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#ALIA is searching for the most inspiring attendee post on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram that highlights an inspirational moment you had whilst at #infoonline19.
Did a speaker motivate you to make difference? Did an industry partners product inspire you to make a change in your workplace? Did you make a new connection? Or perhaps you learnt something new?
Whatever your moment is, share it on your social media channels and don’t forget to #InspiredByInfo, and you could be going to Information Online 2021!
The competition will commence on Monday 11 February 2019 and close on Friday 15 February 2019 at 17:00 AEDT.
The winning post will be announced on #ALIA social media channels on Monday 18 February 2019.
*The prize is non-transferable, and the winner must cover their own travel and accommodation costs.
Welcome troops!
The ALIA Scouts have been busy crafting a gamification experience for ALIA Information Online 2019. Be prepared and download the conference mobile app to play the Click Game.
Scout for clues, accumulate points, earn badges, discover infinite possibilities, and win prizes! Visit us at the ALIA Scouts Headquarters during the conference (on Level 4) or follow @aliascouts on Twitter to find out more.
To playThe Click Game will run via the conference mobile app.
Look out for clues from your Scout Leaders, Sarah and Katya. We’ll also be giving some pointers at the Hands-on space on Tuesday.
Need more help?From the Click Game, tap the game's Help menu for step-by-step instructions on how to play.
Have a question, or something not working as expected? Come and see us at ALIA Scout Headquarters on Level 4 or tweet us @aliascouts.
Thank you to our prize donators
Gale-Cengage Learning is excited to be this year’s Platinum Sponsor, visit us for your daily sugar hit, play our fun ‘matching game’, get a print out from the front cover of The Times, pick up your ‘glam bag’, enter our draw to win a leather compendium and don’t forget our special lunchtime session on the Gale Digital Scholar Lab – we look forward to catching up
VOX Books: Audio-enabled children’s picture books that provide full professional audio narration using a unique audio reader attached to the book. Available globally and on the shelves of 30+ Australian libraries + Auckland and Christchurch! It’s a modern audiobook where the user does NOT need a CD player or expensive tablets/phones computers. Perfect for early readers, shelf ready, and extremely popular! We will be giving away 5 VOX Books to one lucky visitor that comes to our booth to register. (Value: $250 AUD)
GoChip Beam: The next generation of Movie & TV streaming in libraries. It is a shelf-ready hotspot for watching high quality TV and movies effortlessly anytime, anywhere, on any device, WITHOUT INTERNET. We will be giving away 3 GoChip Beams full loaded with popular content to one lucky visitor to register at our booth (Value: $400 AUD)
Drop by Softlink Information Centres at booth 70 to take your photo with our new mascot, Alex the Alpaca, and tweet to win! Use the hashtags #alexalpaca and #infoonline19 on your tweet, fill in our entry form, and you will be in the running to win our fantastic prize pack.
Win a Waterproof Kindle E-Reader!
Subscribe to Clarivate Analytics' newsletter at booths 30 & 31
Take a photo with one of the Clarivate props
Post the photo on your social media account with the hashtag #infoonline19 & tag @Clarivate
The most romantic day for Library Lovers across Australia!
Library Lovers’ Day is a chance for everyone to reconnect with the library and share the library love.
The initiative, coordinated by the Australian Library and Information Association, aims to raise the profile of the services which libraries offer. Australia’s public libraries provide quality information services that support lifelong learning, significantly impacting the cultural and information industry.
Share the Library Love on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! #libraryloversday
Mash Machine
With its intuitive interface, Mash Machine will make you turn into DJs in seconds. Create the music by just placing and moving the blocks on its slick surface in a group of up to 4.
Take just 1 minute to learn the basics and then improvise and have fun with others for hours!
Hands-on space
Exhibition Hall, Level 4
We are pleased to present a ‘hands-on space’ to allow you to experience and tinker with emerging technologies. It will also give you the chance to bounce ideas around with the experts and inspire you to take your professional development and your organisation to the next level!
Tuesday 12 February 201910:00am – 10:25am12:00noon – 1:25pm3:30pm – 3:55pm
The ALIA Scouts
Come sit with us by the virtual campfire. Share a story over an augmented biscuit or two, discover how to play the ‘Click Game’, and earn your first points and badge. Your Scout Leaders will also guide you in creating your very own adventure toolkit, including gamification, augmented and virtual reality, for you to use in the real world.
Wednesday 13 February 201912:00noon – 1:25pm3:30pm – 3:55pm
The Sensorium
Visit The Sensorium to meet the Chairs and Speakers from the Five Senses of GLAMR session to learn more about ‘sensing’ experiences at your GLAM institution.
Find out about researching smells with Cat Jones (Scent Artist), incorporating taste options into your exhibitions, experience virtual reality experimentations and meet Vision Australia staff to learn more about visual considerations into the future.
You’ll also be a part of the demonstration of the Admobilize Audience Analytics platform. [note: Deidentified Data will be collected.]
Thursday 14 February 2019 10:00am – 10:25am 12:00noon – 1:25pm
Tinker Time
Tinker Time is a taster session where you can explore a range of activities that develop digital capabilities using UTS Library’s Tinker Kits. Have a go at our sample sessions and take home everything you need to do it your own way.
You’ll develop an understanding of how to run sessions that build digital literacies in yourselves, your team and your clients through exploration, experimentation and serious play. All lesson plans and materials will be provided.
LIBERO at Insight Informatics will have ‘something special’ for Valentine’s Day for any delegate who comes to booth 62, on Level 4 of the exhibition.
Science loves answers and we hope you do too! Come by the AAAS/Science (booth #82), answer a short five-question survey, and receive a complimentary $10 gift card.
Get your very own Bolinda personalised notebook.
Don’t miss Bolinda’s calligrapher.
Visit us at the Bolinda booth (Booth 2, Level 3) from Tuesday.
Limited amount available.
Do you have a competition, a product to try, sample to give away or an activity at your booth? We would love to help you promote it and get delegate traffic to you. Send us 50 words outlining the competition or event to events (@) alia.org.au and we will add it to the page.