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OUR OBJECTIVES
AND KEY PRIORITIES
1. To
ensure that a comprehensive record of Australian history and creative
endeavour, and a selected record of universal human knowledge is collected and
cared for, we will
- Collect Australian publications and
significant materials and cooperate with others to ensure comprehensive
national coverage
- Respond to the challenge of collecting
and preserving significant Australian electronic information resources
- Preserve and maintain all Australian and
significant non-Australian library materials to ensure they are available for
current and future use.
2. To
ensure that the Library provides effective and open access to its own
collections, and to information sources elsewhere, we will
- Digitise selected Australian original
material and make them widely accessible through the Internet
- Ensure that all the Librarys
collections are catalogued and readily identifiable through online catalogues
- Take advantage of the opportunities of
the Internet and lead the development of expert reference and information
services to users throughout the nation.
3. To
ensure that Australians, wherever they live or work, have access to information
resources in Australia and overseas, we will
- Continue to support resource sharing
among Australian libraries
- Rethink and redevelop the national
infrastructure to take advantage of emerging technological opportunities
- In
doing so, give prominence to achieving direct individual access to online
catalogues and collections
- Lead in collaboration initiatives, policy
formulation and the development of national standards that will support
unmediated access to information resources.
4. To
foster a broad understanding of the importance of libraries, and of the
National Library in particular, and to communicate the value of the Library in
underpinning Australias cultural and intellectual life, we
will
- Demonstrate that access to information
through libraries underpins the values of an open, democratic society
- Affirm the National Librarys role
in supporting scholarship and other creative and intellectual activity within
Australia
- Selectively interpret the Librarys
collections in order to contribute to an understanding of Australian history
and culture
- Promote knowledge and use of the
Librarys resources
- Promote the richness and diversity of the
National Librarys collection and its continuing role in collecting
materials that represent contemporary Australia.
5. To
contribute to the advancement of libraries and librarianship worldwide, we
will
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Participate in international library developments to ensure that issues of
concern to Australia are addressed
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Play a major role in digital developments to ensure effective access to
information by Australians
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Represent Australian libraries effectively in international forums
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Provide the international community with the opportunity to recognise and
benefit from Australian developments
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Maintain the Librarys assistance to libraries in the Southeast Asian and
Pacific region.
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