ALLA (WA) News Blog

Are you thinking about extra studying or upskilling yourself? Or maybe you just want to fulfill your lifelong dream of becoming a librarian. Take a look a the courses from the School of Information Studies at Charles Sturt University. Applications are now open for Session 2 2017 in the follow courses: Master of Information Studies; Master of Education (Teacher Librarianship) Master of Education (Knowledge Networks and Digitial Innovation) Bachelor of Information Studies. For more details, check out the course information website here . Thanks to Kelly Underwood for suggesting this post. 

Our fellow ALLA Division, ALLA NSW is sponsoring one of the meal breaks at NSL8. Perhaps you're interested in the conference? The New Librarians' Symposium 8 is being held in Canberra on 23-25 June 2017. The Theme is DIY Library Career. For more information see nls8.com

Can't quite decide if you want to join your fellow WA LIS professionals for this unique, first of its kind, professional development day? Please feel free to ask Alice any questions you have, but for now here's a little bit of a sneak peek at the schedule to help you decide. 8.30 - Registration 9.00 - Introduction & Welcome 9.30 - Speed Networking 10.00 - Morning Tea (Catered) 10.30 - Leadership Speaker, Dr Carmen Lawrence 11.30 - Sector Leadership Roundtable 12.00 - Lunch (Catered) 1.15 - Laughing Yoga with Grant Stone 1.45 - Library leadership in the wider environment: IFLA on the world stage.  Jennefer Nicholson, former Secretary General of IFLA.   2.45 - Workshops: Three issues in Library Leadership. What we do now - What we want to do - What we will do  3.30 - Afternoon Tea (Catered) 4.30 - What next? 5.00 - Finish 5.30 - Optional Dinner at Sauma.  For more, and to register, see our previous blog post.  Note: this post ha...

All members of the Western Australian Library sector are invited to attend this all day professional development event. Organised as a joint project by representatives from LIS within WA including, ALIA West, ALLA (WA), WASLA, ALIA ARL WA, ALIA HLA, WALTG, TAFE WA Learning Resources Services Network, CURTIS, and with special thanks to the State Library of Western Australia. This event will offer attendees the chance to improve cross sector networking, by getting together, discussing and exploring what we all how in common and how we can all positively influence our changing profession. The day will earn ALIA members 6 points for the ALIA PD scheme and include:     Guest Speakers Dr Carmen Lawrence, formed Premier of Western Australia and Jennefer Nicholson, former Secretary General of IFLA Workshops and Discussion Panels Speed Networking and Laughing Yoga Library Leadership: A Celebration will be held at the State Library of Western Australia on Friday 19th of ...

With 2017 ALLA Ltd is offering a new model for the ALLA Fellowship.  With the 2017 Fellowships we hope to help as many members of the association as possible attend international conferences that focus on the area of law librarianship. Fellowships Available ALLA Ltd is now offering five $1500 fellowships to help members attend international conferences (one fellowship is available to each of the conferences below). Fellowship Application Closing date Canadian Association of Law Libraries Conference (CALL/ACBD) (Including complimentary registration) 19 April 2017, 5pm AEST British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Conference (Including complimentary registration) 30 April 2017, 5pm AEST American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Conference 31 May 2017, 5pm AEST New Zealand Law Librarians Association (NZLLA) Conference (Including complimentary registration) 30 June 2017, 5pm AEST ...

This position was originally advertised on Seek.com Prestigious Australian Law firm CBD Location Collaborative team & culture The Company A national and leading Australian law firm currently require a Legal Librarian to join their Information Services team on a 12 month contract.The successful candidate will be providing library & research guidance to internal and external clients as well as conducting one on one & group training sessions. The Role As an Information Specialist you will provide effective delivery of library  and research assistance to the Sydney office, including but not limited to: Assisting internal clients with complex legal research tasks. Liaising with the Sydney and national training team regarding the needs of legal staff in Sydney. Setting up and maintaining current awareness record and database Promoting the library services Participating in the national library projects and activities Skills & experience The success...