16.08.17 WBN

8/16/2017

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Murray said the publisher’s priorities for 2018 is to grow physical distribution by continuing to support independent booksellers, and trying to open accounts with other retail chains. LIBRARY NEWS > Gold Coast Council changes privacy rules to access library user information The Gold Coast Council has changed privacy rules to gain greater access to library users’ personal information, reports the Gold Coast Bulletin . Councillors, council officers and ‘authorised contractors’ will now be able to access the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of library users, including children, to inform them of council ‘functions and services’. Library members have been sent a letter advising them of the changes, which have drawn criticism from local residents organisations and civil liberty experts. Queensland Council of Civil Liberties vice-president Terry O’Gorman said library users understood their personal details would be used if they didn’t return borrowed items. ‘(But having it spread further) is really objectionable,’ he said. The Australian Library and Information Association said libraries should ‘ensure that personal information is available only to relevant staff, used for the purposes for which it was collected and kept only so long as it is absolutely required’. ALIA Excellence Award winners named The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has announced the winners of the 2017 ALIA Excellence Award, which honours contributions to the library and information sector. The recipients are: Kerry Smith (HCL Anderson Award), in recognition of her ‘outstanding service to library education; her many contributions to ALIA through committees, groups and the ALIA Board (President 1997), and her continuing support for library and information professionals in Western Australia’. David J Jones (HCL Anderson Award), in recognition of his ‘leadership role in the development of library buildings across Australia and SE Asia; in writing valuable library and information science publications, and in the promotion of Australian library history’. Alisa Howlett (Metcalfe Award), in recognition of her ‘achievements and contribution as an early career librarian, notably as a practitioner researcher and active member of ALIA Groups and Committees’. The HCL Anderson Award is the Association’s highest honour that can be bestowed on an associate member of ALIA, and the Metcalfe Award

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