Call for Abstracts

 

8^th ALIA Top End Symposium
Darwin, Northern Territory
4 and 5 October 2013

Call for Abstracts

ALIA Top End invites abstracts of proposed presentations / papers for the Symposium to be held in Darwin from midday Friday 4 October to midday Saturday 5 October 2013.

We invite our colleagues to join us at our biennial conference to share their stories and delve into what makes Territory libraries unique now and into the future.

Through the theme of Design Discover Diversify we hope to encourage presenters to explore options including, but not limited to:

•  Investigate design thinking, designing our career paths, library design, and designing tools and apps.

• Discover our clients (their expectations and needs), our collections and services and how we make them accessible; discover new directions in publishing and explore how we link up with our colleagues.

•  Think outside the square - diversify, celebrate our diversity and explore what kinds of service models we will be moving to in the future and what our skill sets need to be.

You are invited to submit an abstract that outlines what you would like to present on in light of these topics.

Abstracts

An abstract of your paper / presentation is due by 30 July 2013, and should consist of no more than 300 words. Abstracts should be electronically submitted to: Barbara.coat@cdu.edu.au or Rachel.Klesch@cdu.edu.au

Please note that receiving an abstract does not guarantee acceptance of the paper.

Abstracts will be expected to meet the following criteria:

•  relevance to the audience and theme

• clarity, coherence and organisation of writing

• originality and innovation of the work.

All presenters are required to submit their presentations prior to the Symposium. Papers are preferred, but not essential. They will be made available on the ALIA Top End group website after the Symposium.

Submission deadline for abstract or proposal:            Monday 30 July 2013

Notification of acceptance:                                          Thursday 4 August 2013      

Full presentation and /or full paper due:                      Monday 23 September 2013

If you have any enquiries about submitting abstracts please contact Barbara.coat@cdu.edu.au or Rachel.Klesch@cdu.edu.au

ALIA Awards Night 2013

Congratulations to the Northern Territory Library (NTL) for winning the 2013 ALIA NT Recognition Award. The NTL iStories Team was nominated for developing the new NT Languages Anindilyakwa smartphone and tablet app, in collaboration with the Groote Eylandt Community. iStories is a library program using iPads for learning and literacy. Everyday words and phrases in Anindilyakwa and English are translated and illustrated with pictures. It is a bilingual literacy tool for people in Anindilyakwa communities, as well as English speaking visitors to the region. Team members include: Anha Tait, ai Remore, Groote Eylandt Linguistics and Disparity Games. The nomination was made by Marilyn Hawthorn.

 

Photo: Anja Tait and Jayshree Mamtora

Photo: Anja Tait and Edel Musco

Photo: Anja Tait and Anthony Gray

NTL wins 2012 ALIA NT Recognition Award

Congratulations to the Northern Territory Library's 19 February 1942 Roll of Honour team from for winning the 2012 ALIA NT Recognition Award!

NTL marked the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin in February with the launch of an online Roll of Honour, recording and remembering those killed on 19 February 1942. The team produced an accurate list of names providing biographical details, photographs and personal stories for each person killed.

See: http://www.ntlexhibit.nt.gov.au/exhibits/show/bod.

Photo: Lynette Aitchison, Manager, Heritage Services, NTL,  receiving the trophy. Team members included: Lynette Aitchison, John Richards, Margret Curry, Kaye Henderson, Hayley Bawden, Brian Flanagan, Kelly George, Jane Kearney.

Library and Information Week Dinner, Thursday 24 May 2012

The theme for Library and Information Week in 2012 is Think Outside the Book!

 

To celebrate Library and Information Week and the presentation of the 2012 ALIA NT Recognition Award, ALIA TOP END is inviting you to dinner at Tim’s Surf ‘n’ Turf on Thursday 24 May 2012.

VENUE: Tim’s Surf ‘n’  Turf Restaurant in Litchfield Street in the City

DATE: Thursday 24 May 2011

TIME: 6.30 pm

COST: $35.00 (entree and choice of 3 mains) – dessert @ $7.50 and drinks extra

RSVP: Frieda.evans@nt.gov.au, l.loone@darwin.nt.gov.au or jayshree.mamtora@cdu.edu.au by Monday 21 May so that the booking can be finalised.

Payment must be received by Lynette (Darwin City Public Library), Jayshree (CDU) or Jacqui Bodel (Casuarina Public Library) by this date. All meals MUST be paid for in advance. If you have any dietary requirements please advise Lyn Loone. 

The recipients of the ALIA NT Recognition Award 2012 will be announced at the dinner.

 

This invitation is open to all staff in libraries. We look forward to seeing old friends and new!