NLS6 Call for Volunteers

Calling out for volunteers! Here's your chance to experience NLS6. What would you get out of it? Well apart from the awesome professional development you will get:

•     free entry into the Symposium
•     a volunteer T-shirt commemorating the event
•     free morning tea and lunch
•     attend a session of your choice

For more info and to register your interest visit our webpage:
http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/2012/10/30/call-for-volunteers-2/

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NLS6 Call for Mentors

The 6th New Librarians Symposium (NLS6) is calling out for mentors. Are you interested in mentoring our first time and semi-experienced presenters? To register your interest please email volunteers@newlibrarianssymposium.com with the subject heading ‘Mentor EOI’. The email should include a brief professional biography, including your particular areas of interest within the library and information sector, and your experience and expertise as a presenter.
 
 For more information visit our webpage: http://newlibrarianssymposium.com/program/call-for-mentors/

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Library Folk in the Pub Melbourne, 18 Oct

Join us for a friendly bite to eat, or drop in on your way home for a drink.

When: Thurs 18th Oct from 6pm
Where: The Moat (Basement, 176 Little Lonsdale St, beneath the State Library)
The table has been booked for 'ALIA'. For more information about the venue, see http://themoat.com.au/
Cost: at own expense
Vegetarian options.

Please RSVP to nyssa.parkes[at]gmail.com by midday Wednesday 17th so we can confirm numbers.
All are welcome, so bring your library and non-library friends.


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The draft NLS6 program is here!

The New Librarians' Symposium (10-11 February 2013) is excited to announce that speaker proposals have been chosen, keynotes have been confirmed and the sessions for this awesome symposium program have been decided and scheduled. You can check out the exciting line up here (as this is a draft, please note that times may get shuffled around before we announce the final program). Below is a snapshot of the sessions and speakers.

• The embedded librarian : is this your future? – Jennifer Osborn
• Balance! WTF? –  Ghylene Palmer and Tamara Capper
• Presentations: the good, the bad, and the interpretive dance – Kate Freedman
• I liked librarianship before it went mainstream: the rise of the hipster librarian – Romany Manuell

If you’ve missed our first two keynote announcements – here they are again — We are lucky to have Marcus Foth and Ruth Kneale joining us at NLS6. Watch this space for more awesome keynote announcements in the coming weeks!
So what are you waiting for? C’mon and join us – be inspired, be connected and be different!

http://newlibrarianssymposium.com 

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ALIA New Graduates Group Job Skills event in Adelaide

Does the thought of writing three pages of selection criteria send you into a mad panic?

Do job interviews trigger hyperventilation and abject terror?

If you can relate to either of the above you cannot afford to miss the ALIA New Graduates Group Job Skills event.

Our experienced panel will share their insider information and advice on the job seeking journey.

From the world of academic libraries, Veronica Ghee (Senior Liaison Librarian) from Flinders University.
Discover what skills are needed to work back of house in an academic library, Tom Snook (Associate Librarian) from Flinders University.

Get the inside scoop on public libraries, Alison Burden (Team Leader, Library Customer Services) from Mitcham Library Service.

When: Thursday 18th October 2012, 5.45pm for a 6pm start, finishing at approximately 7.30pm

Where: Ira Raymond Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide

Cost: $7 for ALIA members and students. $10 for non-ALIA members. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided (Please try and bring correct change on the night)

RSVP: By Tuesday 16th October to Tim Ormsby,  timothy.ormsby@flinders.edu.au. Please email Tim your burning job seeking questions for our panel.

Participation certificate available on request. Attendance at workshop = 1 PD point.

Yasmine, Rebecca & Tim

ALIA New Graduates Group coordinators SA

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