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Australian Library and Information Week 2005 events

Libraries around Australia will celebrate Library and Information Week (LIW) this month with some fantastic events aimed at raising awareness of the value of libraries, information services and information professionals around Australia.

ALIA West - in partnership with the City of Belmont - will start the week on Monday 23 May with An Evening of Excellence at the City of Belmont reception rooms. The evening's proceedings will include the presentation of the ALIA Excellence Award to Natasha Griggs and the presentation of the FA Sharr Medal.

National Library Technician's Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 24 May, with library technicians throughout the nation holding events.

The ABS LEP Excellence Award will be announced during an evening event at ABS House, Canberra on Tuesday 24 May.

As part of the Sydney Writers' Festival, well known US author and librarian, Nancy Pearl will speak at an exclusive free event for librarians on Thursday 26 May 2005 in Sydney.

Thebarton Senior College in South Australia are using LIW as a springboard to promote and highlight their new resources around language and cultural diversity. They will also launch a display of Parenting SA materials during LIW.

The Geelong Regional Library Corporation will celebrate with guided library tours, preschool storytime, financial investment education sessions, competitions and an appearance by Cats football player appearances at Corio and Newcomb libraries.

In NSW, Marrickville Libraries (Sydney) will be holding book sales, Behind the Scenes tours, internet classes and preschool storytime, along with a Trivia Night at the Marrickville Town Hall.

Monday 23 May	Tuesday 24 May	Wednesday 25 May	Thursday 26 May	Friday 27 May
WA ALIAWest and the City of Belmont present An Evening of Excellence Presentation of ALIA Excellence Award and FA Sharr Medal. Special guest the Hon. Ljiljanna Ravlich MLC, WA Minister for Education and Training. City of Belmont reception room 5:30pm QLD Triva Night and QLD Library Achiever of the Year Award	National Technicians' Day ACT breakfast ALICE SPRINGS lunch DARWIN evening event QLD dinner TAS dinner VIC dinner WA breakfast ACT ABS LEP Excellence Award announcement, ABS House Canberra 6:00pm WA Building Libraries for the 21st Century An evening event with speakers from TAFE, Edith Cowan University and University of Western Australia. State Library of Western Australia, Alexander Library Building	ACT HV Evatt Library, Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade Brains Trust Quiz 4:30pm NSW Library-folk in the pub NSW Mentoring Group's regular informal gathering. 1st floor bar, Agincourt Hotel, cnr Harris and George Streets at Railway Square, Sydney 6:00pm NT Top End tour, meeting and dinner NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services Library, Peter McAulay Centre, Berrimah. Tour: 5:00pm-6:00pm, Meeting: 6:00pm-7:00pm	QLD Rockhampton LIW celebrations CPD workshop in the afternoon and wine and cheese event in the evening. ACT ACTive ALIA/AGLIN Info Sharing Session with Online 2005 conference presenters. NLA Theatre (LG1) 4:00pm-5:30pm NSW Nancy Pearl Calling all librarians Sydney Writers' Festival event. 6:00pm-7:00pm Sydney Theatre	SA ALIA SA Trivia Night QLD Townsville LIW celebrations Professional Development workshop and social dinner. NT Alice Springs Quiz Night Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs Campus Library 7:00pm

For more information on these events, please visit our Events pages for LIW 2005.

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