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ALIA National Advisory Congress 2009

July 7, 2009 – 11:08 am

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This year’s NAC regional meetings will continue with a focus on one of ALIA’s 2010 priorities – Lobbying and Advocacy.
The topics for this year’s program for the regional meetings include:
Lobbying and Advocacy: working together to make a difference
Review of the outcomes of the 2008 topic – Staying Smart in a complicated world: Professional [...]

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The Biolibrarian Proposal

March 6, 2009 – 7:30 am

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The Biolibrarian proposal proposes the creation of new positions at university libraries around the world.
A Biolibrarian is trained in the use of biological databases that would initially include biological pathway, complex and interactions databases. This scope is intentionally limited for the purposes of the proposal but could be expanded.
It is envisioned that molecular [...]

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National Summit on Library Human Resources

March 5, 2009 – 11:49 am

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REPORT for THE CANADIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (CLA) Ottawa, ON October 6-7, 2008
On October 6 and 7, 2008, the Canadian Library Association (CLA) hosted the Canadian Library Human Resources Summit, in Ottawa, to focus on key issues that present challenges to the library community in the areas of recruitment and education. Approximately 115 library stakeholders representing [...]

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ALA defines core competences of librarianship

February 27, 2009 – 10:09 am

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CHICAGO – At the American Library Association (ALA) 2009 Midwinter Meeting in Denver, the ALA Council passed a resolution defining the core competences of librarianship.
The core competences document represents the work of a special Presidential Task Force on Library Education and builds on the efforts of several previous groups.
The document defines the basic knowledge to [...]

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