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37th Annual Report 1996-97
Appendix 3: National Library of Australia Committees

The following committees provide advice to the Director-General. Committee membership is given as at 30 June 1997.

Australian Bibliographic Network Committee

Chair
Ms Helen Livingston: Deakin University

Deputy Chair
Ms Susan Ball: State Library of South Australia

Members

Ms Marian Bate: University of New South Wales
Ms Maria Cabrera: Bankstown City Library and Information Service
Mr Dale Chatwin: Chair of ABN Standards Committee
Mr Tony Mays: University of Newcastle
Mr Geoff Payne: CAVAL Limited
Mr Eric Wainwright: National Library of Australia

Secretary

Ms Julia Trainor

Terms of reference

The Committee advises the National Library on a range of matters associated with the Australian Bibliographic Network. The network encompasses all electronic cost recovered services provided by the Library to the Australian library community, and all those services that are closely associated with or provide direct internal support to these cost recovered services.

The Committee:

(i) advises the Library on policy development and planning affecting the network and its users;

(ii) advises the Library on the resourcing of and the setting of charges for the development and use of the network;

(iii) considers and advises the Library on standards applying to the network;

(iv) reviews options for the strategic development of the network;

(v) reviews and advises the Library on priorities for the functional enhancement of system/communication software and purchase or provision of new services;

(vi) reviews those operational and procedural aspects of the network on which the Library seeks advice;

(vii) considers such other matters as may be referred to it from time to time.

Australian Bibliographic Network Standards Committee

Chair

Mr Dale Chatwin: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Deputy Chair

Mr Philip Keane: University of Tasmania

Members

Mr Graham Blewett Hurstville City Library
Ms Leonie Bourke Access Co.
Ms Ann Huthwaite Australian Committee on Cataloguing
Ms Magdalen Lee CJK Technical Committee
Ms Susanne Moir State Library of New South Wales
Ms Joan Moncrieff Deakin University
Ms Barbara Reif Edith Cowan University
Ms Julia Trainor National Library of Australia

Terms of reference

The function of the Committee is to make recommendations to the Australian Bibliographic Network Committee on cataloguing standards and their implementation. It also has a role in monitoring new national and international standards and their impact on existing network standards.

TDK Australian Audio Book Award Committee

Chair

Mr Ian Templeman: National Library of Australia

Members

Mr Robert Bryant: Transworld Publishers
Mr Tony Horgan: Shearer’s Bookstore
Mr Stanley McGeagh: Actor/narrator
Mr Dennis O’Sullivan: TDK (Australia) Pty Ltd
Ms Pat Shattell: Consumer representative
Mr Bertil Smark Nilsson: Consumer representative
Ms Susan Wyndham: Sydney Morning Herald

Award Coordinator

Dr Mary Dickenson: National Library of Australia

Terms of reference

The role of the Committee is to advise the Director-General on:

(a) the awards to be presented;

(b) the conduct of the judging process;

(c) other matters relating to the administration of the awards.


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