ALIA Multicultural aims to facilitate networking, support, professional development, and resources for the Information sector with a focus on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities.
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Anyone can get involved with ALIA Multicultural. Membership is encouraged but not required.
News
Enriching library service with Information eXperience Design – ALIA Multicultural webinar 28th June
Webinar delivered by Dr Ellie Sayyad-Abdi Join us in a recap of this interactive workshop on Information Experience Design (IXD), facilitated by Dr Ellie Sayyad Abdi on June 28th, 2024. We blend theory with practice to enrich library services. Delve into the...
ALIA National Conference: A Reflection
Reflection on representing ALIA Multicultural at ALIA National by My Van Nguyen Dang In May this year I was given the opportunity to attend and speak at the National ALIA Conference in Adelaide. I was representing my organisation along with 2 colleagues, presenting...
Reading Australian literature in Chinese
Australia has a vibrant publishing industry that is estimated to have a market size of more than $1.7 billion. Australian publications, fiction and non-fiction, provide windows to understanding the nation and the people of Australia. In a recent survey with 1,152...
Events
ALIA Multicultural Committee Meeting September
ALIA Multicultural Committee Meeting October
(Re)imagining the future of multicultural collection
Fifty years on, how should we (re)imagine multiculturalism in Australian public libraries? Public libraries have been stocking multicultural and multilingual items, but library collections and services and how library users access them have greatly changed in the last...
