by admin | Apr 7, 2019 | ALIA Awards, ALIA West, F A Sharr, Professional Development
It can be tough nominating yourself for an award at the beginning of your career. At least, that’s the way I felt when I was writing my application for the F A Sharr Award last year. I wasn’t sure that I had done enough, that I could say enough, that I could...
by admin | Mar 1, 2019 | ALIA West, Sharr Award, WALT
The F A Sharr Award is named after Francis Aubie (Ali) Sharr, State Librarian in Western Australia from 1953 to 1976, in recognition of his contribution to libraries and librarianship in Western Australia and to the profession more broadly. The award is presented to a...
by admin | Dec 10, 2018 | ALIA West, Celebration, Christmas, events, Quiz, State Library of WA
What a way to end the year! The annual Great Library Quiz was held at the State Library on Thursday 6th December, and this year’s event was one for the record books. Through the generous support of the 90+ trivia goers who packed out the Great Southern...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Celebration, Christmas, events, Quiz, SLWA, social
It’s that time of year again, when having a brain squeezed full of miscellaneous facts and trivia might actually come in handy and win you something, or at the very least, make for a fun night out! The Annual ALIAWest Great Library Quiz is on again at the State...
by admin | Jul 2, 2018 | ALIA New Graduates Group, ALIA West, AskandAnswerClub, Conferences, NLS9
It was just over a year ago I was standing on the freezing steps of the National Library in Canberra, ready to head into my first big Libraryland event with no idea what to expect. That chilly Friday I was feeling a lot of things;...
