by Nicola Carson | Jul 30, 2026 | Uncategorized, WA Library Technicians Group, WALT
On Tuesday the 28th July, 4 ALIA West Committee members celebrated with WALT for the Annual Library Technicians Day. Over 20 of us enjoyed the company and food at the Bayswater Hotel, talking all things tech (not really) and as usual solved the problems of the world...
by Nicola Carson | Jul 15, 2026 | F A Sharr Award, Sharr Award, State Library of WA, Uncategorized
Libraries Can’t Serve Communities They Don’t Know On the 2nd July, I had the honour and privilege of receiving the F.A. Sharr Award for the potential for significant contributions to the library field in WA. I was asked to identify the biggest issue facing...
by Nicola Carson | Jul 4, 2026 | F A Sharr Award, Membership Pins, Sharr Award, Silver Pins, SLWA, Uncategorized, WALT
On Thursday night, the 2nd of July, the State Library Board Awards Night was held at the State Library of Western Australia. It was also the night where ALIA West welcomed our newest F A Sharr Award winner (2025) – Darby Bond Brown. Her passionate talk titled...
by Nicola Carson | May 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
On the 28th April three members of the ALIAWest Committee were able to do a tour of the new Edith Cowan University City Campus Library. As the campus only opened in February, it was all new and exciting! Located in Yagan Square, above the Bus Port and across the road...
by Nicola Carson | Feb 10, 2026 | ALIA in WA, PD Scheme
Friday the 6th February saw a full classroom of library people arrive to engage in a full day session, getting to grips with Python and all the extra goodies. Starting with ensuring everyone was up and running with all the basics loaded and working, we then moved onto...
