Governance and structure

ALIA Board

Seven Members are elected to serve on the ALIA Board.  ALIA Board elections take place every year and there are regular ALIA Board meetings.

• ALIA President updates 
• ALIA strategic plan
• Past Presidents and Honorary Members

committees

There are several Sub-Committees of the Board and the Board appoints Advisory Committees to provide input into its strategic discussions.

The Sub-Committees are:

• Finance and Risk Management (FARM), chaired by Monika Szunejko
• Membership and Awards (MASC), chaired by Robert Knight
• Professional Development Education Research and Publishing (PDERP), chaired by Anne Reddacliff.

The Advisory Committees are:

• Australian Public Library Alliance
• Book Industry and eLending Advisory Committee
• Education Advisory Committee
• Health Libraries Advisory Committee (HLA Group)
• Interlibrary Lending Advisory Committee
• International Relations Advisory Committee
• National Library Technicians' Advisory Committee
• New Generation Advisory Committee
• Research Advisory Committee
• School Libraries Advisory Committee (ALIA Schools Group)
• Special Library and Information Services Advisory Committee
• VET Libraries Advisory Committee

There is also the ALIA Research Fund Committee.

ALIA also has representatives on external committees and working groups, for example:

• Australian Committee on Cataloguing
• Australian Digital Inclusion Index Advisory Group
• Blue Shield Australia
• Business Services Industry Reference Committee
• eSmart Libraries Reference Group
• GLAM Peak
• IFLA sections and committees
• INELI-Oceania
• Standards Australia IT-09 Computer Application, Information and Documentation Committee

GOVERNANCE

The ALIA Board governs the Association in accordance with our Constitution & By-laws. Each year there is an Annual General Meeting and we publish an Annual Report to inform Members about activities and financial performance.

AGREEMENTS

ALIA has relationships with a number of other organisations, which are formalised with a Memorandum of Understanding.

STAFF

There are 25 ALIA staff working at ALIA House and in each State and Territory. Click here for the ALIA organisational chart.