Peak Bodies Forum 2002
Issues Summary
15 February 2002
9.30am 4.00pm
Council Room, National
Library of Australia
Agenda
- Welcome and background to the meeting (Jan Fullerton)
- Review of issues facing the Australian library community
- Discussion of issues
- Development of an action plan
- Plans for the future
Having: CollectingOutcome: Enhancing the resources available to all Australians through the Australian library system. |
Discussion topics
- Australias resources in electronic form
- Consortium licensing of datasets
- Cooperative collection development of printed monographs
- Cooperative discard/cooperative storage
Cooperative Structures
- Australian Libraries Collections Task Force
- CASL Consortium
- CAUL Electronic Information Resources Committee
- Cooperative collecting networks (eg Metropolitan Public Libraries Association of NSW Sydney Subject Specialisation Scheme; Victorian Academic and Research Libraries Consortium)
Projects
- CAVAL SMIT Project
- Australian Research Libraries Collection Analysis Project
- Eprint Archives
- Research Resources Australia (Cooperative Store); CARM store
Services to Support Cooperative Collecting
- Kinetica
- PANDORA
- Australian Digital Theses
- Australian Libraries Gateway
Finding: DiscoveryOutcome: enabling Australians to find easily the information resources they need. |
Discussion topics
Kinetica: future strategies
- End user access and ease of use
- Coverage of electronic resources
- Need for enhanced and different types of metadata
- Extension of indexing of Australian journal titles
Cooperative Structures
- Australian Libraries Collections Task Force
- Australian Subject Gateways Forum
Projects
- AARLIN Portal Project
- E-print Archive
- E-repository project (NLA)
- Austlit
- WebLaw
- Music Australia
Services to support resource discovery
- Kinetica
- Australian Libraries Gateway
- Online Public Access Catalogues
- Joint union catalogues (eg COOL_CAT)
- Australian Journals Online
- Indexing services (eg. APAIS/ AMI, AGIS)
- Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts
- Oral History Directory
- Subject gateways (eg EdNA, AVEL)
- Schools Catalogue Information Service
- Australian Government Locator Service
Getting: AccessOutcome: Australians can effectively and efficiently gain access to the resources they want. |
Discussion topics
- National digitisation policy
- Collaborative digital reference services
Ensuring the relevance and viability of library services by improving ILL/DD service levels:
- Negotiating licenses to cover ILL from electronic journals
- Facilitating end user access to ILL/DD
- Improving turnaround times and procedures through implementing Benchmarking Survey recommendations
Cooperative Structures
- National Resource Sharing Working Group
- CASL Reference Issues Working Group
- CASL Digital Issues Working Group
- Australian Library and Information Association
- National Scholarly Communications Forum
- Australian Libraries Copyright Committee
- Australian Digital Alliance
Projects
- Digitisation
- ILL/DD Benchmarking Survey
- LIDDAS
Services to Support Resource Access
- Kinetica Document Delivery Service
- Cooperative regional ILL networks (eg GRATISnet)
- ILRS Directory and ILRS Code
- Government information services (eg fed.gov.au; GOVERNET)
- PictureAustralia
- PANDORA
- Fed.gov.au
- Australian Digital Theses
- Other cooperative library networks (eg NSWnet; PLAIN)
- CAUL National Borrowing Scheme
Keeping: Preservation for Long Term AccessOutcome: Ensuring that Australian information resources will be available to all Australians in the future. |
Discussion topics
- Role of institutions in the long term preservation of the electronic resources they create
- Improved mechanisms for collaboration on longer term preservation
Cooperative Structures
- Cooperative Microfilming network
Projects
- Cellulose Acetate project
- NPLAN
Services to Support Preservation for Long Term Access
- Kinetica
- Preserving Access to Digital Information (PADI)
- Community Heritage Grants
Supporting: National Policies and StrategiesOutcome: Ensuring that key issues relating to the development of national policies and forums are identified and addressed collaboratively. |
Discussion Topics:
- National information policy (background paper attached)
- Workforce planning (background paper attached)
- Information literacy (references attached)
- Advancing the profile of Australian libraries
Cooperative Structures
- Australian Library and Information Association
- Council of Australian State Libraries
- Council of Australian University Librarians
- Federal Libraries Information Network
Projects
- ALIA Literacy Round Table
- Training Competencies for Public Libraries
- Library and Information Science Education for the Knowledge Age
Services to Support National Policies and Forums
- ·Round Tables and Forums (e.g. Forum on Library Services for People with Disabilities)
Future Mechanisms to Support Agreed OutcomesOutcome: Ensuring the continued development of the whole Australian library system in the national interest |
Discussion topics
- Future mechanisms for collaboration
- National meeting or other mechanism
Cooperative Structure
- Australian Library and Information Association
- Council of Australian State Libraries
- Council of Australian State Universities
- Federal Libraries Information network
Actions
- To be agreed by the Peak Bodies Forum
