Our new strategic plan sets the direction for our program through to 2023, when NSLA will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
Marie-Louise Ayres, Director-General of the National Library of Australia and NSLA Chair, and Vicki McDonald, State Librarian and CEO of the State Library of Queensland, and NSLA Deputy Chair, give us a short introduction to the strategic plan and priority areas of work for the next three years in the video below..
Priorities
Our priorities for collaborative work:
- shared digital systems for effective delivery of national collections and programs
- strengthening community identity by ensuring that our collections reach and reflect the full diversity of our population
- building cultural and intellectual capital by developing a strong evidence base for the library sector, and sharing our expertise as a trusted voice in national policy.
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Shared digital systems |
Strengthening community identity |
Building cultural and intellectual capital |
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What |
Joint solutions for online services, and shared systems for effective delivery of national collections and programs including web archives. |
Greater range of access points for collections, stronger community relationships, staff trained in First Australian cultures and collections, sustainable solutions for collection care and storage. |
A trusted voice in national policy, and recognition as a partner of choice in library research and advocacy efforts. |
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Why |
We want to capture Australia’s digital heritage before it disappears, and to make this content accessible in a consistent and engaging way. |
The collections of national, state and territory libraries should reach and reflect all Australians. |
We recognise that sound evidence is fundamental to good decision-making, effective advocacy, and better practice. |
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How |
Build national web archiving infrastructure, enhance the National edeposit service (NED), share standards and channels for online service delivery. |
Cultural training and continued work with First Australian communities, community contribution to collections, increased exposure of collections data, joint efforts in collection care and storage. |
Build a strong evidence base with a range of research partners, use new mechanisms for advocacy and policy contribution. |
Drivers
- Innovation: our responsibility to continually seek and share better ways of doing things
- Resilience and sustainability: ensuring that our collections are safe, our sector is strong, and our systems and services will stand the test of time
- Adaptability in the workforce: cultivating our skills so that we can anticipate and respond quickly to changing environments, and meet user needs.
Read the full strategic plan or download a PDF copy or one-page summary.