National Library of Australia
Kinetica Kinetica
This page is an archive page and will no longer be updated.



Annual Users' Meeting

21-22 August 2003

Stamford Grand Adelaide
Glenelg
South Australia


Innovation Award Accommodation Registration Form Agenda Biographies South Australian Organising Committee

Speaker

Elizabeth Ellis Elizabeth Ellis

State Library of New South Wales
Parallel Session, E-resources & Government Publications, Thursday 21st, 1:15-2:30pm

Elizabeth Ellis, who recently joined the Kinetica Advisory Committee as a representative of the Council of Australian State Libraries, has been employed at the State Library of New South Wales since 1985. In 2002 she was appointed Mitchell Librarian and Director, Collection Management. Her previous positions at the library include Manager, Original Materials Branch and Curator of Pictures

. She began her career in libraries in 1971 at the National Library of Australia and held the position of Curator of Maps there from 1976-77. On moving to Sydney, she worked as a commercial researcher in the field of Australiana from 1979 to 1984. She has written and lectured extensively on aspects of Australian historical collections over the past two decades.

Parallel Session

E-resources & Government Publications

May Priddle, Department of the Treasury
Elizabeth Ellis, State Library of New South Wales

  1. Overview:
    • Impact of closure of Government Bookshops
    • Changes to Government Publication distribution
    • Creation of a Commonwealth Publications Register
    • Legal Deposit
    • National Library of Australia / NOIE Discussions
  2. Pilot Project to improve access to Commonwealth Government Information
  3. Issues and Discussion
  4. Recommendations