Australian Library and Information Association

On 20 August 1937, a meeting of 55 librarians at the Albert Hall in Canberra formed the Australian Institute of Librarians in response to the Munn-Pitt survey. John Metcalfe, Deputy Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales was the first honorary general secretary and drafted much of the original constitution. In 1949, the institute changed its name to the Library Association of Australia, and was renamed again 1989 to its current name of the Australian Library and Information Association and a permanent office was established in Canberra. ==Governance and description==

The Association is governed by a constitution and a board of directors who are voted on by members for two year terms. ALIA National Office staff are based in ALIA House in Australia's capital, Canberra. == Membership ==

General memberships are open to anyone interested in the Australian library sector, while professional memberships are only available to those working in the sector or with an ALIA-accredited degree in library science or library technician degree. ==Activities==

ALIA has created public campaigns to promote libraries and learning, including Library Lovers Day, Library and Information Week, Information Awareness Week, National Simultaneous Storytime, and the national Summer Reading Club. == Education ==

ALIA manages the standards for library and information science education within Australia, and provides accreditation for certain TAFE and university (both graduate and post graduate) courses. ALIA offers training to library science students and those working in the library sector, including mentorship programs, and a Professional Development Scheme. ==Publications==

Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association (JALIA) JALIA is a quarterly scholarly journal, named as of Volume 66, Issue 1, 2017; a merger of the Australian Library Journal (ALJ) (1951 to 2016), and Australian Academic and Research Libraries (AARL) (1970 to 2016). INCITE INCITE (also styled Incite, inCite and InCite), a news magazine for members, published six times a year , (formerly 12-20 times a year). It was first published in January 1980. Issues from 1980 to 2016 are available as scanned electronic versions on AustLII, Since 2018, some whole issues of INCITE are produced in a freely available digital-only format each year, with one article from each print issue also freely available online, on the ALIA website. == Conferences ==

ALIA hosts a number of conferences which are rotated around Australia: • ALIA Information Online Conference • ALIA National Conference • ALIA New Librarians' Symposium • ALIA National Library and Information Technicians' Symposium ==See also==