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ALIA National Advisory Congress 2009

shirley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:08:28 +0000

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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 Development
Local issues
Members are encouraged to read the ALIA Planning Consultation 2010 paper, submissions and make comments at a regional meeting. Comments can also be made via our online submission form or by emailing us on planning at alia.org.au.nospam (please remove ‘.nospam’ from address).

In 2009 ALIA will continue with the two-tier model for the National Advisory Congress (NAC). All regional meetings are invited to select someone from the meeting to attend the national gathering of the ALIA NAC. The national meeting will be held via teleconference.

If you have any questions or would like further information about the NAC please go to the website or contact at ALIA National Office on e-mail (please remove ‘.nospam’ from address) or ph 02 6215 8222.

Melbourne: Seminar Rm 1, RMIT University Library,
L5, Bldg 8, Swanston St campus, 5.30pm
24 September 2009

The Biolibrarian Proposal

shirley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:30:46 +0000

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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 biologists could meet with a Biolibrarian in the same way that they meet with and use the services of a librarian. The Biolibrarian could help molecular biologist researchers to locate pathways, complexes and interactions that their molecules of interest are involved in.

The Biolibrarian would help the biologist to access, use and interpret data from curated molecular databases (including pathway, complex, interaction, model organism and protein databases).

In addition, the Biolibrarian would be trained in the use of state of the art text mining tools to help researchers locate data for their molecules of interest in abstracts and full-text research articles.

Finally, Biolibrarians could help researchers enter verified information from full-text articles into curated databases where it would be available to researchers around the world that were querying for information on these same molecules. More….

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National Summit on Library Human Resources

shirley — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:49:00 +0000

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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 key associations, employers, unions, government officials, educators, and other stakeholders in the Canadian library community took part in the Summit. The agenda for the Summit and the list of participants can respectively be found in Appendices A and B of this report.

ALA defines core competences of librarianship

shirley — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:09:14 +0000

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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 be possessed by all persons graduating from an ALA-accredited master’s program in library and information studies. Librarians working in school, academic, public, special and governmental libraries will need to acquire special knowledge beyond that specified in the resolution.

It states that everyone graduating from an ALA-accredited master’s program in library and information studies should know and, where appropriate, be able to employ:

Foundations of the Profession.
Information resources.
Organization of recorded knowledge and information.
Technological knowledge and skills.
Reference and user services.
Research.
Continuing education and lifelong learning.
Administration and management.
The core competency requirements stress the role of library and information professionals in promoting democratic principles and intellectual freedom, knowing and applying the legal framework guiding libraries and information agencies – including laws relating to copyright, privacy, freedom of expression, equal rights and intellectual property – and attaining competency in identifying and analyzing emerging technologies and innovations.

To learn more about the core competences of librarianship, please visit:

Core Competences Web site http://www.ala.org/ala/educationcareers/…