Advisory Committee

The role of the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee (LAAC) is to provide advice on strategic issues which influence:

  • delivery of the Libraries Australia service
  • the broad direction of service development
  • changes occurring in the library community which are likely to affect services.

Users are encouraged to contact any of the LAAC members with their opinions of Libraries Australia. LAAC members also try to keep in touch by attending State/Territory User Group meetings. The LAAC is a mix of elected members and appointed representatives of peak bodies and library sectors who include:

See the paper: LAAC membership guidelines (pdf, 86 KB) for more information.

Advisory Committee members

 

Geoff Strempel (Chair and Public libraries representative)
Geoff Strempel (Public libraries representative)
Associate Director, Public Library Services,
State Library of South Australia

Phone: (08) 8348 2301

Email: geoff.strempel@sa.gov.au

 

JoAnne Sparks (CAUL representative)

JoAnne Sparks (CAUL representative)
University Librarian, Macquarie University

Phone: (02) 9850 7500

Email: joanne.sparks@mq.edu.au

 

Liz Burke (CAUL representative)
Liz Burke (CAUL representative)
Director, Library and Information Services, Murdoch University

Phone: (08) 9360 2160

Email: liz.burke@murdoch.edu.au

 

Amelia McKenzie (NLA representative)


Assistant Director General, Collections Management,
National Library of Australia

Phone: (02) 6262 1672

Email: amckenzie@nla.gov.au

 

Ann Ritchie (Special libraries representative)

Ann Ritchie (Special libraries representative)
Editor, Australian Library Journal

Phone: (03) 4208 0475

Email: ann.ritchie@alia.org.au

 

Rosa Serratore (Government libraries representative)

Rosa Serratore (Government libraries representative)
Chief Librarian, National Meteorological Library,
Bureau of Meteorology

Phone: (03) 9669 4472

Email: r.serratore@bom.gov.au

 

Anne-Marie Schwirtlich (NLA representative)

Anne-Marie Schwirtlich (NLA representative)
Director General, National Library of Australia

Phone: (02) 6262 1262

Email: aschwirt@nla.gov.au

 

Dr Alex Byrne (NSLA representative)

 Dr Alex Byrne (NSLA representative)
NSW State Librarian and Chief Executive

Phone: (02) 9273 1414

Email: abyrne@sl.nsw.gov.au

 

Peter Conlon (Elected member)

Peter Conlon
Manager, Library and Cultural Services,
Queanbeyan City Council

Phone: (02) 6285 6298

Email: peter.conlon@qcc.nsw.gov.au

 

Ben O’Carroll (Elected member)

Ben O'Caroll
Systems Librarian, State Library of Queensland

Phone: tba

Email: tba

 

Dr Craig Anderson (OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council representative)

Craig Anderson
University Librarian, RMIT University

Phone: (03) 9925 2543

Email: craig.anderson@rmit.edu.au