Australian Library and Information Association#Publications
{{short description|Peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector}}
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The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), formerly the Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia, is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Founded in 1937, its headquarters are in Canberra.{{Cite book |last1=McDonald |first1=John D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TxgcEAAAQBAJ&dq=The+%22Australian+Library+and+Information+Association%22+headquarters&pg=PA397 |title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences |last2=Levine-Clark |first2=Michael |date=2017-03-15 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-000-03154-6 |language=en}}
ALIA publishes a quarterly scholarly journal, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, and a bimonthly news magazine for members, INCITE. The Association hosts a number of conferences which take place in different places around Australia.
History
On 20 August 1937, a meeting of 55 librarians at the Albert Hall in Canberra formed the Australian Institute of Librarians in response to the Munn-Pitt survey. The foundation president was William Herbert Ifould, the Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2439675 |title=LIBRARIANS. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=21 August 1937 |access-date=14 July 2014 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52156221 |title=LIBRARIANS' INSTITUTE. |newspaper=The Examiner |location=Launceston, Tasmania |date=23 August 1937 |access-date=14 July 2014 |page=8|edition=LATE NEWS EDITION and DAILY|via=National Library of Australia}} John Metcalfe, Deputy Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales was the first honorary general secretary and drafted much of the original constitution.{{Citation |author=McMullin, B. J. | title=Collections, characters and communities: the shaping of libraries in Australia and New Zealand |date=2010 | publisher=Australian Scholarly Publishing | isbn=978-1-921509-61-2 }}{{Citation |author=Whyte, Jean P. |author2=Jones, David J. | title=Uniting a profession: the Australian Institute of Librarians 1937-1949 |date=2007 | publisher=Australian Library and Information Association | isbn=978-0-86804-565-8 }}File:Australian Institute of Librarians' inaugural meeting at Canberra, August 20, 1937 944014.jpg
In 1949, the institute changed its name to the Library Association of Australia, and was renamed again 1989 to its current name of the Australian Library and Information Association and a permanent office was established in Canberra.
The Archives section, which had existed between 1951 and 1973, became the Australian Society of Archivists in 1975.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archivists.org.au/about-us/history|title=History of the ASA - Australian Society of Archivists Inc.|website=www.archivists.org.au|access-date=2019-07-03}}
Governance and description
The Association is governed by a constitution and a board of directors who are voted on by members for two year terms.
ALIA National Office staff are based in ALIA House in Australia's capital, Canberra.
Membership
General memberships are open to anyone interested in the Australian library sector, while professional memberships are only available to those working in the sector{{Cite book |last=Schweizer |first=Marko |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_Vi_ykArs8C&dq=The+%22Australian+Library+and+Information+Association%22+headquarters&pg=PA85 |title=World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science Associations: Second, completely revised and expanded Edition |date=2011-12-22 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-095136-3 |language=en}} or with an ALIA-accredited degree in library science or library technician degree.{{Cite web |title=Membership Eligibility |url=https://alia.org.au/Web/Web/Membership-Eligibility.aspx |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=ALIA}}
Activities
ALIA has created public campaigns to promote libraries and learning, including Library Lovers Day, Library and Information Week, Information Awareness Week, National Simultaneous Storytime, and the national Summer Reading Club.
Education
ALIA manages the standards for library and information science education within Australia, and provides accreditation for certain TAFE and university (both graduate and post graduate) courses.{{Cite book |last=Abdullahi |first=Ismail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zk8_DwAAQBAJ&dq=alia+accredited+library&pg=PA396 |title=Global Library and Information Science |date=2017-11-07 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-041312-0 |language=en}}
ALIA offers training to library science students and those working in the library sector, including mentorship programs, and a Professional Development Scheme.
Publications
= Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA) =
JALIA is a quarterly scholarly journal, named as of Volume 66, Issue 1, 2017; a merger of the Australian Library Journal (ALJ) (1951 to 2016), and Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) (1970 to 2016).{{Citation | title=Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association [catalogue entry] | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/216694121/version/237787631 | publisher=Taylor & Francis | issn=2475-0166}}{{cite web | title=Journals | website=Australian Library and Information Association | date=13 January 2021 | url=https://www.alia.org.au/jalia | access-date=3 March 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.alia.org.au/publications-and-news/australian-academic-and-research-libraries-aarl|title=Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) {{!}} Australian Library and Information Association|website=ALIA|access-date=15 May 2017}}
= INCITE =
INCITE (also styled Incite,{{Citation | title=Incite [Catalogue entry]|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16855022/version/210009401 | publisher=Library Association of Australia | issn=0158-0876}} inCite{{cite web | title=inCite: Magazine of the Australian Library and Information Association | website=Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII)| url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/journals/inCiteALIA/ | access-date=3 March 2021}} and InCite), a news magazine for members, published six times a year {{as of|lc=yes|2021}},{{cite web | title=INCITE | website=Australian Library and Information Association | url=https://www.alia.org.au/publications-and-news/incite | access-date=3 March 2021}} (formerly 12-20 times a year). It was first published in January 1980. Issues dating from Volume 33, issue 1/2 (January/February 2012) are available via National edeposit,{{cite web | title=INCITE: the magazine for library and information professionals [catalogue entry]| website=National Library of Australia | date=3 September 2020 | url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6274260 | access-date=4 March 2021}} Issues from 1980 to 2016 are available as scanned electronic versions on AustLII, and many back issues (until 2020, {{as of|lc=yes|March 2021}}) are also on the Informit database.{{cite web | title=Incite | website=Informit | url=https://search.informit.org/loi/inc/group/d2020.y2020 | access-date=4 March 2021}} Since 2018, some whole issues of INCITE are produced in a freely available digital-only format each year, with one article from each print issue also freely available online, on the ALIA website.
Conferences
ALIA hosts a number of conferences which are rotated around Australia:{{Cite web|url = https://www.alia.org.au/events/conferences-summits|title = Australian Libraries and Information Association|access-date = 6 February 2015|website = Conferences & Summits}}
- ALIA Information Online Conference{{Cite web|url = http://information-online.alia.org.au/|title = Conferences and summits|access-date = 12 February 2015|website = Australian Library and Information Association}}
- ALIA National Conference{{Cite web|url = http://nationalconference2014.alia.org.au/|title = Conferences & Summits|access-date = 12 February 2015|website = Australian Library and Information Association}}
- ALIA New Librarians' Symposium{{Cite web|title = Conferences, symposiums and summits |website =alia.org.au|publisher=Australian Library and Information Association|url = http://www.alia.org.au/events/conferences-symposiums-and-summits#current%2520symposiums|access-date = 15 January 2016}}
- ALIA National Library and Information Technicians' Symposium{{Cite web|url=https://www.alia.org.au/LibTech|title=National Library and Information Technicians Symposium 2017 |website=alia.org.au|publisher= Australian Library and Information Association|access-date=18 July 2016}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|https://www.alia.org.au/}}
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