The National Library Act (1960) provides that a Council shall conduct the affairs of the Library. The Council consists of 12 members - including the Director-General, one senator elected by the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives elected by that House. Specific issues being addressed by Council and its advisory committees are documented in the Library's Annual Report.
Chair
Deputy-Chair
Director-General & Executive Member
- Anne-Marie Schwirtlich BA (Hons) (Macquarie), Dip Information Management (University of NSW)
Members
- Jane Hemstritch FICA, BSc (1st Class Hons) (London)-
- Dr Nonja Peters PhD BA (University of WA)
- Senator Gary Humphries BA, LLB (ANU)
- The Hon Dick Adams MP
- Professor Janice Reid AM FASSA
- Glenys Beauchamp PSM
- The Honourable Mary Delahunty
- Dr Nicholas Gruen
