On Wednesday 7th August, ALIAWest joined forces with ALIA Students & New Grads and ALIA ARL WA to present a conference report back with a twist! Our four fabulous guest speakers took us inside and out of four key 2019 conferences - ALIA Information Online, IATUL, and NLS9.
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| Speakers and attendees at the 2019 Conferences Inside & Out event. |
Rosita Chan kicked off the evening with a recap of her ALIA Information Online experience, which included heaps of useful tips for conference attendees - everything from packing comfortable shoes to researching which concurrent sessions you want to attend before arriving at the conference.
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| Rosita sharing one of the ALIA Information Online presentations. |
Alissa Sputore then spoke about her experience on the International Association of University Libraries (IATUL) committee. Alissa recently presented a paper at the IATUL 2019 conference on customer service culture, and was also one of two Executive Officers for the IATUL 2019 Conference Program Committee.
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| Alissa speaking about the 2019 IATUL conference, held here in Perth. |
Next up was
Sarah-Jane Lang, who volunteered at the recent NLS9 Symposium in Adelaide. Sarah-Jane's inspiring presentation reminded everyone of the value of volunteering!
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| Sarah-Jane on the value of volunteering. |
The 2019 Sharr Award recipient
Kristin Stephenson then provided an overview of what it's like to present at a conference. In July, Kristin attended the ninth New Librarians’ Symposium (NLS9) in Adelaide where she co-presented a workshop with several other current and former WA New Grad Coordinators.
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| Kristin with the title slide of her NLS9 workshop presentation |
You can find the
live-stream recordings of the evening on our ALIAWest Facebook page -
here and
here. Unfortunately we didn't realise the camera orientation was wrong for the first presentation, so you might need to rotate your screen to watch it!
A big thank you to our amazing presenters, and t o everyone who came along on the night. If you're feeling inspired and would like to be involved in a conference, you might like to consider joining the NLSX committee - keep an eye on the
NLS Twitter account for more information.
