Professional associations

The ALIA Silver Pin is available to personal member who has served a minimum of five terms (five years) or more on ALIA group committees (including special interest groups, ALIA Board advisory groups, ALIA conference committees, or as the ALIA representative on external committees) or any ALIA Member who has made a significant contribution the Association, considered to be the equivalent of a five-year commitment.
This document is an application form for nomination or self-nomination for receival of the ALIA Silver Pin.

The role of the IFLA Australian caucus is to provide:

ALIA is investing in a new website and database designed to make managing membership easier and more convenient, and to make information more findable for all our website users.
This document describes the new Member Centre, to be launched 23 August 2021, and answers frequently asked questions.

The first meeting of the ALIA Professional Pathways Board in 2021 was conducted over Zoom on 5 July 2021, and included discussion of a range of issues including:

• Meeting in NAIDOC week.
• Conduct of the Board.
• Professional Pathways.

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) is committed to an active policy of social inclusion and through its leadership, advocacy, education and professional development activities for and on behalf of its members, there is a well-educated library and information workforce whose contributions to libraries enhance the economic, social and cultural wellbeing of Australian society.