NSLA and OCLC Research co-hosted a discussion session about the CARE Principles and how they may apply in the Australian context.
CEOs of NSLA libraries held their third online meeting of 2020 in late November to discuss responses to COVID-19, evaluating the first stage of the Culturally Safe Libraries Program, web archiving, and the future of LIS education.
NSLA’s incoming Chair, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, and Deputy Chair, Vicki McDonald, got together for a chat about their long relationships with NSLA and their thoughts on the coming two-year term.
Anna Raunik is the Executive Director of Content and Client Services at the State Library of Queensland and the convenor of NSLA’s Heads of Collections advisory group. We asked her about her career, her passion for data and what she sees on the horizon for libraries working with technology.
Members convened online for their mid-year meeting, Discussions included our continuing responses to Covid-19, project funding, and finalising the NSLA strategic plan for 2020-2023.
For NSLA libraries, the COVID-19 pandemic has called for a common collecting effort unlike any in living memory.
The National edeposit service’s 100,000th deposit is a tribute to these times, now preserved in perpetuity.
NSLA members joined the millions around the world conducting their business on screen, to discuss issues including the COVID-19 pandemic, staff wellbeing, governance and logistics, and digital library services.
While most of us are still grappling with the magnitude of the sudden changes to our lives, the vital contribution of libraries to our communities has never been more evident.
NSLA CEOs set the program for 2020 at their November meeting, including a collection policy review and scoping for a collaborative web archiving system.
Members of National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and Kaitiaki of the lands on which
our libraries do their daily work, preserving and sharing our collective cultural heritage.
