National section Kris Johnstone and Sandra Ryan represented Victoria on the National Section. Kris and Sandra continued their positions on the executive. Discussions continued on marketing and positioning within the field of school libraries, core professional knowledge and the profile of the profession within the community. Kris and Sandra are also two of the three ALIA representatives for the Learning for the Future Reference Group. This group is currently revising Learning for the Future.
Links Maintaining links with other professional bodies in the school library field is imperative.
This year we continued to jointly plan our professional development with SLAV as well as hold our combined annual dinner to celebrate School Libraries Day, which was held on Monday 19 October. The topics for the two main professional development activities for the year were generated from responses to the 1996 survey. The first seminar day, held in May, focused on collection development and was an extension of one of the 1997 seminars. Ken Dillon and Barbara Bugg provided participants with a balance between theory and practice. The second seminar day, held in June, focused on making connections with information skills and technology.