Take Home Messages
It is a little while since we took home the take home messages (the Board met in Brisbane on 14 July), but they are now available on the ALIA website, here. Perhaps the most significant message is that there will be a public libraries summit, most likely in Canberra, in March 2009. ALIA has allocated a budget to the process, and has called for expressions of interest for the position of project officer - advertised here.
What is the Summit for? The goal is to clarify and advance the policy agenda for public libraries at all three levels of government, and raise the profile of public libraries nationally. In particular, a key goal of the whole process is to demonstrate the many ways in which public libraries contribute to a wide range of policy goals.
The Summit process will be led by Jan Richards, Vice President of ALIA and a prominent public librarian, and will be assisted by ALIA’s Public Libraries Advisory Committee and its chair, Vicki McDonald. We are looking for a wide range of contributions from people with a strong public library commitment. If you are interested in being involved, please get in touch with Sue Hutley and offer your assistance.
There are a lot more take home messages, too. About advisory committees, the membership survey scheduled for October, IFLA2010 in Brisbane, Health Libraries Australia, and the ALIA National Library and Information Technicians Conferences 2009 in Adelaide.