by ALIA West | Jul 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Australian Copyright Committee (ALCC) and ALIA have launched a campaign for long overdue copyright reform for unpublished works. Perpetual copyright exists on unpublished works – unlike published works for which copyright lasts 70 years after the death of the...
by ALIA West | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Reading practices in a digital world Talk by Dr. Vivian Howard (Dalhousie University, Canada) Thursday 25th June was an opportunity for librarians to get together at the State Library of WA to hear Dr Howard talk about two research projects, an event organised by...
by ALIA West | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
WATCH THIS SPACE The 2014 ALIA WA Symposium was a great success. So big – it took a little longer than we had planned to recover from the event! Wanting to make sure the 2nd Symposium was as good as or even better than the inaugural event, we have decided to postpone...
by ALIA West | Jun 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of the year again where I start thinking: Should I or should I NOT renew my ALIA membership? I get those polite emails reminding me that my ALIA membership fees are due. Since it’s June/July, it’s also the time that my land rates come in, my...
by ALIA West | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
Source: Luftphilia (flickr) Some librarianship students are graduating this semester (congrats!), and with this in mind, a colleague recently asked me to offer some advice to graduating students. Specifically, what did I wish someone told me as I was wrapping up...
