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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear current students or 2025 grads
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:15.75pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Volume 14 | Issue 1 | 14 January 2026</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALIA National 2026 Conference Opportunities</span></strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#999BA2;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">ALIA is committed to providing opportunities and removing barriers to attend the ALIA National 2026 conference. We have 3 opportunities to support attendance
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Nations Bursaries</span></span></a> for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island colleagues.
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Time Delegate Bursaries</span></span></a> for Personal Members who have never attended a National conference. Sponsored by Peter Pal.
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to be part of our team helping delegates have a smooth, welcoming and memorable conference experience.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Applications close 15 February.
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Don't forget - early bird registrations close 23 January 2026!
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">An ALIA Library Technician Award has been presented to members since 1989. The award was redesigned in 2025 in consultation with ALIA Library Technicians Group
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</span></strong><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday 27 May at 12.00pm (AEST).</span></em> Registration is free and gives you access to resources to help you plan your event – and while you’re there, don’t forget to check out the NSS merchandise
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALIA on the Move</span></span><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#999BA2;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">After more than three decades at ALIA House, the ALIA National Office is on the move to new premises in Canberra, closing a 35-year chapter filled with significant
achievements, memorable events and work that has strengthened our profession and community and shaped the Association. Our new office address is:<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2/4 Makin Place, Deakin ACT 2600</span></strong>.
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Expressions of interest are still open for ALIA Institutional members to host a 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards winner in 2026. Libraries selected will
receive up to $4000 to support their event, with all author travel and accommodation covered by Writing Australia. All library types are welcome to apply.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EOIs Close 15 January 2026. </span>
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<h6 style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Make a New Year's resolution to help shape the future of ALIA.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#999BA2;font-weight:normal">
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Public Domain Day a Big Deal for Australia
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">To mark Public Domain Day 2026 – which took place on 1 January – ALIA’s Director, Policy Education Research and Training, Jessica Coates has written a piece
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><span class="inline-color"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Workplace Violence and Aggression in Libraries</span></span><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#999BA2;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Associate Professor Jane Garner is leading a new research project on workplace violence and aggression in public and academic libraries, conducted on behalf
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Surveys take around 20 minutes to complete, and do not ask you to identify yourself or your library. Have your say and participate in this important research:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">ALIA President Jane Cowell spoke to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) this week about the growing number of Australians returning to their local libraries
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register Your Interest: Pride March 2026 |
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">ALIA Enterprise IM is seeking community members who would like to share their expertise, experiences, and insights with fellow professionals at 2026 webinars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">ALIA Health Libraries Australia (HLA) have a number of sessions coming up including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">All designed to support health librarians with practical skills and professional development.
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALIA Enterprise Information Management: CoP#1 Meet the Committee |
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">Join us for the first in our series of Community of Practice events for 2026 where we’ll be hosting a fireside chat with the EIM Executive Committee. Chaired
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<h3 style="margin:0cm;line-height:24.75pt"><strong><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ALIA NSW: Kirrawee Library+ Tour |
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Saturday, 14 February 2026, 10:00am – 12:00pm (AEDT)</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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migration, and the creative use of AI with collection material. Bookings essential as spaces are limited!
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">The State Library of Western Australia has announced 15 recipients sharing $208,000 through Round 5 of the Better Beginnings Community Grants, supporting early
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<p style="margin:0cm;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444855">The team at City of Marion Libraries has grown a legion of fans on social media and seen their videos go viral, clocking up millions of views. Read the recent
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Four online sessions are available across February and March to allow flexible attendance.
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