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New: Reference Generator: Harvard System. Your students are very welcome to use it. Check our LINKS page for links to: Online Librarianship Journals, Information Literacy, Electronic Books, Interesting Articles, and lots more... Executive Summary of ASLA National Council Meeting by teleconference November 10, 2008	ASLA (ACT) is the professional association for all those interested in, or engaged in, aspects of education in school libraries in the ACT. It aims to promote the interests of Teacher Librarians, by providing a forum for professional discussion and growth. "Effective learners are not just those who are knowledgeable but rather they are people who are able to find and use information as required." (Learning for the future: developing information services in schools 2001, 2nd edition, p. 2.) ASLA (ACT) General Meetings for 2008: Next Meeting: ASLA Dinner and AGM November 13, 5.30 for 6pm AGM and 7pm Dinner, Italo-Australianian Club, 78 Franklin Street, Forrest Delicious dinner, Guest speaker Previous meetings: Visual Literacy, Libraries and the National Gallery of Australia, 16/7/2008. The meeting was divided into 3 sections: 1. discussing visual literacy and what the NGA can offer schools, 2. visit to the library and an examination of its holdings, and 3. using visual literacy to examine paintings in the collection. Useful Links: James Gleeson Oral History Collection E-Resources Gateway Previous exhibitions Thursday October 23, 4-6pm. ACT Heritage Library, Woden. Tour and talk about the heritage library and E resources that we can all access remotely from The ACT Public Libraries. ASLA ACT Committee Meetings for 2008: October 3, November 6. ACT Cluster Group Meetings for 2008: Northside: Term 4: Wednesday 5th Nov 4pm - Campbell HS (rescheduled to this date) Southside: Term 4: Wednesday 5th November, 3.45 for 4pm start - Canberra College Library Conferences and Workshops: 2009, 29 Sept - 2 Oct: ASLA XXI - Coming of Age: Celebrate Diversity, Explore Potential, Perth, Western Australia. 2010, 29 April - 2nd May: Children's Book Council of Australia, Across the Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland. Popular Links: ASLA Australian School Library Association A member of ASLA ACT Council attends meetings of the ACT branch of the Australian Library and Information Association as an observer and reports on ASLA ACT activities. TLs@EdNA Teacher Librarians Meeting Space ACT Virtual Library, Online Collections, Online Tutoring, E-Books Children's Book Council of Australia Library and Information Week COOL Awards - Children's Choice Book Awards in Canberra Australian Children's Choice Awards MS Readathon Galleries and Museums of the ACT (Word doc. kindly compiled by Gai, June 08) ASLA (ACT) Wikispace: If you are a Teacher Librarian, a Teacher or a Librarian working in schools in the ACT, Australia, you are welcome to become a member of our wiki which is at http://www.aslaact.wikispaces.com. Please send an email to with a request to join and include your name, school and email address. All access to the wiki is temporarily password only. Login and password will be given to TLs in the ACT through the listserv. The wiki will reopen for everyone to view once the govt. sector centralized library database discussion has been finalized. ASLA (ACT) Wikispace Postal enquiries: ASLA (ACT) President, P.O. Box 700, Jamison ACT 2614 Email enquiries:
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