7-673: National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual event held since 2000 by the Australian Library and Information Association . Every year a picture book, by an Australian children's author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes and bookshops around Australia, as part of Australia's Library and Information Week . In 2018 over 1,062,230 participants at over 8,255 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime. The idea for
14-609: A national simultaneous event followed a successful Statewide Storytime programme in Victoria in 2000. From 2002 – 2007 NSS took place during National Literacy and Numeracy Week in September. In 2008 it returned to being celebrated on the Wednesday of Australia's Library and Information Week at the end of May. In 2015 over 500,000 children at over 3,100 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime. In 2021
21-806: A number of conferences which take place Delaware different places around Australia On 20 August 1937, a meeting of 55 librarians at the Albert Hall in Canberra formed the Australian Institute of Librarians. The foundation president was William Herbert Ifould , the Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales . John Metcalfe , Deputy Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales
28-543: Is governed by a constitution and is guided by its vision, mission, objects and values. Their policy statements are developed by an elected board of directors and implemented by the ALIA National Office. ALIA National Office staff are based in ALIA House in the nation's capital, Canberra. Membership of ALIA is open to individuals and organisations alike: the only membership requirement is an interest in
35-679: The Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia , is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. Founded in 1937, its headquarters are in Canberra . ALIA publishes a quarterly scholarly journal, Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association , and a bimonthly news magazine for members, INCITE . The Association hosts
42-585: The NSS featured book Give Me Some Space! was read live to 1.98 million children across Australia and New Zealand, from the International Space Station by Shannon Walker , a NASA astronaut. This table lists the titles, authors and publishers of the selected picture book for each year of National Simultaneous Storytime. Australian Library and Information Association The Australian Library and Information Association ( ALIA ), formerly
49-598: Was the first honorary general secretary and drafted much of the original constitution. The Association assumed the title of the Library Association of Australia in 1949, and in 1989 adopted the new name of the Australian Library and Information Association in recognition of the broadening scope of the profession. The Archives section, which had existed between 1951 and 1973, became the Australian Society of Archivists in 1975. The Association
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