Meet up at Max Brenner: Wrap Up

Last Monday a group of information professionals meet with members of the ALIA Sydney committee at Max Brenner in George Street in Sydney. At this gathering, we were lucky enough to have the NSW ALIA State Manager in attendance. The attendees enjoyed Coffee, chocolate, and yummy snacks.

During the meet up the topics discussed included; continuing education in the information and library sector, Peer mentoring and the New Librarians Symposium being held in Sydney in July NLS7

Other notable topics discussed were the International Librarians Network  and the NSW State Election and the NSW State Library’s political and election ephemera collection.

It was a very enjoyable evening, thanks to all those who were able to attend. If you weren't able to attend, we would look forward to seeing you at our next event.

Tracey McDonald @McDonaldTracey

Co-Convenor, ALIA Sydney

aliasydneygroup@gmail.com

Meet up at Max Brenner: 23rd February

Hi Everyone!


ALIA Sydney will be having a meet up at the Max Brenner chocolate bar in the Metcentre on 23 February from 6pm.

It's a great opportunity to chat with fellow LIS professionals and enjoy some coffee and chocolate.

Come and talk to the ALIA Sydney committee members, tell us what events you would like us to organise for the year.

ALIA Sydney committee members who attended the ALIA Online 2015 conference will be there, so come and pick their brains or chat about your favourite conference memory.

We would also love to hear about what your library did for Library Lovers Day 2015.



Caitlin
ALIA Sydney

Australian Heritage Hotel Wrap Up

Friday the 21st of November was the last ALIA Sydney Meet-Up for the year held at the Australian Heritage Hotel in the Rocks. It was a fantastic evening with great food, drinks and fabulous company.

Former ALAIA NSW State Manager Julia Garnett was in attendance, giving us the opportunity to congratulate her on her new status as an Australian Citizen (which she gained during the 65th Anniversary of Australian Citizenship ).

LIS professionals from a variety of sectors and organisations attended ensuring the conversations were interesting and lively.

The discussions covered advances in  library management systems such as Alma and the upcoming  Professional development opportunities including Wikipedia & Australian Libraries and next year’s conference schedule of ALIA information Online , New Librarians Symposium and The ALIA National Library & information Technicians’ Symposium.

Thank you to all that attended!

If you were unable to attend you still have one more chance to catch up with the ALIA Sydney group and other LIS Professionals at our last event of the year the ALIA Sydney Picnic! 29th November.

We look forward to seeing you there this Saturday.

Tracey McDonald

ALIA Sydney

ALIA Sydney Picnic! 29th November

The ALIA Sydney group invites you, your friends and family to join us out in the sunshine for an end of year picnic at Darling Quarter.

Please come along and relax, unwind, meet new people, catch up with old friends, and share your stories from 2014.

Darling Quarter offers lots to eat, see and do. The precinct will play host to Santa Fest where all things Santa and Christmas come to darling Harbour. Head on over to their website for more information on the area.

As an added bonus there will be a family Christmas movie at 5:30 pm and Fireworks at 9:00 pm. For more details about Santa Fest see http://www.darlingharbour.com/whats-on/santa-fest.aspx

Where: On the Community Green, near the Pump station and the Water works.

When: Saturday, 29th November, from 12 p.m.

What to bring: Food and drink or buy something from the many restaurants close by, a rug to sit on, hats, sunscreen and change of clothes for the kids (as there is water play).

Parking: Wilson Parking Darling Quarter 1-11 Harbour Street, Sydney  has weekend parking for $13.00  http://www.wilsonparking.com.au/go/wilson-car-parks/nsw/darling-quarter/#

RSVP: aliasydneygroup@gmail.com to give us some idea of numbers, or just turn up on the day.

We look forward to seeing you there to celebrate 2014 coming to a close. 

Meet-Up Drinks : November 21

ALIA Sydney will be having a final Meet-Up for the year at the Australian Heritage Hotel in the Rocks on 21 November. The evening is great opportunity for everyone to chat with fellow LIS professionals. ALIA Sydney committee members who attended ALIA National 2014 Conference and Hallowed Ground will be there, so come and pick their brains over a bevy!

Details:

Friday 21 November from 6.30pm
The Australian Heritage Hotel
100 Cumberland St, The Rocks
https://goo.gl/maps/S1AoK

Meet-Up at Lindt Cafe

Hi everyone!

ALIA Sydney will be having a Meet Up at Lindt Cafe in Darling Harbour on 2 September starting at 5:30pm.

It's bound to be a a great evening, meetups are a great way to meet new LIS friends, enjoy some chocolate and chat.

We would love to see you there




-Caitlin Williams

Meet up at Dimitris!

Hello everyone!

ALIA Sydney is planning a meet up at Dimitris on Tuesday 6 May. (324 Crown Street, Surry Hills). It would be great if you could come. The event will kick off around 6:00pm.

Our meet ups are a great way to spent an evening meeting information professional folks - plus there's going to be great pizza and great alcohol! (There might even be some library themed desserts! yum!)

Spaces are limited - so please RSVP to aliasydneygroup@gmail.com. If you have any dietary restrictions don't forget to include them too.

We hope to see you there!



-Caitlin Williams
Social Media Officer, ALIA Sydney

Realistic Resolutions

By the start of February most of us have already given up on going to the gym every day, eating better, drinking less... but with the start of the Lunar Year, what better time to get real about making resolutions.

We here at ALIA Sydney are challenging you to make just one achievable resolution right now:

Eat chocolate.

What - why?

Um, why not?

But seriously. Because this is the first step in taking charge of your career.

How?

We're glad you asked.

All you need to do is eat chocolate WITH US.

This year, ALIA Sydney want to plan our events around what YOU need for YOUR career!

So, we'll be at the Metcentre's Max Brenner on Wednesday 5 March from 6.30pm waiting to talk with you (and possibly eating all the chocolate).

This is not just a chance to eat chocolate (and tell us what we can do to make our events awesomer for you), but to meet other fabulous chocolate-loving library people.

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