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ALIA has provided information for members and lobbying for the library and information sector's point of view on copyright. Information sheets, letters, articles,submissions to government and inquiries related to copyright are all included on this ALIA site.

Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation (QULOC)provides a framework for shared planning, appropriate partnerships and the promotion of cooperative activities among university libraries in Queensland and northern New South Wales. By means of advocacy and action, QULOC works to secure an information infrastructure to support the teaching, learning and research needs of member institutions and underpin knowledge-based economic development in Queensland and northern New South Wales.

The Tasmanian state association of the national Australian School Library Association. It aims to foster the ideals of the national organisation and assist local members deal with local issues.Keywords: School librarians, school libraries, teacher librarians, books, children's literature, information literacy, ICT, professional learning, advocacy, library staff, library technicians, library aides, librarianship, research skills, Tasmania, privat group

In 2002, representatives of the Australia Library and Information Association visited six immigration detention centres on Australia's mainland and found that the current provision of library and information services for detainees is ad hoc, variable, inefficient and provides poor outcomes for detainees. Detention centres visited include Sydney (Villawood), Melbourne (Maribyrnong), Perth (WA), Woomera (SA), Port Hedland (WA) and Curtin (Derby WA). Report by Alan Bundy.

In recent years the renewed significance of learning throughout life has led to libraries focusing on information literacy. This is due to lifelong learning or learning for life being recognised as vital in times of fast and pervasive change. In an environment of rapid individual, community and workplace change a static body of knowledge does not equip us with the capability to adapt or thrive and advance. Acknowledgment of the value of information literacy is driven by new technologies, changing patterns of work, globalisation, family and community mobility, and above all the explosion in available information. The capability to respond to changing information needs is now a critical life skill. This is the message that librarians and all library advocates must present if we are to increase support for all libraries. This advocacy kit has been adapted, with permission, from the American Library Association 's advocacy kit action pack [Go to http: //www.ala.org/ and follow the 'Issues...

The Consortium was formed in 2003. Led by the National Library of France, the Consortium also comprises National libraries of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, The Library of Congress (USA) and the Internet Archive. The Consortium's key objectives include: collaborative working, within each country's legislative framework, to identify, develop and facilitate implementation of solutions for selecting, collecting, preserving and providing access to internet content; facilitating international coverage of internet content archive collections within national legal frameworks and in accordance with individual national collection development policies; international advocacy for initiatives that encourage the collection, preservation and access to internet content.

This collection of papers is from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Biennial Conference 2004. The main themes of the Conference were: challenging culture and tradition; challenging leadership and management; and meeting the smart service challenge. The selection of peer reviewed / non reviewed papers are available as PDF files.Rebuilding from the inside out - the State Library of South Australia's organisational redevelopment project, Margaret Allen; Education and arts in Queensland: challenging culture and tradition, Hon. Anna Bligh; Enabling the information commons, Fiona Bradley; Why do I have to explain what I do: the challenge of language and definition in Librarianship, Kate Burnham; Right to information in square brackets: advocacy and the World Summit on the Information Society, Alex Byrne; Indigenous library services - preservation, Grant Collins; Are you keeping fit for the job, and are you the best fit for the job? Debbie Dawson; Community information...

An ALIA site which provides links to Australian and international copyright information.

This site contains newsletters, reviews, conferences, resources listing, advocacy, news, events, publications, awards, research and membership information for the International Association of School Librarianship.