Working Together

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Working Together
State Library of Queensland
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State Library of Queensland
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Future Directions of the State Library of
Queensland
Smart Libraries Build Smart Communities

• Supporting State Governments outcomes of
• A community of well-skilled and knowledgeable
  people
• Individual, family and community vitality that
  respects diversity
• A fair, socially cohesive and culturally vibrant
  society

Librarians in the Community Program
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Millennium Library Project
Artists impression of redeveloped State Library
from Brisbane river
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SLQ Strategic Direction
Future Directions

• Virtual and physical access to the State
  Librarys collections
• Planning and delivering innovative, efficient and
  effective services
• Content creation
• Purchase of content for collections
• Community engagement
• Community education and training
• Indigenous Library Services
• Lifelong learning, social cohesion, cultural
  identity and economic development

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Virtual and Physical Access
Future Directions

• State Librarys redeveloped website
• Statewide Databases
• Exhibitions traveling and online
• Multicultural Bridge

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Innovative, Efficient and Effective Services
Future Directions

• Queensland Stories
• New service delivery models

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Content Creation
Future Directions

• Picture Queensland
• Music Queensland
• Manuscripts Queensland

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Community Engagement
Future Directions

• Nestle Write Around Australia Creative Writing
  Competition
• Summer reading programs
• Childrens Book Week resources
• National Simultaneous Storytime
• Young Writers Award

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Community Education And Training
Future Directions

• BHP Billiton skills net
• Connecting Queensland

Injune
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Indigenous Library Services
Future Directions

• Indigenous Knowledge Centres
• Librarians in the Community program
• Listen Here!
• I Can Read - I Can Sing

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Lifelong Learning, Social Cohesion, Cultural
Identity, Economic Development
Future Directions
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Lunn Review
Strategic Policy Options for a Smart
Library Network

• Feedback sought on
• Roles of the State and Local Governments in
  funding public libraries
• Alternative service-delivery models for State
  Government services to the public library network
• Alternative models for service delivery by the
  Queensland public library network
• An implementation plan for recommended changes

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Critical Issues
Lunn Review

• Focus on our priorities
• Use our resources more efficiently
• Measure our performance

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Development of the Services Partner Model
Service Partner Model

• State Government priorities
• Legislative requirement
• State Librarys strategic direction
• Recommendations from
• Future Directions
• Lunn Review
• Review Implementation Advisory Group
• Library Board

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Millenium Library Project
Service Partner Model
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Benefits for Local Government
Services Partner Model

• Advocacy on behalf of Queensland public libraries
  
• Development of statewide public library policies
• Public library research
• Provision of professional development and
  training
• Facilitation of consortia purchasing arrangements
  statewide projects and programs
• Pilot core collections and local stock selection
  mechanisms,shelf ready stock,regional stock
  sharing
• Reduction in handling costs
• Aurora support direct from vendor

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Regional Services Pilot
Drivers

• Sustainability
• Effective use of resources
• Value for money
• Collaboration for innovation
• Quality client services

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Regional Services Pilot
Component Concepts
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Collaborative Service Delivery possible projects
State Library of Queensland

• Development of Regional Library Services Plan
• Identifies gaps, service delivery inefficiencies
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration
• Develop implementation plan
• Reciprocal access agreements
• Shared mobile library services
• Identify regional needs
• Sharing of collections
• Develop collections with regional focus
• Trial shared access to some collections
• Regional approaches to ILLs and DD
• Trial innovative schemes to purchase best sellers
• Regional digitisation
• Develop regional digitisation scheme
• Shared regional specialist staff

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Collaborative Purchasing possible projects
Regional Services Pilot

• Regional consortia agreements
• On-line databases
• Library Management Support for CLS and
  Independent libraries
• Library materials
• Shelf ready collections
• Shared facilities and major equipment
• Mobile library
• Microform reader printer
• Digitisation equipment
• Offsite storage

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Partnering possible projects
Regional Services Pilot

• Development of regional collections
• Share resources of all publicly funded libraries
• Cross sectoral participation in activities and
  programs
• Joint committees to promote and implement
  activities eg _at_ your library campaign, Australian
  Library Week
• Partner with Local Government, EQ, Universities,
  other Government Departments
• Share knowledge, expertise
• Reciprocal resource sharing

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Areas of Strength indicative areas
Regional Services Pilot

• Services
• Australian Centre of Excellence for ASSI Library
  Services
• Regional Centre of Excellence for Family/Local
  history
• Collections
• Regional Indigenous collections
• Motor manuals
• Subject specialisation
• Skills and Knowledge
• Preservation
• Digitisation
• Technical Services
• Library management
• Grants applications advice

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Training possible areas
Regional Services Pilot

• Staff development, mentoring
• Induction for new staff
• Staff exchanges
• Staff buddying across shires/libraries
• Guest speakers from range of professions
• Qualified staff assistance
• Regional assistance for librarianship students
• Service development
• Regional policy development Collection
  Development, Lending, Internet etc
• Outreach services
• Collection building core skills
• Young Peoples, Multicultural etc
• Capacity Building
• Identifying gaps in service knowledge
• Develop pilot to address gaps
• Partner with Councils and LGAQ to implement
  training

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Collections and Services delivery at regional
level?
Regional Service Pilot

• Heritage
• John Oxley Library
• ALFA
• Family history
• Preservation
• Advice to Local Government
• Digitisation
• Picture Queensland outreach
• Digital resources
• On-line services, Music Qld, Picture Qld,
  Connecting Qld, Netlinks, Homework Help
• Exhibitions and programs
• Queensland Stories
• Indigenous services
• Indigenous Library Services Pilot

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Where to from here?