ALIA Students and New Graduates Group welcome to the SNGG Team:

• Jacqui O’Marra, ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Facebook
• Acacia Beaumont, ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
• Laura Doherty, ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram
• Kirsty Fraser, ALIA Students and New Graduates Group WordPress Blog/Site Coordinator

#ICYMI ALIA Students and New Graduates Group are joining: ALIA Green, IFLA Section for Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning, IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group & CILIP for an associated IFLA Information Futures Summit event in Brisbane, on Friday 4th October.

Event:

Mentoring Mysteries: Unlocking your potential as a future mentor or mentee.

#Booklovers network with the ALIA SNGG group via our #ALIASNGGBookClub Facebook Group.

Catch up on our July – August Treasure Island discussion.

#ALIAMembers Personal (Student & General Member) and Professional (Associate/Graduate & LibTech) do you have a resume that needs a refresh?

The ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, ALIA SNGG Resume Review Service is open. (A resume resvice that is free for all ALIA Members)

Interested in sending the team your resume for a review?

Details to add in your email:

• Your name (Firstname/Surname)
• ALIA Membership Number
• Area/s of your resume you want advice on improving
• Resume as a PDF or doc

Email alia.sngg.rrs@gmail.com

ALIA Students and New Graduates Group, have two places available on our Facebook Team.

To join the Facebook Team you need:

• To be an ALIA Member Personal (Student or General Member) or Professional (Associate/Graduate, Lib Tech)
• Have an Active Facebook page

*ALIA SNGG Instagram and X/ formally Twitter teams are full.

Email us sngg@alia.org.au

29  July – 4th August is Library & Information Week.

Join the Democracy In The Dark via Zoom on Friday, 2nd August from 12:30pm – 1:30pm AEST.

Speakers:

Dr Amanda Lawrence, President, Wikimedia Australia 

Janet Catteral, Senior Project Officer, Open Access Australasia

Fiona Parsons, Communications and Project Officer, Analysis and Policy Observatory 

Trish Hepworth, Deputy CEO, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

Cost:

ALIA Members (FREE) |

Non-Members: $25

RSVP before the 2nd August via the ALIA Events Listing to join Democracy In The Dark.

Australian School Libraries Day 21st August. The 2024 Themes is ‘School Libraries Build Brighter Futures’.

Explore the Australian School Libraries Website for Social Media Tiles to celebrate the event on Facebook, Instagram and X.

Do you know a Librarian working in a Queensland Library? Or are you a Queensland Librarian?

Nominations are open for the Queensland Library Achiever of the Year Award – this could be you!

Nomination Close Date: Friday, 30th August

Explore the Queensland Library Achiever of The Year page for more information.

Congratulations to the latest ALIA Distinguished Certified professionals.

• Dr Heather Brown  AALIA (DCP), Librarian Sector Standards and Education for the Australian Library and Information Association.
• Madison Dearnaley AALIA DCP) Schools.
• Lisa Capps AALIA(DCP) Government.  
• Matthew Jones AALIA (DCP), TAFE NSW Broken Hill College Library Librarian.
  

#ALIAMembers, did you know you  have access to download LIS eBooks via ProQuest ebooks?

eBook spotlight for the month.

The Kind Librarian Cultivating a Culture of Kindness and Wellbeing in Libraries by Helen Rimmer.  Published in 2024 by Facet Publishing.

RSVP by 8th August to join ALIA VIC for a craft event.

Learn library craft skills at PMI Victorian History Library on Sunday, 11th August from 2pm – 4pm.

Cost: Members ($5) | Non-Member $10

Register to join Book Week Crafts on a Budget at the ALIA Events page.

 #RSVP 16th August

Catch up with ALIA WA at Curtin University T.L. Robertson Library on Saturday, 17th August for a Library Carpentry Taster event.

Learn Library Carpentry R and Python software skills.

Address:

Curtin University, 105 Kent Street, Bentley, WA 6102

Date: Saturday, 17th August

Time: 10am – 12pm AWST

Cost:

ALIA Members $FREE | Non-Member $22

ALIA CPD Scheme Hours: 2

Register for the Library Carpentry event via the ALIA Events List.

Keep our ALIA SNGG WordPress Blog bookmarked to see new events.