Positions Filled

Following the recent Call for Nominations we are pleased to announce that:

Suzanne Lewis, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health (NSW), has taken up the position of Convenor for Health Libraries Australia;

Jane Shelling, from the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ACT), is now Secretary of the Anne Harrison Award; and

Veronica Delafosse, Caufield Hospital (VIC), will continue as Convenor of REBLs.

We wish them every success in their roles and thank them for volunteering their time and energy.

The HLA Exec Needs You!

It's that time again when you are asked to consider nominating for the Executive Committee of Health Libraries Australia. Back in August 2006 I wrote a post about why I continue to be involved and those sentiment still hold.

All positions are open and include: Convener, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor or General Member.

Please contact the secretary, Mary Peterson at mary.peterson@imvs.sa.gov.au.nospam (remove 'no spam' from the address) before the end of February.

Results from the ALIA member survey

ALIA members can now access the executive summaries of the results from the member survey conducted last year. There are summaries for both individual and insitutional results.

The reports summarise those factors most important to members versus member impressions of how well ALIA is performing against each of these factors. It also sets out some potential improvement opportunities for ALIA.

These documents are worth a read...only 3 pages each...as you can expect the results to heavily influence the future activities of our national professional body.

Don't forget to vote - ALIA BOD

It's election time for ALIA. Members are asked to vote to elect board members and a vice president. You can read about the candidates here.

Philip Keane, Helen Partridge and Michelle Brennand are all seeking re-election. New candidates are Brenda McConchie, Gail Schmidt and Kate Sinclair. Kevin Dudeney and Jan Richards are vying for the position of Vice President.

Ballot papers will be included in the March issue of inCite. Voting closes 9 April 2008.

Have your say. Make your vote count.

ALIA Election Results/Board changes

The following positions/changes come into effect as of the ALIA AGM on May 15:

• Derek Whitehead (Swinburne Uni of Technology) has been elected Vice-president / President-elect. You can keep up with Derek's ALIA activities via his blog Derek's ALIA Blog;
• Damian Lodge (Centre for Information Studies , Charles Sturt Uni) and Kate Watson (Uni of the Sunshine Coast) have been elected as Directors;
• Roxanne Missingham (Aust Parliamentary librarian) will take over from Dagmar Schmidmaier as ALIA President; and
• Of interest to health, Anne Ritchie's (Dept of Health and Community Services, NT) term as a director comes to an end while Philip Keane (Royal Adelaide Hospital - IMVS) continues as a director into 2008.

See ALIA Board of Directors for more information.