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This document is the 2021 edition of the APLA-ALIA Standards and Guidelines for Australian Public Libraries.

This document replaces "APLA-ALIA Standards and Guidelines for Australian Public Libraries (December 2020)".

This submission is made on behalf of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in response to the National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) proposed revisions to its open access policy.

Article from INCITE May/June 2021 Volume 42 Issue 3 - Open Space.

This article shares the experiences of mentees and mentors partcipating in the 2020-2021 ALIA Mentoring Scheme.

Article by John Geijsman AALIA and Kirsty Lightfoot from INCITE May/June 2021 Volume 42 Issue 3 - Open Space.

This article discusses how libraries are connecting with their communities online with the development of a dedicated community Minecraft server.

In 2021, ALIA supported the Declaration statement in support of literacy and numeracy for all adult Australians alongside Adult Learning Australia, the Australian Council for Adult Literacy, the Australian Council of Social Services, the Australian Coalition for Education and Development, the Reading Writing hotline, the Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association and the Literacy for Life Foundation.

This submission is made on behalf of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in response to TEQSA’s draft text for the proposed legislative instrument relating to the quality of research generated by accredited higher education providers.

Contents: About ALIA -- President's report -- Chief Executive Officer's report -- Director Corporate Services' report -- Director of Learning's report -- Director of Conferences and Events' report -- How we performed against the ALIA Board's strategic plan -- Our membership -- Advocacy campaigns -- Government and stakeholder relations -- Conferences and events -- ALIA in the regions -- Education, professional development and training -- Awards -- Communications -- Financial statements.

This report was created following a meeting of eight staff of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) in Canberra who participated in a conversation about how a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future. Together we represent 395 years of library experience, as all of us have been library users from an early age.

This survey was conducted in 2017 to elicite views on how a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future.

This submission from the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), the Australian Public Library Alliance (APLA), and ALIA Health Libraries Australia discusses how public libraries support people to gain information and health literacy skills; and the role of health libraries as important sources of information for medical students, researchers, clinicians, and other health practitioners.