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:
- three people elected from and by the library membership of Libraries Australia
- two CAUL (Council of Australian University Librarians) representatives
- one NSLA (National and State Libraries Australasia) representative
- three Director-General nominees, one of each working in and representing: special libraries, public libraries and government libraries
- two National Library staff (nominated by the Director-General).
See the paper:
LAAC membership guidelines (pdf, 86 KB) for more information.
Advisory Committee members

Associate Director, Public Library Services,
State Library of South Australia
Phone: (08) 8348 2301
Email: geoff.strempel@sa.gov.au

University Librarian, Macquarie University
Phone: (02) 9850 7500
Email: joanne.sparks@mq.edu.au

Director, Library and Information Services, Murdoch University
Phone: (08) 9360 2160
Email: liz.burke@murdoch.edu.au

Assistant Director General, Collections Management,
National Library of Australia
Phone: (02) 6262 1672
Email: amckenzie@nla.gov.au

Editor, Australian Library Journal
Phone: (03) 4208 0475
Email: ann.ritchie@alia.org.au

Chief Librarian, National Meteorological Library,
Bureau of Meteorology
Phone: (03) 9669 4472
Email: r.serratore@bom.gov.au

Director General, National Library of Australia
Phone: (02) 6262 1262
Email: aschwirt@nla.gov.au

NSW State Librarian and Chief Executive
Phone: (02) 9273 1414
Email: abyrne@sl.nsw.gov.au

Manager, Library and Cultural Services,
Queanbeyan City Council
Phone: (02) 6285 6298
Email: peter.conlon@qcc.nsw.gov.au

University Librarian, RMIT University
Phone: (03) 9925 2543
Email: craig.anderson@rmit.edu.au

