Two Day ALIA Member Price (includes personal members and institutional staff members): $275
Two Day Non-Member Price: $375
When is this on?
Tuesday 18th March – 20th March
Location: Online via Zoom
Time Zoom begins: 9am AEDT
Program Summary:
Day 1: Tuesday, 18th March – Indigenous Knowledges (Program highlights Dialogue Session: Libraries and their Intersection with Indigenous Knowledges held on 13th October 2024).
Day 2: Wednesday, 19th March – Greening GLAMR
- 10:45 AM (AEDT) Presentation by Morgan Hills, Georges River Libraries – Library of Things
- 1:45 PM (AEDT) Sustainability at ALIA Lightning Talk, by Cathie Warburton, ALIA
- 2:40 PM (AEDT) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Curtin’s Multi-Faceted Approach to Achiving These Goals Presentation by Jayne Cleave, Curtin University
Day 3: Thursday, 20th March – AI
- 10:30 AM (AEDT) Digital Sisters: AI for Good Research, Presentation by Jess Wilson, Good Things Foundation
- 11:15 AM (AEDT) Top 10 Tips for Upskilling and Preparing You and Your Team to Implement GenAI Tools Presentation by Lisa Paul, Ashurst
- 2:45 PM (AEDT) Evaluating AI Tools for Enhanced Access to the State Library of Queensland’s Film Collection Presentation by Jeff Williams, Australian Centre for the Moving Image,
and Rachel Merrick, State Library of Queensland.
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The Truck Cat Simultaneous StoryTime
Now is the time to find yourself a copy of The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkle from your local book shop, library or department store.
Save the date for #librarystorytime on May 21st from 12pm – 1pm (AEST).
ALIA Courses
Bibliotheraphy Basics
Registration Closes 21st April
Learn about Bibliotherapy in the library sector in a 7-week self-paced course provided by Bibliotherapy Australia, facilitated by Dr Susan McLaine, Director of Bibliotherapy Australia.
Level 1 – Learn the history of bibliotherapy and it’s conection to wellbeing
Level 2 – Learn how fiction & non-fiction books connects to wellbeing
Level 3 – Learn how poetry connects to wellbeing
Level 4 – Learn how to curate a bibliotheraphy session
Runs from 28th April – 20th June.
Cost: ALIA Members $550 Non-Members $730
Location: Online Course
ALIA CPD Hours : 30
ALIA SA Tour of Ngtungka Henley library
RSVP by 12 February to join ALIA SA on their library tour of Ngutungka Henley Library.
When: Thursday, 13 February 2025
Location:
Ngutungka Henley
378 Seaview Road
Henley Beach, SA 5022
Time: 6pm – 7pm (ACDT)
Cost: ALIA Members & Non – Members: FREE
ALIA Western Australian Library Technicians New Year Lunch
Join ALIA WALT in 2025 for their New Years Lunch on January 19th at The Royal on the Waterfront, 60 Royal Street, East Perth 6004.
Cost: Pay for your own meal.
RSVP: 12th January 2025
Use the QR code to register or visit the ALIAWALT New Years Lunch page to join.
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