ALIA Board of Directors welcomes you to the National Advisory Congress Canberra November 2005

Features of the NAC Program Welcome and introductions Round-up of regional meetings Celebrating success Spotlight sessions: Finance and management Our vision: linking people with ideas Members and membership Communication Education and learning

Getting to know you… Find out: - their name - where they are from - who they represent - where they live - where they work

Round up of regional meetings ALIA Stars advocacy program Research awards General meeting

ALIA Stars advocacy program Looks more like an award than advocacy What are the criteria for being an ALIA Star? Role and purpose needs to be better shaped, articulated and promoted

Research awards Profession needs to develop research base Not enough competition for awards/ scholarships Employers need to be encouraged to support their staff to do research and to take up scholarships

Celebrating success!

Spotlight on… Finance and management led by Dagmar Schmidmaier

Spotlight on… Our vision: Linking people with ideas led by Gill Hallam

Objects of the Association: “To promote the free flow of information and ideas in the interest of all Australians and a thriving culture, economy and democracy” ALIA core values “Promotion of the free flow of information and ideas through open access to recorded knowledge, information and creative works” “Connection of people with ideas”

The importance of ideas in human life Ideas inspire us Ideas shape our lives Ideas influence our actions Ideas change the course of history Sir Isaiah Berlin ( )

Library and information professionals act as the intermediary between people and ideas “Intermediaries survive by adding value. If changes in the marketplace render an intermediary’s role less valuable, then the intermediary must adapt. If not, the old intermediary will likely be replaced by a new, more valuable intermediary.”

Libraries help people draw on existing ideas Libraries can be the catalyst to help people develop new ideas Different types of libraries link people with ideas for different purposes – public, academic and special Libraries successfully link people with ideas in different ways - physical, virtual and abstract

What about YOUR ideas? Please get into groups which reflect your sector: Public / State Academic Special Other – educators, suppliers

Linking people with ideas Is this a relevant message that the LIS profession should communicate? If so, how should the message be communicated to: an external audience key stakeholders our membership?

ALIA General Meeting Canberra 25 November 2005

ALIA Board of Directors welcomes you back to the National Advisory Congress Canberra November 2005

Celebrating success!

Spotlight on… Members and membership led by Roxanne Missingham Meredith Martinelli

Celebrating success!

Spotlight on… Communication 2005 led by Carol Newton-Smith Rachael Browning

Celebrating success!

Spotlight on… Education and learning led by Ann Ritchie Gill Hallam

CPD – issues and models Future directions for ALIA?

CPD and new roles in libraries – a voyage of discovery Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning Section IFLA August 2005 Oslo, Norway

Satellite conference Proceedings in IFLA Green Series 116 Indexed in LISA Held at the Oslo University College, Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science

Why CPD? Change and the environment (Einstein story) Maintaining standards and improving professional practice New grads – there aren’t enough → CPD is the only answer

Highlights of the satellite event Sheila Corrall – what does the research evidence say on professional competence? Role development: new or extensions of old? Trends: broadening and deepening capabilities Skills: need generic & context-related to exploit specialist skills – p37 ‘skill set for the network world’

Figure 2 Differentiating and contextualising professional competence INSERT figure

Professional competence Need ‘holistic & hospitable’ CPD systems & models for: Our own plus our staffs’ development CPD needs from student to professional Mandatory or voluntary CPD?

Who are the stakeholders? Individuals Employers Educators and training providers ALIA

Individuals: Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they acquire and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for professional excellence Australian Library & Information Sector Our roles & responsibilities

Australian Library & Information Sector Our roles & responsibilities Individuals: Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they acquire and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for professional excellence Educators: Educators have a responsibility to provide and promote the formal education courses and qualifications necessary for developing professional excellence

Employers: Employers have a responsibility to meet the ongoing learning and professional development needs necessary for maintaining professional excellence Australian Library & Information Sector Our roles & responsibilities Individuals: Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they acquire and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for professional excellence Educators: Educators have a responsibility to provide and promote the formal education courses and qualifications necessary for developing professional excellence

Australian Library & Information Sector Our roles & responsibilities Employers: Employers have a responsibility to meet the ongoing learning and professional development needs necessary for maintaining professional excellence Individuals: Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they acquire and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for professional excellence The professional association: The professional association has a responsibility to encourage, enable and reward the learning and professional development necessary for acquiring and maintaining professional excellence Educators: Educators have a responsibility to provide and promote the formal education courses and qualifications necessary for developing professional excellence

Australian Library & Information Sector Our roles & responsibilities The professional association: The professional association has a responsibility to encourage, enable and reward the learning and professional development necessary for acquiring and maintaining professional excellence Employers: Employers have a responsibility to meet the ongoing learning and professional development needs necessary for maintaining professional excellence Educators: Educators have a responsibility to provide and promote the formal education courses and qualifications necessary for developing professional excellence Individuals: Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they acquire and maintain the knowledge and skills necessary for professional excellence

ALIA’s role and responsibility “to encourage, enable and reward the learning and professional development necessary for acquiring and maintaining professional excellence” Standards provision, regulation, monitoring, continuous improvement Opportunities to develop as a professional

How does ALIA provide standards and opportunities for CPD? 1. Administers CPD scheme 2. Provides an annual program of events

1. CPD Scheme Voluntary, self-administered, random audit Web-based, relatively simple categories & points The future?

2. Program Partnerships with RTOs, differing models, some ‘surplus’ sharing ALIA registrations, promotions, local support Groups hold events Ongoing conferences/symposia National Office fills gaps Independent RTOs hold events

Future issues - providers Increase revenue, retain benefits for membership Partnerships with RTOs – what model? ‘Accreditation’ of RTOs (standards) as an ‘ALIA preferred training provider’ ALIA becomes an RTO Relationships with large institutions Partnerships with large libraries / consortia / library schools as RTOs

Future issues - programs Program development priorities? Competency framework: core and generic ALIA education standards: Core and generic knowledge, skills, attributes 6 EBL: Knowledge ‘domains’ Target different sectors – areas of need Equity of access – regional model

Discussion questions

Wrap up…