ALIA LIBRARY
WA Library Technicians Group (WALT) conference grant: winning essay 2011
The aim of the WA Library Technicians Group (WALT) symposium grant is to enable students and recent graduates of a library technician qualification course to experience the value of a National Library and Information Technicians' Symposium. The Symposium is a prime source of professional development and networking opportunities for library technicians within Australia and overseas.
Innovative projects in digital special collections: bridging the gap between digitisation and knowledge creation
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium, 27-29 September 2017 North Sydney: bridge to knowledge
This conference paper discusses an approach to effectively managing photographic digitisation projects.
Crossing the bridge from cataloguing to programming: is it essential for metadata specialists?
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium, 27-29 September 2017 North Sydney: bridge to knowledge
This paper discusses the resource description skills library technicians need to acquire to remain relevant in the workplace.
Building bridges with IT: successful collaboration with your IT department
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium, 27-29 September 2017 North Sydney: bridge to knowledge
This conference paper discusses how library technicians and their IT colleagues can work collaboratively to the benefit of staff, the organisation and most importantly, library patrons.
National library and information technicians symposium 2017: conference program
National Library and Information Technicians Symposium, 27-29 September 2017 North Sydney: bridge to knowledge
Is there a need for increased ICT training in library technician courses in Australia?
ALIA Library Technician Research Award 2015, Debra Gilmore, ALIATech
This research, made possible by ALIA in the form of a research grant under the auspices of the ALIA biennial Library Technical Research Award, investigates whether Registered Training Organisations (RTO) Library Technician courses adequately cover the information and communications technology (ICT) skills required by library technicians and employers.
Library technician education in Australia: state of the nation report
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) report highlights areas of good practice and provides a series of recommendations for enhancements to course content for the future. It also examines a number of critical issues that are likely to impact on library technician courses due to developments in the structure and funding of education in Australia, as well as changes within the Library Information Studies sector as a whole.