The Conference Planning Committee has been successful in attracting some excellent and varied papers for the conference. I look forward to hearing them and wish to thank everyone who is contributing. It looks absolutely fabulous! And congratulations to the Melbourne team who are already planning for the next conference in 2012.

Early bird deadline for Registration is July 15!

The National Gallery Research Library welcomes Adrian Reid as the Special Collections Officer. Adrian is from Adelaide and begins on 4th of January 2010.

Present membership of the Society is 128, with 57 institutional and 71 personal members. Membership of the discussion List is 230. The National Executive strongly urges all members of the discussion list to become personal members. It is inexpensive and the benefits include tours of gallery exhibitions by enthusiastic curators, discounted attendance at conferences, visits to art libraries and many more fun events. You will also be part of information and resource sharing forums on
our lively website.

With regards to the IFLA change in program and with Australia withdrawing as host, we now need to turn our thoughts to our ARLIS/ANZ biennial conference in 2010. We will discuss this in detail at our AGM in October 2009. Our thoughts were going in the direction that perhaps we could have 'a conference with a difference'. Possibly Darwin? I will keep you posted.

Joye

A proposal for a Satellite Meeting needs to be placed with the Chair of IFLA Art Libraries Section for submission to the IFLA Professional Committee for approval.

Some suggestions for a them which would embrace Asian art, indigenous art, but would also welcome papers from the rest of the world are needed:

So far the suggestions include:

The exquisite line: balancing the old and the new in art libraries.


Where East Meets West: embracing cultural diversity


Art Libraries embracing cultural diversity

Joye

There is an announcement about the IFLA Conference to be held in Brisbane in August 2010 on the ALIA website at:
http://www.alia.org.au/media.room/2007.08.24.html

ARLIS/ANZ will need to organise events, visits, receptions, etc for the Art Libraries Section. The International Standing Committee for the ALS will organise the papers and presentations. A committee from the Queensland Chapter will need to take on the organising responsibility.

A Pre-conference Study Tour in Canberra has been suggested and a small committee from the ACT Chapter will need to take on the organising responsibility.

As venues are already being booked for IFLA events, we should discuss our plans and proposals at the AGM in Brisbane next month.

Joye