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March 2009

Review of ALIA policies and guidelines: call for submissions

Several of ALIA's policies and guidelines covering all areas of library and information services are due for revision during 2009. ALIA and its specialised committees are seeking input from members of the profession and library users to the review process.

Further information is available here.

For advice as to policies and guidelines being reviewed, please contact Heather Nash in the ALIA National Office, who is co-ordinating the review: heather.nash@alia.org.au and (02) 6215 8228.
Closing date for receipt of submissions is Monday, 1 June 2009.

Education and qualifications

ALIA's role in education of library and information professionals
Adopted 2005.

Courses in library and information management
Replaces Education policy statement nº1. Adopted 2005.

Employer roles and responsibilities in education and professional development
Adopted 1986. Amended 1996, 2006.

Library and information sector: core knowledge, skills and attributes
Adopted 1998. Amended 2005.

Professional development for library and information professionals
Replaces Education policy statement nº2. Adopted 2005.

Teacher-librarians
Adopted 1994. Amended 2003, 2009.

Innovation

ALIA's role in research
Adopted 2002. Amended 2006.

Library and information services

Joint-use libraries
Adopted 1986. Amended 1996, 2002.

Library and information services and Indigenous peoples
Replaces Library and information services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopl. Adopted 1995. Amended 2006.

Library and information services for people with a disability
Adopted 1979. Amended 1986, 1988, 1996, 2002.

Library and information services in schools
Replaces Principles of school librarianship. Adopted 1989. Amended 2003, 2009.

Public library services
Replaces Public library services [interim statement 1999]. Adopted 2004.

Professional issues

ALIA and international relations
Adopted 1997. Amended 2001.

Copyright and intellectual property
Adopted 2001.

Information as a commodity
Adopted 1996.

Information literacy for all Australians
Adopted 2001. Amended 2003, 2006.

Libraries and literacies
Adopted 1979. Amended 1996, 2006.

Online content regulation
Adopted 1997. Amended 2001, 2002.

Preservation: the permanence and durability of information products
Adopted 1997.

Principles of access to government information
Adopted 1999.

Values and ethics

Core values
Adopted 2002.

Free access to information
Replaces Free library services to all, Freedom to read. Adopted 2001.

Professional conduct
Replaces Professional ethics. Adopted 2001. Amended 2007.

Workplace

ALIA's industrial role and services
Adopted 1998. Amended reviewed 2001.

Library and information services appointments
Adopted 2004. Amended 2008.

Non-standard employment
Replaces Part-time work. Adopted 1996. Amended 2001 and Oct 2008.

Senior library staff and information services appointments
Replaces Senior library staff appointments. Adopted 1991. Amended 2002 and Oct 2008.

Voluntary work in library and information services
Replaces Volunteer workers in libraries. Adopted 2001.

Withdrawn

Education statements introduction
Adopted 1995. Amended 1996. Withdrawn 2005.

Education policy statement nº1: Entry-level courses
Adopted 1995. Amended 1996, 2000. Withdrawn 2005.

Education policy statement nº2: Continuing professional development
Adopted 1991. Amended 1995, 1996, 1998. Withdrawn 2005.

Education policy statement nº3: Advanced awards
Adopted 1982. Amended 1985, 1986, 1995. Withdrawn 2005.

Libraries and multiculturalism
Adopted 1984. Amended 1988, 1994, 1996. Withdrawn 2002.

Library and information services to remote users
Adopted 1999. Withdrawn 2004.

Non-discrimination in the employment of library staff
Adopted 1981. Amended 1982. Withdrawn 2001.

Public library services to young people in Australia
Adopted 1992. Withdrawn 2004.

Role of librarians and library technicians
Adopted 1982. Amended 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1996. Withdrawn 2002.

Use of online information [interim]
Adopted 1998. Withdrawn 2000.

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