Police ,Fire and Emergency Services Library visit

Due to a clash with an NTL event, there has been a change of date for this week’s Tour – it will be the Thursday August 21st Library 5pm for 5.30pm tour - College Building, Peter McCauley Centre Berrimah. Liisa Elika will be hosting the tour and the time will be 5 for 5.30pm. Please enter off Vanderlin Drive (not McMillans Road)

See the map below
If you need further information contact Stephen Barnett on 0402 852 901 or 89228664

Careers Expo ALIA Stand

Librarians from around Darwin helped out on the ALIA stand at the Careers Expo last week.



Emma and Sam from Darwin City Public Libraries



Ruby and Trudi from Department of Health and Families Health Libraries



Ruby gain , this time with Julie from Charles Darwin University





Students attended from local schools although numbers were down because of a teachers strike! These girls were from Kormilda College.

* Library Services to Multicultural Populations * Lunchtime lecture and also Sunset Lecture"* ‘If I can read, I can do anything’ *"

Take the opportunity to hear a great speaker on reading and library services for indigenous populations. Loriene Roy is a Native American who is visting Darwin after speaking at Dreaming 08 in Alice Springs.


Loriene Roy, Immediate Past President of the American Library Association, is proactive in bringing reading, libraries and people together. Her work is centred on developing and promoting library services and cultural heritage initiatives with and for indigenous populations. She has many awards for her successful work in this area.
Loriene founded and directs ‘If I can read, I can do anything’, a USA National Reading Club for indigenous children. The number of schools, libraries and children involved is growing each year.



Darwin City Council Function Room

Monday 8 September 12pm to 1pm

BYO lunch $5 members
$10 non-members

RSVP 5 September 2008
Frances O’Reilly 89300238
f.oreilly@nospamdarwin.nt.gov.au (remove the nospam!!)
and also
Sunset lecture

Northern Territory library Balcony

Tuesday 9 September

5.30pm drinks and nibbles
6.30pm lecture
$40 members
$50 non-members

RSVP 5 September 2008
Frieda Evans 89 996585
frieda.evans@ nt.gov.au

ALIA Top End Garden Party 2008

The Chinese Gardens at Charles Darwin University were the setting tonight for another successful ALIA Top End Garden Party. Members of the library profession from most sectors enjoyed the lovely ambience of the gardens and as in previous years chatted on into the dark. A big thank you as the Convenor of ALIA Top End to my colleagues especially Marg, Bernie, Jessie, Suzanne for doing the organising. It was a great success and I should have said so on the night!















Interstate visitors included Damien from the ALIA Board and his partner Justine.














Again thanks to Bernie, Marg and Suzy (and Jessie)

ALIA Top End meets at Northern Territory Library for NAC

A group of us met at NTL to meet Damien from the ALIA Board as part of the National Advisory Congress Regional meetings





Then some of us moved down to the Mindil Beach markets to wine and dine and chat.