ALIES Conferences
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The Attorney-General’s Department hosts the Australasian Libraries in the Emergency Sector (ALIES) conferences annually at the Australian Emergency Management Institute in Mount Macedon, Victoria. The conferences are attended by representatives from ALIES libraries across Australia and New Zealand.
2010 Conference
The annual ALIES conference facilitates a national approach to information services by developing the capability of member libraries to advance the national security agendas of Australia and New Zealand.
The theme of the 2010 conference is ‘Resilience’ and topics include:
- resilience in the community
- resilience in the library community, and
- information and resilience
Download the ALIES 2010 Conference Program
The ALIES 2010 Conference program includes details of papers, keynote speakers and sponsors.
Objectives of the conference
- To assist member libraries to broaden their focus by incorporating current knowledge and information management principles and practices into core business.
- To conduct the ALIES Annual General Meeting (AGM).
- To exchange information on current information management trends, which will encourage innovative practices within and between emergency sector libraries.
- To discuss and plan marketing strategies for ALIES and individual members.
- To contribute to a better understanding of resources of other emergency sector libraries by creating improved access to information and people.
- To develop strategies for future co-operation between member libraries, parent organisations and government bodies involved with emergency management.
Past conferences
ALIES conferences and workshops have been held annually since 2002. For details on past conferences, you can download the following conference programs:
2009
- 2009 – Interaction and innovation [DOC 1.2MB]
- 2009 – Interaction and innovation [PDF 2.8MB]
- ALIES 2009 conference papers
2008
- 2008 – ALIES 3.0: information catalysts [DOC 311KB]
- 2008 - ALIES 3.0: information catalysts [PDF 1.6MB]
2007
- 2007 – Mapping knowledge: where in the world are we [DOC 195KB]
- 2007 – Mapping knowledge: where in the world are we [PDF 542KB]
2006
- 2006 - Disasters, terrorism, corruption, crime...a librarian's role in uncertain times [DOC 137KB]
- 2006 - Disasters, terrorism, corruption, crime...a librarian's role in uncertain times [PDF 244KB]
2005
2004
2003
- 2003 - Capturing the Corporate Knowledge [DOC 31KB]
- 2003 - Capturing the Corporate Knowledge [PDF 34KB]
Conference sponsors
The ALIES conferences are an important opportunity for library vendors to demonstrate products and services available to librarians.
The following sponsors are supporting the 2010 conference:
Past conference sponsors include:
- DA Information Services
- EBSCO Publishing
- Emerald
- Infotrieve
- Insync Surveys
- James Bennett
- Jane’s
- Proquest
- RMIT Publishing
- Softlink
- Swets
More information?
For more information on ALIES conferences, you can contact the Australian Emergency Management Library.