The Sharr Award, formerly known as the Sharr Medal, is a prestigious award named in honour of Francis Aubie (Ali) Sharr, State Librarian in Western Australia 1953-1976 in recognition of his contribution to libraries and librarianship. It is...
As part of Library & Information Week the City of Karratha, in Partnership with the State Library of Western Australia, are holding a regional conference for East and West Pilbara Libraries. ALIA are supporting the...
By Jessica Pietsch | ALIA WA State Manager The task group for the 'Library Leadership: A Celebration' day met yesterday at the State Library. The group pieced together some of the final plans for the professional development day set to take place...
By Jessica Pietsch So I was on the phone to Judy Brooker, ALIA's Director of Learning yesterday. Judy reminded me about the upcoming Annual General Meeting and the proposed constitution changes: "to endorse the principles of the United Nations...
By Jessica Pietsch Last week I met Peter Green at Murdoch’s Geoffrey Bolton Library. Starting out in my role as ALIA WA State Manager, many people had suggested I reach out to Peter, a pivotal ‘WA library leader’, partly because of his work in...