The ALIAnet guestbook
Thank you for visiting ALIAnet, the on-line home of the Australian Library and Information Association. Your comments are appreciated. Feel free to add your comments to this guestbook if you have not already done so.Great site and a good forum to get your events out. Good luck and peace!
Samantha Williams
USA - Sunday 16 February 2003, at 12:32:20 (EST)
Not a bad site. However, I think it could use some links to organisations assisting with issues facing librarians: cut-backs in staff and resource purchasing, the increasing casualisation and Work-For-The-Dole-isation of jobs, worsening pay and conditions, recommendations for or discussions of the merits or otherwise of appropriate software for OPAC systems and terminals, etc.
Peter
Perth, Australia - Sunday 03 June 2001, at 17:22:30 (EST)
Thankyou for this very useful site, it helped me with my research.
Chat
sydney, Australia - Thursday 31 May 2001, at 14:07:11 (EST)
Hi,Greetings from shelver UTS
sing ma
Baulkham Hills/NSW, Australia - Tuesday 29 May 2001, at 00:31:51 (EST)
great site
sathish
Australia - Thursday 17 May 2001, at 20:29:20 (EST)
cool page for all
jaya
Australia - Friday 11 May 2001, at 04:17:59 (EST)
New to the page however, it is useful in the program i'm in. I just want to know how I can access the topic: "Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Economic Developement Strategy", Need assistance! Thanks.
Goretti
Australia - Wednesday 25 April 2001, at 16:21:46 (EST)
cool page
hemanth
Australia - Wednesday 25 April 2001, at 14:30:34 (EST)
Hi, I'd like to contact Nijole Salkunas who did the report http://archive.alia.org.au/sections/publib/vic/minutes/1998.11.html I think she will remember me from her days in LA. Thank you. Thank you.
joan loftus
stanford california, USA - Saturday 21 April 2001, at 10:04:06 (EST)
Hello I am writing from Europe, Portugal. I am doing my Post Graduation in Digital Libraries and your site helps me a lot. Keep doing a nice work
Isabel Goulao Carvalho
Lisbon, Portugal - Saturday 07 April 2001, at 07:54:45 (EST)
great site
seenu
Australia - Monday 26 March 2001, at 17:14:45 (EST)
I just wanted to thank you for the excellent section - Copyright FAQs. It answered a number of our questions.
Sue Freeth
Australia - Thursday 15 March 2001, at 19:39:05 (EST)
Hi, Greetings from Finland.
Jari Peltonen
Tampere, FINLAND - Wednesday 28 February 2001, at 04:39:38 (EST)
Please correct your 'libraries' link info for the 'National Library of of Germany' which is incorrectly spelt. Should be 'Die Deutsche Bibliothek'. Looks bad to mispell such an important library if even it is only a German one! Besides, I'm an ex-cataloguer and can't stand spelling errors. Otherwise the site is great!!! Found some terrific info. Keep it up.
Elise
Sydney, Australia - Friday 23 February 2001, at 00:54:01 (EST)
great site here!
Zack
Detroit, USA - Monday 19 February 2001, at 12:22:05 (EST)
Great site, keep up the good work.
Dominik Morgan
Champaign, USA - Sunday 18 February 2001, at 07:05:01 (EST)
I start my thesis over "rural libraries", pleas can you give me some ressources, site web, or an association in this field? thanks
souhir
Rabat, Morocco - Thursday 15 February 2001, at 21:30:17 (EST)
just started a library technicians course so info was great and big help
joanne hague
bribie island, Australia - Thursday 15 February 2001, at 21:00:32 (EST)
Hi! This is a good site for Irish travelers!! Mike
Michael O'Brien
Dublin, Ireland - Monday 29 January 2001, at 03:17:53 (EST)
I'm looking for information about work in Australia, and i've found your site: well done, very usefull. Thanks
Massimo Piglia
Biella, Italy - Tuesday 23 January 2001, at 08:59:50 (EST)
Just stopped by to look at your site. Thanks!
Ernie
Norcross, GA, USA - Sunday 21 January 2001, at 13:09:59 (EST)
I am an overseas member of the Association. I would like to seek advices from those who are familiar with the evaluation of library system. Grateful if you could share your experience with me. I am about to start the evaluation of a new library automation system. I have no prior knowledge in that field. Grateful if anyone can suggest me where is the right step to start. Thank you for your help.
Wai-fung Cheung
Hong Kong - Tuesday 16 January 2001, at 19:57:02 (EST)
this is very good!
jkx
jinan, China - Sunday 14 January 2001, at 18:43:04 (EST)
Enjoyed visiting your site...
R. Isherwood
Nokomis, Canada - Saturday 13 January 2001, at 14:56:54 (EST)
We are just students, but the information we have found on the ALIA's web site about special libraries has been very helpful for our purposes, and we congratulate the ALIA organisation for havign this interesting, educational, informative, and complete web site abut the whole librarian world of Australia.
Juan Fernando Preciado y Mauricio Andres Misas
Medellin, Colombia - Tuesday 09 January 2001, at 06:44:06 (EST)
The Library at my organisation has recently come under my management and I would like to thank-you for the helpful resource that you have provided in the form of your web pages. I have been able to glean a large amount of information in an area that has been foreign to me to date. Many thanks.
Anitra Dowling
Australia - Monday 08 January 2001, at 10:10:13 (EST)
fm
Austr(al)ia - Thursday 28 December 2000, at 21:43:45 (EST)
Well done
WD
Australia - Friday 08 December 2000, at 20:54:22 (EST)
Congratulations, well done ALIA! I became library technician in 1988 and joined the Association straight away. My membership lasted only one year, as at that time, there was no inspiration at all for library technicians to be part of the Association (in my view). It seemed to be aimed at librarians even though there was a membership category for library technicians. I'm proud to report that 12 years later I have only now visited your site and am so impressed, that my membership will definitely be rekindled. Not only has my career come full circle (no, not working in a library now although my qualification has proved invaluable) but also, so has my attitude towards ALIA. Looking forward to joining the CPD program and the mentoring program.
Michelle Turner
Riverwood, Australia - Monday 04 December 2000, at 21:22:15 (EST)
nice, this site give me more informations.Tenx.
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pekanbaru, Indonesia - Friday 01 December 2000, at 16:09:33 (EST)
Nice
Wahyunanto Harsono
Jakarta, Indonesia - Monday 27 November 2000, at 09:19:02 (EST)
Super Homepage, weiter so, liebe grüsse
Twenny
Vienna, Austria - Sunday 19 November 2000, at 22:55:46 (EST)
I shall bookmark immediately
Helen Fowle
London, UK - Saturday 04 November 2000, at 08:24:33 (EST)
Well done with the new look. Well organised and very easy to read. Keep up the good work!!! Regards, AT
Aaron Tunn
Melbourne, Australia - Wednesday 25 October 2000, at 13:47:36 (EST)
The new site looks fabulous. Sleek, modern, yet still very intuitive. Well done!
Fiona Bradley
Australia - Friday 13 October 2000, at 15:57:39 (EST)
Dear Ivan and all associated with ALIAnet: *Fantastic!* The changes made to the site are tangible and add to the efficiency of the service. The look is neat, pleasent and very professional, too. Congratulations to you all.
Silvia Muscardin
Adelaide, Australia - Tuesday 30 May 2000, at 10:28:26 (EST)
This is a very nice place !
Protector 1uno
Gospic, Croatia - Wednesday 26 April 2000, at 23:04:00 (EST)
It is a pleasure to read this informative and well-designed Libraries site.
Sidney Allinson
Victoria, Canada - Tuesday 14 March 2000, at 16:58:26 (EST)
Just a suggestion. How about allowing us to pay our ALIA subscriptions online?
Kym Andrews
Perth, Australia - Monday 31 January 2000, at 16:42:04 (EST)
Yah! I find the site to be * Informtive * Educative * Interesting * The site need to be visited again and again...
Kishor C Satpathy
Silchar, India - Thursday 19 August 1999, at 04:45:28 (EST)
Your website was so wonderful I decided to emigrate to Australia! Seriously, as a South African about to take the plunge to move to Australia, I have found your website absolutely invaluable in finding out the information I require, relating to the library profession in Australia. The site is highly informative, intuitive, has excellent presentation, is aesthetically pleasing, professional, and "user-friendly". Inspirational - this site has set a standard! Well done!
Kim Baker
Cape Town, South Africa - Wednesday 28 July 1999, at 22:18:26 (EST)
I have ALIAnet bookmarked as I am needing information on key ALIA resources regularly. Thank you ALIA. Web's Web is a great resource.
Marion Bannister
Wagga Wagga, Australia - Tuesday 29 June 1999, at 13:53:40 (EST)
Great Website. I have added it to my bookmark as a regular information site. Thankyou
Jean Broomhall
Perth, Australia - Friday 25 June 1999, at 18:19:18 (EST)
Thought your site was great and easy to navigate. We are currently looking at the navigation of a variety of sites to see how we should present children's books on our own site. Your's works really well. Regards
Louise Morrissey
Gosford, Australia - Friday 25 June 1999, at 12:10:57 (EST)
Excellent site, with lots of info. It was one of the first sites I bookmarked. As a librarion working in a publishing firm it will keep me up to date with all developments in the information technology area
Graham Clayton
Sydney, Australia - Friday 04 June 1999, at 15:21:02 (EST)
Your new engine has worked wonders on the site speed. Good layout too. Look forward to popping in regularly.
antony skipper
Melbourne, Australia - Sunday 16 May 1999, at 22:15:53 (EST)
I am in my second semester of the Library and Information Studies Diploma at Newcastle TAFE. Thought I should have a look at this site. I found this site easy to navigate, with loads of useful information. I bookmarked it straight away. Thanks!
Jenny Chorvat
Floraville, Australia - Sunday 18 April 1999, at 15:41:39 (EST)
Hi Ivan, My first visit to your site. Great site, keep up the good work.
Chris Schmeling
Kallista, Australia - Thursday 15 April 1999, at 14:09:02 (EST)
Your web site is very good. We are in the process of redesigning ours and I have spent much of the afternoon looking at the quantity of information you provide on your activities. Although the effect is certainly professional, there is a lightness to the tone of the site that I find particularly admirable. You are to be congratulated.
Larry Moore
Toronto, Canada - Tuesday 16 March 1999, at 10:43:11 (EST)
Great Website! Congratulations!
Alicia Ocaso
Montevideo, Uruguay - Wednesday 13 January 1999, at 22:31:22 (EST)
Dear Ivan and all at ALIA, your website sets a standard to which other organisations should aspire! It is easy to navigate, informative and all the links (that I've used, at least) are in working order!!! Well done. I'd like permission to use a link from my website. Best Regards, AC
A.B. Credaro
Sydney, Australia - Wednesday 30 December 1998, at 23:43:57 (EST)
Hello Ivan, Congratulations on an extremely good and well-constructed site
clara cullen
Dublin, Ireland - Saturday 05 December 1998, at 02:41:33 (EST)
I am a student studying recreation and management at the university of SA, and am doing a project on inclusive recreation by libraries. I wish to thank you for the information you have supplied on your web site, it will be a great source for my report. Thank you again and keep up to good work.
Tamara Keenihan
Adelaide, Australia - Saturday 17 October 1998, at 09:39:01 (EST)
Ivan, Just a quick note to congratulate on a job well done with ALIAnet. The new look is intuitive, elegant and functional. I always look forward to visiting the site and checking out what's new. Keep up the good work and thank you for adhering to the KISS principle of web design! PS I also think frames are a waste of time. Tables might be passe but they do the job.
David Tan
Melbourne, Australia - Wednesday 30 September 1998, at 08:43:19 (EST)
It's a great idea but I couldn't find any of the infort=mation I wanted.
Laurel
Kew, Australia - Monday 14 September 1998, at 13:51:51 (EST)
Thank you for making this information available. I've bookmarked it. Our work here at AusInfo centres around dissemination and accessibility of government information.
Graham Byrne
Canberra, Australia - Friday 28 August 1998, at 15:48:25 (EST)
I thought it was very educational, I loved it!!
Fiona Carr
via Temora, Australia - Monday 24 August 1998, at 10:56:46 (EST)
Very easy to locate information and very well presented web pages.
Toni Boxworth
Temora, Australia - Monday 24 August 1998, at 10:48:29 (EST)
Very good website with a lot of useful information. I have bookmarked it and I hope a lot of other people will do. It is a good example for other Library Associations!
Alexandra de Hoop
Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Wednesday 15 July 1998, at 00:43:05 (EST)
I'm sending you a quick e-mail to say that the ALIA website looks absolutely fantastic. A web site that information professionals can be proud of!
Karen Hilzinger
Australia - Thursday 18 June 1998, at 08:47:20 (EST)
Greetings from "the other Victoria". It is a pleasure to find your site, while I was searching the Net.
Sidney Allinson
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Wednesday 10 June 1998, at 06:27:17 (EST)
Enjoyed the page but had hoped to find the current costs of InterLibrary Loan vouchers posted somewhere. If that info was available, I could'nt find it.
Barbara Biggins
Adelaide, Australia - Monday 01 June 1998, at 11:20:37 (EST)
It is great to have this site, and I am glad that you (or someone) thought it up, and maintains it.
Lucy Edwards
Parkville, Australia - Tuesday 19 May 1998, at 10:13:22 (EST)
As a library student, I'd just like to comment on how useful inCite, ALJ, Cataloguing Australia, and Preservation magazines, especially, are. Also, the Internet sites have been very useful with assignments, being up-to-date information it is impossible to find elsewhere. Keep it up!
Glenys McKinnon
Dubbo, Australia - Wednesday 29 April 1998, at 15:04:48 (EST)
I think your homepage is very impressive and excellent. We want to establish Indonesian Library Associations in Website, we are still thinking the design our homepage, if you any idea, could you contact me. Thanks you very much for your co-operation. Best regards,
Bambang Setiarso
Jakarta, Indonesia - Friday 27 March 1998, at 15:10:36 (EST)
Ivan, thanks for the great resource!
Jeff Evans
Melbourne, Australia - Tuesday 10 March 1998, at 14:01:49 (EST)
Congratulations to your fine website which I just have visited! :) I have found a great book search engine through your book links page. Best regards from Belgium!
Jodie
Belgium - Friday 06 March 1998, at 07:43:15 (EST)
I am a web designer who creates corporate intranets as well as personal pages for small businesses in the US. I found your site out on the web listed as a resource for a "great sample to look at." They were right! Very nice, very professional-looking site. Easy to read too. I like the way the right-aligned text looks too--and I may borrow the idea for one of my intranet pages!
Diana Sparks
St. Petersburg, FL, USA - Thursday 26 February 1998, at 04:47:59 (EST)
This is a wonderfully well organized site. Congratulations. I will return again and again. Even this button here that says "erase the lot and start again" shows an amazing attention to detail. Keep up the good work.
Geraldine Slark
Toronto, Canada - Thursday 15 January 1998, at 10:33:41 (EST)
I am concerned with the circulation of medical journals (Williams and Wilkins) throughout the Asia-Pacific region and as such am very much interested in the role of the [medical] librarian. I find this site very informative which helps me make recommendations to improve our service. Thanks!
Robert Woodcock
Sydney, Australia - Wednesday 03 December 1997, at 13:44:34 (EST)
Hi! I like here very much. Thanks. OK! Bye
Chendi
Beijing, China - Monday 01 December 1997, at 22:21:49 (EST)
Thanks for a great website!
Charles Ghigna - Father Goose
USA - Sunday 16 November 1997, at 12:57:12 (EST)
As I am researching possibilities for starting a group mentoring project within the Danish Union of Librarians, I would be happy to receive as many useful comments and experiences as possible, as I know that you have been working in Australia with mentoring for some time.
jesper laursen
Copenhagen, Denmark - Wednesday 29 October 1997, at 03:51:44 (EST)
GREAT WEB SITE! Proud to be a member. LOVE the graphic on the Search Results page. Couldn't find what I needed this time, but have bookmarked it, and I'LL BE BACK!
Kerry J. Forrest
Launceston, Australia - Friday 15 August 1997, at 14:25:57 (EST)
I very much appreciate your provision of the Technical Notes and I like the layout/presentation of ALIA pages. May I ask WHAT you use to achieve this really nice layout?
Angela Winter
Queensland, Australia - Friday 06 June 1997, at 19:32:13 (EST)
I visited the Alia site and I found it very interesting, that's why I think I could support your association. I work in a public library in a village near Milan and I am an active member of the Associazione Italiana Biblioteche. Please send me the ALIA membership form.
Giovanna Malgaroli
Milano, Italy - Monday 12 May 1997, at 07:06:21 (EST)
Congratulations and thank you for doing a wonderful job producing these pages.
Lynette Andrew
Canberra, Australia - Saturday 05 April 1997, at 17:38:48 (EST)
As a new Teacher-Librarian I am always looking for things to assist me. Your web site is great, I'll keep coming back.
Karen Entwistle
Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia - Wednesday 19 March 1997, at 18:25:10 (EST)
I was most pleased when speaking with a recent graduate of DIS Curtin who told me that in her Internet demonstrations she demonstrated the Home Page she felt most comfortable with: her own: ALIA's. And that all who saw it were impressed. AND I have just browsed the 1997 publicity offering for Australian Library Week: WOW Great Stuff. Well done all - I'll get my order in soon.
Kerry Smith
Perth, Australia - Friday 07 March 1997, at 19:32:24 (EST)
This is a very useful website for those of us interested in libary science. It was nice to be able to access this information for my international librarianship course. thanks!
Courtney Young
Boston MA, USA - Wednesday 05 March 1997, at 00:21:48 (EST)
Interesting website. I was able to gather a lot of information that's very important in my schoolwork. Keep up the good work!
Aimee P. Suazo
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines - Friday 07 February 1997, at 20:36:23 (EST)
Interesting website. It may take a while to cover all your wonderful pages, but so far I like it.
Aimee P. Suazo
Los Banos, Philippines - Friday 07 February 1997, at 20:32:52 (EST)
A great site. I'll be directing my P/G and U/G Library and Information Management students here for instruction and enlightenment!
Lyndall Lush
Adelaide, Australia - Thursday 06 February 1997, at 15:02:47 (EST)
These ALIA pages are informative and easy to navigate and especially interesting as i am a student new to the association (2nd Yr LIM student) - keep up the info flow :)
Liz Babidge
Adelaide, Australia - Thursday 23 January 1997, at 23:42:24 (EST)
As a professional working for The Danish Union of Librarians I keep going back to your web-site. It gets better all the time.
Jesper Laursen
Copenhagen, Denmark - Monday 30 December 1996, at 21:05:08 (EST)
I read Webb's Web each month in inCite and have been looking forward to getting online...and now here I am. Your web site is a great way to keep up with developments in the profession... Congratulations
Sarah White
Nowra, Australia - Thursday 26 December 1996, at 15:28:17 (EST)
As a retired member of ALIA I am proud that my former association has such a fantastic home page on the Internet - in spite of comments made on page 17 of Internet Australasia for Dec/Jan 1997. Keep up the good work!
Spiro Tanti
Adelaide, Australia - Wednesday 18 December 1996, at 20:23:28 (EST)
This is a great web site. I bookmarked it right way.
Anne Lawson
Inola, Oklahoma, U.S.A. - Friday 22 November 1996, at 05:12:50 (EST)
Congratulations on the ALIA home page and all its linked sites. As a relative novice to the internet I have found it easy to use as well as exciting and informative.
Cheryl Toohey
South Brisbane, Australia - Thursday 14 November 1996, at 23:38:47 (EST)
Just found this site - it is great. It will take quite a while to explore all the links, but what I have seen so far is really interesting and useful.
Sandra White
Lismore, Australia - Wednesday 13 November 1996, at 19:04:00 (EST)
As a recently retired, but still very interested member, I find ALIAnet and the information the Home Page leads me to extremely useful. I am a user several times each day. And, I agree with Kerry Smith's comments which will be no surprise of course.
John Brudenall
Canberra, Australia - Wednesday 13 November 1996, at 12:24:50 (EST)
Your web pages are easy to navigate, and I appreciate the info re: contacting the webmaster and date of last update. (mind you, I'm only a lowly 1st yr Info. Studies student)
Tom Torok
Sydney, Australia - Tuesday 12 November 1996, at 15:38:06 (EST)
The Home Page and all that hangs off it looks great. I hope the membership take advantage of this avenue of contact with our Association.
Kerry Smith
Perth, Australia - Friday 01 November 1996, at 15:48:02 (EST)
The Web pages are very well presented. Good work!!!
Fernando Longo
Melbourne, Australia - Friday 01 November 1996, at 12:20:40 (EST)
The home page is just fine and it is a pleasure to find information so easily.
Margaret Cameron
Australia - Friday 01 November 1996, at 12:16:57 (EST)
Great Web site! I was just browsing through your helpful links for librarians...
Steve MacRae
- Friday 01 November 1996, at 12:15:21 (EST)
