Diversity in Practice: A CALD Student’s Experience in Library Placement

by admin | 23 May 2025 | Visibility As Inclusion

Reflection by Fei Chang Introduction As a Library studies student from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background, completing my work placement at Unley Libraries was a deeply enriching and transformative experience. It enhanced my practical skills,...

Enriching library service with Information eXperience Design – ALIA Multicultural webinar 28th June

by admin | 23 July 2024 | Professional Development, Webinar

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

by admin | 10 July 2024 | Professional Development, Visibility As Inclusion

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...

Health information for Multicultural Communities

by admin | 28 August 2023 | Health information, Professional Development, Visibility As Inclusion, Webinar

ALIA Multicultural hosted the Health information for Multicultural Communities webinar on August 25th. With more than 7 million people reporting that they were born overseas in the 2021 Census and 5.8 million people using a language other than English at home this was...

Diversity in the workforce and unconscious bias

by admin | 6 July 2023 | Visibility As Inclusion

Last week Hiba Kanj and Joey Chung from  ALIA Multicultural facilitated a discussion on Stereotypes and unconcscious bias. Two additional publications have just surfaced and are being shared as they closely align with the focus of the webinar conversation. The first...