NLS4

I keep thinking that I need to write about NLS4. It was such a big part of my life for 3 years then, bam its over. I think it was fantastic and so did most people I spoke to. From a personal viewpoint I learnt so much. I got to work with such a fantastic team and hoped that they learnt as much off me as I did from them. I can’t wait for our big catch up as I miss them all so much! The following are blogs that others have written from their experiences at NLS4:

http://virtuallyalibrarian.com/2008/12/07/nls4-conference-wrap-up/

http://quilterjo.blogspot.com/2008/12/tasty-morsel.html

http://roxannemissingham.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-librarians-they-are-out-there-are.html

http://librariesinteract.info/2008/12/16/new-librarians-symposium-nls4-review/

http://librarianidol.blogspot.com/2008/12/yes-moments-of-last-week.html

http://www.alia.org.au/blog/?p=94

NLS4 Meetings

I did manage to make two trips up and down that highway for NLS4 meetings.

September 20th and November 15th. (October was a teleconferece).

Just blogging about it here so that come tax time I remember to claim the kilometres!!

NLS4 Meeting

On the Saturday morning I was up early and headed back into the city for an NLS4 meeting. It was a great meeting as everything is starting to "fall into place". It really will be a superb event. There is still so much to do (so I want time to slow) but it will be so exciting so at the same time I want it to speed up and arrive. Plus, we also had a new edition to the team. Jill had a baby boy two weeks ago (Ronan Baker Stephens) and I went and visited him at the hospital and he is gorgeous. Congrats to our beautiful Jill and welcome along for the ride Ronan!

NLS4: Dinner venue confirmed

How exciting - we are having the conference dinner at the MCG, overlooking the hallowed turf! It promises to be a wonderful night. I was so relieved when it was confirmed as we had heaps of problems securing a venue. Not that its all booked - bring it on!

NLS4 Meetings

The conference is fast approaching and yet again I have trekked up and down that highway for meetings. I have actually struggled to make it down to Melbourne during the week but as NLS4 meetings are on Saturday’s there is no problem making these (except for being tired afterwards!) We had meetings on:
March 25th dinner venue visits and a public holiday for me!
March 29th meeting
April 19th meeting

It will be here before we know it and it looks set to be a wonderful conference.

NLS4 Meeting

On Saturday I headed down to Melbourne for our first NLS4 meeting of the year. Basically we went through everything we had to do (which is lots) and geared ourselves up for a big year. Great news though is that we have a Gold Sponsor – the State Library of Victoria. Hopefully this is just the first of many. Stay tuned for further updates!

NLS4: Venue Confirmed

Back in late November I headed to Melbourne for an NLS4 Meeting and we had some exciting news - the venue has been confirmed. This is the announcement email sent by Andrew (and let me just say that I love the venue and think it is perfect for a NLS4 crowd - very funky):

The NLS4 Committee are incredibly excited to announce the venue for the 4th ALIA New Librarians Symposium - Citiclub on Queen.

CQ is a delightfully modern venue, located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD, and easily accessible by public transport. A stone's throw from all of Melbourne's major attractions, it is the perfect place to be in December 2008.

The CQ Functions centre provides ample space to accommodate concurrent sessions, with state-of-the-art presentation technology, so that we can truly break through those MS-Powerpoint barriers! Furthermore, the function space contains its own bar, if you need a little Dutch courage to spur you into networking with the industry's movers and shakers.
CQ also provides a range of comfortable inner-city hotel accommodation - details of accommodation deals for conference delegates will be confirmed as we draw closer to the event.

For more information about the venue, check it out at:
http://www.cqmelbourne.com.au

We're sure you'll be as excited as we are about this venue.

NLS4 Meeting

On Saturday morning, the 27th of October I woke early so I could have some breakfast with my mum. I figured I better see her considering I had stayed there for two days and just used her house as a backpackers! So anyway it was great to catch up with mum as now I have moved a few hours away, life is busy for both of us, so we hardly get to bond anymore and she is one of my best friends! After lunch I headed into the city for our next NLS4 meeting – and boy was it a long one. We are in the middle of picking a venue so it is all very busy. Plus we all have so many ideas that we are just itching to discuss. I promise you it will be an awesome event so stay tuned for further information!

flickr

Ok - so I am sure everyone has a flickr account. I do too - just thought I share it. I have added more photos from ALIA's 70th birthday party to it to. This is where I tend to put all my "library related" photos so you can see me at NLS2006, River of Opportunities IV, TOT, ALIA's 70th etc. My photos can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70335716@N00/


Check out me, Jill and Trevor stiking a pose on Monday night!! You will notice Tania is missing (she's a bit to classy to act like a fool!!)

ALIA's 70th Birthday

On Monday (Agust 20th 2007), ALIA turned 70. The Victorian NGG had this massive event at the SLV to celebrate. There was cake and prizes and lots of chances to mingle with those from across various sectors of the industry.

Plus, the wonderful NLS4 committee (aka me, Tan, Trev and Jill - the Victorians), launched the NLS4 website. Jill has done such a marvellous job on it and we are so proud of her. (Jill you rock!!). Check it out - you won't be disappointed.

NLS4 Meeting

On Saturday morning I headed into the city for our first official NLS4 meeting with our PCO (Professional Conference Organizer). ICMS are located in Southbank and boy did I go in circles trying to get through the "no right hand turns". It was great to finally get the ball rolling and we discussed lots of our ideas. Now though we need to secure a venue, upon which everything else will be able to fall into place. So hopefully over the next few months we will be able to start locking in deatils and really get this show on the road!!