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  • So you want my arts job: Librarian
    In the latest column from ArtsHub, ‘So you want my arts job’, Thuy On interviews Justine Hanna, Manager, Library Service Operations at Geelong Regional Library Corporation, about being a librarian. We particularly like the way Justine addresses some of the misconceptions about being a librarian, i.e. “We definitely don’t sit around reading all day!” “[Librarians] are also quite a diverse cohort,” Justine says, “not the…
  • ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian Library and Information Services Workforce launched
    Library staff are invited to read, discuss, customise and implement the newly launched ALIA Code of Ethics for the Australian LIS Workforce. (ALIA Code of Ethics). This Australian first set of ethical principles is designed to guide and support people in the library and information sector in their decision making and behaviour. The ALIA Code of Ethics has been developed by ALIA in response to…
  • VCE Exam Success Webinar
    We have another event for VCE students the final event in the Hack Series – VCE EXAM SUCCESS. VCE Hack Series is presented FREE with thanks to the Department of Education – Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series: https://arc.educationapps.vic.gov.au/event/7196  WHEN: October 9th 5-7pm COST: FREE WHERE: Live online Skyline Hatch would be grateful if you could please share the flyer below so we can, once again…
  • The Human Library – Panel Discussion

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  • Victorian Legal Aid Free Brochures
    Victoria Legal Aid has just released some new resources. Bike law bookmark This new bookmark helps Victorian cyclists find and download our digital booklet Bike law: a bicycle rider’s guide to road rules in Victoria. Produced in partnership with VicRoads, the Bike law booklet has information about how to ride safely and responsibly and covers: road rules riding in traffic riding with children accidents, fines and insurance safety…
  • The Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition
    Here’s an opportunity you might like to promote through your library service to aspiring young artists in your communnity: Be part of The Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition – design a festive cover for us, and it could be featured front and centre on our national magazine this December. We are looking for cover artwork that is bright, bold and imaginative – it can be…
  • Embrace Kids Film- free screening license opportunity for Victorian Libraries
    The Embrace Collective invites interested Victorian public libraries to register for a free screening of the film, Embrace Kids, at your library. The Embrace Collective is a non-profit organisation established by Australian of the Year Taryn Brumfitt and body image expert Dr Zali Yager.   Their mission is to inspire every young person around the world to Embrace their bodies, and to create body-image safe environments for them…
  • T-shirts in the Australian Aboriginal flag colours now in stock
    Public Libraries Victoria is delighted to announce that we have limited stock of the Libraries Change Lives t-shirts featuring the black, yellow and red colours of the Australian Aboriginal flag. The t-shirts feature yellow lines above ‘Libraries Change Lives’ in red text on a black background and are available in sizes, M, L, XXL and XXXL only. If you would like to purchase an alternative…
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