An update on our social media channels.

📣 @LIBERO_LMS is thrilled to be the 2025 platinum sponsor of ALIA Online Transformation & Disruption. Click below to learn more about their new library app for mobile & much more! 📣 Learn more - buff.ly/4gbGY3S #liberolms #librarymanagementsystem

Wishing everyone a safe and restful holiday period 😀 Our office will be closed from 3:00pm AEDT on 24 December to 9:00am AEDT on 2 January. We look forward to working with you all in the new year 🎉

TODAY! Keep your CPD hours up to date by joining us & your fellow ALIA members for an informal online drop-in session. ALIA staff will be on hand to answer your questions & motivate you along. 🗓️ 11 December 🕐 12 - 2pm AEDT 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/4g2TeUY

Keep your CPD hours up to date by joining us & your fellow ALIA personal members for an informal online drop-in session. ALIA staff will be on hand to answer your questions & motivate you along. 🗓️ 11 December 🕐 12 - 2pm AEDT 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/3OM8DwP

📚 Registrations are now open for our 2025 training courses 🎓 Offerings include Copyright & Ethics 101, Resource Sharing: Interlibrary Lending & Document Delivery, Bibliotherapy Basics, Cataloguing for Practitioners & much more! Learn more 👉 buff.ly/3Zvhg5i

📣 Save the date for Library and Information Week 2025 📣 For those eager to start planning, we are pleased to let you know that Library and Information Week 2025 will take place from 28 July to 3 August. The theme and program of events will be announced next year.

Join us for the Research Award Winners & RAILS Roundup. Hear from recipients Dr Kay Oddone & Tabitha Merrell. Dr Ellie Sayyad Abdi & Liz Walkley Hall will then discuss highlights from the recent RAILS Conference. 🗓️ 16 Dec 🕐 1:00 pm AEDT 💻 online 👉 buff.ly/4ihkeS4

Keep your CPD hours up to date by joining us & your fellow ALIA personal members for an informal online drop-in session. ALIA staff will be on hand to answer your questions & motivate you along. 🗓️ 11 December 🕐 12 - 2pm AEDT 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/4igEovO

Last chance to register! Join the ALIA NSW Group and your library colleagues for the presentation of the inaugural NSW Library & Information Excellence Award. 🗓️ 6 December 🕐 5:00pm - 7:30pm AEDT 📘 State Library of NSW, Dixson Room Register 👉 buff.ly/4ieDoIo

The draft program for ALIA Information Online: Transformation & Disruption is now available! Explore presentations from researchers & practitioners from universities, schools, TAFEs, public libraries & special libraries across Australia. More 👉 buff.ly/4fAoeLH

Calling all library technicians! Meet the ALIA Library Technicians executive committee and join them for an hour of fun, celebration and networking. 🗓️ 26 November - TOMORROW 🕐 6:30pm - 7:30pm AEDT 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/4fzDWXK

Join ALIA GLAM Top End for the presentation of the NT Library & Information Excellence Award! Come & be inspired by your peers & enjoy some light refreshments. 🗓️ 28 Nov 🕐 5:30 pm-7:00 pm ACST 🏫 L2, Parliament House, 4 Bennett St, DARWIN Register 👉 buff.ly/3Z0L08r

Join ALIA Island for pizza, nibbles, and drinks to celebrate the end of 2024 In the Hanging Garden. 🗓️ Thurs 5 December 🕐 4pm - 7pm AEDT 🌸 The Hanging Garden, 112 Murray St, HOBART Register 👉 buff.ly/3ZgKULy

Hear Anna Burkey (@AnnaNotKarenina) from @australiareads discuss reading rates in Australia on ABC Radio National yesterday. Anna also discusses the vital role of our school libraries in encouraging & supporting a love of reading. 👉 buff.ly/4hWYPh2

Join ALIA South Coast for lunch at Bendooley Estate and dine amongst the books inside the Berkelouw Book Barn. 🗓️ 23 November - THIS SATURDAY 🕐 12:30pm - 2:45pm AEDT 🍇 Bendooley Estate, 3020 Old Hume Highway, Berrima, NSW Register 👉 buff.ly/4hRI72F

Log on for the ALIA Island End-of-Year Online Catch-Up! Join your peers for a discussion and wrap-up of 2024 and plans for 2025. 🗓️ Tuesday, 3 December 2024 🕐 12 pm - 1 pm AEDT 💻 Zoom Register 👉 buff.ly/4fA8nwZ

Join ALIA GLAM Top End for the presentation of the NT Library & Information Excellence Award! Come & be inspired by your peers & enjoy some light refreshments. 🗓️ 28 Nov 🕐 5:30 pm-7:00 pm ACST 🏫 L2, Parliament House, 4 Bennett St, DARWIN Register 👉 buff.ly/3AHlYmK

Join ALIA Island for pizza, nibbles, and drinks to celebrate the end of 2024 In the Hanging Garden. 🗓️ Thurs 5 December 🕐 4pm - 7pm AEDT 🌸 The Hanging Garden, 112 Murray St, HOBART Register 👉 buff.ly/4epZSmx

The book for NSS 2025 has been announced, so let's spread the word! Show us your photos with your cat, dog, or any willing animal friend reading 'The Truck Cat' by Deborah Frenkel & illustrated by Danny Snell. #NSS2025 #LibraryStorytime More 👉 buff.ly/40H47qP