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

Anne Horn (CAUL representative & chair)

Anne Horn (CAUL representative and committee chair) University Librarian, Deakin University Library

Phone: (03) 5227 8274

Email: unilbrn@deakin.edu.au

 

Liz Burke (CAUL representative)

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

Phone: (08) 9360 2160

Email: liz.burke@murdoch.edu.au

 

Pam Gatenby (NLA representative)

Pam Gatenby (NLA representative) Assistant Director General, Collections Management, National Library of Australia

Phone: (02) 6262 1672

Email: pgatenby@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

 

Geoff Strempel (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

 

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

 

(NSLA representative)

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Peter Conlon (Elected member)

Manager, Library and Cultural Services, Queanbeyan City Council

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Email:

 

Ben O’Carroll (Elected member)

Systems Librarian, Premier’s Library and Research Council, Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet

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Email:

 

Andrew Wells (OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council representative)

Andrew Wells (Elected member) University Librarian, University of New South Wales Library

Phone: (02) 9385 2662

Email: a.wells@unsw.edu.au