ALIA West

Bunnings Cannington Engagement Evening - 4th December 2026
2025-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 (Australia/Perth) | Leige Street, Cannington
ALIAWest will again be supporting Bunnings for their Community Engagement Evening for Christmas
Come along and say Hi! We volunteer at different stalls, so look out for the ALIA banner.
Bunnings proudly sponsors the ALIAWest F A Sharr Award https://aliawest.alia.org.au/f-a-sharr-award/

Committee Meeting
2025-12-03 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-11-13 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-07-03 17:45 - 19:00 | Online Only
Committee meetings are held monthly on the first Wednesday of each month; February to November.
Join online on Zoom or in person usually at the State Library of Western Australia.

Quiz Night
2025-11-13 18:00 - 21:30 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Save the date
Our annual ALIAWest Quiz night has a date. Get your teams ready for an amazing night out with friends, lots of laughs and amazing prizes. Save the 13th of November to your calendar and come back soon for more details.

Connect, Create & Collaborate
2025-09-19 09:00 - 16:00 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Event Description
A day celebrating lifelong partnerships and innovations across cultural institutions. Our theme highlights the transformative power of working together across disciplines using new or existing relationships and technologies, to shape the future of West Australian knowledge and heritage.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM
When
Friday, 19 September 2025
9:00 am – 4:30pm AWST
Where
Great Southern Room
State Library of Western Australia
45 Francis Street
NORTHBRIDGE WA 6003
This event will be recorded.
Cost
ALIA Member – $77
ALIA Student Member – $20
ALIA Retiree Member – $21
Non-Member – $110
By registering for this event, you are granting the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and its representatives the right to use, reproduce, and publish photos or recordings of your participation in the event. By registering you are indicating that you understand and agree that these photos or recordings may be used for promotional, educational, and informational purposes, including but not limited to, marketing materials, online platforms, social media, and any other medium deemed appropriate by ALIA.

2024 F A Sharr Award - Nominations opening 28 April
2025-04-28 08:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00
Nominations for the 2024 F A Sharr open on 28 April 2025. The Award is designed to spotlight the contributions, achievements, or innovative ideas of a West Australian Library Technician, Librarian or Teacher Librarian who graduated after January 2021.
Open to all graduates (from January 2021) in the world of Library Technicians, Librarians and Teacher Librarians!
Now is the perfect time to spotlight your contributions, achievements, or your innovative idea. The F.A. Sharr Award is a unique opportunity to highlight the exceptional work and inspiration within our community.
And don’t forget, you can nominate someone else that you know fits that fabulous bill!
Timeline of Events
Date Detail
28 April 2025 Colleague and self nominations open
12 May 2025 Colleague nominations close
20 June 2025 Self-nominations close
25 June 2025 Review of nominations
09 July 2025 Interviews of selected nominees
31 July 2025 Library and Information Week Award Night – SLWA

ALIAQLD Library Carpentry Sessions
2025-04-09 16:00 - 2025-04-23 19:00
In response to the Library Carpentry Taster that ALIAWest held in 2024, ALIAQLD has developed 3×3 hour online sessions covering:

Session 1: Intro to Tidy Data – 9 April
Session 2: OpenRefine – 16 April
Session 3: Introduction to Git – 23 April

They start at 4pm Perth time and all are welcome to register via the link: https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=QLD0425A

You can choose which sessions to register for and don’t forget that each session is 3 CPD Hours!

This is a great way to enter the Library Carpentry World, and will feed into the ALIAWest full day session being planned for later in the year.

Cocktails and Cuisine
2025-03-28 17:00 - 20:30 | 60 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004, 60 Royal Street, East Perth, WA, 6004, Australia
Event Description
Come relax at the end of the week and get to know your ALIAWest committee members. Everyone is welcome anytime from 5.00pm onwards at the Royal on the Waterfront in East Perth.
Cost
ALIA Members/Non-Members – FREE
Register Now
Registrations are essential, please follow the link above.
By registering for this event, you are granting the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) and its representatives the right to use, reproduce, and publish photos or recordings of your participation in the event. By registering you are indicating that you understand and agree that these photos or recordings may be used for promotional, educational, and informational purposes, including but not limited to, marketing materials, online platforms, social media, and any other medium deemed appropriate by ALIA.

Quiz Night
2024-11-07 18:00 - 21:45 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Save the date
Our annual ALIAWest Quiz night has a date. Get your teams ready for an amazing night out with friends, lots of laughs and amazing prizes too.
Save to your calendar and come back soon for more details.

Committee Meeting
2024-10-02 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-09-04 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-08-07 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-06-05 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-05-01 17:45 - 19:00, 2024-04-03 17:45 - 19:00 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia

WA GLAMR Get Together
2024-09-19 05:30 - 20:00 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Join us for an evening of presentations from our local GLAMR representatives, followed by a roundtable discussion on current issues.
Light refreshments will be provided

$15 ALIA Members
$22 Non-Members

ALIA Event
2024-05-22 18:00 - 21:00 | TL Robertson Library, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Western Australia, 6102, Australia
ALIA Event Curtin University.
Watch this space for more details soon.

ALIA National 2024 Conference
2024-05-06 - 2024-05-09 | Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
ALIA provides the platform as a meeting point for all Library and Information professionals, from all sectors and all areas of Australia and the international community. The National Conference provides unparalleled opportunities to become stronger as professionals and as an industry with engaging programs and a forum to collaborate, network and build partnerships amongst our colleagues, peers, industry leaders and corporate partners.

Ice Breaker
2024-03-14 18:00 - 19:45 | State Library of Western Australia, 25 Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
Introducing our new Website & Social Networking.

Sample event
2023-11-11 08:00 - 10:00 | ALIA House, 9-11 Napier Close, Deakin, ACT, 2600, Australia
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