Reports on LIS landscape from ALIA

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) recently published a couple of reports that offer insight into the state of library and information professionals in Australia:

The ALIA LIS Education Skills and Employment Trend Report 2014 provides an overview of developments within Australian LIS education over the last five years as well as employment prospects.

The ALIA LIS Research Environmental Scan report, by Michael Middleton and Christine Yates, is an environmental scan of the research currently being conducted into LIS from 2005 to 2013. The report includes research priorities of other library and information organisations, topics of research undertaken in Australia, types of research, persons/organisations undertaking research, and how research activities are funded, communicated and applied.

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ALLA Conference 2018 - Call for Papers

Submissions are now open for the 2018 ALLA Conference! The 2018 Conference will be held in Darwin, Northern Territory at the Doubletree by Hilton Esplanade and there will opportunities to visit law libraries and enjoy the array of culinary and cultural highlights of Darwin. Centred around the theme of Global Impact/Local Footprint, the Conference Committee is looking for papers and posters, including but not limited to those that address the themes: Indigenous issues Career development Technology Education Presentations There will be a variety of presentation formats and lengths. The Conference Committee welcomes a variety of proposals including: Individual presentations Panel discussions (multiple, complementary speakers on a single topic) Practical workshop sessions Digital - posters (with an optional additional hard copy submission) Lightning talks (5/10 minute sessions) Abstracts should be submitted to convenor@alla.asn.au and submissions clo...

AustLII Beta

AustLII has a beta website, take a squiz right here .

Curtin University Law School now in the city

Curtin University has opened a new Law School campus in Perth’s Central Business District within an existing 1912 heritage listed building located at 57 Murray Street. Situated in the Perth CBD in close proximity to the Supreme Court, District Court and Perth Magistrate’s Court, as well as statutory tribunals such as the State Administrative Tribunal, the city campus will facilitate student’s education within an applied industry setting in line with Curtin’s primary vision of developing job-ready graduates. The new facility will also provide a unique home for the Law School and provide a hub for both formal and informal interactions between the staff, students and in-house legal professionals. Teaching and learning has been optimised within the building through the use of state-of-the-art collaborative and distributed learning space design and learning technologies. These facilities include a technologically equipped moot court, allowing for both traditional and seminar based lea...