Congratulations to Kerry Blinco

Congratulations to Kerry Blinco who has been awarded the IEEE Standards Association Standards Medallion. Well done! Read about the award online: https://standards.ieee.org/…/2016_ieee_standards_awards.html

ALIA Top End Christmas Party

ALIA Top End Group Beach Breakfast

What a way to start the day!

The ALIA Top End Group are celebrating the Dry Season with a

Beach Breakfast   

8am, July 16^th at the Darwin Ski Club.

Coffee and a great menu are available or just join us for a chat.

See you there.

Any??? – Claire on 0437298493

What a way to start the day!

The ALIA Top End Group are celebrating the Dry Season with a Beach Breakfast.  

8am, July 16^th at the Darwin Ski Club.

Coffee and a great menu are available or just join us for a chat.

See you there.

Any ??? – Claire on 0437298493

LIW Dinner and the 2016 ALIA Recognition Awards

Library and Information Week starts next week (yes, it has gone quickly). 
ALIA Top End Group are celebrating our profession by hosting the 2016 ALIA NT Recognition Awards next Thursday 6.30pm with dinner at Nirvana.   Join us for an evening of great company, conversation and a celebration of what we do well. The 2016 ALIA NT Recognition Awards recognise achievement, innovation and excellence, Mickey Dewar from NTL was the recipient in 2015, who will be the next?

The menu looks great with a $35.00 set menu banquet, catering for all, but we’d love an RSVP by Tuesday 24th to make sure we are on track.

We look forward to seeing you there.
RSVP and any questions to topendgroup@gmail.com
by the 24th please.

For more information about the Awards see Jayshree Mamtora’s email below. Get excited and thanks again to Raeco. Happy LIW guys!
ALIA Top End Group
Claire Nield
topendgroup@gmail.com




Hi everyone

I am pleased to call for nominations for the 2016 ALIA NT Recognition Award, which once again, is being proudly sponsored by Raeco.

The ALIA NT Recognition Award is an annual merit prize which is aimed at:

·         encouraging recognition of an individual or team working in any sector of the library and information profession in the  Northern Territory

·         providing an opportunity to promote innovation and excellence within the library and information profession

·         increasing the profile of the profession

The nomination form and full details including eligibility and criteria, are available here: ALIA NT Recognition Award

The winner will be announced during Library and Information Week and will be presented with the perpetual trophy and $300 cash.

Nominations are due COB Monday 6 May 2016.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me if you have any enquiries.

Thanks and regards
Jayshree

Jayshree Mamtora AFALIA (DCP) | ALIA NT Manager
mobile 0416 366 634 | jayshree.mamtora@alia.org.au
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April PD: The road less travelled: new directions for Northern Territory Library

The Northern Territory Library (NTL) team will share their experience of leading, developing and representing the library sector in the Northern Territory as part of the 2015 - 2018 Strategic Plan.

NTL leaders will describe the process supporting the development of the new Library Management System through effective collaboration with sectoral stakeholders, timely distribution of information, generous exchange of knowledge and goodwill as a foundation for trust.

Great conversations like this one, ensure we all retain professional knowledge from our mobile workforces, and develop staff capacity and confidence to deliver contemporary library services throughout the Northern Territory. 

Key speakers:

Patrick Gregory, Director Northern Territory Library
Kerry Blinco, Assistant Director Digital Initiatives
Anja Tait, Assistant Director Libraries and Learning

WHEN

Thursday, 28 April 2016 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (ACST) 

WHERE

Northern Territory Library, Parliament House - Mitchell Street and Bennett Street, Darwin, NT 0800, Australia

REGISTER ONLINE

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-road-less-travelled-new-directions-for-northern-territory-library-tickets-24763698890

ALIA PD - slight delay but worth the wait...

ALIA PD: Hang off for a week or two. A new library management system, a new approach to our relationship with our State Library and the wait will be worth it. We look forward to hearing more about the NTL and their new direction. April 28 at NTL, more soon...

Welcome to ALIA Top End Thursday 18th Feb

Welcome to a great year of ALIA Top End events. Join us at Rydges Airport Hotel Thursday 18th Feb, 5.30pm. Catch up and discover what's on the agenda!

Profile: Caddie Brain

For library lovers month this February ALIA Top End are showing profiles of people working in the library and information industry. Today we hear from Caddie Brain the Community Engagement Coordinator at the Northern Territory Library.

What other roles did you have before working in libraries?

My journey to libraries was through journalism! I came to the Northern Territory as a radio reporter for the ABC in Alice Springs. It was wild. I spent lots of time meeting incredible characters on cattle stations, in Indigenous communities, roadhouses and small towns. I was intrigued by Territory history and was drawn to the many incredible collections held by the museums and libraries here – many of which are being documented and displayed for the first time. I love the idea of using social media and storytelling to connect people to their own histories. In all the fields I’ve worked – web design, journalism, museums and now libraries – information, storytelling and change have been the constant elements.

What would you tell someone who is interested in working in libraries?

People really love libraries, so you get to work with that love. And working with collections - rare and precious maps, photos and manuscripts - is fascinating. If you love history, reading, storytelling, meeting interesting and super-skilled people (and, in a place like Darwin, air-conditioning) - libraries are for you! And you don’t have to be a librarian to make a contribution.

Tell us about one project that you are working on now?

It can be tricky finding good historical information about the Northern Territory online, particularly on Wikipedia, which is often the entry point for people who are new to a subject. The knowledge is out there and there has been lots of incredible research done, but there are big gaps on Wikipedia. I’m laying the groundwork at the moment to launch a Wikiclub soon at the Northern Territory Library. It will undertake regular edit-a-thons to update significant Territory people, places and events. It should be great fun and valuable too!

What do you think will change about libraries over the next five years?

There will be big changes as libraries bounce back from the challenges thrown at them by technology. I think you will see the rise of outward-looking libraries with stronger online presences, offering dynamic public programs that lead people to a new understanding of where the library fits into their world. Part of that is also about creating interesting spaces and making collections accessible in intriguing ways. But while we’ll see plenty of change, there will still be a place for those magical meetings between a member of the public and a librarian, as they discuss, research and discover a topic together.

Profile: Maeva Masterson

For library lovers month this February ALIA Top End are showing profiles of people working in the library and information industry. This week we hear from Maeva Masterson.

Maeva Masterson has been the Manager Library Services at the City of Palmerston Library since 2009 and will taking on the exciting challenge of Manager of Library Sector Services for the NT at the Northern Territory Library in May 2016 after taking some time off to give birth to her second child.

Maeva has a particular interest in leadership and leading for success principles, presenting at the 2015 ALIA Top End Symposium. Maeva has worked in the private and public library sector as well as spending a few years in London as a law librarian. Maeva has used her entrepreneurial and business leadership skills to improve library services and staff engagement at Palmerston City Library, as well as taking a lead role in the strategic development of the Public Library NT network. 

·         How did you first get involved in working in libraries?

After graduating university with a Bachelor of Arts, I quickly realised I needed something extra if I was ever going to have a career and I discovered Library and Information Management. Luckily for me, it was a brilliant decision and I haven’t looked back.

·         What surprised you most about working within the public library sector?

Public Libraries are the most vibrant, creative and modern spaces to be. Libraries and library staff are continuously reinventing spaces, programs and services. The sector is in such an invigorating space, I absolutely love my job!

·         As you are moving into a new library position what is one thing you will take away from working at Palmerston Public Library?

I have been extraordinarily fortunate to have a library team at the City of Palmerston Library who were just so willing to jump in and be creative, risky and innovative. It really brought home to me just how much our public library sector wants to try new things if given the opportunities to explore push the boundaries of traditional library services.