22 August 1986 Page

o o o o o o o News from the Divisions.......NSW BRANCH

Local history librarians — your comments pleaseLocal history librarians and others who are trying to meet the escalating demands on local history collections are invited to comment to NSW Branch on the need for special courses.

At the last Branch Council meeting of 19 July, Pat Ward, Secretary of the Action Com­mittee on Local Government Records, dis­cussed the need for specialist knowledge and skills and sought Branch support to interest appropriate colleges or universities in mount­ing such courses.

This would help to bring due recognition to the importance of local studies collections in public libraries and the role of those in charge or caring for the collections.

A meeting of those interested will be con­vened (uid proposals for courses a nd imple­mentation passed on to the Bra nch Executive. (See InCite dated 1 August for a report on the NSW Bicentennial Archives Program. This and the ‘Conservation on the Move’ program involving some $210,000 are exciting develop­ments in which the NSW Branch is involved directly or indirectly.)

Send your comments on the need for courses, prefered duration, etc. to:

Diana Oliver, Sutherland Shire Library, EtonStreet, Sutherland, 2232 by 20 September.(Please mark envelope ‘Personal’.)

TAFE SECTIONThe national TAFE Section and the recently formed Queensland TAFE Sectional Group have agreed to jointly sponsor a National Con­ference of TAFE Library Staff in Brisbane from 8-10 July 1987. The theme will be Half­way there, between Kangan and 2000 and will focus on the aims and objectives of TAFE libraries.

More about the Conference in future issues of InCite. See you in Brisbane — make the Conference a working holiday.

Bern ice Burgess President

NEWS FROM THE DIVISIONS VICTORIAN BRANCH

The Victorian Branch is alive and well, with a very successful year up to the end of July, 1986. Apart from the July meeting where the effect of the petrol strike limited numbers, Branch Council meetings have been well attended, with observers present.

One Branch initiative which is very useful in keeping librarians aware of what is on, and what is planned for future months, is the pub­lication Branch Watch. Lauri Clarkson, of Pri­mary Software Services, is editor. Branch Watch helps ensure that activities do not clash; it is distributed to library schools, libraries, and at meetings, providing excellent publicity for the Branch.

A wide range of activities has been held by the Branch combining with different sections and regional groups. The Branch and Special Libraries combined to hold a farewell in the elegant Queen’s Hall State Library to honour the retirement of Josephine McGovern, Parlia­mentary Library, in May. Earlier the Branch celebrated the appointment of Ms Jane La Scala as State Librarian with a reception. Ar­chitects’ models and plans of the new State Library Museum complex were on display.

The Corporate Plan and Review has been an important topic. Bill Linklater (Victorian Branch General Councillor) spoke to the Bal­larat Regional Group on 27 May 1986. Bill also reported on the general Council Meeting and the AGM at the Darwin conference. Certain sections were noted for further discussion.

The Branch and Public Libraries Section combined to run a workshop session on 20 June 1986, pre-Darwin, with Douglas Zweizig explaining ‘Input/Output measures — stand­ards in libraries.’ Approximately 50 attended this session. A joint Victorian Branch, Status of Women in Librarianship and RMIT (Lib- rarianship) Meeting was held 3 June when Patricia Glass Schumann, noted librarian, author and publisher, addressed a group of 20 at Fob’s Bistro, RMIT. Looking ahead, the Branch will join with one or several sections to hold a workshop/meeting on Legal Responsibility.

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A committee was formed to consider tl Branch production of a list of speakers ar guidelines for presentations at careers night clubs, service groups, etc.

The recommendation that a kit Careers Libraries be produced by the Victoria Branch was carried at the July Meeting. $2f was allocated for the production of the k: which would be available for speakers’ advi ing groups on careers in librarianship. The t will consist of:

1. Chart/overheads. Who, What, Why.2. Handouts A. Librarians.

B. Library Technicians.3. LA A publications on Library careers.4. LA A video.Sections and regional groups have many a

tivities planned for the remainder of 19t which will cover many facets of librarianshi eg children’s literature weekend, an inform meeting with Brian Haratsis on funding f< public libraries, LAA Continuing Educatio Personnel management, and Lobbying, as wc as the respective ongoing interests.

Margaret Sm i,

ACQUISITIONS SECTION NSW GROUP

Call For NominationsNominations are now called for the positioi on the 1987 Committee: Convenor; Secretar Treasurer; Committee Members (6).

Nominations are to be sent to the Executi1 Director, LAA, 376 Jones Street, Ultimo, NS 2007.

Please use the nomination form issued wf InCite 18 July 1986 (Vol 7 No 12).

Please return forms by 16 September 1986

NSW BRANCHContinuing Education for Country MembersAt its all-day meeting on Saturday 19 Ju Branch gave special consideration to the pro lems of providing continuing educatic courses for country members. In view of tl difficulty of getting sufficient membe together in any one place, all wanting tl same topic, Branch decided to use the funds has been setting aside to cross-subsidise con try courses in subsidising country members attend city-run courses.

Between now and December, Branch will 1 running a Managing People at Work seminj and a New Technology Update seminar. Rig] now, we would like to hear from any memb in the country who would be interested attending either seminar. To be eligible f Managing People at Work it is essential to 1 in at least a first level supervisory position.

Branch has not decided how much subsit will be available, or exactly how the funds wj be allocated. The aim will be to make it pos ible for country members to attend a semin at no more cost than that paid by city met bers, however we shall wait to see how mar members express firm interest in attendii one of the seminars before finalising arrang merits for subsidy at the September Bram meeting.

So, country members, if you feel you’ been missing out on benefits, here’s an oppc tunity to equalise. Please write to me C/- Sta Library of New South Wales, Macquar Street, Sydney.

Alison Cro NSW Branch Preside

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NSW LIBRARY TECHNICIANS NSW GROUP

\e Executive met on Monday, 21 July in or- ;r to plan more effectively for the next com- ittee meeting. Decisions were reached re the litorship of Lib Tec (this will now be J. Bai- y) and the frequency will be quarterly. It is )ped to arrange a talk re the course review, lere will be two promotional meetings at Mney Tech (one for full-time and one for irt-time students).We will put together a submission for a grant • that J. Bailey can work on a bibliography i library technicians, and we had a brief port on the Darwin Conference from Vice- ■esident, Mrs Lexie Zantiotis. It was wide- inging, stimulating, many, many papers, •me very recent technological information, jynote address by Dr. Chen was spectacular. Tere was a well-manned information desk, arwin technicians welcomed contact, but ily one paper given by a technician. The SM of the national technicians had to com­ite with adjacent noise, about 30 technicians ere present.

J. Walker Hon. Secretary

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SECTION, VICTORIAN GROUP

Te Group has held two general meetings so r this year. Ian McCallum, President of the \A, spoke on 12 March about the Report of ie LAA’s Corporate Plan & Review Commit- e, which had been released the previous eek. Ian gave a brief background to the sport and quickly reviewed its 48 recom- endations. Many submissions were received, ost recommending changes, however the re- >onse to the questionnaire was disappoint- g, with only 3.61% of the membership •spending — one-third of the responses from ffice Bearers! Even more disappointing, the jestionnaire responses tended to support the atus quo and therefore were of little use to ie Committee. Ian’s talk provoked many aestions and a lively discussion, concluding ith Ian’s urging for us all to forward our )mments to LAA Head Office.The second general meeting was held on 7 ay at the CSIRO Division of Manufacturing schnology Melbourne Laboratory Library, enis Moriarty, Assistant Director, Marketing

Sales & Media Group, Victorian Government Printing Office, addressed the meeting, out­lining the history and operations of the Print­ing Office, which is the largest in Australia, services and publications currently available from the Office, and the exciting plans for the future. The VGPO intend to improve their usage of technology in production and publi­cation, and to expand their use of communi­cation technology to better inform the public of their services. Denis indicated the VGPO is very much aware of the expertise of the lib­rary profession in information organisation and provision and is keen to involve librarians in future planning and development. We hope to publish the full text of Denis’s talk in Aus­tralian Special Libraries News.

The Group also held a joint function with the LAA Victorian Branch on 20 May to honour and farewell Josephine McGovern, formerly Librarian of the Parliament of Victoria. The function was held at the Queen’s Hall, State Library of Victoria, and was attended by many of Josephine’s friends and colleagues from the Victorian library world. Josephine retired on 15 February after 28 years service at the Par­liamentary Library, 16 years as Parliamentary Librarian. Her contribution to the Victorian Specials Section and special librarianship in Victoria is widely recognised and greatly appreciated.

Vicki Nicholson Publicity Officer

MEDICAL LIBRARIES SECTION SA GROUP

Barbara Biggins, Librarian at the Child, Ado­lescent and Family Health Service in Adelaide and a member of the South Australian Medi­cal Libraries Section, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birth­day Honours list in June, for her ‘Service to the arts, especially through the South Austra­lian Council for Children’s Films and Television.’

Her involvement with lobbying for better television for children began in the early 1970s while at home with three children. She was a foundation member of the South Australian Council for Children’s Films and Television from 1973, Convenor of the Television Com­mittee till 1982, then Vice-President and Pres­ident in 1986. She became national spokesman on Television for the Australian Council for

Children’s Films and Television in 1976 and still holds that position.

In addition to being a member of the South Australian Broadcasting Corporation Advisory Council since 1983, and a convenor from 1983 to early 1986, Barbara is an organiser of the Media and Communications Council. This is a group committed to lobby for increased flow of information from government agencies and increased public participation in broadcasting policy formation.

Her voluntary work with all these organiza­tions involved in the collection of information led her to pursue studies in librarianship, when in 1981 she added a Graduate Diploma in Library Studies from South Australian Insti­tute of Technology to her Bachelor of Science. Since her graduation, Barbara has been em­ployed on a part-time basis at the Child, Ado­lescent and Family Health Service. The Service has been very supportive of her involvement with children and television, and her contribution to discussions in Medical Libraries Section meetings are highly valued.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SECTION NSW GROUP

Micros seminar and toursThe NSW Special Libraries Section is running two half-day seminars on Monday 22 Septem­ber to launch their microcomputer week. The morning seminar will cover evaluation of mi­cro software and hardware for libraries. The afternoon seminar will look at advanced fea­tures such as word processing packages, spreadsheets, data base retrieval capabilities and how to really tailor your micro to your own requirements.

These two seminars will be conducted by Katie Blake, from Enterprise Information Management, and will start the week of visits to libraries that have already installed vari­ous microcomputer systems. The timetable for these visits during the week will only be available to those who attend one or both of the seminars.

The cost will be $50 for the day or $25 per half day seminar. Lunch will be included with both full and half day seminars as well as morning and afternoon tea. For further de­tails keep watching Happenings or contact: Maree Enright (02) 698 6421 for an applica­tion form.

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UNSWILL CHARGESThe resources of the University of New South Wales library are seriously overstrained at present and, as a result, it is having difficulty in maintaining both its collection and its ser­vices to users. In 1985 the staff cost of subsi­dising loans from UNSW to other libraries amounted to about $120,000. In order to try and redress this imbalance UNSW has decided to charge $15.00 for both interlibrary loans and for copies of material.

Exempt from this document delivery fee, for a variety of reasons, are the following: all uni­versities and CAEs, members of the Office of Library Cooperation, CSIRO Libraries, Aus­tralian Atomic Energy Commission Library, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Reserve Bank of Australia (Sydney), Law Courts Library

(Sydney), Ove Arup & Partners (North Syd­ney), Department of Health (Sydney), Depart­ment of Agriculture (Sydney), Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney), and all Hospital Libraries. These libraries are also asked to direct their interlibrary loan and copying requests to another source except in those cases where UNSW holds the only copy in Australia.

For the $15.00 fee UNSW undertakes to act on any request within two working days of the request’s receipt. Rush service, including priority-paid mail or collection by the request­ing library’s courier, will cost an additional $3.00. All payments may be made by cheque or by LAA vouchers.

The new scheme came into operation on 1 August 1986.

Rob BrianActing Deputy University Librarian

Conferences Coming UpPublishing Congress

NEWS FROM THE DIVISIONScontinued from page 5

The first Annual Asian World Publishing Con­gress together with its supporting trade exhi­bition PUBCON Expo 87 takes place in Singapore during 23-27 February, 1987. This new Asian congress for advertising, news­paper, magazine and book publishing, has the support of the Singapore Trade Development Board and is being organised in affiliation with FOLIO magazine (USA).

Congress keynote speakers from the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Asean countries and Europe will address delegates. Morning presentations will cover: launching new publi­cations; breaking into Japan and China; bet­ter business management; improving advertising and sales techniques; and achiev­ing greater productivity. The afternoons will provide delegates with a choice of 28 in-depth workshops. The main conference language will he English.

The trade exhibition, PUBCON Expo, offers marketing opportunities for companies seek­ing a larger share of the publishing market and is expected to attract over 4,000 trade visitors in addition to congress delegates.

For information concerning registration and exhibition space contact: Regina Lee, Asian World Publishing Congress Secretariat, 05-07 Beach Centre, 15 Beach Road, Singapore (65) 339 4377; tlx: RS 55970 LMASIN, fax: Singa­pore 339 9409.

EDUB SECTION1986 marked the third year in the growth/sur­vival of Education for Librarianship: Aus­tralia. Over the life of the journal feedback from readers has been sparse. The editors are aware that lack of comment means either dis­interest or mild satisfaction and quite natu rally they are prepared to believe in the latter!

All levity aside, the editors are taking a number of steps to ensure quality of material and breadth of coverage. An Editorial Board has been formed, and members of this inau­gural Board are:

Peter Durey, University of Auckland Christine Frey, University of Tasmania Joe Hallein, Gippsland Institute Michael Manning, Monash University Peter Masked, WAIT Pam Naylor, Box Hill College of TAFE Maureen Nimon, SA College of Advanced EducationMaxine Rochester, Canberra College of Ad­vanced Education Mary Sandow-Quirk, QIT Ida Vincent, University of NSW Chen-ku Wang, National Centre Library TaiwanEsther Williams, University of the South Pacific

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NSW BRANCHFinancial Report from July meetingNSW Branch Council approved allocations t divisions on the same basis as for the first ha of the year. Total allocations for the year ar as follows:Regions $5.50 per head, payable in instalmentsSections $1.00 per head, twice a year, with minimum of $150.00 per section.Special grants of $100, twice a year, RAR/ On-line users and Western Regional Chapter. Second half-yearly allocations are as listed:

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