National Library Technicians Day 2009

L-R Julie-Anne Wolfe, Colleen Gammage, Roxanne Missingham, Trish Olsson , Nicola Cross

The ACT ALIA Libtech Group held their celebration for 'National Library Technicians Day 2009' at 'Functions' located at the Canberra Institute of Technology, with drinks and nibbles. Our guest speaker was Stephen Collins from 'Acidlabs' (http://www.acidlabs.org) who is well known for his work in the areas of Knowledge Management, Web 2.0 and Social Networking. Stephen's speech entitled 'Libraries and social media -

better together' was informative, educational and practical. Stephen spoke about ways of using Web 2.0 and Social networking effectively and encouraged Library Technicians to get out be proactive and promote Web 2.0 technologies in our workplaces. The function was attended by 30 Library Technicians including many current students. Roxanne Missingham our current Parliamentary Librarians and past ALIA president spoke a few words on ALIA's behalf.

Colleen Gammage

Convenor of the ALIA ACT Library Technicians Group