Consultation with our key clients has indicated that most libraries are able to accept RDA records from or before 1st July 2013 and require the new standards to be implemented soon as we are able to provide them….for more information contact Julie Daw, General Manager – Library Technical Services

The Symposium themes this year include; risk assessment, social media, intranets and information architecture and design.

The Symposium is designed to encourage interaction with speakers, vendors and each other, to share in our experiences and knowledge.

For more information click go to www.intelligentinfo.com.au

2013 Australian Law Library Association Conference
The 2013 ALLA Conference will be held in Sydney at the iconic Sydney Town Hall from Monday 23rd September – Wednesday 25th September 2013. The conference dinner will be held at Wildfire located in the Overseas Passenger Terminal at Circular Quay.

The website for the conference is currently under construction. Watch this space for details on speakers, workshops and events.

National Conference 2013 – Australian School Library Association
The ASLA XXIII Biennial Conference is being held in Hobart, Tasmania at the Hotel Grand Chancellor from 28th September to 1st October, 2013. The theme for the conference is ‘The Curriculum Experience: Connect, Integrate, Lead’.

ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Symposium
In 30 October 2013 – 1 November 2013 the ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Symposium will be held in Canberra. The theme of the Symposium, ‘waves of change’ aims to provide a program that will enrich the way libraries provide services in the technical age, generate discussion and promote new waves of thinking. This symposium will offer delegates a unique opportunity to meet with other industry professionals and address challenges provided by fast moving technologies, environmental limitations and diminishing budgets.

Librarians understand, and have acted on, the strong messages around the need for on-going development in the use of technology to both source and deliver resources to our clients.

We also understand that training clients on how to fully utilise technology is now one of our most important functions. We get it – we are doing it.

And so to our future – what next? ……to read our entire response please see the full text of the article in the May 2013 issue of Incite, email Nell Hirst directly on nell@zenmgt.com or click Future of Library Profession

At ICAA the program is a paid, professional Internship and Mentoring program for students completing their Information Management degree. The program aims for Zenith to source a pool of casuals to assist the Institute’s Knowledge Centre, initially as 3.5 hour shifts, quickly increased to four hours and is now 4.5 hours per day (1-5.30pm).

The program represents an investment offering long term gain for all parties. The Institute gains experienced, on-call members of staff to work on a consistent basis, working additional hours or acting as back-up on projects, staff leave, conferences etc, as required, in return for training.

New graduates gain relevant experience and a “foot in the door” to the corporate world, in exchange for a reduced hourly wage while working within the program. Zenith develops a pool of recently qualified candidates with experience in the corporate sector, in return for nurturing candidates to that stage by arranging placements at minimal hourly charge to the client. Zenith approached Universities running relevant degree courses to publicise the program to appropriate students.

The proposition was applauded by Lecturers, as a solution to the age old problem of Employers only wanting experienced staff, and new graduates not being able to offer experience until they have experience.

The Institute’s Knowledge and Research Specialist, Alyson Dalby, said of the program when it started in 2008:
“It gives us a chance to demonstrate the commitment that the Institute has to professional development in general, not just in the accounting field. We also have access to a constant pool of new ideas, attitudes and talent – the interns keep us on our toes!”

The program has been running very successfully since 2008, if you think an Internship Program might benefit your organisation, please contact Sally Dallas or Nell Hirst on 1300 852 555.

Each year the Zenith Prizes acknowledge students who have achieved distinction in their vocational studies. Every prize winner receives several hundred dollars as recognition of their outstanding academic achievement. Participating campuses have included Charles Sturt University, The University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney Institute of TAFE and Western Sydney Institute of TAFE.

The Zenith Prizes were recently awarded for Charles Sturt University. Please join us in congratulating Kate Broadley (Postgraduate Teacher Librarianship Prize), Anne Moodie (Undergraduate Library and Information Management Prize) and Jeffrey Granger (Postgraduate Library and Information Management Prize), each of whom were selected by the Zenith team from a number of outstanding students.

On each occasion the “Zenith Tips for Job Seeking” guide was very well received, and has lead to a number of positive outcomes for industry professionals …click Zenith Tips For Job Seeking, November 2012 to download the guide.

The UN Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument, but rather a voluntary initiative that relies on public accountability, transparency and disclosure to complement regulation and to provide a space for innovation.

As a leadership initiative endorsed by chief executives, it seeks to align business operations and strategies everywhere with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

Through a wide spectrum of specialised work streams, management tools, resources, and topical programmes, the UN Global Compact aims to advance two objectives:

– Mainstream its 10 principles in business activities around the world
– Catalyse actions in support of broader UN goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

By doing so, business, as the primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies  everywhere and contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive global economy.

The UN Global Compact’s ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption enjoy universal consensus and are derived from:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
• The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• The United Nations Convention Against Corruption

The UN Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption….click here to learn more.

• the five ways to build human capital
• the three types of capabilities/competencies from organisational to individual
• segmentation of your workforce and differentiation of roles according to a skills-based model (i.e. skills value and skills uniqueness)
• the psychological contract (or employer/employee relationship)
• the people data cube and the reporting of three types of human capital data.

The workshop featured a case study based on the experiences of Cardinia Shire Council that was presented by Colin Beames, Director WRDI Institute, and Di Ashton, Manager Organisational Development at Cardinia Shire…click Workshop Flyer – HR Strategy in Victoria for more details.