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10/06/2026

with Court, one of our new Committee members.

We are very happy to have Court join the faces behind the ALIA VIC Committee.

Court has amazing video skills and we look forward to seeing what she can do with our annual information videos.

If you want to know more about about being a new member on a committee, have a chat with Court 😊

Meet Hush- our incredible perpetual trophy carved by for the VLIA. She has been living in Pru Mitchell’s (our 2025 VLIA...
07/06/2026

Meet Hush- our incredible perpetual trophy carved by for the VLIA. She has been living in Pru Mitchell’s (our 2025 VLIA winner) for the last year and as much as she’s enjoyed spending time with Pru, she’s ready for new adventures. Do you know an amazing librarian she could go home with?…

In fact there is still time to submit your nominations for the 2026 Victorian Library and Information Award! They close on the 21st of June, so get in quick!

Are you, or do you know, an incredible Victorian librarian who has done something amazing in the last year?

We are looking for nominees who, in the last twelve months, have excelled in one or more of the below categories:

* Demonstrated leadership in the development or delivery of library services and programs
* Significant contribution to the advancement of the library and information sector, through research, mentorship, publishing, advocacy, collaboration, or community engagement/outreach
* Implementation of new technologies or other innovations to improve library services or processes
* Creative marketing and promotions of library programs, services, or events
* Demonstrating initiative toward sustainability within a library

Self-nomination is allowed and encouraged, if you’ve done something worth celebrating that you want to share.

For more information and to submit your nomination https://alia.org.au/Web/Web/Our-Members/Award-pages/Victorian-Library-and-Information-award.aspx

Had such a lovely tour of the today. Thank so much to for showing us around. We got to see the tapestry celebrating th...
24/05/2026

Had such a lovely tour of the today. Thank so much to for showing us around. We got to see the tapestry celebrating the 150th anniversary of the ground, the biggest book in the collection (about NZ cricket), got possibly too excited about the Geary classification system- created by former MCC librarian Catherine Geary to manage a sport collection outside of Dewey- explored the massive array of fascinating items in the store- including MCC menus, horse racing posters and much more. And Kyleigh got out some of the highlights of the collection including a Don Bradman flip book, a cricket’s guide from 1875, the book of beards and mos (beautifully modeled by our Secretary Michael). And we had the chance to just explore the beautiful library with its incredible view. Thanks to everyone who came along, and especially for all your excellent questions.

Join ALIA Vic at the for an afternoon of library speed dating. We are joined by ten experts for all sectors of the libr...
19/05/2026

Join ALIA Vic at the for an afternoon of library speed dating.

We are joined by ten experts for all sectors of the library world. Our experts this year are :

Dr. Romany Manuell - Research Librarian, Australian Council for Educational Research and board member of Melbourne Art Library
Tim Gillis-Jones - Library Technology Team Leader City of Monash
Joey Chung- Website and Systems Librarian at Holmesglen Institute and a member of ALIA Multicultural
Heather McKay - Heritage and Archives Librarian at narrm ngarrgu
Nik McGrath - Archivist at Museums Victoria
Michael Barry - Library Technician North Fitzroy Primary School and Camberwell Primary School
Antje Dun - Commons Social Change Library and Australian Policy Online
Corey Greenwood- Coordinator Library Services at the City of Yarra
Julianne Miller - Senior Metadata Specialist at OCLC
Jack Easthaugh- Biodiversity Heritage Library Digitisation Coordinator.

Each participant will get five minutes with each expert, and the chance to ask them anything they want about the library world (except for can you give me a job and will you look at my CV). This is an amazing chance to learn more about the many facets of library land and to find out what it’s like working in so many different sectors. Don’t miss out.

There will also be food from Prahran Market.

When
Sunday, 28 June 2026
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm AEST
Click below to book
https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=VIC0626

18/05/2026

What a week it was last week! All ALIA VIC members are back home safely and now, we'd like to share some snippets from our presentation at Conference, titled Behind the Scenes of an ALIA Group.

First you hear from Ellen our Convenor, then Michael our Secretary, Jade our Marketing and Comms person and Diane a General member.

If you are interested in what goes into running an ALIA Group (which is essentially like a Community group) then have a chat with us at our upcoming events: A tour at the MCG Library or Library Speed-dating or our Book Week Soiree.

We are doing our networking rounds conference! It has been a delight to catch up with librarians we know across the ind...
13/05/2026

We are doing our networking rounds conference! It has been a delight to catch up with librarians we know across the industry and have our brains stuffed with new ideas.

Do stop by room three @ 2pm, Thursday to hear us from ALIA VIC talk about the behind the scenes of running an ALIA Group (aka Community Group).

✅️ Thursday 14 May @ 2pm, be there!Come hear us talk (very briefly) of the ins and outs of running an ALIA Group. If any...
02/05/2026

✅️ Thursday 14 May @ 2pm, be there!

Come hear us talk (very briefly) of the ins and outs of running an ALIA Group. If anything peaks your interest, after our lightening talk, we are more than happy to have more of a chat.

See you conference. We can't wait to meet you 🥰

22/04/2026

This is Diane, one of our ordinary committee members . She does a bit of everything and supports where she can.

For us, that usually means doing whatever is needed to get our events (and many ideas) off the ground 😊

If you want to know more about the overall goal of ALIA state groups, have a chat with Diane!

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