Harper tops libraries index second year running
Public sector software provider Civica and the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) have released this year’s Civica Libraries Index, which looked at borrowing data across regional and metropolitan libraries...
Victorian high-school clarifies library ‘rebranded’ not abolished
A Victorian high-school has confirmed it has rebranded, not abolished, its school library, contrary to a highly publicised Age article that ‘misrepresented the reality of the situation’. Siena College principle...
ALIA declares 2019 ‘Year of the Public Domain’; millions of unpublished items released
Changes to Australian legislation that began on 1 January have given unpublished materials the same copyright term as published items, bringing millions of items into public domain. The Australian Library...
Johnston awarded $5000 ALIA research grant for project on fake news
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded a $5000 research grant to Nicole Johnston, a lecturer in information science at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Johnston will...
ALIA announces ‘Truth, Integrity, Knowledge’ campaign for 2019
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced a new campaign that will promote the library profession throughout 2019. The Truth, Integrity, Knowledge (TIK) campaign will focus on ‘why librarianship...
Child tops ALIA most-borrowed list in 2018; Pape tops nonfiction
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has partnered with library provider Civica to compile a list of most-borrowed books from Australian libraries from June 2017 to May 2018. Like last...
Lewis named ALIA fellow
The Australia Library and Information Association (ALIA) has presented an ALIA fellowship to Suzanne Lewis for her work in the field of health librarianship, as well as her position as...
ALIA reveals Australia’s most borrowed library books
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2016 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which...
‘I Got This Hat’ to be read for 2016 National Simultaneous Storytime
I Got This Hat (Jol and Kate Temple, illus by Jon Foye, ABC Books) will be read at this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS), to be held at 11am on...
ALIA board election results announced
The results of the Australian Library and Information Association’s (ALIA) 2016 board election have been announced. Monika Szunejko and Jane Cowell have been elected as directors and will take up...
ACT libraries to trial anti-cyberbullying program
Libraries ACT is trialling a six-month pilot program to tackle cyberbullying and improve online safety for young people. The eSafe spaces pilot program is offered through the federal government’s Office...
ALIA lobby group launches ‘cooking for copyright’ protest
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) lobby group FAIR is holding a Cooking for Copyright Day on Friday 31 July to protest current copyright law.FAIR argues that copyright law...
ALIA reveals most borrowed books
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced Australia’s most borrowed library books for the first quarter of 2015 to mark the start of Library and Information Week, which...
ALIA launches poll for Australia’s most borrowed books
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is asking its members to participate in a survey to identify Australia’s most borrowed books. The voting categories are adult fiction, adult nonfiction,...
Library Lovers’ Day celebrations planned
Libraries around Australia will be participating in Library Lovers’ Day celebrations on Saturday 14 February. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), which runs the initiative, offers a list of...
ALIA announces new VP and board candidates
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced that Patricia Genat has been elected unopposed as its new vice-president. Genat, who is director of ALS Library Services and president of the Australia Booksellers...
ALIA Fellowship awarded to WA State Library CEO
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has awarded an ALIA Fellowship to the State Library of Western Australia CEO Margaret Allen.ALIA Fellowships are conferred by the organisation’s board of...
In brief
ALIA 2014 conference papers and presentations available onlineThe Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 2014 National Conference papers and presentations, including the keynote addresses, have now been published online. The...
ALIA releases report into education and employment trends
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) released its first public report into education and employment trends in the library sector at its national conference on 18 September. The ALIA...
Over 700 attend ALIA National Conference
More than 700 library professionals attended this year’s Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) national conference, which was held in Melbourne from 15 to 19 September.ALIA CEO Sue McKerracher told...