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NLS4 Pre-Conference Workshops and Tours, have begun and join in by Twittering with us
Today sees the start of NLS4's Pre-Conference Workshops and Tours. Pre-Conference details can be found on the PD Day Page
During the Conference a "Twitter" site has been set up to allow online communication to occur with attending and non-attending members, please visit the Twitter Site for NLS4.
The NLS4 Committee is looking forward to welcoming delegates tomorrow morning, it's nearly time to let the Conference "begin!"
Added 4 December 2008
NLS4 T-Shirts For Sale
Order your funky NLS4 T-Shirt and be the envy of all your friends, open order document here.
Added 18 November 2008
NLS4 Author at Conference & PD Events for Non Attendees
We at the NLS4 committee have been investigating a number of different approaches in making this event truly unique in the library and information industry. Now, we are excited to announce that the trade exhibition will feature an visit at Friday lunchtime from Children's and Young Adult writer, Sofie Laguna. Sofie's appearance is proudly supported by the University Co-op Bookshop.
And for those of you who aren't attending NLS4, but are going to be in Melbourne, here's an opportunity to take advantage of some of the sessions offered at the Professional Development Day program.
As PD Day is a little over a month away, we have decided to open up attendance to the following sessions, to the wider professional community. However, places are strictly limited – we're only doing this so that we can fill the remaining spaces – so get in quick!
"The Art of Influence: Essential Skills for Leaders" with Elaina Norlin
The Art of Influence Workshop is a must for anyone who is serious about enhancing their leadership and communication skills. Learn how to conquer your fear of public speaking and advance your career by becoming a more effective and compelling speaker. Participants identify which persuasion styles come most naturally and provide positive and ethnical steps to gain influence, credibility and confidence in your organization and/or during high level meetings. The workshop will also provide you with practical strategies to eliminate your fear or inexperience in public speaking and dramatically improve your speaking skills whether you are persuading, educating, or informing. The workshop will also provide practical skills for a more polished PowerPoint presentation that keeps your audience awake.
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2008
Time: 10.30am - 12.30pm
"Moving to a healthy workplace: questions to ask before saying Yes to a job." with Elaina Norlin.
With bullying and toxic workplaces on the rise there is a need to focus on improving workplace culture. Expert articles only talk about how to cope with bad behaviour. This workshop focuses on what candidates should know during screening and recruitment for management and director positions. The session will help participants recognise which questions you should be asking before taking that dream job.
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2008
Time: 2pm - 4pm
These sessions will be held at: RMIT Library, Seminar Room 1 Swanston Library, Building 8, Level 5, 360 Swanston St, Melbourne 3000
Cost: $30.00 each session for ALIA members and NLS4 delegates, $40.00 for non ALIA members.
To register your interest in either of these sessions, contact
But, as I said, be quick, because these sessions *will* fill up. $40 for a two-hour PD session with an international industry leader is an absolute bargain, so don't miss out – it's money well spent!
Andrew Finegan
Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
Added 30 October 2008
Pre-NLS4 social event in Melbourne
With so many information-savvy people coming to town for the 4th ALIA New Librarians' Symposium in December, the ALIA New Graduates Group Committee in Victoria, along with the ALIA New Generation Advisory Committee (NGAC) thought it would be remiss of them not to get in on the action somehow. Together with the Symposium Organising Committee, we are having a drink and a bite to eat the night before the conference starts. We'd love to see as many delegates and the Victorian library community as we can, to get the Symposium started with a bang!
It's one of the first great things to do to break down barriers too.
When: Thursday, 4th December from 6:30pm onwards.
Where: The Elephant and Wheelbarrow, 94-96 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
Cost: At own expense
RSVP: (essential) to Email your RSVP to Daniel by 27th November 2008.
For more information about the venue see the website:
Elephant and Wheelbarrows Website
Hope to see you there.
Gemma Siemensma
Added 28 October 2008
New Grads, apply for the Aurora Leadership Institute!
NLS4 is all about Breaking Barriers so make it personal! Be active in developing your own leadership potential.
Applications are now open for the 12th Aurora Leadership Institute to be held at Thredbo, NSW, Australia from 19-24 February 2009.
The Institute's mission is to assist future leaders in the library and information industry to maximise leadership skills and potential.
Applications close at 5pm AET on 17 October 2009.
Intending applicants should consult the application guidelines at
Aurora's Website For further information please
contact the Aurora Project Manager, Renee Shuttleworth, by
Email
or mobile 0405127162
Final exciting keynote for NLS4!
Greetings all
Now that the 4th ALIA New Librarian's Symposium is only 15 weeks away, it's time for those of you who haven't registered yet to give it some serious thought! Especially when the Early Bird Registration closes in two weeks, on the 5th of September! Register early and save money!
Here's some further incentive...
The City of Melbourne, host city for NLS4, has just been announced by UNESCO as a City of Literature. To put this in perspective, the only other City of Literature in the world is Edinburgh. This is a groundbreaking achievement for the literary industry in Australia, where libraries play a vital role. It's just another reason to come to Melbourne in December, and witness the cultural vibrancy that earns its reputation as one of the World's Most Liveable Cities.
Furthermore, we are thrilled to make our final keynote speaker announcement, completing an inspiring line-up of speakers...
MARK PESCE
Proudly supported by Swinburne University
Known internationally as the man who fused virtual reality with the World Wide Web to invent VRML, Mark Pesce is the author numerous articles and five books, including The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming our Imagination, and has written for such publication as WIRED, Salon, The Age, and ABC UNLEASHED. For the last four years, Pesce has been a panelist on the hit ABC show THE NEW INVENTORS.
From 2003 to 2006, Pesce chaired the Emerging Media and Interactive Design Program at the world-renowned Australian Film Television and Radio School. In 2006 he received an appointment as an Honorary Associate in the Digital Cultures Programme at the University of Sydney, providing expertise in "social media" and sharing.
Pesce practices "digital anthropology", studying how communities and individuals adapt to and adopt technologies, taking his studies into practice, founding FutureSt, a Sydney Media and Technology consultancy, with clients that include some of the largest NGOs, media companies, and educational organisations in Australia.
Don't miss the opportunity to see a pioneer and leading figure in the information industry, along with our other keynote speakers, and a host of emerging library professionals, in an exceptional program that will inspire and encourage you to go out there, unafraid of... Breaking Barriers.
For further program and registration information, see the website at: http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008
Andrew Finegan
Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
NLS4, Melbourne
http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008
Added 2 October 2008
International keynote for NLS4
The committee of the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium are extremely delighted to announce yet another international keynote speaker:
Elaina Norlin
Elaina Norlin is formerly the Manager for New Initiatives and Outreach at OCLC Eastern. Elaina Norlin was responsible for developing new programs in the areas of digital and preservation services, managing the member outreach activities through new partnerships and professional collaborations, and implementing new services to better meet the day-to-day needs of OCLC Eastern's member libraries. Elaina was previously at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), where she served as a senior program officer from 2003 to 2006. From 1997 to 2003, she was on the faculty at the University of ArizonaLibrary , Tucson , as an Associate Librarian.
Elaina has authored several books, including Usability Testing for Library Web Sites: A Hands-On Guide (2001, ALA Editions) and coming soon to print, eLearning and Business Planning: National and International Case Studies (Scarecrow Press). Elaina frequently consults with libraries on a variety of topics including Web design and usability, and grants development. Elaina obtained her M.S. in library and information science, as well as her B.S. in advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
For more information on our exciting lineup of keynote speakers, see the NLS4 website at:
http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008/Speakers.html
Now that we've gotten your attention, we'd like to reminder you to register by the 31st of July to go into the draw for a $25 University Co-op book voucher!
For registration details, go to: http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008/Registration.html
Added 18 July 2008
Janette is currently the CEO of CAVAL Collaborative Services.
She brings a vast array of experience ranging from Director of Public Library and Network Services, State Library of NSW (1990-1996) to Director, Library and Community Services, Waverly Council NSW (1996-2000). In these roles she has facilitated a number of projects including the implementation of NSW.net and achieved federal funding of Internet training facilities as part of the JobNetwork employment services (WaverlyWorks). She also has experience in the knowledge industry, as Managing Director of Rowecom Australia.
In more recent years, she was the Director of RMIT Publishing from 2003 to 2007, in which time she was responsible for introducing new content and a new delivery platform.
With an inspiring combination of management and information industry experience, it is with great pleasure that the NLS4 committee welcomes Janette to share her extensive expertise with the delegates of NLS4.
For more information on the symposium, and on how to register, see the NLS4 website at http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2008.
Added 11 July 2008
Presenting a paper at NLS 4? Then this could be the event for you!
Presenting to an audience can be a challenging experience, so the ALIA New Graduates Group in Victoria is hosting an event on the topic. If you are going to be a (first-time) presenter at the New Librarian's Symposium this year, need to sharpen your skills for that your next presentation, or want to learn some new strategies, then come along to hear from two people in the know, and are ready and willing to share their insight and experiences with us!
Tania Barry is currently the Children's and Youth Services Co-ordinator at Wyndham Library, and presented at the last NLS in Sydney, but her "first time" was at the National Library and Information Technicians Conference in 2005. She has presented and refined her techniques more than a few times since then. Tania is also the Convenor of the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium.
Julia Leong recently joined RMIT University Library, and is currently acting as Staff Development Librarian. Immediately prior to joining RMIT, she was Information Services Librarian at the University of New England. Julia presented a workshop at the Library Technicians Conference in 2003 and conference papers at RAISS 2001, Library and Information Technicians Conference 2005 and at a Hong Kong conference on change management in academic libraries in 2007. There will be time after the presentations to ask questions or clarify issues.
A representative from the NLS4 Committee will also tantalise us with more NLS news and festivities.
So, join us on Tuesday 5th August, at the RMIT Swanston Library in Seminar Room 1.
Building 8, Level 5, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Time: 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start, till approximately 7:30pm
Cost: $5.50 for ALIA Members (include your Membership No. in RSVP)
$7.40 for Non-Members
Please RSVP to danielg@elitenet.com.au by Friday 25 July. Places are limited.
Added 08 July 2008
Update on Registrations and other important NLS4 items
As you would be aware, registrations are now open and in just under 6 months you will be in Melbourne:
Attending informative and inspiring sessions Visit our Program
Meeting new people
Catching up with friends and colleagues
Contributing to the success of social events at fabulous venues such as the State Library of Victoria and the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Continuing your professional development through attendance at satellite events on our PD day on Thursday December 4 and by participating in tours to a range of innovative sites
Getting out and about and staying in Melbourne. This page will take you to a list of must see places in Melbourne!
With the end of financial year fast approaching, why not use our "Learning and Development Proposal" developed especially to provide a framework for potential delegates to seek funding assistance, paid leave to attend the conference or both! The L&D proposal is available on the Program Page
If you need any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me!
Regards, Tania Barry
Convenor
Added 25 June 2008
Registrations are OPEN !!
Registrations for the conference are now OPEN!!
Register for the opportunity to hear high calibre keynote speakers, listen to a stimulating progran, attend complimentary professional development events and enjoy the best social program on offer!
The Program is now available & the PD Day
And read the Abstracts that make up the Program
The Committee is looking forward to seeing you at the Conference !
Added 19 June 2008
Registration Opening Date and another Keynote Speaker Announcement
It's been a gruelling couple of months, securing a dynamic mix of keynote speakers and presentations, but we're almost there! We are currently at the point of confirming the last of our presenters at NLS4, so we can't *quite* release the program, but I can tell you that, personally, I'm itching to spill the beans anyway.
However, I can say that we will absolutely, positively, without a glimmer of doubt, be announcing our program and opening registrations next Wednesday 18th of June.
And so, to distract you from yet another deadline whizzing past, I'm very excited to announce another of our Keynote Speakers:
DR SHERMAN YOUNG
Some of you will have had the pleasure of seeing Sherman Young at Beyond the Hype: Web 2.0 in Brisbane earlier this year. Sherman is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at the Division of Social Culture, Media and Philosophy. Prior to becoming an academic, Sherman worked in industrial design, publishing and running an award-winning multimedia production and design company.
Sherman blogs at Reconfigure and The Book is Dead which is a companion blog to his book, "The Book is Dead, Long Live the Book", published by UNSW Press. He is a founding member of the editorial board of Scan, an online journal of media arts and culture and an editorial reviewer for Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures.
His current research project is Copyright Cultures involving qualitative and quantitative research into the attitudes of Australian musicians to the new technologies and their copyright implications.
We are extremely proud to acknowledge the generous support of RMIT University Library in sponsoring Sherman to present at the 4th ALIA New Librarian's Symposium, as an expert in the ways that culture is constantly being redefined in a dynamic, ever-changing information society.
Andrew Finegan
Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
Added 12 June 2008
Keynote Speaker Announcement
We, the committee of the 4th ALIA New Librarian's Symposium, realise that we'd promised to open our registrations on Monday 2nd of June. However, these plans have gone slightly awry, as best laid plans often do, and we are currently competing with the Australian Public Service to see how many hours we can work in a row around the clock.
However, to distract you from the deadline that just flew past our heads, I'm very excited to announce the first of our keynote speakers for NLS4:
ERIK BOEKESTEIJN & JAAP VAN DE GEER
Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer both work for the DOK Library concept centre. Erik in the Communication and innovation Department and Jaap as head of IT. Erik's work includes marketing, promotion and innovation in many DOK Studio productions. Along with Jaap, Erik is also one of the founders of the UGame Ulearn project which promotes gaming in libraries on a national and international level. Jaap is responsible for the self invented unique ILS called ClienTrix, which recently integrated Google Book Search. Jaap works on the website of DOK and is cameraman and editor on many productions of the DOK Studio department.
In the lead up to Internet Librarian 2007 in Monterey, Erik and Jaap made a trip through America from Chicago to Monterey. During this trip they collected best practices of a number of pre-selected libraries, innovative ideas, web 2.0 tools and the motto of the 21st century librarian:
Make Stories, Tell Stories, Keep Stories
The result: Shanachietour
We are extremely proud to have the opportunity to present Erik and Jaap as international keynote speakers, and look forward to hearing all about their innovative work, breaking barriers in the library industry.
Many thanks to the sponsors of the Shanachietour Down Under – Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service, State Library of Victoria, Brisbane City Council, State Library of Queensland and Viclink.
Stay tuned, as we will shortly announce the program, and open registrations.
For further information about the speakers, go to our website at the Speakers Page
Andrew Finegan
Marketing & Promotions Coordinator
Added 5 June 2008
Announcing a *very* special social event ...
Greetings all, I trust that you have all recently had a vibrant and celebratory Library and Information Week, in one form or another.
But we have oh so much more to celebrate, for just around the corner, we have a multitude of exciting announcements to make, to coincide with the opening of registrations for the 4th ALIA New Librarian's Symposium.
We were literally inundated with abstracts for consideration for the program, and the committee has been (and still is) deliberating over the final line-up for our program, which will be announced shortly. Thank you to all of you, for making this task so difficult for us - it's going to be a truly fantastic program. But that's not the point of this email.
We're also in the process of finalising a number of very exciting and inspiring keynote speakers, who shall be revealed shortly. However, that's not the point of this email.
The point of this email is to announce what is arguably the highlight of every conference event - an opportunity to spend hours networking, schmoozing potential employers, or for busting a move on the dancefloor, and thus defying all the myths of librarian stereotypes. That's right, I'm talking about the conference dinner!
Now, you may remember the fabulous NLS2006 dinner at the Randwick Racecourse. Well, we couldn't resist the temptation to rise to the challenge of out-doing our Sydney colleagues (in a purely friendly interstate rivalry fashion), because we're in Melbourne, and being the sports capital of Australia, we have a reputation to uphold. So, I am incredibly excited to announce that the NLS4 conference dinner will be held at....THE MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND!
That's right, the MCG, or the 'G' for those of you who prefer to use monosyllabic words. This venue is one of most iconic of Melbourne's many sports locations, and is also perfectly suited for classy receptions and dinner events. Located on the edge of Melbourne's CBD, near the banks of the Yarra River, the MCG s a short tram and is indeed the only venue in Melbourne that cab drivers know how to get to without needing directions, so you're guaranteed to get there on time. Whatever your code of football may be, the NLS4 dinner will prove to be an amazing way to see out the symposium, right up until that final siren blows!
Mark Saturday Night, 6th December as the date for your Melbourne experience at the "G".
So if you haven't yet considered coming to NLS4, start thinking about it right now! Registration opens shortly, and we'll be sure to let you know when it does!
Andrew Finegan, Marketing Coordinator
State Library of Victoria as the Gold Sponsor for the event
The committee of the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium is proud to announce the State Library of Victoria as the Gold Sponsor for the event.The State Library of Victoria has a long-standing history of support and partnership with ALIA, and we look forward to continuing this at the NLS4 in Melbourne this December.
Gold Sponsor - State Library of Victoria
Also, a reminder that NLS4 is currently calling for abstracts, so if you haven't yet considered presenting a paper, now is the time to start thinking – you still have over two months to get your submissions in! For more information on abstract submission, click here
Andrew Finegan
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Added 28 May 2008
State Library of Victoria as the Gold Sponsor for the event
The committee of the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium is proud to announce the State Library of Victoria as the Gold Sponsor for the event.
The State Library of Victoria has a long-standing history of support and partnership with ALIA, and we look forward to continuing this at the NLS4 in Melbourne this December.
Gold Sponsor - State Library of Victoria
Also, a reminder that NLS4 is currently calling for abstracts, so if you haven't yet considered presenting a paper, now is the time to start thinking – you still have over two months to get your submissions in! For more information on abstract submission, click here
Andrew Finegan
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Added 4 February 2008
We now have an E-List for you to join
We now have an E-List for you to stay updated with us. Sign up to ensure you don't miss important announcements and information from us. Also, you could start a discussion on a topic of your choice, one would be to form up the sort of abstract you would like to submit.
To join, visit this site at ALIA, your host association, and submit your email details.
We look forward to you joining the list!
1 year TO GO!
That's right, folks, the countdown (not to be confused with "The Final Countdown", which will occur later, possibly at the symposium dinner) has begun.
On this day in 2008, multitudes of delegates will be arriving at the Citiclub on Queen complex in Melbourne's CBD, for a truly career-defining experience. Will you be one of them? Put the 5th-6th of December, 2008 in your diaries now! Get your supervisors to add it to your staff development plans! Start thinking about writing a paper now! Just do whatever you can to be there, because NLS4 is promising to be HUGE and you won't want to miss it!
We are also extremely excited to announce our two patrons for the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium:
Anne-Marie Schwirtlich
Chief Executive Officer and State Librarian, State Library of Victoria
Photo credit, Paul Scott 2007
Roxanne Missingham
President, Australian Library and Information Association
Parliamentary Librarian, Parliament of Australia
The NLS4 committee thanks Roxanne and Anne-Marie for pledging their support.
Which leads us to the fun part - the competition!
We received a wide range of interesting responses, from Julia Gillard to staff at the Middleton Interactive Learning Centre. However, we can announce that the winners were:
Winner: Laura Foley - Austin Health Library - Victoria
Runners-up:
Catherine Gilbert - Parliamentary Library
Fiona Bradley - University of Technology - Sydney
Thankyou to everybody who entered the competition, and special thanks to the State Library of Victoria, ALIA, and ICMS, for providing the prizes.
Andrew Finegan
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Added 5 December 2007
NLS4 has a venue confirmed and a Date set for 2008
The NLS4 Committee are incredibly excited to announce the venue for the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium – Citiclub on Queen.
CQ is a delightfully modern venue, located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, and easily accessible by public transport. A stone's throw from all of Melbourne's major attractions, it is the perfect place to be in December 2008.
The CQ Functions centre provides ample space to accommodate concurrent sessions, with state-of-the-art presentation technology, so that we can truly break through those MS-Powerpoint barriers! Furthermore, the function space contains its own bar, if you need a little Dutch courage to spur you into networking with the industry's movers and shakers.
CQ also provides a range of comfortable inner-city hotel accommodation – details of accommodation deals for conference delegates will be confirmed as we draw closer to the event.
For more information about the venue, check out the venue
We're sure you'll be as excited as we are about this venue.
BTW - please put the 5th & 6th December 2008 in your diary, as the official Conference Dates
Added 4 December 2007
NLS4 competition - guess the patron
Whilst the whole of Australia (well, at least those who watch ABC on Wednesday evenings) is getting excited about The Librarians, we'd like to announce our patrons for the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium.
Well, we'd like to, but where's the fun in that?
Instead, we're giving you the opportunity to correctly guess who they are, and maybe win a prize!
But think carefully - you can only answer once! The first correct answer will win a very special prize, generously donated by the State Library of Victoria , but there are also a range of runner-up prizes.
Each week, we'll be posting another clue on the news feed, and you'll always see it first here, before anything is posted to the e-lists.
All entries must be in by midnight on Monday 3rd of December, and the winner will be announced on Wednesday 5th - exactly one year before NLS4 kicks off in Melbourne 2008.
Send all entries to: Gemma Siemensma - Social Program/Events Co-ordinator
AND...
Clue #1: "Both patrons for NLS4 are.... librarians."
Clue #2: "Neither of our two patrons are male."
Clue #3: Both are leaders in their organisations.
Final clue: "One of our patrons is somewhat stately in nature, whilst the other is more inclined to parley with her clients."
Added 8 November 2007 - Updated 21 November 2007
We have a photos page
The photos page will build up during the course of the conference and preparations, and of course, will show many photos during this illustrious event! Here is the link to the NLS4 Photos
Added 20 October 2007
Website Launch
The NLS4 website was officially launched at the ALIA 70th birthday celebrations on the 20th of August 2007, hosted by the Victorian New Graduate's Group at the State Library of Victoria.
Full of teasers for next year's Symposium, this site will be regularly updated with new information about the New Librarian's Symposium as it becomes available.
Watch this space! Now you can subscribe to the RSS feed, and not worry about watching it – just let the information come to you!
And in breaking news, we are excited to announce that we have two (2) official patrons for next year's event. However, their identity shall remain a closely-guarded secret for the moment. That said, we all know that library workers are the biggest gossips, so feel free to speculate away.
Added 20 August 2007