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ACTive ALIAproACTiveNumber 258: October 2006[ The neXus census to examine the current library and information services workforce in Australia | ALIA Board meeting 19 September 2006 - Summary of key issues | Retirement of Helen Roberts | ALIA ACTive Midwinter Dinner | News from the ACT Library and Information Services | Report on Click06 | ACTive ALIA/AGLIN Information Sharing Forum, August 16 - Australian Bureau of Statistics | Forthcoming ALIA/AGLIN Information Sharing Forum | News from the ACT NewGrads Group | Launch of the CIT Training Library | Wikipedia, wikis and the future of free content | 5 New Ways to Strengthen your ABS! ]
The neXus census to examine the current library and information services workforce in AustraliaThere is considerable anecdotal evidence about the challenges facing the library and information profession, about people leaving the sector and about the 'greying of the profession'. However, to date, there has been little quantitative or qualitative research into the demographics of the profession in Australia. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and CAVAL Collaborative Solutions are currently undertaking a major collaborative research project to examine the library and information services (LIS) workforce in Australia: the neXus census project. The goals of the neXus census are to develop a demographic, educational and employment picture of the library and information profession today and to identify the diverse workforce planning activities currently being undertaken in the library and information services (LIS) sector in Australia. The project aims to foster an awareness of the importance of workforce planning and to develop a collaborative framework for career long learning for the library profession, bringing together employers, educators, trainers and individual practitioners. The researchers encourage workers across the whole LIS sector to complete the survey instrument, from students and new graduates through to those who have recently retired, from library assistants through to CEOs, and from traditional librarians through to innovative information roles, as well as our LIS educators. The neXus census instrument is available both online and as a hard copy document. You will find the online instrument quicker and easier to complete than the print survey. The process of capturing and analysing the data is also far more efficient for the researchers if the online survey tool is used. The researchers therefore encourage you to complete the census online. If, however, you would prefer to complete the census using the printed version, please contact Dr Gillian Hallam by e-mail (please remove '.nospam' from address) for a copy. Completed printed surveys should be returned to QUT by 30 October 2006. Please take the time to complete this census and encourage as many of your colleagues as possible to be respondents, either personally or through professional e-list channels. If you are a manager, please bring the survey to the attention of your staff. The higher the response rate, the more detailed and accurate the information that will contribute to the development of a strong and vibrant LIS profession for the future. If you have any questions about the neXus census please contact Dr Gillian Hallam (please remove '.nospam' from address). For any concerns about the ethical conduct of this research project, please contact the QUT Research Ethics Officer (please remove '.nospam' from address), ph 07 3864 2340. Connect to the neXus census.
ALIA Board meeting 19 September 2006 - Summary of key issuesRoxanne Missingham, Parliamentary Librarian National Advisory Council (NAC)/ALIA Planning: The NAC provided valuable information on ALIA planning for 2006/07 including in relation to membership, groups, education and employment. ALIA Groups: The Board continued to consider ways in which groups can be well supported and agreed, pending one change, to new guidelines for group budgets. ALIA Financial management: The Standing Committee is continues to investigate options to ensure best management of the associations financial resources. ALIA Governance: The Board reviewed the outcomes of the consultations on proposed changes and agreed to the drafting of constitution and by-law changes to propose for the November meeting covering:
ALIA Conferences and Professional development: The Standing Committee is working on a discussion paper to engage in discussions on future directions in conferences and professional development. Institutional members: ALIA will continue to work closely with institutional members to understand their needs and ensure that they are able to engage and benefit from their membership. RFID: Agreed to contribute to fund Alan Butters from Standards Australia attendance at the RFID conference in Denmark in December 2006. Peak Bodies: Agreed ALIA will prepare papers on research agenda and strategies and employment and education. Australian School Library Association: Noted ongoing work with this association including a research proposal on employment.
Retirement of Helen RobertsRoxanne Missingham, Parliamentary Librarian We have been enormously fortunate in the ACT to have had librarians whose contribution to their libraries, their sectors and to the Australian Library and Information Association are outstanding. Helen Roberts is one of these and she has now retired from Australian National University, where she was the Law Librarian for the past 17 years. Helen has been the epitome of an active professional. Helen will be remembered by most in the ACT for her contributions as the ANU Law Librarian, President of the ALIA ACT University and Research Libraries Group (URLs) and ALIA ACTive Group Convenor and Executive member. She has written extensively, contributing the ACT state news column to the Australian Law Librarian for many years. Helen was a consummate law librarian, taking her career seriously and completing her law degree at the Australian National University in the 1995. She was a very active member of the Australian Law Librarians group giving many presentations and contributing to discussions on a wide range of issues. She was a true ALIA star. In addition to holding executive positions for well over a decade in URLS and ALIA ACTive she was a great contributor on national issues. Helen chaired the ALIA Copyright and Intellectual Property Advisory Group for the past three years - steering it through many complex issues. She is also well known for her great presentations on purchasing electronic resources which she has given in a number of states and the ACT. The past couple of years have been ones where Helen's tremendous energy has provided wonderful opportunities professionally and personally. I feel privileged to have worked closely with Helen and hope that she will continue to provide support and advice to ALIA colleagues in the ACT. We also wish her the very best in the activities she will take up with a new grandchild and other interests.
ALIA ACTive Midwinter DinnerKarna O'Dea, Australian Electoral Commission Library About sixty librarians braved a cold winter night to gather at the Canberra Club for the major ALIA social event in Canberra, the Midwinter Dinner. For most of us it's a good chance to catch up with colleagues from across all strands of librarianship. The dinner serves a useful purpose as it is the only event where librarians from government corporate libraries, the ACT Public Library service, academic and CIT librarians and National library staff gather to celebrate the achievements of the year and to present the ALIA Student and UC Balnaves Awards to the most successful graduates of library courses from the University of Canberra. Special guests at the dinner included award winners, members of the ALIA New Grads group, and new ALIA members. Sadly this is the very last time for University of Canberra (UC) graduate awards as that library school has closed. This fact was noted with regret by many of us for whom the UC is our alma mater. The 2005 ALIA Students Awards for University of Canberra students were won by:
The award certificates were presented by Sherrey Quinn, Convenor ACTive ALIA. The John Balnaves Award for 2005 was won by Nikhil Wable. The Award is presented by the University of Canberra and named in honour of John Balnaves, founding head of the UC (then CCAE) library school and a past National President of ALIA (then the LAA). John was one of the earliest advocates in Australia for the benefits of information retrieval, and hence this award is for the student with the best academic record in the subject Information Retrieval. A certificate from the University was presented at the Midwinter Dinner by Ian McCallum, who taught at the UC School of Librarianship when John Balnaves was its Head, and more recently taught a supervisory management unit. After the presentation of prizes, we settled down to a panel discussion on the question of Library 2.0. The panel members were:
David Williams of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations moderated the panel and opened the discussion with a well-known quote from Brave New World, a society bereft of culture, knowledge and history. A pathetic society, where the last of the knowledge keepers or librarians were housed on a reservation and exhibited as freaks and curiosities. Our speakers debated the vexed question of 'Library 2.0'. What does it mean, how does it relate to Web 2, the successor to the current internet, and what will it mean for librarians in future? It proved an entertaining debate as the panelists grappled with the question and handled a range of queries from the audience, and occasional heckling. Mary Teague, from her perspective as a government librarian, proposed that librarians must be actively involved in all information management projects and initiatives in their agency. By doing this, librarians ensconce themselves in the broader information streams and remain relevant and in touch with what is happening within the agency. Mary considered that Library 2.0 means that many librarians could work successful with the new social software such as blogs and wikis within their organisations. Mary discussed this concept based on her experience of working in Geoscience, an agency at the forefront of information strategy in the public service. Margaret Hyland developed the concept of Library 2.0 within the public library context. She considered that the role of the public library is to provide access to all forms of information and to serve as a public space for its clientele. Margaret stressed that a major part of this role is to provide access to information for all those who would be disenfranchised without it, especially those who are not studying or do not work and therefore lack access to the information resources of an academic institution or employer. Margaret told of initiatives such as the wide range of electronic collections provided by the ACT Public Library and the part the library plays in facilitating community activities. She touched on the proposal for the library to act as a learning exchange, with provision of full electronic delivery of services to Canberrans. Robyn Ellard spoke on the implications of Library 2.0 for the Australian public library system. She drew on her extensive experience of working in public libraries and this was echoed by several members of the audience who also had worked in public libraries. Robyn believes that public libraries fulfill many different purposes for different sectors of their clientele - such as information, education, community space and entertainment. She suggested that if public libraries use the new social software successfully they will reenergise their mission and draw new clienteles to public libraries with initiatives such as providing gaming space on public networked computers for young adults. She concurred with Margaret, saying that public libraries must provide information access for those who have no other means of getting such access through work, home or education. Petal Kinder from her perspective as a law librarian took this idea forward and talked about initiatives, such as AustLII and Scale, to provide access to primary legal resources. Petal believes that the concept of Library 2.0 is an evolution of this process and that increased access will be available to legal materials. Several audience members commented that librarians will still need to serve as gatekeepers to quality authoritative information both on the web and elsewhere. One remark was that as part of Library 2.0 librarians had to do a much better job of formulating what their future role should be, and then market this to employers and the public as part of the new information landscape. Mary Teague summed this up when she stated that librarians need not only to be active participants but also designers and creators of new software and databases if the profession is to evolve with Library 2.0. This was backed up by Robyn Ellard who said that to be part of the evolving web, librarians needed to become better at succession planning and training new recruits to the profession. The evening was rounded off with thanks to Kate Davis, the hardworking organiser of this successful event. Kate was presented with a floral bouquet and a round of applause for all her efforts. The contributions of Ian McCallum (MC), David Williams (Panel Moderator) and Robyn Ellard, Margaret Hyland, Petal Kinder and Mary Teague (Panelists), Sherrey Quinn (ACTive ALIA Convenor) and Gaik Khong (Treasurer) were also acknowledged. Those present will have happy memories of the 2006 Active ALIA Midwinter Dinner.
News from the ACT Library and Information ServicesMargaret Hyland, Manager - ACT Public Library
Release of ebooks and eaudiobooks Access to this digital collection is available via any PC with Internet access. ACT Public Library members can download and install free reader software, then browse and download ebooks and eaudio books to their PC or transfer them to a portable device like an MP3 player, PDA or smart phone, or in some cases, burn to a CD. At the end of the loan period, digital items are automatically returned, so there are no late fees. To access the ACT Public Library ebooks and audio books catalogue, visit http://ebooks.library.act.gov.au.
October School Holiday Programs
Monica McInerney's Visit
New Civic Library Find our recently released library newsletter at http://www.library.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/34451/August_2006_newsletter2.pdf [160kb pdf] The newsletter is published once every two months providing updates about library services and programs together with recommended reading. The Library is also now subscribing to Next Reads, which offers regular e-mail notification of new and interesting reading in a wide range of genres. See http://www.library.act.gov.au to subscribe to Next Reads.
Report on Click06Antje Kavanagh Monday 18 September: ACOC (Australian Committee on Cataloguing) Seminar: 'Beyond the OPAC: future directions for web-based catalogues' This full-day seminar held as a satellite event to ALIA's CLICK06 conference was ACOC's main professional development event for cataloguers and metadata creators in 2006. It was well attended by library people from every Australian state as well as New Zealand and the United States. Dr. Martha Yee, from the UCLA Film and Television Archive, gave a keynote address and she also gave a presentation on applying FRBR principles to library catalogues. Other speakers gave talks on various aspects of OPAC development including alternatives to the OPAC. Topics discussed were: The well connected catalogue; Setting a new standard (RDA); The potential impact of RDA on OPAC display; OPACs and the real information marketplace; Seeding search engines with data from the ANBD; and managing OPACs. I was amazed by Martha Yee and her detailed study in comparing Google to a catalogue. The well connected catalogue, which was presented by speakers from the University of Adelaide, was a topic that I was familiar with as the speakers talked about bibliographic linking on catalogue records: such as child-parent, previous/later title, to different formats and to other related resources. Another topic of interest to me was Setting a new standard: Resource Description and Access which was presented by Deirdre Kiorgaard. RDA is a new standard for description and access, designed for the digital world, and it will affect how we catalogue in the future.
Tuesday 19 September: The State Library of Western Australia has an interesting style of building, with glass windows around and a glass lift at the centre so I was able to view the different floors of the library as I went up and I could also see the beautiful scenery of Perth. The tour of the research collection of children's literature was interesting as they showed the original artwork for children's books by Western Australian artists, as well as the 2003 Picture book of the year. The State Library heritage and special collection has an interesting collection of rare items such as a picture of the first Governor of Western Australia, 19th century diaries and the first map of the Swan River. The registrations for the CLICK06 Conference started at 3:00pm, and at 5:30pm there was a welcome function and opening of the exhibition. At the exhibition there were about 70 stands from various organisations/publishers/institutions, such as: ALIA, State Library of NSW, State Library of WA, EBSCO, DA Books, Libraries Australia and many others. Wednesday 20 September: Click06 Day One At 7:30am I went to the First Timers Breakfast, which is a special breakfast that is open to all first time ALIA conference delegates. It offered the opportunity to network and share conference experiences while enjoying a light delicious breakfast. The opening ceremony was an interesting experience as we were welcomed to the country by Mort Hanson, the leader of a local Aboriginal tribe in WA. He gave a speech in tribal and English languages and then he played didgeridoo. Today's conference theme was Leadership and it ran all day, from 9:00am till 5:30pm. There were two keynote speakers: Josephine Bryant, City Librarian of Toronto Public Library, who did the morning session; and Dr. Dawn Casey, CEO Western Australian Museum, who did the afternoon session. It was also a memorable day as the new National Policy Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Library Services and Collections was launched by Dr. Dawn Casey. There were also six concurrent session for that day, three in the morning and three in the afternoon. I attended six concurrent sessions and they were all informative and some were interesting and entertaining. I found the session on Future perfect: will we have made it? Workforce planning issues in the library by Dr. Gillian Hallam from Queensland University of Technology, Qld., was very interesting as in this talk the speaker tried to foster an awareness of the importance of workplace planning and to develop a collaborative framework for career long learning for the library profession, bringing together employers, educators, trainers and individual practitioners. As a library professional I will be part of it. Another topic of interest was 1001 Australian nights: the importance of librarians telling their own story by Andrew Wright, an International story-teller. Story-telling has a growing reputation for the power to teach and develop in multiple ways. It was inspiring as the speaker used his own story as a practical example of how we can apply the principles and practices of story telling in the library workplace, such as how to address personnel issues and how to improve productivity. Thursday 21 September: Click06 Day Two The theme of today's conference sessions was Knowledge and it was a full day program from 9:00am till 5:30pm. There were three concurrent sessions in the morning and four in the afternoon and only one keynote speaker. All today's topics were very informative and interesting. However, I found the concurrent session topic on Libraries without librarians are just a room full of books: educating inmate library clerks, for now and for their future, delivered by Toni Kennedy, NSW Dept. of corrective Services, particularly fascinating and inspirational. The speaker was committed to trying to improve their library facilities and to educate inmate library clerks. The topic on SMS reference: keeping up with your clients, by Sonia Herman, Southbank Institute of TAFE, Qld., was also intriguing. SMS reference is a new method of information service delivery. It has been successful in Southbank Institute of TAFE because it meets library clients' needs instantly, it is a relevant form of communication for students and it is easy to use. The Click06 Gala Dinner was from 7:00pm to midnight at the Grand Ballroom and was well attended. Some conference delegates wore Spanish style outfit/hats. We had a delicious four course meal and then were entertained with a live band. Friday 22 September: Click06 Day Three This was the last day of the conference and today's theme was Innovation. It was also a full day program from 9:30am till 4:30pm. We had two keynote speakers: Neil McClelland, OBE, Director UK Literacy Trust; and Jason Clarke, Minds at Work. Jason Clarke is an excellent speaker and he gave an entertaining and motivational talk. He said that people need to keep their minds open, that mind and culture should work together, and that business needs to innovate. There were only four concurrent sessions on the last day. The session on Creating community: the blog as a networking device by Constance Wiebrands, Curtin University of Technology, WA, was interesting. The blog, one of the new conversational technologies, has a part to play in creating and supporting our professional communities. It also encourages people to connect to each other. Another memorable experience was the chance to meet the only qualified librarian from Timor-Leste. I was overwhelmed by her determination and enthusiasm in teaching and training students in library studies in very unstable circumstances. Overall, the conference was very interesting and challenging. It made me aware that there is still a lot for any librarian to learn if we are going to keep up with new technologies and changes in the world today. Papers of the conference will be available in mid October at: http://conferences.alia.org.au/alia2006/.
ACTive ALIA/AGLIN Information Sharing Forum, August 16 - Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABS Information Skills Program (ISP) At an AGLIN Information sharing forum on the 16 August 2006 Michael Janssen-Gibson, the current National Manager of ISP, spoke in detail of the mission and vision of the new program, as well as delivering a session on finding information on the ABS web site. Attendance rate was high, with representatives from government, specialist and public libraries, and the feedback from this session was very positive. As a result, a number of libraries and the ABS are already mutually benefiting from their partnership with the ISP. Would you like your library to become the ABS information resource expert in your organisation? We could help you to assist your clients to make the best use of our vast and valuable source of statistics by running free information sessions in your organisation. As the ABS moves towards making its information available exclusively on its web site, navigational skills have become essential to find relevant Australian statistics. We could run an ABS Web Site information session for you and interested organisational staff. We can also provide advice and support and free promotional material. We'd like to hear from organisations interested in building this relationship with us. For more information, please phone 6252 6606 or e-mail library@abs.gov.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).
Forthcoming ALIA/AGLIN Information Sharing Forum
Business language initiatives in Dept of Employment and Workplace Relations
News from the ACT NewGrads Group
Visit to the Parliamentary Library The evening began with a talk by Senator Kate Lundy, who spoke on the role the Parliamentary Library plays in her work. Previously, Senator Lundy has been the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, and she spoke about her commitment to ensuring equitable access to high speed internet connections for all Australians. She also spoke briefly about the Senate Inquiry into the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment. Senator Lundy was the first Senator to publish her own website, and has recently started her own blog, radio KATE. Roxanne Missingham then gave a presentation on the varied work undertaken by the staff at the Parliamentary Library. This included a demonstration of some of the information products created by the Library and a tour of the Library's website. Thank you to Roxanne and Senator Lundy. This was certainly a worthwhile opportunity for the NewGrads group to learn about the Parliamentary Library and the role the Library plays in the work of a Senator. 
Kate Davis, Senator Kate Lundy and Roxanne Missingham
Forthcoming NewGrads events
Launch of the CIT Training LibraryThe Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) Faculty of Business and Information Technology 'Training Library' was formally launched by Ms Roxanne Missingham, Vice President of ALIA and Parliamentary Librarian, during a well attended social function on the evening of Thursday 14 September. The Training Library is the first of its kind in Australia. The Training Library provides a realistic work place environment in which to educate students and facilitate the learning process. This is achieved by providing a practical and experiential environment for students enrolled in the Library and Information Services programs at CIT. It complements and prepares students for the two work placements that they undertake in libraries around Canberra. As a simulated workplace environment the CIT Training Library is viewed as integral to the successful 'learner centered' holistic delivery of the program. The facilities and resources of the existing Library Laboratory have been upgraded to a level that the Training Library can successfully operate as a simulated workplace environment. This has involved upgrades to the physical layout, furniture, technology, print collection, web based digital resource access, as well as changes to more integrated holistic delivery methods. The training library is an actual working library which is used as a resource for the Information Technology Department. The purpose of the Training Library is:
For further information please contact Andrew Shiells, Program Coordinator, Library and Information Studies at CIT. 
Roxanne Missingham, Vice President of ALIA and Parliamentary Librarian, and Dr Colin Adrian, Chief Executive Officer of CIT.
Wikipedia, wikis and the future of free contentSummary of the recent National Library of Australia Digital Culture Talk Belinda Tiffen On Wednesday 11 October Angela Beesley of Wikimedia presented a talk at the National Library of Australia on Wikipedia, wikis and the future of free content. The talk outlined the history and structure of the Wikimedia Foundation and the various projects it is undertaking to fulfill its goal of 'a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge'. Many people are not aware that Wikipedia is a not-for-profit venture run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and it is just one of several online services the Foundation supports and manages. Ms Beesley concentrated in her talk on the nature of Wikipedia, stressing that it is more than just an online encyclopaedia, in several ways. Like traditional encyclopaedias, Wikipedia, attempts to provide brief, unbiased synopsis on a broad range of topics, however, unlike traditional print-based encyclopaedias, Wikipedia provides additional content such as current affairs and news. This type of content is often added in rapid response to events, something that is not possible with the editorial processes of traditional encyclopaedias. Wikipedia also provides lists and directories, content more usually found in almanacs. The content is therefore a hybrid of several types of reference works. Additionally, Wikipedia is not just an online venture. Ms Beesley spoke of several projects, both charitable and for profit, which have taken the Wikipedia content offline and repackaged it. This has been done in the form of books, DVDs and hard drives, which have been used to provide selective Wikipedia content in situations where connectivity is problematic. As is to be expected, the issue of the quality of Wikipedia content was raised. Ms Beesley framed this as a question, not of trusting the content, but of trusting the community. There is a large and active community who contribute content to Wikipedia. Their on-going interest ensures a kind of democratic peer-review process and these users will actively correct, edit or amend information which appears on the site. There are also safeguards in place to protect or monitor content. These processes include watchlists to monitor frequently vandalised sites, tags to note both good and bad content (e.g. content which does not cite its sources), page histories, and discussion pages where the community can comment on an entry, raise issues and contact the author. In fact, only 25 per cent of Wikipedia's 5 million pages are actual articles. The bulk of the site is made up of discussion pages, user pages which provide information about contributors, help pages and images. As part of its mission to assist in the free sharing of information, Wikipedia operates under a GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License) which allows reuse of the Wikipedia content for any purpose, providing the reuse credits the authors, relicenses the material under GFDL and allows free access to it. The better known Creative Commons licence model is not used, as Wikipedia pre-dates that movement, and Ms Beesley acknowledged in her talk that the proliferation of licensing models for free content may become an issue in the future, although talks are underway to develop coherence across models. Libraries share the Wikimedia Foundations aim of promoting broad access to information without barriers. Libraries are also beginning to explore how Web 2.0 with its collaborative tools, user-generated content and unmediated access to information could be employed to enhance or alter traditional library services. In this environment libraries will no doubt remain keenly interested in the developments of Wikipedia and the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.
5 New Ways to Strengthen your ABS!What's new @ Australian Bureau of Statistics? i) You are invited to a series of Census information sessions... A series of information sessions are planned across Australia in late 2006 to better inform you about the new Census products and services and answer any questions you may have. Hear from ABS experts on how these new products and services can benefit your organisation. You'll receive information on how you can tailor information to your needs. The main points of discussion at the information sessions will be:
We would like to invite you and your staff to attend an information session so we can provide more details on the 2006 Census product suite. The sessions will run for 2-3 hours. If you are interested in attending, session details are outlined, http://www.abs.gov.au/ > census > Numbers for each session are limited. If you have any questions about the sessions please e-mail marketing@abs.gov.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address) for more information. We look forward to seeing you there. ii) Have your say and rate the ABS web site: Please take a moment to rate the ABS web site! Your feedback will help us provide you with a better web site and information will remain confidential (ABS Web Site Privacy Statement). You can access the survey from our homepage. Look for the blue 'Rate the ABS we site' button at the top right hand side, in the green corporate information area. I strongly encourage you to respond as we are very keen to receive your feedback, not necessarily just where you see we have problems, but if you think something works particularly well we'd like to know so we can continue with it. iii) Breadcrumbs: You will have seen these on many other web sites (though you may not have known they are called breadcrumbs). When viewing Statistics by Catalogue Number, the breadcrumb will show the best path back to ABS Home (see attached document). This new feature will make navigating the ABS web site easier. It will also allow you to see the page you are on in context to the rest of the site and pages within the same hierarchy. The breadcrumb will expand to a maximum of three levels. Each level is a clickable destination. 
Follow this path: http://www.abs.gov.au > Statistics >by Catalogue number iv) Print friendly options: This new feature will enhance printing functionality from all catalogued Statistical Products by adding a 'Print Friendly' link at the top right of the content on Summary and Explanatory Notes tabs. Clicking the 'Print Friendly' link will display the current content without the ABS headings and toolbars, so it prints much more friendly. v) National Regional Profiles (NRP): The latest version National Regional Profile (NRP) on the ABS web site has been released. The most significant change in the NRP release is that it now has a five year time series (1999-2003, on ASGC 2003 boundaries), which will allows you to see changes in economic and social characteristics of their region during that time. Other changes in the NRP release include:
Access to the National Regional Profile facility is through the 'Regional Statistics' icon on the ABS home page. You can use the drill-down map facility or choose their selected region's name from a pick-list. The National Regional Profile does not include data from the 2001 Census of Population and Housing, but there are links on the NRP web pages to download the Basic Community Profile for a region of interest. Information from the Census also remains available through the 2001 Census Page on the ABS web site. For more information, please phone 6252 6606 or e-mail library@abs.gov.au.nospam (please remove '.nospam' from address).
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