CAUL Strategic Plan
http://www.caul.edu.au/about-caul/caul-strategic-plan
Report to CAUL
Author: Graham Black
Date: 6 September 2010
Date of previous report:
Note: CAUL members use this template to report to CAUL on all areas of responsibility in the strategic plan, and/or as a cover page for additional reports to CAUL.
Section / I. Communication & InfluenceAction / Report on ALIA Roundtable 2010: Compelling issues for Australian libraries
Responsibility / Graham Black
Time-line / May 2010
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Pro-forma updated 6 May 2010
I was asked to represent CAUL at the ALIA Roundtable 2010: Compelling issues for Australian libraries held in Canberra on 20 May 2010.
Attendees at the meeting were:
Graham Black, ALIA President, Council of Australian University Librarians
Margaret Allen, ALIA Vice-President, National & State Libraries Australasia
Jan Fullerton, Director General, National Library of Australia
Jan Richards, Chair, ALIA Public Libraries Advisory Committee
Dr Stuart Ferguson, University of Canberra (Higher Education)
Maureen Henninger, Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney (Higher Education)
Catherine Brady, Member, ALIA Special Libraries Advisory Committee
Kathy Stapleton, Convenor, Australian Government Libraries Information Network
Heather Jamieson, Member, ALIA TAFE Libraries Advisory Committee, Senior Librarian, Canberra Institute of Technology
Roxanne Missingham, Parliamentary Librarian, Association of Parliamentary Librarians
Sally Burford, University of Canberra (ALTC Project)
Dr Gilllian Hallam, ALIA Board Member
Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer, Australian School Library Association
Sue Hutley, ALIA Executive Director
Sue McKerracher, The Library Agency
Discussion at the meeting covered the following topics:
Digitisation / National Year of Reading
Electronic Resources for Australians / Professional Skills and Development
Inter-Library Loans / School Libraries Enquiry
Lobbying and Advocacy
Minutes and a summary of the meeting are available at:
http://www.alia.org.au/roundtable/2010/
A summary of the major outcomes agreed by the ALIA Roundtable 2010 participants follows:
1. COMMUNICATION
· We will take information about Libraries Australia back to our constituents to show the relevance of major national initiatives to libraries of all shapes and sizes.
· We will help increase awareness and promote the benefits of Electronic Resources Australia (ERA) across all sectors.
· We will ensure that our colleagues in our different sectors are aware of the Government Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher Librarians and ASLA and ALIA’s work and submissions.
2. EDUCATION AND CAREERS
· We support the ALTC project and look forward to incorporating the findings into the strategy for the future of the profession.
· We will use ALIA’s current recruitment materials to promote the profession as a career and we will assist in the development of new collateral.
· We will encourage institutional members to put a link to ALIA’s career information on their website, especially during Library & Information Week.
· We support the development of appropriate national VET training for library technicians, and will contribute to the Innovation and Business Skills Australia eScan and promote participation to colleagues.
3. COLLABORATION
· ALIA and ASLA agree to work together to develop national standards, policies and formulae for school libraries.
· We will encourage libraries considering digitisation projects to look at partnering with NLA, to take advantage of the organisation’s expertise in this area and the opportunity to increase access to content through Trove.
4. CULTURE
· We will embrace the demographic profile and diversity of our profession, promoting a culture of continued creativity, innovation and dynamism among all members of the profession.
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5. LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY
· We will encourage advocacy on high level, national, strategic issues and we will speak as one on matters of national and strategic importance.
· We will lobby for digital content for informed citizens, including digitisation of collections and ERA. This is a key outcome of the roundtable. Our vision is of digital collections that reflect the nation’s culture – Australian culture, Australian content.
· We will support the roll out of the National Broadband Network throughout Australia, recognising that this infrastructure will improve equity of access, with the potential for libraries to be a key partner.
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