Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 dig in!
Front cover screen image: Illustrations of spiders and insects from Ash Island (detail), c. 1852–1864, Helena and Harriet Scott Corporate 0bjectives results PhotographbyCharlie Gordon
In 2004 we launched our biggest project to date: atmitchell.com – the State Library of NSW collection is now open to the world.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Letter of submission
October 2005
The Hon. Mr Bob Debus MP Attorney General, Minister for the Environment & Minister for the Arts, NSW 2000 Parliament House, Macquarie Street Sydney
Dear Minister , Annual Reports (Statutory Bodies) Act 1984 We take pleasure, in accordance with the , as amended, in submitting the Annual Report and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and Financial Statements of the Library Council of New South Wales for the year ending 30 June 2005 for presentation to Parliament.
Submitted on behalf of the Library Council of New South Wales.
Yours sincerely
Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Ms Belinda Hutchinson State Librarian & Chief Executive and President, Library Council of New South Wales Secretary, Library Council of New South Wales
Butterfly image:Illustrations of spiders and insects from Ash Island, c. 1852–1864, Helena and Harriet Scott
Contents Letter of submission 2
The year in brief Vision statements, history & legislation 4 Our guarantee of service 4 Highlights 2004/05 5 Corporate objectives and results 6-9 Message from the President & Secretary of Library Council 10-11 Looking ahead 13-14
Achievements in 2004/05 NSW community 16-27 NSW public library network 28-33 NSW government 34-43 State Library partners and advocates 44-48
Corporate overview Library Council of New South Wales 50-52 Organisational structure 53 Standing committees of the Library Council 54-55 Committees of the State Library 56 Representation on key external committees 57-58 Staff publications, presentations and papers 59-60
Additions to the collection Major purchases 62-65 Deposits and donations 66-68 Additions to the collection 69-70
Public library grants and subsidies Allocation of public library funds 72 Library development grants 2004/05 73 Public library subsidies, grants and expenditure 74-77
Staff & supporters State Library staff list 80-81 Foundation members & custodians, and donors 82-89 State Library volunteers 90
Publications & information available Publications 2004/05 92 Freedom of information statement of affairs 93 Freedom of information requests 94-95 Privacy annual report 96 Web addresses 97 Index 99
Financial statements inside back pocket Acknowledgments back cover Contact information back cover
Our vision Libraries for life – your place, your time Our values Respect for knowledge Commitment to learning Integrity and efficiency of service Our mission To promote, provide and maintain library and information services for the people of NSW through the State Library and through cooperation with local libraries and other libraries and information agencies.
History & legislation Our guarantee of service The State Library of NSW is one of the oldest libraries • Provide timely, relevant and accurate information in Australia, with a history tracing back to the from anywhere in the world to anywhere establishment of the Australian Subscription Library in the state in 1826. • Our staff will be courteous, friendly and efficient • Respond to requests for information and advice In 1869 the NSW Government took responsibility for the within negotiated deadlines Library, forming the Sydney Free Public Library, the first truly public library service for the people of NSW. In 1895 • Easily locate resources held in the State Library’s the name was changed to the Public Library of New South collections Wales. It was renamed the State Library of New South • Ensure services and resources meet the needs of: Wales in 1975. - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients - clients from non-English speaking backgrounds The historic Mitchell Wing opened to the public in 1910 - clients with disabilities after David Scott Mitchell bequeathed his large private • Make available appropriate and well maintained collection. Today the Mitchell Wing is linked below ground equipment and facilities and by a glass atrium to the contemporary Macquarie Street Wing, opened in 1988. • Provide participants of training courses with appropriate skills The Library Council of New South Wales is the governing • Ensure fee-based services provide value for money body of the State Library. The objectives of the Library Council, as defined in section 4A of theLibrary Act 1939 (as amended in 1975) are:
• to promote, provide and maintain library and information services for the people of New South Wales through the State Library and through cooperation with local libraries and information agencies • to advise the Minister, local authorities and, when the Minister so approves, other bodies, on matters of policy and administration relating to library services and information services that are or may be provided through local libraries and other libraries • to advise the Minister on the provision of assistance to local libraries or other libraries.
Corporate 0bjectives results Highlights 2004/05
NSW community • Launch of atmitchell.com starts the development of the 21st century library • Website usage increases by 26% • Library visits increase by 10% • 199,000 people visit exhibitions • 338, 500 digital images are available online
NSW public library network • $22.4m allocated to public libraries • Internet services provided to 149 public libraries • PictureNSW supports development of digital archive of local collections • 70% of public library managers rate state Library services as ‘excellent/very good’
NSW government • Net cost of services is met • The collections are valued at $1.883 billion • 29,992 collection items received preservation treatments • 20% of information technology infrastructure upgraded and improved • Speed of Internet services doubled
State Library partners & advocates • The State Library of NSW Foundation fundraising exceeds $3m for the atmitchell.com project • The State Library provides NSW government agencies with access to ABS@NSW service • 155 Volunteers contribute 11,086 hours to the Library • 10 years of the Nestlé Write Around Australia creative writing competition involves 500,000 primary school students
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 The year in brief Corporate 0bjectives results for NSW community
NSW community Increase access to information for clients 2004 2005 Result Increase in requests for website pages 19% 26% + Visitors rate exhibitions ‘excellent/very good’ 87% 88% + Visitors rate events ‘excellent/very good’ 74% 83% + Written comments received were appreciative 96% 91% –
Objectives Simplify & streamline services to improve client access to information Responses within agreed timeframe 2004 2005 Result Items retrieved from stack storage 94% 92% <> Information inquiries 94% 94% <> Interlibrary loans completed 96% 90% – Documents supplied 96% 96% <>
Develop an integrated information service, real & virtual Significant heritage & current resources 2004 2005 Result in electronic form Pages and pictorial images digitised 16 398 22 092 + Web publications preserved 730 633 – Live links to e-resources in WEBCAT 34 223 64 699 + Full text electronic journal titles held 7 328 19 556 +
Ensure staff have the skills to meet our strategic priorities Staff hours in formal learning activities 7 588 8 378 +
Extend the reach of the collection Number of uses of the collection (onsite & offsite) Inquiries responded to 3 386 716 3 799 176 + Uses of collection items 2 140 765 1 848 757 <> Exhibition visits 153 706 198 992 + Public program participants 40 603 37 489 – Requests for State Library website pages 19 616 749 24 644 658 +
Key: + above/within target <> acceptable – below target The year in brief Corporate 0bjectives results for NSW public Library Network
NSW public library network Produce a stronger identity & increase effectiveness Public library network satisfaction with the relationship rated as ‘excellent/very good’ Quality of State Library services 70% Value of LIAC service 82% Value of interlibrary loan & document supply service 81%
Objectives Maintain & support an integrated network to deliver shared services across NSW
Enhance shared service delivery across NSW Result Internet services provided to 149 public libraries + 90 small and remote communities have access to the Internet + 80% of Rural Link communities ‘very satisfied’ with NSW.net service + 80% of public library services provide access to legal information expertise +
Support the legislative environment in which NSW public libraries & the State Library operate
Complete review of the Library Act Result Review of Library Act completed and amendments passed + Benchmark research on NSW public libraries and e-government completed +
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 The year in brief Corporate 0bjectives results for NSW government
NSW government
Effective & efficient library & information services 2004 2005 Result Net cost of services Net cost of services is achieved neutral neutral + Build and maintain the NSW library of record Value of the State Library’s collection $1.509 billion $1.883 billion +
Objectives Continuously improve the management of our resources Variance from budget Result Returned an operating result on budget + Facilities are available & meet standards Total Asset Management Plan projects completed on target & facilities improved + IT projects achieve time or cost savings targets 20% of information technology infrastructure upgraded and improved + Access speed to Internet increased by 100% + NSW.net achieves lower broadband costs for community clients + Increase control of our collection at each stage of the information life cycle Electronic records created for 2004 2005 Result Heritage collection material 626 839 644 262 + Current collection material 834 215 876 332 + Improve our working environment Meet Occupational Health & Safety requirements 16 Safe Work Statements completed + Workplace Inspection Program completed + Meet targets in the Human Resource Plan Training to improve EEO access implemented + Use information & the knowledge of staff 2004 2005 Result for the benefit of the Library Staff participating in cross-divisional project teams 313 327 +
Key: + above/within target <> acceptable – below target The year in brief Corporate 0bjectives results for State library partners & advocates
State Library partners & advocates
Mutually satisfactory partnerships & relationships Result which recognise contributions & shared values Satisfaction of partners and advocates Continued partnership between the State Library and Public Purpose Fund to support legal information services throughout NSW + Support for Capital Campaign exceeds expectations +
Objectives Implement collaborative ventures & services Ventures meet agreed targets Result PictureNSW project completed + NSW government agencies have access to ABS@NSW service + 31 libraries participate in AskNow! online live reference service + 31,250 primary school students enter Nestlé Write Around Australia creative writing program and 18,000 participate in creative writing workshops at 48 public libraries across the country + The State Library and the University of Technology, Sydney, host Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium +
Strengthen personal affiliations Retained Foundation memberships 32% net increase in Foundation memberships from 2003/04 + Capital Campaign raises $3.45m or 45% above target +
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 2004/05 message from the President & Secretary of Library Council
It is also pleasing to report that the community continues to rate our services highly due to the delivery of high quality library and information services that meet a diverse range of interests and needs. Programs that extend the reach of our collections while underwriting some of their As President and Secretary of the Library Council of costs through sponsorship, continue to be successful and New South Wales we have the pleasure of reporting on well received. The Nestlé Write Around Australia program, a very busy and successful year for the Library Council which is offered in partnership with public libraries, and the State Library of New South Wales. continues to pay dividends for library clients, public libraries, and for our corporate partner. This high-profile, We extend a very warm welcome to Library Council competitive writing program celebrated its tenth year members who have joined us in 2005. Mr Graham Bradley in 2004 and continues to be positively evaluated by and Mr Richard Fisher bring extensive commercial participants, schools and libraries as encouraging experience and skills to Council’s deliberations. We would excellence in writing and literacy. also like to thank the past President of the Library Council of New South Wales, the Hon. Mahla Pearlman AO, for Project 2001–2010 has reached the halfway mark in her wisdom and leadership over the past nine years. 2005 as we celebrate the strength and diversity of our Although her term concluded in December 2004, we are photography collections with a Year of Photography. delighted that Mahla continues her involvement with the This ten-year program aims to open up and showcase our Library through her chairmanship of the Legal Information magnificent collections to the community. It will culminate Access Centre Advisory Board. in the centenary of the Mitchell Library in 2010 and will be a strategic component of atmitchell.com as we move into our next five-year corporate plan.
Library Council would like to acknowledge the New South Wales Government’s allocation of special funding for the development of a long-term solution to the Library’s The community rates us highly offsite storage needs. This important achievement will allow more effective and efficient management of the as we deliver high quality collection both onsite and offsite, including improved preservation strategies. An important initiative this year, information services. when the Library’s collection was revalued at $1.883 billion, was the implementation of a new Library-wide This year sees the conclusion of our current corporate risk management strategy. plan, Shaping our future together. Over the five years of In order to support the development of atmitchell.com we the plan, our focus has been to simplify and streamline launched a Capital Campaign to raise an additional $10m Library procedures, while improving and extending funding over five years to support the digitisation of our electronic access to the collections and, as the figures iconic resources, such as William Bligh’s diaries, for the show, electronic access is a major growth area. We have atmitchell website. The Campaign chairman, Graham achieved consistently strong results against all key Bradley, and his team, supported by the Director of the performance indicators, with high levels of client Foundation, Adam Check, have exceeded their financial satisfaction and continued demand. target for June 2005 and as a result there are more than The strategic direction endorsed by Library Council in May 50,000 web pages on the site. We are especially grateful of this year will guide the Library’s corporate plan to 2010. for the support of our technical partners, George At the centre of this plan is the development of our new Patterson Partners, Telstra, Computer Associates and web presence, atmitchell.com, which went live in March EMC, without whom we would not have been able to 2005. atmitchell.com aims to be a world’s best practice achieve a world-class website. site, providing all our users with an engaging, relevant To support staff in acquiring new knowledge, skills and approach to the unique resources held by this Library as expertise in order to provide relevant services in the well as to other information irrespective of where it is electronic environment through atmitchell.com, a number held. In addition, we have developed a new specialised of training programs have been introduced. In addition, web search tool, ‘Navigator’, which will be tested and we have continued the 2004 plan to provide high quality further developed during 2006. leadership training to a significant number of managers, team leaders and specialists. Encouraging participation in appropriate professional activities is another key strategy that has been supported this year.
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The Library continues to work in close collaboration with public libraries to support them to achieve their goals, satisfying information needs at the local level, and providing value for money. Specialist services provided by the State Library include legal and health information, access to indigenous and multicultural resources and touring exhibitions. These services are well used and appreciated, particularly in regional and remote areas.
In order to further promote the services of the Library atmitchell.com aims to be a we have developed a Volunteer Speakers’ Program. world’s best practice site, providing This program reached over 2000 people in the community this year through the advocacy of our users with an engaging approach dedicated Volunteers, whose ongoing commitment to the Library we warmly acknowledge. to the Library’s unique resources.
The Library successfully implemented ABS@NSW on We were saddened by the death in January of Dr Bruce behalf of all government agencies, which provides online Reid AM KNO, who was a staunch and generous friend to access to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ information the State Library. Dr Reid had a thirst for knowledge and relating to NSW. This recognises the Library’s key role in held places of learning in the highest regard. He had a supporting access to information for government as well particular love of great research libraries and their as the community at large. collections, with the State Library and the Mitchell Library The amendment of the Library Act through Statute Law his special ‘local’ library. His commitment to the Library Revision sees resolution of a number of longstanding was evident from his first donation in November 1987. issues. A revision of the public library funding formula He continued to support our work and in 2005 he made and remaking of the Library Regulation are forthcoming a commitment to atmitchell.com with a gift of $1 million activities that will benefit public library services in New over ten years for the development of the ‘Voyages of South Wales. Discovery: The Great South Land’ journey. Dr Reid did not live to see the launch of the atmitchell.com website The Library is operating in a tight financial environment on 21 March 2005, but he would have been thrilled to with a 1% cut in this financial year and a further cut know that so many wonderful and rare items in the advised for the next year. In the face of this position the Mitchell Library collection were to be shared with the world Library Council and Executive team will continue to through the generosity of the Bruce and Joy Reid Foundation. provide effective financial management to contain costs as well as pursuing additional sources of funding through The Nelson Meers Foundation’s support of the Heritage the work of the Foundation. Collection exhibition was recognised through the award of an Order of Australia to Mr Nelson Meers in the 2005 A number of building projects were implemented during Queen’s Birthday honors. His contribution to Australia’s the year, including a refurbishment of the State Reference cultural life is further recognised through the award of the Library to support upgraded services. Plans were also Australian Business Arts Foundation Goldman Sachs approved for the relocation of Cafe Trim from its current JBWere Artsupport Australia Philanthropy Leadership location adjacent to the State Reference Library to a new Award in 2005. location next to The Library Shop, with an improved indoor/outdoor facility. Council members have a strong and productive working relationship with the State Librarian and her Executive team who have set a clear and visionary direction for the State Library for the 21st century.
We would like to thank Library Council members for their positive contributions and energetic support this year. Dr Bruce Reid AM KNO committed Our sincere thanks also to State Library staff for their contributions throughout this challenging and dynamic $1 million to atmitchell.com over year. To our supporters and friends, new and old, thank you 10 years to develop ‘Voyages of for your generosity and support. Belinda Hutchinson & Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Discovery: The Great South Land’. October 2005
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 11 Checklist 2004/05
• atmitchell.com launched to wide acclaim • Growth in web page requests exceeds previous year • Collection value increased to 1$.883 billion • 75% of clients rated Library services as ‘excellent/very good’ • Library Act amendments passed • Workers compensation result improved • Capital Campaign targets exceeded
• Number of written appreciations received declined • G overnment funds collection storage from 2005/06
• Strategic direction to 2010 set
12 Looking ahead 2005 2006
We are preparing a new corporate plan to 2010 which builds on our success and strategic vision. It will: • deliver services that meet the demands and expectations of users in a dynamic and changing information environment • position the State Library as one of the top three research libraries internationally • build a collection management strategy for maintenance, storage and growth.
Our strategic priorities:
Develop atmitchell.com atmitchell.com will be the State Library’s web service.
This web service will be developed using world’s best practice and will extend our reach to the widest range of users. It will bring online our unique and diverse collections, many of which are not easily accessible. The Navigator search facility, which will be implemented by 2006, will provide users with tailored access to specific online information resources.
Working with our corporate partners and sponsors, our goal is for atmitchell.com to achieve world’s best practice by 2007.
The atmitchell.com team is lead by (from left) Adam Check, Brian Craighead, Paul McKinnon and Lucy Arundell
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Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 13 Looking ahead 2005 2006
Implement a new service delivery model Our research shows that people want simpler and more independent access to services and collections. Our service model is developed around client need and balances provision of print resources with online electronic library services. It integrates access to services at the State Library, through public libraries, and online through atmitchell.com, and makes more effective use of staff knowledge and expertise.
Manage our collections to enhance access Our world renowned collections are valued at $1.883 billion. In 2006 the Library’s extensive collections will be located in a purpose-built offsite store. This will improve management of our collections onsite and offsite and allow for implementation of a long-term collection and access management plan.
Work with public libraries We will work with public libraries to promote community development and sustainability. This will be achieved through sharing resources and expertise.
Image centre: Australia Square, George St, Sydney, NSW, 1968, Harry Seidler & Associates, photographer Max Dupain
Bottom: the new Singleton Library
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Achievements
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Photograph by Nick Kreisler Achievements – NSW community
NSW community Simplify & streamline client access to information
The NSW community comprises State Library users who visit our website and the reading rooms in the Mitchell and State Reference Libraries, or contact us by phone, fax, mail, email or through their local public library. They include professional and personal interest researchers who use the Library for work, study or family history, school and university students, and recreational users who visit the Library for an exhibition or event.
This year we surveyed a cross-section of the community to understand how aware people are of the State Library and our services. The findings, which show strong agreement that the Library is a relevant information source alongside the Internet will be used to plan future services, in particular atmitchell.com.
Access to information services This year we continued to focus on improving processes that simplify our clients’ access to services.
We introduced a registration program for all clients in 2004 and by June 2005 over 30,000 clients were registered and received a Readers’ Card. Registration is a key step in developing online and other services to clients at their place of choice in their own time.
In December a wireless access service was introduced to meet the growing use of mobile technology. Clients with laptops and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) have free access via the Library network to our collections and services and to the Internet. The service is very popular with demand growing rapidly.
Access through improved skills We offer a range of short education programs to new and regular clients to increase their ability to use our services quickly and easily.
This year more than 1 600 people participated in education programs. New ‘Quickstart’ workshops were offered on the International Genealogical Index, Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Records on the Internet and Health Information on the Internet. Members of the general public find that the small group approach ensures that their learning is linked to their study or research interests. HSC students were a large proportion of the 700 students who participated in Introduction to Library Research Skills sessions.
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Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) LIAC is a specialist information service which is jointly funded by the Public Purpose Fund and the State Library. The service works with NSW public libraries to improve access to information about the law for the community across NSW.
Demand for the service continues to be strong. Staff answered over 17,000 inquiries concerning family law, business and employment law, criminal law, tenancy law and neighbourhood issues. User surveys show that information is sought for business, work and study and to resolve personal legal issues.
LIAC publishes Hot Topics, a plain language series, to inform the community about areas of the law that are the subject of change or public debate. The publication is distributed to all community legal centres, legal aid offices, and public libraries. Titles published this year are:
• Neighbours and the law • Native title • Domestic violence, in collaboration with Women’s Legal Services NSW • Juvenile justice, in collaboration with the Marrickville Community Legal Centre • Personal injury. LIAC also publishes guides to the law to help students find relevant resources for the high school legal studies syllabus. This year the service published the LIAC crime library, a web- only publication which summarises and provides weblinks to over 50 high profile criminal cases.
The LIAC website plays a key part in our service delivery. This year we added plain language information about the law in 29 community languages. Overall, more than 550,000 requests for LIAC web pages were made in 2004/05, a 42% increase on last year.
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Services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples The Indigenous Information Service ensures that our collections are accessible to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Many of the 120 inquiries answered by our Indigenous Librarians concerned family history research for Native Title claims, Aboriginal languages and researchers seeking Indigenous interpretation of resources in the collections.
During the year Indigenous Services assisted several groups with their research into the collections. These included the Aboriginal Catholic Ministry, Mossman TAFE (Qld) Indigenous Community Management students, Newcastle University Aboriginal Studies students, women Elders from Newcastle (Awabakal) and Indigenous Law students from the University of New South Wales. Australian and overseas participants at the Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium (see Collaborating with other libraries p. 46) were also introduced to the Indigenous Collections.
Our Indigenous Librarians also have a role in interpreting the Library’s collections for a broader audience. Exhibition projects include:
• a feature on George Augustus Robinson, Protector of Aborigines in colonial Victoria and Tasmania, for the Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection (see p. 44) • selecting significant items from the collections for Indigenous Australians, an inspiring visual journey on the atmitchell website in collaboration with the Rio Tinto Foundation • a NSW State Records exhibition based on photographs from the Aborigines Welfare Board collection • the Eora exhibition on the Aboriginal inhabitants of colonial Sydney which will open in June 2006. Another priority was assisting public libraries to use their collections to help Indigenous clients with family history research. A course on Aboriginal Family History Resources for public librarians was developed and piloted at Great Lakes Library Service in May.
Top: Kathryn Farrawell and Bandala Blue Farrawell at the A survey of the services, staff and collections that public Jacques Cadry Memorial Art Prize exhibition opening libraries provide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has provided a better understanding of the use and Bottom: Dr Martin Nakata and Dagmar Schmidmaier AM non-use of public library services by Indigenous communities.
18 Perceptions of the State Library of NSW Survey results show how participants rated the State Library of NSW from 1 to 10 (10 being the best possible score). Source: NSW Community Awareness and Attitudes Survey, October 2004
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Health and disability information services ILANET The Health Information Service is a specialist service ILANET delivers affordable access to online information that provides the NSW community with quality, services coupled with advice, training and user support. up-to-date information about health and wellbeing in Its clients include government departments, corporate easy to understand language. The service was set up libraries, hospital and public libraries as well as secondary to guide the layperson through the maze of health schools, tertiary institutions, legal firms, commercial and information and help them become more informed non profit organisations. about issues which are essential to personal wellbeing. The support of NSW Health for the service recognises In April clients were surveyed as part of a review of the the importance of this need within the community. service. Internal policies and procedures were reviewed and updated including streamlining of financial and client This year we continued to receive inquiries from support processes. individuals, public libraries, government agencies and health professionals acting on behalf of their patients. Services for women Our most frequent inquiries come from people who have The New South Wales Government Action Plan for personal health issues or are concerned about the health Women includes strategies to provide information and of a family member or friend. services to women. There are no specific commitments in the plan that refer to the State Library. The service enables people to take an active part in their own health care. Clients often take information provided Our mainstream services and programs are equally by the service to their health care professional as it helps available to women who consistently represent about them to ask questions and make decisions. In turn, they 50% of users of all services. tell us that it helped them make an informed decision. Women comprise 66% of staff and flexible working Disability services arrangements along with EEO and OH&S policies and Under the Disability Action Plan 2003/2006: practices promote the plan’s objective that workplaces are equitable, safe and responsive to all aspects of women’s • Braille buttons were installed in public lifts to lives (see p. 40–41). improve access for people with a visual disability • 145 State Library and 70 public library staff were Consumer response trained in disability awareness The Library received 173 written responses about services • the disability access lending collection grew and collections. The majority of responses (91%) thanked to 20,864 items with the addition of 962 staff for their help, knowledge and support. new alternative format titles. Loans from this The 17 written complaints concerned faulty equipment, collection comprised 14% of total interlibrary procedures in public areas, client behaviour, noise, loans to other libraries. opening hours, and selection of materials. All complaints ZoomText software Version 8.13 was also purchased were investigated and a written response was made by and distributed by NSW.net to public libraries to the State Librarian, an Assistant State Librarian or other upgrade Internet accessibility for people with a disability. staff member within agreed timeframes. An earlier version of the software was provided with dedicated NSW.net Internet access computers. The upgraded software is PC independent which allows it to be installed on new or existing computer equipment.
A new Disability Action Plan will be developed in 2005/06.
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Develop an integrated information SLNSW staff profile: the men from LSe service, real & virtual Significant heritage & current resources in electronic form:
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 Pages & pictorial 15 763 16 398 22 092 images digitised Web publications 421 730 633 preserved Live links to e-resources 20 235 34 223 64 699 in WEBCAT Full text electronic 4 953 7 328 19 556 journal titles held
‘eLibrary Services (eLS) is introducing ITIL as the means Our research shows that people want simpler and more by which we improve how we deliver all our services to independent access to our services and collections. the Library. ITIL is short for the Information Technology Since 2002 we have taken a new approach to delivering Infrastructure Library and is published by the UK Office services which accommodates client needs and preferences of Government Commerce. It describes best practice in for accessing print and electronic information resources. the delivery of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services and is the basis for international and Australian atmitchell.com standards in this area. The atmitchell.com project is building our infrastructure for electronic service delivery. Launched in March, the ITIL helps improve our focus on customers needs to make atmitchell.com website provides access to collection material, sure we’re providing what they want and that we are flexible and allows us to deliver services more effectively and and responsive as these needs change. For example, Nandu efficiently to the NSW community. Many items from the is using ITIL in the project to replace all PCs in the Library with Mitchell Library’s unique and diverse collections are accessible new ones, Saraj uses it in managing ICT infrastructure and for the first time and are highlighted through ‘Journey’ I use it in managing the Library’s Information Management themes. The project is supported by the State Library and Technology (IM&T) Project Office. All in all, it builds Foundation’s Capital Campaign (see p. 44). a foundation for the future and ensures eLS services are up-to-date and relevant.’
David Butler, Nandu Thundatil, Saraj Mughal, eLibrary Services
SLNSW requests for web pages
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SLNSW staff profile: theNavigator team
Navigator A key objective of our electronic service delivery strategy is simplifying access to electronic and print resources. As part of this strategy, we have brought together the knowledge and expertise of librarians and curators to develop a range of Navigators. Navigators are interactive research tools which use a step-by-step approach to guide clients to the information they need in catalogues, databases and websites.
The firstNavigator has been developed for HSC English students, and is available at atmitchell.com. Other Navigators are being developed for our diverse range of clients, including family historians, pictures researchers, business clients and public librarians. In 2005/06 these Navigators will be added to atmitchell.com, giving clients across New South Wales greater access to information from resources within our collections, at public libraries and on the Internet. ‘The Navigator team has worked with staff from across the Library. The most rewarding aspect of this experience was to see Electronic resources the breadth and depth of staff knowledge and skill and to share Since 2002 our electronic and digitised collections have with them the challenge and excitement of creating Navigators grown significantly. While benefits have been gained from that use and extend their expertise. improved technology, much of this growth has been achieved by making our collection management The process of developing Navigators was professionally workflows more efficient. satisfying for everyone involved. Staff enjoyed working with colleagues during the planning and writing stages and felt that Our website and computer catalogues (WEBCAT and creating Navigators extended and deepened their expertise.’ PICMAN) provide access to our collections and to selected online resources around the world. In 2004/05: Elizabeth McKibbin, Navigator Team • 59,540 electronic records were created for items in our heritage and current collections ‘Navigator is the most challenging yet rewarding project we’ve • the full-text of 19,556 journals on subscription been involved with and it shows what can be achieved when staff databases were linked to WEBCAT, a 166% work together to share knowledge and expertise. Navigator increase on 2003/04 acknowledges the changing library environment we work in and allows us to share our knowledge and skills with a wider • 20,235 links were made to selected material community. It’s another way we can meet the need to increase on the Internet, an 89% increase on 2003/04 access to our collections. • we evaluated and linked to an additional 131 Internet sites providing our website users with Navigator is the essence of who we are as librarians and what we quality information on a total of 1 357 sites. do – delivering the best information from available sources. It’s been a very enjoyable journey.’
David Berry & Edith Ho, Librarians, Reader Services Family History & Business Navigators
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SLNSW staff profile:J oyce
The Ben Haneman Cervantes Collection and the Mitchell Music Library are just two of several collections made more accessible through electronic access. Electronic records were created for 542 music scores dating from the 19th century and 151 of the scores were digitised. 1 586 electronic records were created for the Cervantes collection, which was donated by Dr Ben Haneman to the Library in 1995. It is the largest known collection of works in Australia of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and includes more than 1 000 editions of Cervantes’ best known work, The ‘One of the most enjoyable aspects of working in the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. NSW.net team has been my involvement in helping NSW public libraries obtain and purchase affordable and Heralding the end of an era reliable subsidised Internet based services for the delivery In April we reviewed our index to the Sydney Morning of online content and services to their communities. Herald against the availability of the full-text of the newspaper on several commercial databases. A recent example was the successful upgrade of the The enormous changes in how information is delivered Upper Hunter Regional Library’s network. Seven libraries online led to our decision to cease indexing the Herald serve 42,000 people spread over several hundred and close our INFOQUICK index on 30 June 2005. kilometres. Previously, their network was sadly lacking in performance due to the limited range of available Internet services and their high cost.
Through NSW.net, the library was able to utilise newly introduced Internet services and technology to enable the shared use of their Internet services. This arrangement has been of great benefit to the library in providing improved performance and a lower overall cost for the delivery of its services to their community. A very positive outcome, indeed!’
Joyce Azzopardi Principal Project Coordinator, NSW.net
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Education level attained by Library clients Ensure staff have the skills to meet our strategic priorities 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 Staff hours in formal 6 744 7 588 8 378 learning activities
Developing and maintaining the skills and knowledge of our staff for a changing environment is a key priority. Time dedicated to staff learning increased by 10% this year and by nearly 25% compared to 2002/03.
Our Training Plan, which is based on a formal training needs’ analysis conducted with managers and supervisors, focuses on five key areas of activity:
1. improving professional and technical expertise in areas including digitisation, collection development, electronic information resources and information technology 2. developing managers and supervisors through training in supervisory skills, leadership, team building, selection techniques, OH&S, recruiting for child-related positions and ARiES (see Human resources p. 37) 3. supporting our OH&S program with training in ergonomics, handling hazardous substances, safe work methods, manual handling, OH&S for committee members, fire wardens, and first aid (see also OH&S p. 40) Type of staff training undertaken 4. enhancing client service skills through cultural diversity awareness, disability awareness, working with difficult clients and help desk management (see also EEO p. 41) 5. developing communication skills in writing and group presentation.
Individual staff also attended a wide range of seminars and conferences to improve their professional knowledge and keep up-to-date with developments in their field.
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Extend the reach of the collection Number of uses of the collection (onsite & offsite)
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05
Inquiries responded to 3 539 204 3 386 716 3 799 176 Uses of collection items 2 174 922 2 140 765 1 848 757 Exhibition visits 153 177 153 706 198 992 Public programs participants 37 825 40 603 37 489
Requests for State Library webpages 16 490 166 19 616 749 24 644 658
Number of citations of the collection Applications for reproduction 601 565 663 of State Library material Collection items approved for reproduction 1 938 2 193 2 621
Extending our reach We continue to promote awareness and use of the SLNSW staff profile:SL U35 club Library’s collections through onsite exhibitions and displays, events programs and website development. This year we presented 10 exhibitions to 106,000 visitors in our galleries in Macquarie Street. Over 92,000 people visited four exhibitions that travelled to public libraries around New South Wales and Australia. Requests for exhibition pages on our website increased by 64% compared to 2003/04.
The Library joined 31 cultural organisations in a Saturday evening opening in April. Over 700 people visited the Library’s exhibitions, displays and Library Shop as part of ‘Discovery after Dark’. The event was coordinated by the NSW Premier’s Department. ‘For us the Library has always been a thriving cultural space where like-minded Mitchell Library centenary individuals can come together and enjoy a We have reached the mid-point of our celebrations cultural fix every now and then. When 600 leading to the centenary of the Mitchell Library in 2010. people flocked to the Library last year to The centenary program shows the diversity and richness hear Australian icon Nick Cave talk about of Australian culture as represented in the Library’s his work, we decided more people had to collections. To date we have highlighted our know about the cool and interesting events Matthew Flinders, Antarctica, sport, literature we put on here. and photography collections. In June we launched the SL U35 club; Terra Australis unveiled will be the theme of the basically it’s all about attracting new, Mitchell Library celebrations in 2006. Our map younger people to the Library and offering collections will be highlighted in a series of exhibitions experiences that will make them come and a selection of historical NSW subdivision plans will back!’ be added to our website. Darren Hopton, Vanessa Bond & Vee Nguyen, Education & Client Liaison Services
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Exhibitions Our celebration of the Year of Photography was launched with Eye 4 Photography in January. The exhibition documented Australian people, places and events through 125 images from the earliest Australian daguerreotype to the digital age. Over 51,000 visitors saw the exhibition and an online version received almost 38,000 page requests. A survey found that over half of the visitors to the exhibition were visiting the Library for the first time. This included 15% who were overseas visitors. The exhibition was rated ‘excellent/very good’ by 88% of visitors surveyed.
The book An Eye for Photography: The Camera in Australia by Alan Davies, Curator of Photographs, was published to coincide with the exhibition. Sales of the book, which documents 150 years of social, technological and artistic change through the Library’s photographic collections, have exceeded expectations.
Age of Library clients Kisch in Australia documented the attempt to ban Czechoslovakian author Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) from visiting Australia. The exhibition, sponsored by Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Sydney, attracted 21,000 visitors to the Library.
Pride of place: nineteenth century oil paintings from the Mitchell and Dixson collections featured over 40 works showing views of Sydney and surrounds, and portraits of its residents. The exhibition was the result of a major oil painting conservation project started in 1990 and the majority of the artworks were displayed for the first time.
The Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection continues to attract visitors to a unique and changing range of material including manuscripts, rare books, coins and works of art. Works by David Unaipon, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry Lawson, Joseph Banks and Harriet and Henrietta Scott were featured during this year. The exhibition is linked to education programs, public events and a continuing digitisation program.
Touring exhibitions Two Library exhibitions toured extensively to public libraries throughout New South Wales. A touring version of A magnificent spectacle: the JC Williamson theatre posters attracted over 20,000 visitors at Armidale, Ballina, Glen Innes, Inverell, Lismore, Mullumbimby and Murwillumbah. The display will continue to travel throughout 2005/06 to seven North Coast locations.
Miles Franklin: A Brilliant Career?, which featured letters and manuscripts from the acclaimed Australian writer, was presented in the Mitchell Gallery in 2003/04. During 2004/05 a touring version was viewed by over 70,000 visitors at Albury Wodonga, Bega, Canterbury, Condobolin, Cootamundra, Corrimal, Griffith, Hurstville, Lake Macquarie, Liverpool, Manly, Narooma, Nowra, Parkes, Queanbeyan, Parramatta, Port Stephens, Shellharbour, Tumut, Windsor and Wollongong public libraries. The tour was supported by a Commonwealth Government Visions of Australia grant and accompanied by Senior Curator, Paul Brunton, who entertained audiences with readings from Franklin’s diaries.
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Exhibition loans Sixty nine collection items were loaned to cultural The SL U35 Club was launched in June and is free organisations in Australia and overseas. Items included: to under-35s interested in events and Library activities. The event program is developed by younger staff and • Shakespeare’s First Folio to the Shakespeare has included performances and panel discussions with Centenary Festival at Wagga Wagga City Library international musicians including Nick Cave, Dave Graney, • objects including William Bligh’s telescope, signet hip hop artists, young authors, filmmakers and ring and seal and a compass presented by photographers. Governor Philip Gidley King to Colonial Governors at the Museum of Sydney Media coverage • William Bradley’s First Fleet Journal to Cape Town: Halfway to Sydney 1788-1870 at the Museum of Sydney • two paintings by Conrad Martens to Town & Country: Portraits of Colonial Homes & Gardens, a Bendigo Art Gallery travelling exhibition • two paintings by William Hodges related to Captain Cook’s Second Voyage to the National Maritime Museum, London.
Events An audience of over 12,250 was drawn to events and films this year. The audience for our popular ‘Movies on Macquarie’ increased by 10% to over 2160 filmgoers. Contemporary and classic films from our collections are screened to a regular and loyal lunchtime audience.
The Year of Photography was celebrated with a series of ‘Eye 4’ events focusing on photojournalism, sport, fashion, and rock star photography with noted Australian photographers as guest speakers. The Sydney Festival also Reproduction of collection material supported the Festival of the Eye, a series of events over two nights which highlighted documentary photography, More than 2 620 collection items were approved an area in which Australian photographers excel. Our for reproduction in publications and on websites. major exhibition Eye 4 Photography opened late over Requests ranged from images of City of Sydney three nights during the Sydney Festival. aldermen to material for family and local history publications. A number of requests contributed The Literature 2004 program, celebrated from July to television and film productions. to December 2004, included The Written Word series of talks and panel discussions with young writers Reaching into schools and a daytime program of classic literary biography. Infocus, our Higher School Certificate resource service, supplied nearly 9 000 resources to HSC students through A younger audience school and public libraries across the state. This year 19% Since 2001 we have worked to attract a new audience. of resources were supplied directly to individual students. An audience survey found that a younger audience is The number of customers returning to the service returning to the Library for photography events. Over suggests students regularly look to Infocus resources half had previously attended a Library event and 63% as a shortcut to quality information. of the audience were aged under 35 years.
As part of an approach to attract new and younger audiences to our events and exhibitions program, we commissioned research to explore the awareness and attitudes of 18–35 year olds. The research provides insight into the busy lives of this age group and how we can promote, attract and hold exhibitions and events that appeal to them.
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NSW public library network Maintain & develop an integrated network to deliver shared services across NSW
Shared service delivery enhanced across NSW State Library staff took part in reviews of Wyong and • Internet services provided to 149 public libraries Warrumbungle libraries, and assisted Marrickville Library with strategic planning workshops. Staff represented • 90 small and remote communities have access to the State Library at meetings of the Country Public the Internet Libraries Association and the Metropolitan Public • 79 public library services have access to legal Libraries Association. information and expertise • 80% of Rural Link communities ‘very satisfied’ NSW.net with NSW.net service NSW.net is a State Library service that provides NSW local councils and public libraries with Internet connections and Working together access to online databases. This year 149 NSW public libraries used the service. Public libraries, local government and the State Library work together to provide library and information services The introduction of ADSL (broadband) services in 2004 to the people of New South Wales. This partnership was well received and we expect an increase in demand promotes community development and sustainability in 2005. through sharing resources and expertise and supporting programs that could not be developed alone. In turn, New options for 2-way satellite or Data Access Radial it meets the objectives of the NSW Government’s (DAR) were offered for rural locations where Internet Principles for Regional Programs. connection options are limited. The options were trialled and implemented at Upper Murray, Riverina and The Library administers the Public Library Grants and Richmond-Tweed Regional Libraries. Subsidies Program, provides consultancy and policy advice to local authorities and monitors compliance NSW.net has a growing consultative role to assist regional with the Library Act 1939. libraries with technical support as they upgrade their Internet and library systems networks. Libraries can lower Investing in local services their operating costs by the simultaneous upgrade of both systems. This year network upgrades were completed for In 2004/05 the State Government provided $22,422,550 Mudgee/Kandos Library, Lithgow, Macquarie and Upper to public libraries, which included $1.94m allocated to Hunter Regional Libraries. the continued operation of NSW.net (see Allocation of public library funds p. 72). Forty seven public library projects were awarded Library Development Grants Rural Link through a competitive process (see Library Development Rural Link is part of the NSW.net service. It provides cost- grants p. 73). Successful applications included eight effective fast connections for community facilities in more projects to improve and build library facilities, seven than 90 small remote communities who do not have projects to enhance services for the aged, youth and broadband Internet access. people with a disability and four projects to develop local history collections. A survey of Rural Link communities found that 80% were ‘very satisfied’ with our services and their expectations of The Public Libraries Consultative Committee (see Library a fast, reliable Internet service were met. It has improved Council committees p. 54) provides advice to Library access to a range of online services including Government Council on local government and public library issues. websites, and to banking and payroll services where access to these services was previously slow and In December we held a forum for library managers, unreliable. In order to maintain the service Rural Link has council officers, and state and local government purchased ongoing network maintenance and support representatives to discuss adjustments to public library with funding provided by the Commonwealth services arising from recent local government reform. Department of Communications, Information Technology Several newly constituted local councils were also assisted and the Arts (DCITA). with issues relating to their libraries including regional library agreements and changed funding arrangements.
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BHP Billiton Skills.net NSW Free Internet training is provided to rural and regional communities through funding provided by Skills.net NSW. The project is administered by the State Library and jointly funded by Rural Link and BHP Billiton.
This year over 500 members of the community attended a Skills.net Internet workshop offered by their local public library. In 2004/05 three courses, Internet in Everyday Life, Family History on the Internet and Internet for Kids, were added to the range of workshops. Since 2003 more than 3000 residents of rural and remote NSW have learned Internet search skills at a BHP Billiton Skills.net NSW workshop.
The program was evaluated in 2004. It found that Skills. net NSW offered public libraries an efficient and cost- effective means to provide their communities with basic Internet skills. It provides consistent and quality Internet training programs while improving the training skills and Internet knowledge of public library staff.
Supporting culturally diverse communities Our EAPS Plan focuses on initiatives that promote and provide access to library collections, services and programs for culturally diverse people.
This year we continued to raise awareness within the community of the range of free services and multicultural collections available through the public library network. Information about how to access multicultural material in our collections was produced in 43 community languages and promoted throughout the public library network. Our Multicultural Consultant also promoted the benefits of library services through community organisations and radio, Migrant Resource Centres and the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia Congress.
Our multicultural collections are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and relevant to the community and more than 4 000 items in 30 languages were purchased in 2004/05. More than 80,000 foreign language items were loaned to public libraries.
Public libraries also continue to build their own multicultural collections through the Multicultural Purchasing Cooperative coordinated by the State Library. This year 29 public libraries added over 19,000 items in 32 languages to their collections at a total cost of $408,270. Top: Multicultural Services consultant Oriana Acevedo Other EAPS achievements in 2004/05 include the exhibitions Kisch in Australia, World Press Photo 2005 Bottom: A poster advertising that books are available and Vive la différence! The French in NSW. A major in different languages, a service that the State Library exhibition on the French navigator, La Perouse, featuring provides to NSW libraries the work of two French artists, will open in August 2005. The 2005/06 EAPS plan will focus on maintaining current services and strategic projects.
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SLNSW Volunteer: Ingrid Legal information LIAC works with NSW public libraries to improve access to information about the law for the community across New South Wales.
Promoting the LIAC service to local communities is a key step in raising the profile of public libraries as sources of legal information. Two presentations on law @ your library and Crime @ your library were developed to help public libraries promote their service while many members promoted their legal services at over 60 local events during Law Week in May. Excellence in promoting community awareness of the LIAC service was recognised at the annual Law and Justice Foundation of NSW Justice Awards in October when Wagga Wagga City Library and Central West Library Services received LIAC Centre of Excellence Awards.
Drug information The Drug Information @ Your Local Library (di@yll) project helps public libraries provide their local communities with drug information that can be trusted. di@yll is a joint initiative of the State Library and the NSW Premier’s Department and is part of the Community Drug Information Strategy. This strategy was recommended in ‘I started as a Library Volunteer 12 years ago, and a couple of the NSW Government Plan of Action which was years later I began working with LIAC staff. Since then I’ve come developed in response to the 1999 Drug Summit. in once a week to organise the free pamphlet service. I ensure The di@yll project is managed by the Library’s Health that up-to-date copies of 200 pamphlet titles in many community Information Service. languages are always available. I’m in contact with 65 suppliers whose contact details and publication lists change regularly! All public library services in NSW participate in the di@yll When the pamphlets arrive I organise the displays for visitors to project. Central libraries have a core collection of drug the LIAC centre. I find it very satisfying to be a part of the LIAC information books, drug information resources and access team serving the public. to websites that provide reliable and accessible information on illicit drugs. Branch libraries have drug I also take tours of the Library and enjoy the chance to convert information resources, referral information and access visitors. I act as an exhibition host which is so much fun and I get to websites. These resources are updated each year. to see a little of what happens behind the scenes. All in all, my Many public libraries also work with local Community involvement as a Volunteer is sheer bliss! The staff are so friendly Drug Action Teams (CDATs) to promote awareness of and accommodating and there’s comradeship amongst the drug and alcohol issues in their community. Vollies. What better place to spend my spare time?’. The project is at its second stage where strategies on Ingrid Beeren, State Library Volunteer, 1993–present how the di@yll service can be sustained in the community are being investigated. The project is currently being evaluated by the Bradfield Nyland Group and findings will be available in August 2005.
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Digitising local collections Services used by Library clients in the last year The second and last stage of the PictureNSW project, Digital practice: guidelines for digitising images in NSW public libraries, was completed. This stage of the project identified guidelines for digital image and metadata creation. It builds upon the first stage of the project where information about local studies collections were gathered and detailed in Local history in NSW public libraries.
Summer Reading Club State Library staff coordinated the participation of 65 NSW public libraries in Reading Rulz, a Summer Reading Club program. The club is a reading program based in public libraries in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and the ACT. It encourages young people to continue reading and using public libraries during the summer school holidays. Young readers receive Certificates of Completion when they have read 10 books and they can compete for prizes. Over 6 000 young people in New South Wales registered in the Summer Reading Club, and 65% of participants achieved their goal of 10 books.
Source: NSW Community Awareness and Attitude Survey, October 2004
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Support the legislative environment in which NSW public libraries & the State Library operate • Review of Library Act completed • Benchmark research on NSW public libraries Building renaissance and e-Government completed Libraries have emerged as significant hubs in their communities where people can find a welcoming space Review of Library Act 1939 in which to socialise as well as to learn. The State Library The review of the Library Act 1939 has been completed and the NSW Government support public library and changes to the Act commenced on 1 July 2005 under infrastructure through promoting quality design the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. and planning and providing Library Development Grants The amendments updated certain provisions that had for building projects (see Library development grants p. 73). been previously amended by other legislation. The Building and Planning Advisory Service provides A significant amendment is the change of the definition expert consultancy services for library building projects of ‘book’ to ‘library material’. This recognises the diversity in New South Wales and elsewhere. of formats in library collections, particularly in an electronic age. This year marked the completion of new public library buildings in Singleton, Narellan and Lithgow and the early eGovernment and public libraries planning stages of several projects. Local authorities are replacing older infrastructure with the safe, accessible and Public libraries in metropolitan and rural areas of NSW flexible spaces needed in a modern public library. In other providing public access to the Internet are experiencing cases new or remodelled buildings are intended to meet growing demand from clients who need to access growing community demand. government services delivered online. In 2003/04 the Public Libraries Research Committee commissioned a Projects in 2004/05 included: study on the impact of eGovernment on public libraries. • design briefs for new libraries at Burwood The research report NSW Public Libraries and and Byron Bay eGovernment was launched in November and explores • a library space needs study for Ku-ring-gai Council how public libraries support online government • site studies for Bellingen, Byron Bay, Gosford information and services. It describes how public libraries and Jerilderie help their local communities access government services online, the community’s use of online government in • a building assessment for Warren Library public libraries and the resources public libraries require • a study of future branch library requirements to support these services effectively. In April the research for Willoughby City Council findings were presented atDigital amnesia: the challenge • advice on a new library facility for the Migration of government online, an ALIA seminar attended by policy Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal makers and government representatives involved in the in Sydney development of eGovernment. The results will also be • advice on a new public library for Palmerston presented to the inaugural Public Libraries Australia (PLA) City Council in the Northern Territory. conference in November 2005.
In 2005/06 research will be conducted into the role of Consultants Heather Nesbitt Planning and Bligh Voller public libraries in sustaining communities. The research Nield were appointed to review and revise People places: project, Public libraries and sustainable communities, will guidelines for public library buildings in New South Wales. investigate and seek to quantify the contribution public Local authorities are being consulted to ensure that libraries make to a sustainable NSW community. the new edition of this widely used document will be as up-to-date and helpful as possible.
The Library contributed an information paper to the Legislative Assembly Inquiry into the Joint Use and Co- Location of Public Buildings. The Library Council noted the encouragement given to projects which improve community access and generate efficiencies by co-locating compatible facilities. Two library buildings opened this year are co-located with other community facilities. The new library at Narellan shares a building with a youth centre, and the new Lithgow Library incorporates a learning centre.
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Training During the year we provided a range of training programs for public library staff to support their work including:
• 12 staff from metropolitan and rural libraries participated in the Rewarding Reading train-the- trainer program. The program provides proactive strategies for library staff to encourage adults to read. • NSW.net delivered an extensive training program to support the expansion of free databases available to public libraries from four to six. 43 courses were conducted for over 370 staff from 54 public library services in rural and metropolitan areas. Use of the free databases increased by over 10% compared to 2003/04. • Over 155 public library staff attended a one-day introduction to the State Library. Knowledge of our services and collections extends the services public library staff can offer their clients. ‘While I’m a librarian by training, I’m responsible • Seminars were held on reference services, local for ensuring that all our building services such as studies digitisation, marketing, and library services fire protection systems, security systems, lifts, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. air conditioning, electrical services and plumbing are properly maintained. Aside from minimising Visits the frequency and impact of any building service The State Librarian & Chief Executive Dagmar failure, I need to ensure that clients enjoy their Schmidmaier AM visited a number of public libraries visit to the Library. including Baulkham Hills, Goulburn, Gunning, Kingscliff, The main challenge I face is ensuring the buildings Lismore, Mullumbimby, Narellan, Orange, Tweed Heads and their systems support the delivery of information and Wollongong. She also attended the annual services to State Library clients. I need to keep conferences of the Country Public Libraries Association up-to-date with the services being delivered at the in Wentworth and the Metropolitan Public Libraries Library, and those which are planned for the future. Association at Wollongong. Another challenge is to deliver services from As part of the commitment to providing support and a heritage building. All work undertaken in the advice to the NSW Public Library Network, the Assistant Mitchell Wing needs to be sympathetic to its original State Librarian, Public Library Services, and staff visited architectural features. 78 public libraries around the state. Now that the Library has secured an offsite repository In March the Library’s Executive Committee’s offsite to fulfil its offsite storage needs, onsite storage issues strategic planning session was held at Singleton and need to be addressed to support service delivery. included a visit to Singleton Library. In May, the Library Another priority is the refurbishment of the public and Council and Executive visited Central West Library in staff areas of the State Reference Library. We need to Orange during their joint planning session and keep pace with developments in technology, and the Council meeting. requirement to deliver services in the State Reference Library in a different way.
I hope that my team have delivered a public library which offers a satisfactory level of systems to our clients, and which they find aesthetically pleasing. I want our clients to enjoy coming to the State Library, and I want them to keep coming back.’
Jim Sinclair, Facilities Manager
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NSW government Increase control of the collection at each stage of the information life cycle
Corporate performance indicator 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 Electronic records created for Heritage collection material 605 870 626 839 644 262 Current collection material 817 989 834 215 876 332
Managing the collection Organise and store The Library takes a life cycle approach to managing The Library’s collection is approximately 100 linear the collection. Our strategies for the period 2002–2005 kilometres in size and growing. This year we achieved include revising our Collection Development Policy, significant outcomes in planning for future storage building an online inventory of our collections, increasing of the collection, through approval of plans and funds access to electronic publishing, and allocating space for onsite and offsite storage. for our growing collections. An audit of collection organisation and security was Information life cycle: conducted. Policies and practices are being revised to ensure the Library’s collections are organised and stored Select and acquire in the most secure and optimum way.
Preserve or dispose Our preservation program continues to ensure that collections are housed in optimal conditions. This year Preserve Organise or dispose and store preservation treatments were completed for 29,992 items. These included 8 018 items from the David Scott Mitchell Bequest, 419 items displayed in State Library exhibitions, 109 items loaned for external exhibition and the Ben Haneman Cervantes Collection. Access and use Digitising selected material increases access to the Select and acquire collection and is also a preservation strategy. This year digitisation activities have included the scanning and We continued our Collection Development Policy Review photography of 22,092 images. and 35 subject profiles which describe our research-level collection are now available on our website. Collection materials, such as reel film negatives and microfilm which contain cellulose acetate, are starting The Library’s Acquisition Policy was revised and approved to deteriorate. We are developing a strategy to deal with by the Library Council. It ensures that we acquire this material which is in line with the Australian Network collection material whether by purchase, donation, for Information on Cellulose Acetate (ANICA) strategy. government and legal deposit, or bequest and transfer in a fair and accountable manner. Ensuring optimum storage conditions for the collection is a key preservation strategy. This year the rare book In 2004/05 the collection acquisition budget was stack and its 32,180 volumes were cleaned in a pilot $7.1 million, which maintains our purchasing power. project. We have instituted a continuous cleaning Additions to the collection (p. 69) highlights some of program of the book collection. this year’s most significant acquisitions, in various formats. Newspapers We continued our work to preserve newspapers published in New South Wales in line with the National Plan for Australian Newspapers (NPLAN). This year over 1040 newspaper masters were replaced. As part of a longer term strategy to preserve NSW newspapers and extend access to information, the digitisation of newspapers is a high priority in our digitisation plan.
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Continuously improve the management of our resources
Variance from budget Financial management • Returned an operating result on budget In 2004/05 we continued to use financial management • Net cost of services is met strategies with measurable outcomes. This resulted in an on-target budget performance for the year. Facilities are available and meet standards • TAM Plan projects completed on target and Other key performance results were: facilities improved • 90% of accounts paid on time IT projects achieve time or cost savings • accounts complied with legislative • 20% of information technology infrastructure requirements on time upgraded and improved • strategic financial objectives achieved • Service availability, reliability, security and within budget. performance improved We completed four major projects during the year: • Access speed to Internet increased by 100% • introduced the Australian Equivalents • NSW.net achieves lower broadband costs to International Financial Reporting Standards for community clients (AEIFRS) to meet the requirements of new Australian Accounting Standards The State Library receives the majority of its funding through the NSW Government. As a government agency • revalued our land and buildings resulting we comply with government policy and legislative in an increased value of $244 million requirements to provide library and information services • revalued our heritage collection resulting and to collect the documentary record of NSW through in $387 million being added to the overall legal deposit legislation and policy. value of the collection of $1.883 billion • developed and integrated a Project Costing Managing resources System with our Financial System which resulted One of the NSW Government’s priorities is the efficient in improved control of our capital and management of resources. This year we continued maintenance projects. to streamline our financial management to ensure that we made the best use of our resources within In 2005/06 we will implement an online Library Shop budget guidelines. where high quality print-on-demand images from the Library’s collection and other merchandise will be In 2005/06 and beyond we will focus the management available for purchasers. of our resources on three strategic objectives: Credit card certification • develop the atmitchell.com web service During the year there have been no irregularities recorded • relocate collection items to a new offsite storage in the use of corporate credit cards and to the best of our facility using funding provided in 2005/06 knowledge and belief we have complied with Premier’s • ensure the State Library heritage site and facilities Memoranda and Treasurer’s Directions. are preserved and maintained. We have submitted a new Total Asset Management (TAM) Plan for the period 2006/07 to 2009/10 to NSW Treasury.
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Accounts paid on time within each quarter
Quarter Actual Target Total paid Total paid on time % % Sept 04 90 90 $8,281,112 $7,440,275 Dec 04 89 90 $12,946,533 $11,485,186 Mar 05 92 90 $15,908,899 $14,615,497 Jun 05 89 90 $15,416,666 $13,743,688
Accounts payable performance – aged analysis at the end of each quarter
Quarter current 30 days overdue 60 days overdue more than 60 days (i.e. within due date) overdue Sept 04 $828,778 $75,372 $437 $393 Dec 04 $154,892 $11,340 $246 $396 Mar 05 $484,052 $15,599 $546 $187 Jun 05 $1,753,769 $40,301 $123 $384
External consultants engaged
Over $30,000: Consultant: Spectra Financial Services Pty Ltd Project title: IT leasing advisory services Purpose: Review of IT rental arrangements Cost: $34,250 Under $30,000: One consultant was engaged to provide advice on procurement at a cost of $13,696
Investment performance The investments of the Library Council are managed by the NSW Treasury Corporation.
The average rates of return for 2004/05 increased over the previous year.
2003/04 2004/05 TCorp short-term investments 5.0% 5.3% TCorp medium-term growth facility 6.3% 8.8%
Risk management IAB Services completed internal audits of selected Development of an Information Security System leading operations in accordance with the three-year strategic to certification to AS/NZS 7799 was started in September. plan which is a key element of the risk management Cybertrust was contracted to assess the threats and risks program. Six reviews were conducted in 2004/05: to the Library’s information security systems including IT systems, facilities, the collection, and corporate • inter-library lending information in print and electronic formats. A draft • Goods and Services Tax information security policy, framework document and • accounts payable, corporate credit cards implementation plan have been prepared and are being and petty cash reviewed as part of the threat and risk assessment.
• income, collections and banking In 2005/06 the Internal Audit Bureau will complete • venue management/catering services a Library-wide assessment that will combine our risk • monographs/serials, collection management activities into a high-level risk management management and security. strategic plan for the future. These reviews were finalised to the satisfaction of IAB Services and their recommendations are being implemented.
We reviewed our Collection and Services Disaster Response Plan as part of our risk management strategy. The plan enables us to respond to a disaster such as fire or flood and to start the recovery process to restore access to the collection. The review updated the roles, responsibilities
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and processes for responding to such an event. Training A staff satisfaction survey will be conducted in and implementation will be completed in 2005/06. August 2005 which will inform service improvements.
Human resources Our Information Management & Technology (IM&T) Strategic Plan for 2004–2007 was completed. The IM&T This year we continued to focus on reducing risk Steering Committee, comprising members of the Library’s and improving management of our staff resources. Executive Committee, is responsible for implementing the Recommendations arising from audit and Independent plan. An ICT Services Policy, which defines acceptable use Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) reports were of State Library ICT services, is being finalised. implemented: In 2005/06 a Standard Operating Environment will be • a process to verify the authenticity of academic installed on new PCs for clients and staff to provide a and professional qualifications was introduced more secure and reliable computing environment. • two leave audits showed that the management of staff attendance and leave had improved Facilities management significantly over the previous year. This year we expended $2.5m in Total Asset Management (TAM) Plan funds on time and on budget to maintain and We will review our Code of Conduct in 2005/06. improve facilities for visitors and staff and ensure efficient delivery of services. This year we added Windows-based functions to our human resource information systems. This upgrade has In 2004/05 we: increased the efficiency of our processing activities and will allow us to introduce a self-service process for staff • upgraded air conditioning in the Mitchell leave in 2005/06. We also implemented ARiES, an online Wing with optimum conditions being achieved management reporting tool. Managers now have direct more frequently and timely access to information on position occupancy, • upgraded lifts in the Macquarie Street Wing leave and workforce analysis for staff in their resulting in fewer breakdowns and disruptions operational area. to reading room services • reviewed and improved our security procedures Management of information technology in response to the changed security environment The delivery of services to our clients relies upon a fast, • started refurbishing staff workspace in the State reliable and secure information and communications Reference Library to accommodate changing technology (ICT) infrastructure. This year our goal was means of delivering services to clients. to ensure an improved system that is cost-effective, easy to maintain and compatible with existing infrastructure. In 2005/06 our priorities will be to work towards increased compliance with fire protection systems and We improved the efficiency and reliability of services relocating collection items to a new offsite store facility. to clients by:
• upgrading 20% of our information technology infrastructure and improving its availability, reliability, security and performance • upgrading our Internet link from 4 megabits to 10 megabits and increasing the speed of access by 100% • installing a Fuji Xerox Australia system that integrates and manages printing, copying and faxing services for clients and staff. We placed a strong focus on our Help Desk which supports services to clients and staff. We started the process of moving to ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) which is an international and Australian standard that describes best practice in the delivery of ICT services. Our Help Desk operations were reviewed and restructured and a new Help Desk management system, TouchPaper, was implemented.
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Energy management Waste avoidance and resource recovery The State Library is committed to achieving savings The NSW Government priority to reduce waste in energy usage through the use of sustained energy and increase use of recycled products is implemented management principles. Since 2000 our Energy Plan has through our purchasing policy and corporate plan. integrated effective energy management into our ongoing Our new contract with Fuji Xerox for printing, activities and operations. photocopying, and fax services for staff and clients requires them to provide consumables with recycled The Library operates as one large site that buys electricity content wherever possible. on the contestable market. This arrangement has reduced greenhouse gas emissions as we buy 6% of our electricity Resource recovery: from renewable sources. State Parliament House supplies • 52% of toner cartridges purchased had recycled the Library with heated and chilled water for our air content, which is equivalent to usage in 2002/03. conditioning system. Recycled content: The Library has an Energy Performance Contract with Honeywell. Over the last five years this arrangement • stationery products on contract which contain has achieved savings in use of energy in our buildings recycled content increased from 12% to 44% of by improving the efficiency of the air conditioning system items available and installing water and power saving devices. Our annual • 25% of envelopes purchased had recycled content Government Energy Management Plan (GEMP) report for • 60% of A3 paper purchased had recycled content 2004/2005 shows that: compared to nil content in 2003/04
• the amount of electricity used to operate the air • the amount of A4 paper purchased with recycled conditioning plant was reduced by 4.34% and content fell by 7%. other electricity consumption fell by 0.5% The staff Intranet also reduces paper usage and waste. • our overall use of electricity fell by an average At June 2005 over 1 320 documents and 589 pages of of 1.67% content were available with site usage increasing by 6% • the amount of gas used to operate our air over 2003/04. conditioning plant was reduced by 3.68%
• we have used 4% less energy to air condition our buildings for each year since 2003.
Energy consumption and costs of fuels used
00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 % change between 03/04 & 04/05 Black electricity 4,544,981 4,588,820 4,822,406 4,746,446 4,667,209 -1.67% consumption (kWh) Black electricity cost ($) $283,590 $288,126 $314,000 $323,259 $357,184 10.49% Green power 290,105 292,903 307,813 302,965 297,907 -1.67% consumption (kWh) Green power cost ($) $24,660 $25,054 $27,304 $28,735 $31,722 10.40% Natural gas 6,096,979 3,465,347 6,836,786 7,071,853 6,811,769 -3.68% consumption (MJ) Natural gas Cost ($) $58,522 $35,000 $75,205 $80,902 $88,553 9.46% Petrol consumption (L) 1 911 3 362 2 841 1 023 566 -44.61% Petrol cost ($) $1 550 $2 534 $2 223 $786 $501 -36.19%
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Compliance with the NSW Heritage Act 1977, Section 170A(4)
State Heritage inventory number 5 045 212 Name State Library of NSW, Mitchell Library Location Shakespeare Place, Sydney
Level of significance (local or state) State Heritage Council endorsed CMP (yes or no) Yes* Date of Heritage Council endorsement 10 April 2002 On State Heritage register Yes (yes or no) Last inspection date April 2000 Condition (good, fair, poor) Fair Comment on condition Maintenance funding has been limited Item in use? (yes or no) Yes Item occupied? (yes or no) Yes If not in use or occupied, n/a measures to protect? Activities (repairs, alterations, Maintenance and alterations re-use, occupancy change) Statutory Applications Heritage Act Section # Nil Approval granted? (yes or no) n/a Date of commencement n/a Works progress update n/a
*The Conservation Report for the State Library’s Mitchell Wing is due for review in 2007
Allocation of recurrent resources to programs
35% Public library services - including public library grants and subsidies 29% Collection management 18% Library and services 6% Education and client liaison 8% Strategy and CIO 5% Resource management 100%
Sources of income
42.6% NSW Government - recurrent allocation 29.0% NSW Government - public libraries grants and subsidies allocation 17.9% NSW Government - capital allocation 4.6% Grants, donations and contributions 3.5% Commercial revenue 2.4% Investment income 100%
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Improve our working environment Occupational health & safety requirements were met • 16 Safe Work Statements with supporting training programs completed • Workplace Inspection Program completed Targets in the Human Resource Plan are met • Training to improve EEO development and access implemented • Spokeswomen’s Program reactivated Improving our working environment We are committed to creating a safe workplace for staff and a safe and clean environment for visitors to our buildings. This is achieved through improving the physical environment, Average equivalent full-time staff members and the conditions and opportunities for staff.
Occupational health and safety (OH&S) Ensuring a healthy and safe working environment is the responsibility of all staff. The Executive Committee monitors the management of workplace safety through regular balanced scorecard reports and the OH&S Committee provides for staff participation and consultation.
The OH&S Committee met eight times during the year. They also attended training in Consultation for OH&S Committee Members. This year committee members coordinated a range of activities to reduce the risk of injury and raise awareness of workplace health and safety issues including:
• completing a full schedule of workplace inspections • developing 16 Safe Work Method statements followed by training on tasks and activities in the statements • increasing staff awareness of risks and safe working methods • training staff in a wide range of workplace safety issues • improving induction training for Volunteers and visiting contractors • testing and improving air quality and light levels *Calculation based on average EFT • assessment of workstations to meet ergonomic standards taken from Workforce Profile data • testing and improving emergency evacuation procedures • extra cleaning of public areas and the building perimeters. In May comprehensive and authoritative information on OH&S issues was added to the staff Intranet. Managers and staff were also advised of legislative changes that affect their responsibilities for OH&S matters, notification of incidents and Return to Work programs.
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Workers Compensation
2002/03 Fund 2003/04 Fund 2004/05 Fund average average average Total number of claims 19 20 12 Number of claims per employee* 0.048 0.051 0.031 Average cost per claim** $2 002 $8 732 $4 685 $8 982 $5 858 $7 001 Average cost per employee $95 $845 $238 $831 $180 $479 * Refers to new claims in the accident year reported **Based on actual and estimated costs calculated at 31 March in the accident year reported
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) The Library’s EEO Plan 2004/07 aims to ensure that our policies and practices provide opportunities for EEO groups and maintain an equitable and diverse workplace. Our strategies include decision-making based on sound EEO information, improving employment access and participation by EEO groups and building a diverse and skilled workforce.
This year we worked towards these objectives by:
• improving the quality of EEO data through better data collection • providing target group members with training and individual coaching in preparing job applications • providing cultural diversity and disability awareness training for staff working with clients • appointing three Spokeswomen and a Women’s Liaison Officer to our reactivated Spokeswomen’s Program • improving our Community Language Scheme Allowance (CLAS) arrangements and the monitoring of client needs to ensure that staff skills match the language needs of clients • reviewing the needs of staff who required workplace adjustments and implementing changes as needed • advising staff of new policies on Changes to Structure and Positions and OH&S • reviewing our Teleworking policy and procedures to improve flexible working arrangements • reviewing our policies on Injury Management, EEO, Bullying and Harassment, Study Assistance, Recruitment, Selection and Appointment and the Code of Conduct (in progress).
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Trends in the representation of EEO groups as a % of total staff
EEO Group Target (%) 2001 (%) 2002 (%) 2003 (%) 2004 (%) 2005 (%) Women 50 67 66 66 66 66 Aboriginal and 2 1 1 1 0.5 1 Torres Strait Islander peoples People whose first language 20 24 26 27 26 26 was not English People with a disability 12 8 8 8 8 9 People with a disability requiring 7 2 2 2 1.6 3 work-related adjustment
Trends in the distribution of EEO groups
EEO Group Target 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Women 100 105 111 110 113 111 Aboriginal 100 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a* and Torres Strait Islander peoples People whose first language 100 86 90 90 88 86 was not English People with a disability 100 92 85 85 79 79 People with a disability requiring 100 n/a* n/a* n/a* n/a* n/a* work-related adjustment
Notes: Staff numbers are as at 30 June 2005 and exclude casual staff. A Distribution Index of 100 indicates that the distribution of the EEO group across salary levels is equal to that of other staff. Less than 100 means that the EEO group tends to be more concentrated at lower salary levels than is the case for other staff.
*n/a indicates the distribution cannot be calculated from the sample size
Senior Executive Service (SES) positions as at 30 June 2005
Level 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 Positions filled 2 2 2 3 3 by women
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Use information and the knowledge SLNSW staff profile: Niki of staff for the benefit of the Library Corporate 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 performance indicator Staff participate 319 313 327 in cross-divisional project teams
Using staff knowledge Our service delivery builds on the specialist knowledge and expertise of staff shared through project teams and cross-organisation communication.
This year 327 staff participated in cross-divisional project teams that contributed to our achievements. The Pathway Project used expertise and knowledge from across the organisation to develop Navigator research tools (see p. 22). ‘Three or four months’ full-time, uninterrupted work Sixty staff members contributed to planning, writing content, on a research project you’re passionate about? reviewing and testing the search tools. Major project teams It almost sounds too good to be true! But that’s what also work on the Mitchell Bequest Project (see p. 44) and the the State Librarian’s Staff Fellowship offers members Collection Development Policy Review (see p. 34). of staff.
Using organisational information The benefits, I believe, will be significant, not just Since 2000 we have actively sought to meet our to the successful applicant through creating new responsibilities under the State Records Act 1999. knowledge and extending skills, but to our clients Our Records Management Program works to ensure that as well, through enhanced access and understanding records of the Library’s activities, decisions, and transactions of the Library’s collections. are created and managed to meet our business needs and accountability requirements. Over 125,000 records created It’s a very exciting initiative.’ since 1960 can be located on the TRIM database via the staff (see p. 48 for fellowship details) Intranet. The introduction of a corporate thesaurus in 2004 ensures new records are described and organised consistently. Niki Kallenberger, Chair Selection Committee, State Librarian’s Staff Fellowship This year we focused on improving staff awareness of their responsibilities for good record keeping. A practical record Image: Niki (left) is pictured above with Margot Riley, keeping skills course has been developed for key staff and the winner of the fellowship this will be implemented later in 2005. All staff will attend awareness training. In 2005/06 we will develop and implement procedures for the retention and disposal of records unique to the State Library.
We continued developing our Intranet as the key source of information for staff about our work and responsibilities. This year we added comprehensive information about major legislation, policy and guidelines which affect our staff and clients, and the Library as a NSW public sector agency. Our Information Management & Technology (IM&T) Strategic Plan 2004–2007 (see Management of information technology p. 37) provides for long-term development of the Intranet as the key corporate information source. In 2005/06 an Intranet Working Group will be formed to scope and prioritise Intranet developments and to integrate it with atmitchell.com.
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State Library partners & advocates
Strengthen personal affiliations The Mitchell Bequest Project • Capital Campaign raises $3.45m, This project was launched in 2002 to restore and provide $0.45m over target online catalogue records for David Scott Mitchell’s original bequest of 61,000 volumes to the people of New South • 32% net increase in Foundation memberships Wales. To date, the financial support of the Foundation from 2003/04 has provided for the preservation treatment and creation atmitchell.com of electronic records for 26,061 titles (32,821 volumes). The objective of the Foundation’s Capital Campaign Access to these records has increased interest and use is to raise $10m by 2007 to bring the Library’s collections of the collection. The project will finish in 2007. online and make them available to a worldwide audience. The Campaign Committee is chaired by Mr Graham Jean Garling Bequest Bradley and members include Mr Peter Gregg, Ms Belinda This year saw the establishment of a three-year Hutchinson, Mrs Christine Liddy AO, Ms Sam Meers, appointment period for the Garling Conservator. Mr Paul Murnane and Mr Rob Thomas. This allows long-term strategies and appropriate preservation priorities to be established. In the first The Capital Campaign was launched by the Premier year preservation treatments and investigation included of New South Wales, the Hon. Bob Carr MP, at a function For Auld Lang Syne:an album for original contributions, in October. Private and corporate benefactors’ donations autographs and treasured opinions, compiled by Haidee had raised $3.45m by March, including a pledge of $1m de Lissa and including contributions by Thea Proctor and by the late Dr RW Bruce Reid AM KNO. In-kind Julian Ashton. Treatment and investigation into previous technology and communications support has been conservation treatment of some of the works of Joseph provided by leading companies including George Lycett was also begun. Patterson Partners, Telstra, Computer Associates and EMC2. The Foundation’s primary objective in 2005/06 will be to Other conservation activities supported by the continue the campaign to achieve its $10m goal by 2007. Foundation included:
The State Library of New South Wales Foundation • a condition assessment of the newly purchased Macquarie Collector’s Chest (see Major purchases p. 63) The Foundation continues to support the Library by raising funds to acquire and preserve its unique • conservation treatment of 29 easel paintings collections. This year several key milestones were • the continuing reassembly and conservation of the achieved. These included further development of John Glover sketchbooks. the bequest program, and the launch of the Capital Friends of the State Library Campaign in support of the atmitchell.com project. The Foundation also simplified its operations to reduce The Friends Program had another successful year with expenses and increase revenue. an increase in new members. Improved promotion, more events and a newly-refurbished Members Room In 2004/05, the Foundation contributed $1.065m in in the Mitchell Wing have seen memberships increase funding to the State Library. Major projects undertaken by 20% since 2003. with this funding include the following. The SL U35 Club was launched in June (see pages 25 Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection & 27) and this new initiative offers targeted events and other benefits for its members aged under 35. The Heritage Collection is a changing exhibition that brings rare, famous and historically significant items from Volunteer Program the Library’s collections to public display. The support of the Nelson Meers Foundation ensured that over 105 items Community members who volunteer their time and were displayed during the year. These included the first services to the State Library often share a love of books, edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s collected works, published history and libraries. Our Volunteer Program has 155 in 1532, and letters written by nurse-matron Muriel Knox active members who contributed 11,086 hours to support Doherty from the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp our work this year. Forty percent of our volunteers have in 1945. supported us for at least 10 years. Volunteers contributed to work and activities that promote our collections and services including:
• transcribing original material such as books and letters • sorting, listing and filing items in various collections • checking material to be digitised
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• logging oral history tapes • locating items in David Scott Mitchell’s collection • welcoming visitors to exhibitions and venues.
Over 1 600 visitors were introduced to the Library on 212 Volunteer-led tours. Volunteers with language skills translated for tour groups and helped organise the multicultural collections. Since June 2004 nine volunteers have taken the State Library out to the community through the Speakers’ Program. They have introduced 2000 members of community groups and clubs to our history, collections and services and many groups and individuals have visited the Library as a result of this introduction.
This year we conducted a comprehensive audit of the skills, interests, hobbies and availability of volunteers and updated our task database. We can now make a quicker and better match between volunteers and tasks. We are committed to the continuing success of the Volunteer Program by providing volunteers with appropriate training and by showing our appreciation for their contribution.
Implement collaborative ventures & services Ventures meet agreed targets • PictureNSW Project completed • NSW government agencies provided with access to ABS@NSW service • Nestlé Write Around Australia creative writing program achieves 500,000 entries over 10 years • 31 libraries participate in AskNow! Reference service • Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium hosted by the State Library and the University of Technology, Sydney
Our partners help the Library to achieve strategic priorities through collaboration, cooperation, sponsorship or joint ventures. They include public and corporate sector strategic and project partners, sponsors and organisational supporters. They also include other government agencies, the National, state and other libraries and the education sector.
Event partners Top: Nick Cave speaking at the Final word in the Mitchell Partners who supported our public events in 2004/05 Reading Room included the Independent Scholars Association of Australia (NSW Chapter), the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Sydney, Centre: Richard Woolcott in conversation with Phillip Adams the Festival of Sydney, Macquarie University, the University at The Diplomats event. of Sydney, the History Council of NSW, the Sydney Rotary Bottom: A jazz band entertains visitors in the cafe Club and the performing arts association, Currency House. at Discovery After Dark, photographer Stephan Marshall Talks were given by many distinguished speakers including C. H. Currey Fellow Jock Given and Keesing Fellow Jeannine Baker. Guest speakers included the social researcher and writer, Hugh Mackay, author and former diplomat, Richard Broinowski, John Menadue AO, the writer Helen Garner, journalist Michelle Grattan AO, former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer AC, and the novelist Frank Moorhouse AM. International speakers included the musician Nick Cave and poet Peter Porter OAM.
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Sponsorship Approximately $7 000 was raised including $1,700 from The Library’s exhibition and events program benefited sales of children’s books organised by the Library Shop. from the generous help received from sponsors including: The Office of Information and Communications • the Sydney Morning Herald, Principal Sponsor Technology at the NSW Department of Commerce funded of the Miles Franklin: a brilliant career? exhibition the PictureNSW project (see public libraries p. 31) which and the Literature 2004 and Written Word provides guidelines for the development of a digital events program archive of local collections in New South Wales. • a Visions of Australia grant which supported the The Legal Information Access Centre works collaboratively regional tour of Miles Franklin: a brilliant career? with the Trustees of the Public Purpose Fund and other • Malt Shovel Brewery through James Squire which government and legal service providers to improve access sponsored exhibition openings and Written to legal information across the state. Providers include the Word series Law and Justice Foundation of NSW, LawAccess NSW, • the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Sydney NSW Department of Education and Training, Legal Aid, for the exhibition Kisch in Australia NSW Attorney General’s Department, Environmental Defender’s Office, the Family Court of Australia, Law • Street Vision for promotion of exhibitions Courts Library, Women’s Services NSW and NSW at train stations in the Sydney metropolitan area community legal centres. This year LIAC signed a • Taylors Wines for the public events program Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LawAccess • Industrie streetwear, Red Bull and Canon Australia NSW to formalise our collaboration, and launched a for the SL U35 program. regular email newsletter to keep agencies up-to-date with new service developments. Nestlé Write Around Australia During 2004/05 we continued to work collaboratively Nestlé Australia and the State Library of New South Wales with the NSW Premier’s Department and di@yll (see p. 30), celebrated 10 years of their partnership in the national with BHP Billiton and Skills.net NSW (see p. 29) and Nestlé Write Around Australia creative writing program. the NSW Health Department and the Health Information Service (see p. 20). The advice and expertise provided to Nestlé Write Around Australia is Australia’s largest creative the Library by Ian Carroll is acknowledged. writing program for students. Since 1994 almost half a million primary school students have participated by writing a story or taking part in a creative writing Collaborating with other libraries workshop with a published Australian children’s author. We held our second national Colloquium for libraries, archives and information services in December. Libraries The program’s 10th anniversary was celebrated at Luna and Indigenous Knowledge explored emerging and Park in November 2004 when the actor, Sigrid Thornton, changing trends of Indigenous knowledge issues and their presented awards to the NSW and national winners for implications for policies and practices in libraries, archives 2004. A limited edition collection of the winning state and information services at local, state and national levels. and territory stories for the last 10 years was published It was agreed that the Library and our co-host, Jumbunna to celebrate the program’s achievements. Indigenous House of Learning, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), will work with the Council of Australian The 2005 program is being hosted by 48 public libraries State Libraries (CASL), the Australian Institute of including 14 NSW libraries. Over 31,250 students have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and the submitted stories and 48 children’s authors have guided Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS, to develop over 18,000 student writers at creative writing workshops. strategies for new and renewed library and information Working with other government service delivery to the Indigenous community. & community agencies AskNow! is a cooperative online reference service The State Library worked with the Australian Bureau of sponsored by CASL. Since the launch of the service in Statistics, the NSW Treasury and ac3 (Australian Centre September 2002, it has provided information and research for Advanced Computing and Communications) to set up advice for over 100,000 inquiries. The number of libraries a new service, ABS@NSW. ABS@NSW provides all NSW participating in the service has expanded to 11 state and government agencies with free access to up-to-date territory libraries and 21 public libraries. These include the statistical data for research and decision making. National Library of New Zealand, and Cessnock, Randwick, Auburn, Queanbeyan and Southern Tablelands In February the Library provided support for a South East public library services in New South Wales. Asian tsunami fundraising event organised by the Sydney Children’s Authors & Illustrators Network. Over 50 We continue to contribute to Australia’s online archive, children’s authors and illustrators took part. PANDORA (Preserving and Accessing Documentary Networked Resources of Australia). 6 388 Australian titles, created and stored in digital form only, are now linked to
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our catalogue as part of the cooperative collecting agreement with other state libraries and the National Library of Australia. New South Wales government titles comprise 75% of 633 titles added by the Library in 2004/05.
The Library is a major contributor to Music Australia, an online service that provides access to information on Australian music. Contributors include cultural organisations and specialist online music services. Electronic records have been created for 542 music scores in the Mitchell Music Library dating from the 19th century. 151 of the scores have been digitised and are available as images via the Library’s catalogue.We continue to contribute new records for pre-1900 sheet music to the National Bibliographic Database. Professional leadership The Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium (see Collaborative Ventures p. 46) was a significant event which brought library and related professionals from around Australia together. Other events included a full day seminar, E Futures @ your Library, attended by 80 participants with speakers drawn from the commercial, educational and government sectors.
International perspectives on library and information issues were provided by overseas visitors including,
• Lynne Brindley, CEO of the British Library who outlined the Library’s strategic agenda to set a world- class standard for modern, entrepreneurial public sector organisations • Kay Raseroka, President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) who provided an international perspective on libraries particularly in Africa • Daniel Paraide, Director-General of the Office of Libraries and Archives, Papua New Guinea discussed library services in PNG • Professor Anne Clyde, University of Iceland, who explored the role of weblogs in information service delivery. Our Preservation staff continued to work with AusHeritage to promote the Library’s preservation leadership role in the Asia-Pacific region. Heather Mansell, Manager Collection Preservation delivered two workshops for 45 participants at the ASEAN-COCI Preservation of Cultural Heritage Symposium at Yangon and Bagan in Top: Lynne Brindley, CEO of the British Library, standing Myanmar. This was a self-funded activity. on the balcony of the Mitchell Reading Room
In 2005 the State Librarian, Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, Centre: Geoffrey Cains (left) with 2005 National Biography was elected Vice-President and President-elect of the Award winner Robert Hillman, and Michael Crouch AO Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). She will take up the Presidency in 2006. The State Bottom: Ronald Briggs (left) with 2004 C. H. Currey Librarian also represents New South Wales on the Memorial Fellow Jock Given, and Julie Wood Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL) and many staff contribute to CASL working groups and projects. CASL continues to advocate for state and public libraries with its priorities focusing on Indigenous services and shared values and expertise.
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Awards and fellowships Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature The Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature In 2004, fellowships were awarded to Mr Nathan Wise is an annual prize. It encourages writing that informs the for research on A working man’s hell: working class general reader about people and issues in Australian mentalities of work and leisure in New South Wales commercial life. This includes topics in Australian during the 1900s and 1910s and in the Australian Imperial corporate and commercial literature, histories, accounts Forces during World War I and to Ms Bryoni Tresize for and analyses of corporate affairs as well as biographies research on Stories my mother told me that she never of business men and women. The prize was awarded knew: the cultural experience of migrant memory in for the first time in 2005 to Fred Brenchley for Allan Fels: Sydney, 1956-. a portrait of power. National Biography Award C. H. Currey Memorial Fellowship The National Biography Award is administered by the The C. H. Currey Memorial Fellowship was established State Library on behalf of its benefactor, Dr Geoffrey under the terms of a bequest made by the late Dr Charles Cains. This year the award increased to $20,000 with the Herbert Currey. It promotes the writing of Australian additional generous support given by Michael Crouch AO. history from original resources held by the State Library. The 2005 award attracted 50 entries and was presented The 2004 C. H. Currey Fellow is Dr Lisa Featherstone who to Robert Hillman for The Boy in the Green Suit. is researching a history of sexualities in 20th century Australia. State Librarian’s Staff Fellowship Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship The Staff Fellowship is an initiative of the State Librarian, The 2005 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship for a paper by Dagmar Schmidmaier AM. It is an annual award which a women librarian or student of librarianship was awarded offers a staff member the opportunity to undertake to Carolyn Bourke for her paper, Building social capital collection based research using the State Library’s through networking: how public libraries can be more collections. The inaugural fellowship was awarded to than repositories of information’. Margot Riley for her project Looking Australian: a guide to the dating and interpretation of visual evidence in images Nancy Keesing Fellowship of people selected from the collections of the State Library The Nancy Keesing Fellowship was established by former of New South Wales. Library Council President, Dr Mark Hertzberg AO, in honour of the late Nancy Keesing. It promotes the State International affiliations Library as a centre of research into Australian life and Ms Lynne Brindley, CEO, British Library culture. The 2004 Fellowship was awarded to Dr Jill Professor L. Anne Clyde, Professor in Library and Matthews for her research, Hidden treasures of the Information Science, Faculty of Social Science, Mitchell Library: Sydney periodicals 1900–1930 University of Iceland Council of Australian State Libraries Ms Fiona Gray, Reference Librarian, National Library Honorary Fellowship of New Zealand The second Council of Australian State Libraries Honorary Mr Daniel Paraide, Director-General, Office of Fellowship was awarded to Dr Maryrose Casey for her Libraries and Archives, Papua New Guinea research on Indigenous Australians negotiating, mediating Mr Matthew Powell, Strategic Business Analyst, and constructing representation and identity through Wellington City Libraries, New Zealand political protests. Mr The Khang Pham and Mrs Bui Thi Thuy, Director, National Library of Vietnam Library Council of New South Wales Dr Lai-Tee Phang, Assistant Director, National Honorary Fellowship Archives of Singapore Dr Gary Lester was awarded the 2004 Fellowship for research Ms Kay Raseroka, President, International Federation on Margaret Barr: dance dramas of Australian identity. of Library Associations Milt Luger Fellowships Ms Genevieve Vella, Print Disabilities Librarian, National Library of New Zealand The Milt Luger Fellowships are awarded for projects which investigate and document Australian history, life and Mr Antoine Wilemberg, Training Programs, Getty culture using collections and records held within the State Foundation Library of New South Wales. Projects which highlight the role of innovation and leadership in Australian life and have not received other support are given preference. They are open to persons aged between 18 and 25 years.
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Photograph by Nick Kreisler The Library Council of New South Wales
The Library Council is constituted under the Library Act 1939, as amended by the Cultural Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989. The Act provides that there shall be a Library Council of nine members nominated by the Minister and appointed for a three-year term by the Governor.
Members at 30 June 2005
Members from left: Mr Graham Bradley, Mr Richard Fisher, Mr Robert Purves, Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, Ms Belinda Hutchinson, Mr Paul Murnane, Mr Robert Knight, Mr David Sherbon, Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley and Dr John Barclay.
50 Council attendance record – 10 meetings were held in 2004/05
The Hon. Mahla Pearlman AO, 6 Mr Robert Knight 10 President to December 2004 Mr Paul Murnane 7 Ms Belinda Hutchinson, President 10 Mr Robert Purves 8 Dr John Barclay 8 Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, 10 Mr Graham Bradley 5 Secretary Mr Richard Fisher 4 Mr David Sherbon 6 Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley 10
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 51 The Library Council of New South Wales members as at 30 June 2005
Ms Belinda Hutchinson, BEc, FCA Mr Robert Knight, BA President Appointed 2003; current term ends 2005 Consultant, Macquarie Bank Ltd Director, Riverina Regional Library Appointed 1997; current term ends 2006 Appointed President Jan. 2005 – Dec. 2006 Mr Paul Murnane, BEc, MBA Appointed 2003; current term ends 2005 Dr John Barclay, BA, DipEd, DipLib, MEd, PhD, Company Director GradDipEmpRel Appointed 2002; current term ends 2007 Mr Robert Purves, BCom Director, Personnel Relations & Equal Opportunity, Appointed 2000; current term ends 2005 Australian Catholic University Chairman, DCA Group Limited/President, WWF (Australia) Limited Mr Graham Bradley, BA, LLB, LLM, FAICD Company Director Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Appointed July 2004; current term ends 2007 BA, DipLib, MLib, Hon DLitt, FALIA State Librarian from 1995 Mr Richard Fisher, LLB, MEc State Librarian & Chief Executive Appointed 2005; current term ends 2007 and Secretary to the Library Council Chairman of Partners, Blake Dawson Waldron Mr David Sherbon, BA Econ(Hons) Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley, BA(Hons), PhD Appointed 1997; current term ends 2006 Appointed 2003; current term ends 2006 Founding Partner, Committed Capital Pty Ltd ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow in Modern History and Politics, Macquarie University
Performance statement
Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier, AM State Librarian, SES Level 5 Appointment at Level 5 commenced on 7 October 2004 Total remuneration package: $228,650
The Director-General has expressed his satisfaction with Mrs Schmidmaier’s performance of her responsibilities throughout 2004–05.
Mrs Schmidmaier successfully met the performance criteria contained in her 2004–05 performance agreement. The State Library has maintained its delivery of high quality library and information services that meet a diverse range of interests and needs.
As the State Librarian, Mrs Schmidmaier is responsible for the administration and management of the State Library and the library services and information services it provides.
The State Librarian is also Secretary to the Library Council of New South Wales. The State Librarian is, in the exercise or performance of the State Librarian’s powers, authorities, duties and functions under the Library Act 1939, subject to the control and direction of the Council.
Information regarding key activities undertaken as part of the State Librarian’s responsibilities is contained in this report.
52 State Library of NSW organisational structure as at 30 June 2005
The State Library of NSW executive team. Front row from left: Elizabeth Ellis, Lucy Arundell, Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, Therese Lake. Top row from left: Kathleen Bresnahan, Bronwyn Coop and Wilma Norris.
Organisational structure
Library Council of New South Wales
Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Ministry for the Arts State Librarian & Chief Executive*
Elizabeth Ellis Therese Lake Lucy Arundell Wilma Norris Kathleen Bresnahan Vacant
Collection Reader Electronic Education & Public Library Finance Management Services Library Client Liaison Services & Strategy Services • Reading Room Services Services • Public Library • Finance & Mitchell Services • IT Support • Education Consultants • Human Librarian (including & Training • IT • Building Resources • Original document Infrastructure • Community & Planning Materials delivery) • Facilities • Network Programs/ Advisory • Collection • Legal Volunteers Service • Security Services (NSW. Services Information net, Rural Link, • Events & • Multicultural • Policy & Access Centre • Collection ILANET) Exhibitions Service Research • Health Preservation • Web • Merchandising Information/ • Imaging Development Disability • Publications Services Services • Digital Library & Design • Enterprise • Media & Information Communications
* Reporting directly to the State Librarian: atmitchell project team, Navigator project, SLNSW Foundation, Friends of the State Library; GlasshouseCafe / Cafe Trim / Functions / Venue Hire Contract Management Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 53 Standing committees of the Library Council of NSW as at 30 June 2005
Finance Committee Friends of the State Library of NSW Committee The Finance Committee is delegated Council’s powers The Committee plans activities for members of the of investment in accordance with the Library Act 1939 Friends of the State Library of New South Wales. Its role Section 7B(1). It makes decisions concerning the is to promote Friends’ memberships. The Committee meets management of Council and Library Foundation funds six times a year. and refers them to Council for information. The Committee meets quarterly. Members The Hon. David Levine RFD, QC (Chair) Members Dr John Barclay Mr Paul Murnane (Chair) Mrs Pamela Bell OAM Ms Belinda Hutchinson Ms Marina Etherington Mr Robert Purves Captain John Faulkner AM Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Mrs Maureen Fry State Librarian & Chief Executive Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley Mr David Sherbon Ms Roslyn McDonald Ms Margot McKenzie Grants Committee Ms Penelope Nelson The Grants Committee is responsible for assessing Mr John Scott Ryrie applications for Library Development Grants received from Dr Diana Wyndham local authorities in New South Wales. It defines priority In attendance areas for grants and recommends the allocation of these Mr Adam Check grants to the Council, for approval by the Minister for the A/Executive Director, SLNSW Foundation Arts. The Committee meets three to four times a year. Public Libraries Consultative Committee Members The Committee provides a consultative framework for Mr Robert Purves (Chair) the Library Council, the State Library and key stakeholders Dr John Barclay in local government concerning public library services. Ms Kathleen Bresnahan The Committee meets four times a year. Assistant State Librarian, Public Library Services Mr Cameron Morley, Manager Members Funding and Advisory Services, Public Library Services Mr Robert Knight (Chair), Library Council of NSW Mr Noel Baum Fellowships Committee Local Government & Shires Associations of NSW The Fellowships Committee is responsible for assessing Mr Richard Fisher applications for the annual C.H. Currey Memorial Library Council of NSW Fellowship, the Nancy Keesing Fellowship, the Milt Luger Councillor Beverley Giegerl Fellowships, the honorary Council of Australian State Local Government & Shires Associations of NSW Libraries and the Library Council of NSW Fellowships. It Ms Lynne Makin makes recommendations about the awarding of the Country Public Libraries Association (CPLA) Fellowships to Council. The Committee meets as required. Councillor Sonya Phillips Vice-President, Metropolitan Public Libraries Association Members (MPLA) Dr John Barclay (Chair) Ms Jan Richards, CPLA Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley Mr Paul Scully, MPLA Ms Elizabeth Ellis, Assistant State Librarian Ms Frances Sims, MPLA Collection Management Services & Mitchell Librarian Mr Greg Smith Mr Paul Brunton, Senior Curator Local Government Managers Australia, NSW Division Councillor Ewan Tolhurst, Chair, CPLA Ms Kathleen Bresnahan State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) Ms Bronwyn Coop, SLNSW Mr Cameron Morley, SLNSW Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, SLNSW
54 State Library of NSW Foundation Trustees SLNSW staff profile:B ronwyn The Trustees were established by resolution of the Library Foundation Board in March 2001. It provides strategic direction, policy and financial management of the Foundation funds. The Trustees meet four times a year.
Members Ms Belinda Hutchinson (Chair) Mr Graham Bradley Mr Paul Murnane Mr Robert Purves Mr David Sherbon Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, State Librarian & Chief Executive In attendance Mr Adam Check, A/Executive Director, SLNSW Foundation
LIAC Advisory Board The Board guides the strategic development of the Legal Information Access Centre service (LIAC).
Members The Hon. Mahla Pearlman, AO (Chair) The Hon. G E Fitzgerald AC Chairman, Board of Governors, Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales Mr Richard Fisher ‘The strategic management cycle guides and Chairman of Partners, Blake Dawson Waldron directs our compliance reporting and policy Mr Bill Grant priorities. Chief Executive Officer, Legal Aid Commission of NSW Mr Geoff Mulherin With the Policy & Research team, Director, Law & Justice Foundation of New South Wales I oversee over 60 legislative and policy Mr Mark Richardson compliance requirements to which we apply Chief Executive Officer, Law Society of New South Wales excellent organisation and communication skills, Mrs Dagmar Schmidmaier AM strategic thinking and a big picture view – both State Librarian & Chief Executive, State Library of NSW within and outside the Library. Professor Gordon Stanley The result is sound corporate governance. President, Board of Studies New South Wales Our success has been recognised with three Ms Megan Thomas Bronze Annual Reporting Awards; industry Director, LawAccess New South Wales and government partners wishing to collaborate Sue Walden, Acting Manager, LIAC (Secretary) in research and policy development, and professional leadership at local, state, national and international levels – through joint projects, conference presentations, and benchmark research.’
Bronwyn Coop, Manager, Policy & Research
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 55 Committees of the State Library of NSW as at 30 June 2005
Executive Committee External Exhibition Loans Committee The Committee is responsible for the strategic Reviews requests, policy and procedures for external loans development and corporate management of the Library to institutional exhibitions Chaired by Richard Neville, Manager, Original Materials Members Dagmar Schmidmaier AM, BA, DipLib, MLib, Hon DLitt Information Management & Technology (IM&T) UNSW, FALIA, State Librarian & Chief Executive (Chair) Steering Committee Lucy Arundell, BA, DipLib Monitors the planning, development and implementation Assistant State Librarian, Electronic Library Services of information technology strategies Kathleen Bresnahan, BA, AALIA Chaired by Lucy Arundell Assistant State Librarian, Public Library Services Elizabeth Ellis, BA, DipLib Occupational Health & Safety Committee Assistant State Librarian, Collection Management & Mitchell Librarian Identifies and implements occupational health and safety Therese Lake, BA (LibSc), Grad Dip Comm Mgmt programs and monitors outcomes according to the Assistant State Librarian, Reader Services Library’s OH&S Strategic Plan. Wilma Norris, BA, AALIA Chaired by Shauna Miller, Coordinator, Multicultural Assistant State Librarian Purchasing Cooperative Education & Client Liaison Services Preservation Microfilm Steering Committee In attendance Raises awareness, resolves issues, develops policies and Bronwyn Coop, Manager, Policy and Research makes recommendations about preservation microfilming Anne Doherty, Executive Officer Chaired by Heather Mansell
Architectural Honorary Advisory Committee Professional Leadership Working Group Promotes and advises on appropriate additions Develops and coordinates professional leadership to the State Library’s architectural collections. programs for library staff Chaired by Emeritus Professor Neville Quarry, AM Convened by Bronwyn Coop (to October 2004); then Richard Dinham (from December 2004) Project 2001 to 2010 Steering Committees Collection Storage and Access Steering Committee Develops a strategic, integrated approach to celebrating Project 2001 to 2010 and advises on the planning, Investigates and advises on high level collection storage development and implementation of each year and access strategies of the program Chaired by Jerelynn Brown, Manager, Collection Services Chaired by Wilma Norris
Copyright Committee Public Library Network Research Committee Provides advice on copyright law reform initiatives Conducts quality research and evaluation to inform and develops Library copyright policies the promotion, planning, development and review Chaired by Elizabeth Ellis of New South Wales public library services Convened by Kerrie Burgess, Research Coordinator, Counter-Disaster Management Committee Policy and research Maintains awareness of potential threats to the collection and updates counter disaster plans State Librarian’s Staff Fellowship Selection Chaired by Heather Mansell, Manager, Committee Collection Preservation Promotes and coordinates selection of the State Librarian’s Staff Fellowship Exhibitions Advisory Committee Chaired by Niki Kallenberger, Manager, Plans the Library’s exhibition program and develops Education & Training related policies, procedures and promotional strategies Chaired by Wilma Norris State Library Industrial Consultative Committee A forum for discussion of industrial relations issues Expert Reference Group for di@yll within the Library Provides strategic advice on the management of the Chaired by Wilma Norris and Trish Leen, Chair, di@yll information service Workplace Committee Chaired by Kathleen Alexander, A/Outreach Coordinator Reader Services Volunteer and Staff Council Coordinates and promotes the State Library Volunteer Program Chaired by Val Noake, Manager, Community Programs
56 Representation on key external committees as at 30 June 2005
ABS@NSW Steering Committee Australian Pictorial Thesaurus Management Lucy Arundell, Assistant State Librarian, Committee Electronic Library Services Allison Kingscote, Thesaurus Coordinator Richard Neville, Manager, Original Materials (Convenor) ALIA Board of Directors Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Australian Standards IT-09 Committee (Computer (ALIA Vice-President and President-elect) applications information and documentation) Lucy Arundell (representing CASL) ALIA Education Reference Group Niki Kallenberger, Manager, Education and Training Australian Womens’ Archive Project Local Joint Committee (NSW) ALIA Expert Group on Government Publications Elizabeth Ellis, Assistant State Librarian, Collection Management Services and Mitchell Librarian Cheryl Grant, Senior Librarian, Collection Services Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business ALIA Research Committee Literature Kerrie Burgess, Research Coordinator, Policy and Research Wilma Norris, Assistant State Librarian, Education & Client Liaison Alzheimer’s Australia NSW Advisory Council Stephen Martin Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Senior Project Officer, Events and Exhibitions
Aurora Foundation Ltd Cooperative Legal Service Delivery Steering Dagmar Schmidmaier AM (Chair) Committee (NSW Legal Aid Commission) Laura Ravalico, Acting Coordinator, LIAC Network AusHeritage Ltd Board of Directors Heather Mansell, Manager, Collection Preservation Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL) Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Australasian Innovative Users Group Lynne Billington, Acting Systems Librarian Council of Australian State Libraries Working Susanne Moir, Coordinator, Bibliographic Access Groups State Library staff are represented on various CASL Australia on the Map NSW Steering Committee working groups Cheryl Evans, Curator of Maps Dictionary of Australian Artists Online Partners Australian Dictionary of Biography New South Elizabeth Ellis Wales Working Party Richard Neville Warwick Hirst, Acting Curator of Manuscripts Dictionary of Sydney Project Board Australian Digital Alliance Elizabeth Ellis Dagmar Schmidmaier AM (Director) Discovery after Dark Committee Australian Institute for the Conservation of Rosemary Moon, Manager, Events and Exhibitions Cultural Material Inc (AICCM): NSW Committee Cecilia Harvey, Conservator Geographical Names Board of New South Wales Lang Ngo, Conservator (Secretary) Cheryl Evans Briony Pemberton, Conservator History Council of New South Wales Management Australian Libraries Copyright Committee Committee and Executive Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Elizabeth Ellis
Australian Library Journal Editorial Board International Association of Music Libraries Sydney Dr. David J. Jones, Manager, Building & Planning 2007 Conference Group Advisory Service, Public Library Services Meredith Lawn, Archivist, Original Materials
Justice Sector Metadata Standards: LIAC Subject Headings Working Group Sue Walden, Acting Manager, LIAC Network
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 57 Representation on Key External Committees as at 30 June 2005
Kathleen Mitchell Literary Award Judging Panel NSW Department of Lands: Biographies of NSW Cameron Morley, Manager, Funding & Advisory Services, Surveyors-General Reference Group Public Library Services Cheryl Evans
Kinetica Advisory Committee NSW Law Week Committee Elizabeth Ellis (representing CASL) Sarah Condie
Kinetica Users Group (NSW) NSW Legal Referral Forum Susanne Moir (Convenor) Sue Walden
Local Government Association of NSW and the NSW Public Libraries Evaluation Group (PLEG) Shires Association of NSW, Library and Information Sue Parkinson, Consultant, Public Library Services Services Reference Group Kathleen Bresnahan, Assistant State Librarian, NSW Public Libraries Marketing Working Group Public Library Services Victoria Anderson, Consultant, Public Library Services
Local Government Association of NSW and the NSW Public Libraries Reference and Information Shires Association of NSW, Community Planning Services Group and Services Committee Ellen Forsyth, Consultant, Public Library Services Kathleen Bresnahan (Observer) Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards Metropolitan Public Libraries Association Document Delivery Working Group Jerelynn Brown Sue Parkinson, Consultant, Public Library Services Online Government Gazette Reference Group Metropolitan Public Libraries Association Working Jerelynn Brown Group on Multicultural Library Services Oral History Association of Australia Shauna Miller, Multicultural Cooperative Coordinator (Secretary) Rosemary Block, Curator of Oral History (President) Oriana Acevedo PANDORA Consultative Committee Miles Franklin Literary Award Judging Panel Jim Tindall, Librarian, Collection Services Dagmar Schmidmaier AM Parliamentary Precinct Security Committee Museums Australia Performing Arts Special Jim Sinclair, Facilities Manager Interest Group Susanne Moir PictureAustralia National Participants Committee Richard Neville National Biography Award Rosemary Moon Premier’s Reading Challenge Committee Stephen Martin Val Noake, Manager, Community Programs
National Museums and Galleries Association Preservation Microfilming Course Advisory Avryl Whitnall, Curator of Exhibitions Committee (Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, SA) National Plan for Australian Newspapers Heather Mansell Jerelynn Brown, Manager, Collection Services (Convenor) Sydney Curatorial and Custodial Institutions NSW Chinese Australian Cultural Heritage Project Disaster Preparedness Group Committee Heather Mansell (Chair) Jennifer O’Callaghan, Librarian, Original Materials Tourism New South Wales Working Forum NSW Civics and Citizenship Committee Rosemary Moon (Department of Education) Sarah Condie, Librarian, LIAC Network University of Technology Sydney, Faculty Advisory Committee, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Dagmar Schmidmaier AM
58 Staff publications, presentations & papers
Publications Presentations & conference papers Berryman, J 2004, ‘E-government issues and implications Anthes, T, ‘Preserving your family history’, Scrap-booking for public libraries’, Australian Library Journal, vol.53, no.4, Association, Sydney, November p. 349-359 Berry, D, ‘Irish Family History resources’, Brunton, P 2005, ‘Miles Franklin: a brilliant career?’ Society of Australian Genealogists, July National Library of Australia News, vol xv, no. 8, May, pp. 18-21 Block, R, Oral history presentations to libraries, associations, societies and clubs in Sydney and regional NSW Davies, A 2004, An Eye for Photography: The Camera in Australia, Miegunyah Press, Carlton, & State Library Brooks, A, ‘De-dramatising disasters’, State Records of New South Wales, Sydney Authority (NSW), The Rocks and State Library of New Eye 4 Photography [exhibition gallery guide] State Library South Wales, October & May of New South Wales, Sydney Brown, J, ‘NPLAN Progress and Newspaper Digitisation’, Ellis, E 2005, ‘Conrad Martens and the art of the Beagle’, Reference and Information Services Group Seminar, Natural History, vol. 114, no. 3, April, p. 31 Sydney, State Library of New South Wales, May Hirst, W 2004, Upon a painted ocean: Sir Oswald Brierly Brunton, P ‘The Diaries of Miles Franklin’, [exhibition gallery guide] State Library of New South 10 presentations in Sydney, Cowra, Orange, Wales, Sydney Port Stephens, Wagga Wagga, and Gladstone ‘The Real Miles Franklin’, 26 presentations in Sydney, Jones, D J & Bresnahan, K 2004, ‘Fusion space’, Port Stephens, Wagga Wagga, Gladstone, Wollongong, Public Library News, vol. 10, no. 3 December, p. 1 Launceston, Narooma, Canberra, Bowral and Tumut Jones, D J 2005, ‘Public library development in New ‘Matthew Flinders; Indomitable Explorer’, South Wales’, Australian Library Journal, vol. 54, no. 2, seven presentations in Sydney and Eden p. 130-137 ‘William Bligh – Rough Words and Fine Art’, Jones, D J 2004, ‘The Free Library Movement’ [part 2 of five presentations in Sydney, Newcastle, and Scone Public Library Development in New South Wales], Public ‘The Prado Manuscript’, State Library, 1 and 5 November, Library News, vol. 10, no. 2 July, p. 1-2 and Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, January Jones, D J 2004, ‘Inquiry into the joint use and ‘The Journal of William Cox’, Australasian Pioneers’ Club, co-location of public buildings: information paper Sydney, September prepared by the State Library of New South Wales’ ‘Foundation Documents of early Australian history’, International League of Antiquarian Bookdealers, Jones, D J 2004, ‘Critical issues in public library planning: Sydney, October the New South Wales experience’, Australian Library Journal, vol. 53, no. 4, November, p. 375-382 ‘Henry Lawson: the Making of an Australian Poet’, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, October Jones, D J 2005, The Australian dictionary of acronyms ‘Joseph Banks: Passionate Patron’, Australian Decorative and abbreviations book, sixth edition, Australian Library and Fine Arts Society, Camden, April and Information Association, Canberra ‘The Henry Parkes Collection in the Mitchell Library’, Kallenberger, N 2005, ‘Libraries and indigenous Henry Parkes Foundation, Sydney, May. knowledge’, InCite, January-February, p.14 Buckley, J, ‘LIAC e-strategy for delivery of legal Morley, C 2005, ‘Children’s policy guidelines for NSW information’, Online Legal Information Network, public libraries book’, Library Council of New South Wales, December Sydney, published at
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 59 Staff publications, papers & presentations
Hirst, W, ‘Sir Oswald Brierly’, Friends of the State Library, Noake, V, ‘Making the Write Connections: public libraries, January schools and authors working together to encourage young writers’, Get Real and all that Spiel Conference, July Kallenberger, N, ‘Why cite a source?’, Society & Culture Association Personal Interest Project Study Day, Nunn, B, ‘ISELECT and Infocus’, Australian School Library Sydney, March Association (NSW) Conference, October ‘State Library of New South Wales: supporting HSC O’Callaghan, J, ‘Quong Tart – his records, photographs teaching’, Annual Conference of Western NSW Teacher- and objects’, Quong Tart & His Times Conference, Librarians, Dubbo, May Powerhouse Museum / University of Sydney, July ‘State Library of New South Wales: a treasure trove of resources and services to support rural schools’, Annual Patton, M, ‘Shakespeare’s First Folio’, Wagga City Library, Conference of Western NSW Teacher-Librarians, July Dubbo, May Pemberton, B, ‘Removal of pressure sensitive tapes and Keskin, A, ‘State Library services to schools’, District tape stains’, Australian Institute for the Conservation of Teacher-Librarians’ Conference, Port Macquarie, March Cultural Material (AICCM), National Archives, Chester Hill, March & April Larkin, M, ‘Records of conservationists’, Local Studies and Landscape Seminar, ALIA Local Studies NSW, March Riley, M, ‘Dressing Mrs Calthorpe’: 1927 Study Day, ‘History of Como and the Como Hotel’, Heritage Week Calthorpe’s House, Mugga Way, Canberra, ACT Historic Lecture, Como Hotel, April Places, November
Mansell, H, AusHeritage: presented two, one-day Rudd, E, ‘Robin Clough Gardening collection’, ALIA Local seminar/workshops at the ASEAN-COCI Preservation of Studies Seminar, March Cultural Heritage Symposium in Myanmar (Yangon & Schmidmaeir, D, Presentations at CPLA Conference, Bagan), August (self-funded) ALIA 2004 Biennial Conference, July & September ‘John Glover sketchbook project’, State Library of NSW Foundation, November Thomson, C, ‘De-dramatising disasters’, State Records Authority (NSW) Kingswood, October; The Rocks and ‘De-dramatising disasters’, State Records Authority (NSW), State Library of New South Wales, October & May Kingswood, May ‘The Mitchell Bequest project’, State Library of NSW Wajon, S, ‘Digitisation and the Ebind at the State Library Foundation (Custodians), June of NSW’, AICCM PHOTON digital seminar, Canberra, July
Martin, S, Presentations on Antarctica heritage to ‘Colour management for photographers in heritage schools, associations, societies and clubs in Sydney organisations’, State Library of NSW, October ‘First born digital files’, Picture NSW information day, Moon, R, ‘Planning events for public libraries’, State State Library of New South Wales, May Library of NSW, August
Neville, R, ‘Colonial watercolours and the questions they raise’, Art Gallery of NSW, May
State Library staff overseas travel
Kathleen Bresnahan Dr. David J Jones Assistant State Librarian, Public Library Services Manager, Building & Planning Advisory Service, Singapore, 25 September to 1 October 2004 Public Library Services Presentation of invited conference paper Singapore, 25 September to 1 October 2004 $2 147 Presentation of invited conference paper $2 147 Jerelynn Brown Manager, Collection Services Greenwich, England,12 to 26 November, 2004 Courier collecting exhibition loan items from UK borrowing institution. $4 669, airfare funded by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
60 stretching from Sydney to Katoomba! Thousands of each year. itemsstretching are from added Sydney Thousands to Katoomba! & Access: Storage Collection Chester, Richard ‘Storing the Library’s collection might appear quite simple - but with nearly 100 kilometres of shelving it’s 100 of quite nearly to might shelving equivalent - simple but with kilometres a appear single line of shelves ‘Storing collection Library’s the
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Photograph by Nick Kreisler Major purchases
Collection material is purchased to meet the information The Genuine life and trial of George Barrington … needs of the community and to document life in NSW. London: printed for Robert Barker, January 1791. A very Examples of printed and electronic resources and original rare edition of the life of the notorious pickpocket George materials purchased in 2004/05 follow. Barrington, who was transported to NSW. This copy was once owned by the historian, Lord Macaulay. Printed & electronic resources ML 364.16209/2
Die Abenteuer eines Auswanderers: erzählungen Kleine Schriften: Ein Beytrag zur Völker-und aus den Colonien von Van-Diemens-Land by Charles Länderkunde, Naturgeschichte und Philosophie Rowcroft. Leipzig: Otto Wigand, 1845. A German des Lebens by Georg Forster. Leipzig: Bey Paul Gotthelf translation by Friedrich Gerstäcker of Rowcroft’s Tales Kummer, 1789–1797. George Forster was a member of of the colonies, or, the adventures of an emigrant, first Cook’s second expedition and became a renowned expert published in London in 1843. This rare German edition on the South Seas. This edition, in six volumes, of his is indicative of interest in the Colony outside the English- collected shorter writings includes the revised edition of speaking world. ML 994.602/21 his groundbreaking biography of Cook and his essay on the Colony at Sydney Cove. MRB58-63 Australian art auction records on-line: including New Zealand. Thornleigh, NSW: Australian Art Auction Ned Kelly: the ironclad Australian bushranger by Records Pty Ltd. This database contains 181,000 sale James S. Borlase. London: Published at the Office of the records for 10,000 artists of Australian and New Zealand Illustrated London Novelette [1881?]. A rare version of the paintings sold at auction since 1973, and 3,600 artist Kelly story published in London, indicating an early interest biographies. Accessible via databases link on PCs in the in Kelly outside Australia. ML Q823.8/8 reading rooms. The Oxford dictionary of national biography: A benevolent epistle to Sylvanus Urban … also Sir in association with the British Academy: from Joseph Banks and the boiled fleas, an ode by Peter the earliest times to the year 2000. Edited by H.C.G. Pindar [ie John Wolcot]. London: printed for Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University G. Kearsley, 1790. This is one of the many satirical verses Press, 2004. This major reference work adds 70% new by Wolcot aimed at Joseph Banks, the influential text to the respected Dictionary of National Biography. supporter of the Colony at Sydney Cove. ML Q821.6/2 Biographies of men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain’s past are included along with more than 10,000 China: history, philosophy, economics. New York; portrait illustrations. In addition to the printed work, an London: Routledge Curzon, reprinted 2005. This 40- online edition was published and is accessible via volume work brings together key introductory surveys and databases link on PCs in the reading rooms. texts on China in a number of subject areas. SRL REF/ N920.041/18 SET SRL N951/135 SET Readers’ guide retrospective, 1890–1982. Bronx, NY: Credit cards and consumer lending research report: H.W. Wilson. The Readers’ guide to periodical literature is the Australian market by the Lafferty Group. London: an index covering a wide range of subjects, with an Lafferty Limited, 2004. This research report describes the emphasis on articles from popular American periodicals. credit card and lending markets in Australia and forecasts This retrospective online file enables searching of more future developments. SRL NQ332.024/16 than three million articles back to 1890. Accessible via Encyclopedia of modern optics. Editor-in-chief, Robert databases link on PCs in the reading rooms. D. Guenther; edited by Duncan G. Steel and Leopold Le retour des vendanges: contes moraux et Bayvel. Amsterdam; Sydney: Elsevier Academic Press, instructifs à la portée des enfans de differens ages 2005. As an enabling technology in fields such as par Mme de Renneville. Paris : A. Thoisnier-Desplaces, information technology, health care, energy, defense and 1830. This collection of children’s stories includes the precision optical components, optics continues to benefit earliest known children’s story with an Australian setting. from new discoveries. This encyclopedia introduces optical In the tale, ‘Antony, ou la conscience’, the young hero is fundamentals and technologies to a general audience. shipwrecked in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and when he SRL REF/NQ535.03/1 SET reaches Botany Bay, Aborigines befriend him and feed him The garden, by Katharine Nix; Three roses by Garth breadfruit, pork and roast dog. ML 843.7/4 Nix. Canberra, ACT: Edition + Artist Book Studio, 2003. A specimen of the botany of New Holland written Produced in a limited edition of 20 copies, The Garden is by James Edward Smith; the figures by James an artist’s book consisting of watermarked images by Sowerby. Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2005. A facsimile Katharine Nix and the tale Three Roses by Garth Nix. of the first flora of Australia, first published in 1793–95, RB/F442 this limited edition contains 16 botanical plates, as well as several illustrations of the original wrappers and title pages to complement the notes. 212 copies were produced in three editions, and the Library holds one of each at Q581.994/ 21, F/ 425 and F/ 426.
62 major purchases
Spiritual Journey: sacred art from the Musée Guimet by Ahmet Ertug˘ . Istanbul, Turkey: Ertug˘ & Kocabiyik, 2004. This large format limited edition book provides a splendid compilation of photographic images of masterpieces with curatorial notes from the Musée Guimet, one of the world’s finest museums of Asian art. SRL NF709.5/1
A treatise on nautical surveying; containing an outline of the duties of the naval surveyor … by Edward Belcher. London: Pelham Richardson, 1835. The first edition of a standard work providing a practical textbook for the sailor on all aspects of surveying including the use of the newly invented chronometer. Belcher himself commanded two major Pacific exploratory voyages. ML 526.99/6
Wanderlust. David Frazer. Brunswick [Vic.]: Lexicon House, 2004. Wanderlust contains a short piece written collaboratively by Martin Flanagan and David Frazer as well as 15 wood engravings by David Frazer. The text and artwork provide a study of isolation. Dual language in English and German. ML Q702.81/14
Original materials Portrait of a Bushman by James Anderson. This unusual oil painting by the portrait painter James Anderson is dated 1861. During the third quarter of the nineteenth century, bush life began to define the way Australians saw themselves. The subject became the staple of popular artists such as S.T. Gill, and a regular theme of illustrated newspapers. This painting is a rare example of the subject moving into the more sophisticated and formal genre of oils. ML 1349
Miss Fairbrother in the burlesque of the Forty Thieves, by William Nicholas. This unusual theatrical watercolour was painted by the prolific Sydney artist William Nicholas in 1846 and copied after an English lithograph of the notorious actress who scandalously married the Duke of Cambridge. Nicholas exhibited this watercolour in one of the first art exhibitions held in Sydney, in June 1847, at the Australian Subscription Library, the precursor to the State Library of NSW. ML 1352 Top: The Night Hawk [Tawny Frogmouth], John Lewin, 1807 The Night Hawk [Tawny Frogmouth], by John Lewin. John Lewin painted this wonderful watercolour of a tawny Bottom: Illustrated address to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, frogmouth for Governor William Bligh in 1807, as part of a creator of Sherlock Holmes, on behalf of Spiritualism in larger commission. Unusually, Lewin wrote a lengthy inscription Sydney, presented by the Stanmore Spiritualist Church, on the drawing, recording his own observations about the artwork by Cooke & Goldsmith, Sydney bird. Lewin was the first free professional artist to migrate to Australia and this is a rare example of his own hand. V112
The Macquarie Collector’s Chest. This magnificent artefact was made in Newcastle around 1818. Commissioned by James Wallis, commandant of the settlement, it is made from rosewood and cedar with panels painted by convict artist Joseph Lycett. The chest was given to Governor Lachlan Macquarie. It is also remarkable for its collections of intact natural history, including stuffed birds, shells and insects. It speaks of colonists’ fascination for natural history and their delight and pleasure in their new environment. XR 69
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 63 major purchases
Tara & Parva and Sauvages de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, by Alphonse Pellion. Two watercolours, painted in 1819 by visiting French artist Alphonse Pellion, appear to be preparatory field drawings for images later worked up for publication. The Library purchased the more refined pre- publication drawings of these images in 2002. This recent purchase of the less polished field drawings offers fascinating evidence of the changes to an image brought by the publication process. SV/118 and SV/119
Marston Homestead Emu Plains, by C.G.S. Hirst. This eccentric watercolour of a weatherboard cottage at Emu Plains provides a fascinating record of a working man’s home. Commissioned in 1871 by carpenter James March, who had immigrated to Australia in 1857, the watercolour was executed by C.G.S. Hirst, an apparently itinerant artist who specialised in house portraiture. V/113
Corroboree, by William Curtis. This fine pen drawing of a corroboree held in the Wellington district in April 1847 is an interesting and rare depiction of a Wiradjuri people’s ceremony. The dance is being observed by two Europeans. Little is known about the artist, but it seems that he was living and working around Wellington in the 1840s and 1850s. ML 1374
Sermon preached by Rev. William Howell after the execution of the Bounty mutineers, 3 November 1792. Rev. Howell, a naval chaplain, witnessed the execution of the three condemned mutineers and used their deaths to illustrate a sermon on the disastrous effects of mutiny on the mutineers and their families, and the Royal Navy. MLMSS 7401
Log, ship portrait and charts for the ship Marquis Cornwallis, 1793, 1796. In 1795 the Marquis Cornwallis, under Captain Michael Hogan, sailed from Cork with a cargo of Irish convicts for NSW. This collection includes the log book of the voyage, an oil portrait of the ship by Balthazar Solvyns and two maritime charts of the return voyage showing the track from Norfolk Island to New Guinea. MLMSS 7491, ML 1353 and M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 7491 Maps 1 & 2
Letter from William Bligh to Sir Joseph Banks, 26 November 1805. This letter was written by Bligh several months before he sailed from England to take up his appointment as Governor of New South Wales. In it he discusses his preparations for the voyage. MLMSS 7400 Top: Sauvages de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud d’apres nature dans leur Camp pres de Sidne, 20 decembre 1819, Journals of Captain Thomas Watson on the schooner Alphonse Pellion Essington, 1838-39 and the brig Diana, 1843-44. The first journal records Watson’s voyage from Sydney to Bottom:The convict ship Marquis Cornwallis, the north coast of Australia to assist in the founding of the Balthazar Solvyn, 1793 settlement at Port Essington while the second records a voyage through the south-west Pacific in search of sandalwood. MLMSS 7563
64 major purchases
Original manuscript of A Book for Kids by C.J. Dennis, 1921. This was Dennis’ only book written for children. Included with the manuscript are the author’s corrected typescript, original artwork, letters and two sample dust jackets. MLMSS 7567
Papers of Roger Hollinrake relating to Alfred Hill, 1932–1960. Roger Hollinrake, an English organist, first met the distinguished Australian composer Alfred Hill during a visit to Sydney in 1957. This collection comprises letters and original music manuscripts for the organ which Hill subsequently sent to Hollinrake for his opinion. MLMSS 7450
Letters and postcards from Ray Mathew to Pixie O’Harris with associated material, 1954–1991. Ray Mathew was a successful expatriate Australian playwright, poet and novelist who lived in New York. Pixie O’Harris wrote and illustrated over 20 children’s books. Aside from dealing with literary matters, the letters illuminate the close friendship that existed between the two writers. MLMSS 7450
A new general chart of the world exhibiting the whole of the discoveries made by the late Captain James Cook, F.R.S … by J.S Wyld. James Wyld’s 1828 map is an updated version of William Faden’s 1787 world map recording the routes of Cook’s expeditions. This map incorporates recent discoveries in both the Arctic and the Antarctic seas, and in Australia. M2 100/1828/1
Top: Sydney Harbour Bridge during construction, 1930, with two aeroplanes, Charles Ulm’s Southern Sun & a gypsy moth, photomontage by Edward Searle for Hall & Co., Sydney 1865–1930
Bottom: Staff member Rachelle working on the Mitchell Bequest Project
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 65 Deposits & donations
Each year material received as deposits, donations and The Conserver: every drop counts: business bulletin. bequests adds to the value of the Library’s collection and Sydney South, NSW: Sydney Water, 2003-. A topical the resources available for researchers. journal to help businesses analyse their water usage and identify ways to save water and money and protect the Highlights in 2004/05: environment. Q333.9116/5 • 2116 books and 1453 journal issues were deposited Guidelines for end-of-life care and decision-making. by NSW government agencies North Sydney, NSW: Department of Health, 2005. These • 440 new electronic titles from NSW government guidelines set out a process for reaching end-of-life agencies were identified and archived decisions. Q362.17509/3 or find the link through the • 4 568 books and 7 122 journal issues including 510 WEBCAT catalogue. new titles and newspapers, posters, calendars and performance programs were received from John Hoyle’s cookery book collection. The collector commercial and private NSW publishers and bibliographer John Hoyle has compiled a major social research collection of cookery and food literature. The • donations of printed material included 72 new collection documents Australian eating habits, recipes, journal titles and 2 782 books entertaining, availability of foods, contributions of migrant • donors gave collection material in original formats communities, and the development and introduction of to the value of $111,860 technologies, such as refrigeration. Presented by John Hoyle • donations of original and printed material to the value of $163,301 were received under the Cultural Ocean shores to desert dunes: the native vegetation Gifts Program. of New South Wales and the ACT, by David Keith. Hurstville, NSW: Department of Environment and Conservation, 2004. This major work introduces the Select list of deposits and donations science of mapping and classifying vegetation and captures the diversity of the Australian landscape. 100K+. East Balmain, NSW: 100K Plus Publications Pty. NQ581.9944/12 Ltd., 2005-. A bi-weekly magazine of food, fashion, travel, recruitment, shopping, finance, property, popular culture On Austral shores: a modern traveller’s guide to the and ‘Sydney’s best executive jobs’ for those earning over European exploration of the coasts of Victoria and $100,000. Q052.09944/2 New South Wales by Trevor Lipscombe. Annandale, NSW: Envirobook, 2005. Readers are guided through Archibald Prize [website] This website lists all winners coastal areas in New South Wales and Victoria named or of the Archibald Prize and includes a short biography of described by James Cook, Matthew Flinders, George Bass J. F. Archibald who established the annual art prize. and other early European explorers while learning how It outlines the history of the competition and the these areas have changed since European discovery. controversies that have raged over the selection of the Q919.404/37 winner. Find the link through the WEBCAT catalogue. Retail technology. Glebe, NSW: Intermedia Group, AWABA [website] A database and guide to the history, 2004-. This journal for the Australian retailer presents culture and language of the Indigenous peoples of the information about technological innovations and Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of NSW. Over 100 automation in the retail trade. It shows how technology documents and materials about the Awabakal people and and e-business can improve sales, save costs and locate their language are available with contributions from stock. Q658.0546/1 locally-based scholars, writers and community leaders. Find the link through the WEBCAT catalogue. Sydney Jewish Museum [website]. The Sydney Jewish Museum focuses on Jewish life from the first days of Circus in Australia: its origins and development to European settlement in Australia. Its website provides 1856. Mark St Leon. Penshurst, NSW: Mark St Leon & experiences to lead to understanding the Holocaust. Associates, 2005. The travelling circus played an important Voices of those who lived through the Shoah are role in Australia in the late 19th and 20th centuries and combined with text, audiovisual displays, primary source reflected Australian life over more than 150 years. It includes materials, and authentic images. Find the link through the images of playbills and documents from the Mitchell Library WEBCAT catalogue. collection. Q791.30994/11 World Youth Report 2003. The global situation of young people. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2004. This report contributes to the development of strategies that give young people everywhere an opportunity to become independent and responsible global citizens. NQ305.242/2 or find the link through the WEBCAT catalogue.
66 Deposits & donations
Yesterday’s tomorrows: the Powerhouse Museum and its precursors 1880–2005. Edited by Graeme Davison and Kimberley Webber. Haymarket, NSW: Powerhouse Publishing in association with UNSW Press, 2005. Published on the occasion of the Museum’s 125th anniversary, this book traces the many stories about people, objects and events that have shaped the institution and its collection. M Q069.09944/14
Collection of posters produced by the National Portrait Gallery. Canberra, ACT: National Portrait Gallery, 1999–2004. Fifteen posters from recent exhibitions featuring well-known Australians including Ian Thorpe and Barry Humphries. POSTERS 1804/1-15
Significant newspaper donations Five Dock Recorder. Parramatta, NSW, Oct.–Dec. 1922; Feb. 1925 to Feb. 1975. Donated by Canada Bay Library. TN716
Review Pictorial. Auburn, NSW. 1960. Donated by Auburn Library. TN478
Area News. Griffith, NSW. Sept. 1929 – Aug. 1969. Donated by Griffith City Library. BN257
Seven newspapers first published in 2004/05 were received on Legal Deposit including Epoch Times, Urdu Post Australia, Newcastle Extra, Lower Hunter Weekend Star, South Western Rural Advertiser, Tweed Mail, and Coolangatta/Tweed Border Mail.
Top: Bullock’s Museum, watercolour drawings of the Platypus Anatinus, artist unknown, 1814
Bottom: Corroboree, William Curtis, April 1847
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 67 Deposits & donations
Original materials Architectural plans by Hugh Buhrich. Buhrich, who Papers of Sydney Levine relating to dentistry, died in 2004, fled Germany before World War II to escape 1800–2003. After service with the AIF Dental Unit during persecution, before eventually settling in Australia. His World War II, Sydney Levine returned to private practice in inventive modernism, learned in Europe but largely Sydney. In 1965 he became a full-time lecturer at Sydney practised in Sydney, is now attracting critical attention. University. His papers document his long and varied career This collection of 3500 plans reveals the extent of his and also reflect his deep interest in 19th century design oeuvre from the early 1940s through to the 1980s. Australian dental history. Presented by Mrs Helen Bersten. Presented by Neil & Clive Buhrich. ML 04/1012 MLMSS 7512
Collection of Australian art exhibition and gallery Letters of Walter Gassner, 1938–1976. During World catalogues and bookplates, 1901–2004. This collection War II Walter Gassner, an Austrian refugee, was interned comprises 1100 art catalogues including solo and group as an enemy alien in Southern NSW. In these letters to exhibition catalogues from private galleries, catalogues family and friends he writes about this experience as well and books from state and regional galleries, exhibition as his life in Europe before he migrated to Australia and catalogues from art prizes and overseas catalogues of his life there after the war. Presented by Shannus Australian artists. It includes 33 bookplates by artists such O’Sullivan. MLMSS 7455 as Lloyd Rees, Brett Whiteley and John Coburn. Presented by Pat Corrigan AM. ML 812/01; PXA 1060 Papers of actress Kerry Walker concerning her friendship with Patrick White, 1913, 1979–2004. Medals presented to Mina Wylie. Mina Wylie was This collection includes cards and letters from White to one of Australia’s first female Olympic swimming Walker, annotated typescripts of the White plays in which representatives. Wylie competed at the Stockholm Walker had roles, Walker’s reminiscences about White, Olympics in 1912, and in 1911, 1922 and 1924 she won two recipes in White’s hand and a silver egg cup and every Australian and NSW swimming championship in spoon engraved ‘Paddy 25.12.13’. This last item was freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke. This collection presented to White on his baptism. Presented by Ms Kerry of medals and badges represents her long career, and Walker. MLMSS 7566 includes the silver medal she won for the 100 metres freestyle at Stockholm. Presented by John Wylie. R 956. Interviews for Forged by War: Australians in combat and back home, Gina Lennox. Recorded interviews Pearson’s cyclist’s and traveller’s road map of New conducted by eminent historian and writer Gina Lennox South Wales, a map by J. Pearson, published by for her recently published book, Forged by War: H.E.C. Robinson in 1923. A folded road map of New Australians in combat and back home. It is a rare and South Wales from Murwillumbah to Bourke to Orbost. frank insight into the realities of combat and its effect on It shows road distances, degree of undulation, accommodation participants when they returned to their families. and doubtful tracks and roads, with detailed inset diagrams. Presented by Thea Farnham. MC 810/1923/2 Engineers Australia, oral history collection. Over 200 hours of recorded interviews with active Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology 5 map set and retired engineers have been added to the Library’s 2005. Average daily sunshine in Australian capital cities; significant holding from this professional group. This Average daily 3pm relative humidity in Australian capital collection includes interviews with the Sydney and Monaro cities; Average monthly rainfall in Australian capital cities; groups, and with engineers who worked at BMC Leyland. Average daily maximum temperatures in Australian capital cities; Average daily minimum temperatures in Australian capital cities. Presented by Bill Stinson.
Letters of William and Eliza Oxley, 1839–1842. William Oxley, an assisted immigrant and his wife Eliza, describe their lives at Richmond NSW in letters to his brother James in England. William held a position as a farm overseer and Eliza worked as a schoolmistress. Presented by Ms Vivien Parker. MLMSS 7462
68 Additions to the collection
Additions at a glance 2004/05
Number of items added this year 80,876 (excluding manuscripts) Linear metres of manuscripts acquired this year 192.78 Current serial titles (physical formats) 13,897 Full-text online serial titles 19,556 Web publications preserved 633 Pages, pictorial images digitised 22,092
State Reference Library additions
Additions 02/03 Additions 03/04 Additions 04/05 Total at 30.6.05 Monograph volumes 11,825 12,587 12,923 941,518 Bound serials 6 152 6 162 6 545 471,064 Newspaper volumes 547 776 802 53,678 Microforms 16,939 17,900 14,204 1, 018,579 Computer files 430 347 -91 7,912 Audiovisual material 461 606 176 34,114 Vertical file material 25,440 Rare Books and Special Collections 35 6 1 25,157 Donald MacPherson Collection 4 643 Shakespeare Tercentenary Library 30 39 10 5 578 Multicultural Service -1 950 2 287 337 63,609 Disability Access Service 305 -540 962 20,864
Mitchell Library additions
Additions 02/03 Additions 03/04 Additions 04/05 Total at 30.6.05 Monograph volumes 8 642 10,475 9 207 377,765 Bound serials 2 166 2 877 2 468 170,489 Sheet music 52 33 54 22,261 Microforms 3 978 2 017 1 858 155,957 Computer files 60 45 7 407 Audiovisual material 0 0 0 590 Posters 344 188 188 8 402 Bookjackets 462 434 352 21,926 Ephemera 1 377 1 208 1 037 106,047 Manuscripts (in linear metres) 127.44 169.42 192.78 10,859.20 Oral history (in hours) 335 506 755 8 734 Maps - Individual 310 556 486 20,118 - Series sheets 165 190 49 78,689 - Aperture cards 0 0 90 71,921 Pictures - Paintings 20 23 33 2 081 - Prints and drawings 1 075 1 076 2 396 126,790 - Realia 190 34 83 3 016 - Photographs and negatives 26,534 13,579 25,196 1,114,548 Architectural plans 725 2190 1503 108,922
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 69 additions to the collections
Dixson Library (a closed collection)
Additions 02/03 Additions 03/04 Additions 04/05 Total at 30.6.05 Monographs and bound serials 0 0 0 20,970 Manuscripts (in linear metres) 0 0 0 42.9 Pictures - Portfolios 0 0 0 205 - Single items 0 0 0 1 581 Maps 0 0 0 1 082 Realia 0 0 0 268 Coins, tokens, medals 0 0 0 8 156 Paper currency 0 0 0 800 Postage stamps 0 0 0 9 707
Selected totals at a glance
Monographs and bound serials 2,084,900 Manuscripts (in linear metres) 10,902.1 Maps 171,810 Pictures and photographs 1,245,205 Microforms 1,174,536 Audiovisual materials 50,461 Computer files 8 319
Above: The Macquarie Collector’s Chest, made in Newcastle c. 1818, was commissioned by James Wallis (see p. 63 for more information).
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Public library grants & subsidies
Photograph by Nick Kreisler Allocation of public library funds
In 2004/05, the Minister for the Arts approved the E. Library development grants: 16% allocation of $22,421,550 in grants and subsidies to local Grants are approved by the Minister for the Arts on authorities according to the Library Act 1939, the Library the recommendation of the Library Council for the Regulation 2000 and the 1990 Funding Formula. following purposes:
a) $145,500 allocated to the Royal Blind Society b) $2,115,000 allocated to Library Development Grants, a competitive grant program for the purpose of improving library services (See part F below and p. 73) c) $331,405 allocated to cooperative and networking activities supported by the Library Council. A further $116,595 was allocated from the balance of the funding, making a total of $448,000 for co-operative and networking activities (2% of total funds): • $82,000 – Multicultural Purchasing Cooperative • $2 000 – email and website support • $20,000 – Interlibrary Loan Van Subsidy • $78,000 – statewide network • $81,000 – professional development • $95,000 – statistics database • $90,000 – research projects. F. Additional funding The Minister for the Arts approved additional funding as follows: • $1,940,000 allocated to NSW.net for statewide connectivity for public libraries • a further $1,250,000 allocated for Library Top: Riverina regional mobile library Development Grants in addition to E(b) above, of Bottom: Griffith Library children’s area, mural by Jenny Forster which $35,032 was distributed as part of the subsidy payments as described in A, B and C above • a further $64,041 was distributed as part of the subsidy payments as described in A, B and C above. $16,570,250 was allocated through the 1990 Funding Formula as follows: G. Special Purpose Grants A. Base grant: 5% Special Purpose Grants under the categories of technology, building, collections, research and promotion, $828,512 allocated equally to councils that comply with were made to local authorities providing library services. the Library Act 1939 These grants have three components: 1. Local special projects funds (see part D above) B. Population grant: 69.5% 2. $250,000 for collections $11,516,324 allocated according to population figures published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as 3. $2,158,000 in additional funding in 2003 and Preliminary Estimates 2004.
C. Disability loadings: 4.5% Local Special Project and Collections funds are allocated $745,661 allocated according to each council’s weighted equally to all local authorities providing public library population derived from the NSW Local Government services. The third component is allocated using the base, Grants Commission disability factors for isolation 1.5%; population and disability components of the 1990 population distribution 1.5%; and demographic Funding Formula (see parts A, B, and C above). composition 1.5%. H. State Library services for public libraries D. Local special projects: 5% $132,000 allocated to State Library services to support $828,512 allocated equally to all eligible councils under the provision of public library services to local authorities the Special Purpose Grants (See part G below)
72 Library development grants 2004/05
Council Project Amount Recommended $ Albury New Albury Library: Cultural Hub 200,000 Ashfield User/Non-User Research Project 59,650 Ballina Disability Support – Kurzweil 3000 3 534 Barraba Barraba Library Carpet and Shelving 12,484 Bathurst Connecting to sight & Sound: Books in Large Print, DVDs & Audio Books on CD 30,000 Bega Valley Bermagui Community Centre & Branch Library 200,000 Berrigan Lovers of Large Print 75,000 Blue Mountains Patron Self Check Units 83,733 Boorowa South West Slopes Library Service 67,000 Broken Hill The Outback Letterbox Library Service 94,900 Camden Fit Out for the New Narellan Library 200,000 Campbelltown CALD Collection 93,000 Carrathool Reproducing History 12,465 Eurobodalla Imagine That! Enriching Eurobodalla and Bega Valley Fiction Collections 37,500 Fairfield Window to the Past 57,872 Fairfield Multilingual Glossary Project 37,000 Great Lakes Enhancement of Forster Library 27,210 Greater Taree Resources for Aged and Housebound 25,188 Gundagai Extension and Upgrade of Library 200,000 Holroyd Getting Graphic: Graphic Novels at Holroyd 6 750 Inverell Website Development and Online Catalogue 45,782 Kempsey Fiction for Grownups 60,000 Kiama Extensions to Kiama Library Building 189,100 Ku-Ring-Gai Tell Me How: A Non-User Survey 31,500 Kyogle Establishment of DVD Collection 15,282 Leeton Breathing Out at Leeton Library 200,000 Liverpool Library Information Kiosks 51,477 Manly More Work and Less Play 7 156 Marrickville Library Management System Functional Enhancement 133,100 Mosman Mosman Library Wired for Youth 4 594 Muswellbrook Moving to the Times – Collection Rejuvenation 75,000 Narrabri Extending the Horizon 200,000 Narrandera Caught in Time – Historic Photographs 13,174 Newcastle Digitisation: Rare Books and Pictures 25,229 Parramatta Technology Learning Centres 86,893 Penrith PCL Market Research Project 45,035 Pittwater Teenscene: New Look YA Collection 18,160 Port Stephens Port Stephens Library Review 34,500 Randwick Chinese Resources for a Growing Community 35,000 Richmond Valley Resources for Youth 12,321 Sutherland First Steps: A Lapsit Program 9 658 Tenterfield Catalogue on the Web 7 234 Warringah Accessible Integrated Library 43,100 Weddin Improving Service by Improving LP 4,814 Wellington Time to Grow 199,988 Wingecarribee Beyond Books: Stocking Options 58,585 Wollongong Central Library Revitalisation Project 200,000 Total 3,329,968
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 73 Public library subsidies, special purpose grants & voted expenditure
Council Subsidy 2004/05 $ Special purpose grant Total expenditure Per head 2004/05**$ voted July 2004 to $ June 2005 $ Albury 88,376 22,559 1,406,000 30.11 Armidale Dumaresq 48,189 14,256 761,301 30.85 Ashfield 76,414 18,993 1,117,338 27.71# Auburn 117,311 25,730 2,193,400 35.88 Ballina 75,615 18,817 976,600 24.87 Balranald 11,818 8 033 73,236 26.53 Bankstown 322,849 60,157 5,300,138 30.37 Bathurst 72,775 24,216 1,006,634 27.71 Baulkham Hills 285,818 52,599 4,259,407 27.57 Bega Valley 69,946 17,552 783,770 24.88 Bellingen Shire 31,941 11,334 311,950 24.40 Berrigan 23,341 9 900 598,000 73.27 Blacktown 514,682 91,866 28,066,641 102.71* Bland 21,375 9 539 254,888 38.60 Blayney 17,500 9 037 108,694 16.34 Blue Mountains 147,712 30,797 1,467,094 18.94 Bogan 12,303 8 121 150,863 48.42 Bombala 10,972 7 910 81,200 31.57 Boorowa 9 996 7 775 48,790 19.92 Botany 71,264 18,129 1,277,100 34.08 Bourke 16,858 8 770 191,010 48.50 Brewarrina 11,716 7 978 71,500 33.30 Broken Hill 49,069 14,099 866,576 41.93 Burwood 59,958 16,206 1,057,947 34.32 Byron 60,260 16,217 988,200 32.50 Cabonne 29,293 10,978 165,099 13.08 Camden 94,809 22,008 9,885,704 199.91*** Campbelltown 278,590 52,345 5,808,280 38.57 Canada Bay 119,641 26,102 1,130,050 17.47 Canterbury 253,790 48,552 3,792,000 27.97 Carrathool 13,987 8 354 152,357 45.90 Cessnock 92,658 21,618 1,014,600 21.21 Clarence Valley 116,845 43,001 392,145 7.93 Cobar 19,153 9 146 238,805 47.05 Coffs Harbour 121,194 27,045 1,289,610 19.80 Conargo 8 945 7 594 43,978 24.35 Coolamon 13,138 8 296 79,450 19.36 Cooma-Monaro 24,640 10,325 301,529 31.26 Coonamble 16,415 8,767 143,511 30.16 Cootamundra 20,525 9 496 202,860 26.67 Corowa 28,499 12,653 189,200 17.20 Cowra 30,448 11,161 254,965 19.45 Deniliquin 23,525 9 932 229,826 27.76 Dubbo 75,190 18,740 658,775 16.92 Dungog 21,046 9 619 178,939 21.23 Eurobodalla 75,794 18,571 987,825 27.99
74 Public library subsidies, special purpose grants & voted expenditure
Council Subsidy 2004/05 $ Special purpose grant Total expenditure Per head 2004/05**$ voted July 2004 to $ June 2005 $ Fairfield 353,417 65,113 3,987,951 21.16 Forbes 25,387 10,298 165,000 16.34 Gilgandra 14,379 8 501 137,596 29.03 Glen Innes Severn 28,702 16,951 262,177 29.65 Gloucester 15,210 8 621 178,926 36.43 Gosford 303,445 56,847 4,769,724 29.35 Goulburn Mulwaree 55,903 20,325 531,327 19.74 Great Lakes 72,450 18,019 1,260,000 37.53 Greater Hume 31,790 20,202 306,226 30.41 Greater Taree 87,862 20,855 830,600 18.14 Griffith 53,923 15,010 522,475 21.09 Gundagai 12,712 8 219 118,260 31.32 Gunnedah 28,791 10,860 293,630 24.11 Guyra 13,923 8 422 99,103 22.24 Gwydir 23,710 17,139 125,250 22.38 Harden 13,031 8 262 77,650 20.41 Hastings 128,870 27,733 1,942,883 28.38 Hawkesbury 124,192 26,800 1,607,979 25.24 Hay 14,513 8 440 94,223 26.32 Holroyd 167,486 34,129 2,313,214 25.55 Hornsby 288,546 53,473 4,145,460 26.58 Hunters Hill 28,649 10,966 472,200 34.49 Hurstville 139,176 29,386 4,684,999 62.28 Inverell 36,009 12,067 701,963 44.49 Jerilderie 9 142 7 626 70,570 37.28 Junee 16,116 8 805 139,979 23.76 Kempsey 56,582 15,564 748,833 26.89 Kiama 40,990 13,019 736,140 36.34 Kogarah 99,872 22,960 1,425,938 26.52 Ku-Ring-Gai 201,206 39,210 3,502,299 32.20 Kyogle 23,970 10,085 218,818 22.62 Lachlan 24,504 10,005 199,840 26.73 Lake Macquarie 351,309 64,885 10,971,000 58.00 Lane Cove 60,599 16,387 2,022,607 62.68 Leeton 30,972 11,155 251,165 20.90 Leichhardt 94,561 21,939 1,712,007 33.49 Lismore 80,224 19,674 974,200 22.63 Lithgow 42,635 13,643 1,042,568 50.38 Liverpool 317,371 58,872 5,083,228 30.69 Liverpool Plains 22,344 12,656 158,500 19.94 Lockhart 12,236 8 141 75,901 21.42 Maitland 110,928 24,750 1,295,951 21.99 Manly 71,999 18,319 2,170,302 55.84 Marrickville 140,583 29,563 3,773,180 49.65 Mid-Western 54,240 22,001 732,935 32.58 Moree Plains 42,234 12,903 667,109 41.30
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 75 Public library subsidies, special purpose grants & voted expenditure
Council Subsidy 2004/05 $ Special purpose grant Total expenditure Per head 2004/05**$ voted July 2004 to $ June 2005 $ Mosman 53,515 15,187 1,875,966 66.59## Murray 19,904 9 338 94,338 14.58 Murrumbidgee 11,058 7 926 21,275 8.04# Muswellbrook 34,496 11,836 808,305 8.04**** Nambucca 39,518 12,684 509,200 28.07 Narrabri 35,050 11,847 255,020 17.73 Narrandera 19,047 9 238 244,455 36.82 Narromine 18,837 9 238 292,636 41.56 Newcastle 267,094 49,736 6,750,052 46.75 North Sydney 111,076 24,579 6,430,140 107.10### Oberon 15,347 9 010 163,048 30.33 Orange 71,345 18,143 1,647,510 43.90 Palerang 29,285 15,783 265,100 23.65 Parkes 34,671 11,844 533,939 35.43 Parramatta 275,680 51,705 5,580,000 37.45 Penrith 329,731 61,285 4,540,835 25.48 Pittwater 105,134 23,773 2,947,114 51.86 Port Stephens 121,165 26,249 1,305,548 21.27 Queanbeyan 69,978 18,775 800,062 22.23 Randwick 233,089 44,450 4,341,307 34.46 Richmond Valley 44,981 13,765 398,800 19.01 Rockdale 174,187 35,217 2,726,610 28.96 Ryde 184,086 36,560 5,719,200 57.48 Shellharbour 114,633 25,411 1,327,757 21.56 Shoalhaven 180,918 36,018 2,544,106 28.06 Singleton 44,573 13,585 2,331,134 107.28 Snowy River 22,319 9 711 132,510 18.09 Strathfield 58,898 16,027 1,052,824 34.84 Sutherland 397,905 70,871 4,771,310 22.18 Sydney 261,473 55,589 7,049,612 49.88***** Tamworth 120,210 48,742 1,334,377 24.61 Temora 17,966 9 074 212,585 33.71 Tenterfield 20,615 9 453 296,500 43.57 Tumbarumba 13,294 8 365 99,014 26.83 Tumut 28,136 10,841 341,890 29.25 Tweed 157,479 32,122 1,860,150 23.77 Upper Hunter 39,497 21,981 441,868 33.17 Upper Lachlan 23,676 15,712 243,466 32.26 Uralla 16,272 8 835 140,830 23.37 Urana 7 947 7 438 33,871 23.95 Wagga Wagga 106,513 24,060 1,361,097 23.78 Wakool 18,569 9 055 120,765 24.86 Walcha 11,857 8 074 56,715 17.25 Walgett 27,515 10,447 190,072 23.16 Warren 12,551 8 165 152,556 46.20 Warringah 254,656 47,641 3,065,962 22.27
76 Public library subsidies, special purpose grants & voted expenditure
Council Subsidy 2004/05 $ Special purpose grant Total expenditure Per head 2004/05**$ voted July 2004 to $ June 2005 $ Warrumbungle 34,823 17,872 217,068 20.35 Waverley 115,237 25,306 3,834,297 61.56 Weddin 13,403 8,311 145,557 38.15 Wellington 21,845 9,743 179,674 20.62 Wentworth 20,543 9,472 517,544 71.10 Willoughby 116,866 25,678 2,810,100 44.48 Wingecarribee 84,761 20,326 1,788,100 40.68 Wollondilly 80,124 19,444 891,057 22.36 Wollongong 354,464 64,684 7,901,928 41.24 Woollahra 98,664 22,655 2,681,428 50.28 Wyong 261,415 49,865 3,303,435 23.55 Yass Valley 29,405 13,116 243,484 19.96 Young 29,398 10,943 223,647 18.79
In 2004/05 the number of local government authorities receiving State Government funding for public library services reduced from 171 to 151 as a result of amalgamations and boundary changes.
# excluding depreciation ## including depreciation ### includes $1,557,644 of S94 money * includes capital expenses for a new library building ** includes Local Special Project, Collection funding and Additional State funding *** includes $7,921,321 capital expenses (Narellan Library) **** includes capital expenses for library extension ***** includes $1,170,000 capital expenses
Left: Barooga Branch, Berrigan Shire Library Service
Right: Opening of the new Lithgow Library Learning Centre by the Premier, the Hon. Bob Carr MP
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 77 Staff snapshots
I was a member of the building committee which was responsible for the restoration and renovation of the Mitchell Reading Room in 2001. The architectural design of the space still really inspires me. I look forward to 2010 when we celebrate the centenary of the Mitchell Library!
Saraj Mughal, Manager, IT Operations, eLibrary Services
I love the original Mitchell stack with its glass and marble floors, adjustable steel shelves, timber cabinetry, wrought and cast iron stair etc. It was one of the earliest parts of the current buildings to be completed and fitted out, and one of the very few with a seemingly uninterrupted history of having remained true to both its original form and function. As a designer working in such a temporal discipline, it serves as an enduring reminder of the value of honest design.
Martin Wale, Exhibition Designer, Events & Exhibitions
If you ask me what I like most about the Library, it’s my work. I’m a sleuth on a never-ending quest to complete our newspaper collection because I want your great grandchildren to have every copy of every NSW newspaper at their fingertips. That quest to identify unknown newspapers leads me up many avenues — from state libraries and local historical societies to backyard sheds and papers left behind on bus seats. I look backward to preserve for the future.
Kay Hynes, Newspaper Librarian, Collection Services
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Janette Abonado Kerrie Burgess Sau Foster Dana Kahabka Laura Molino Anatta Abrahams Gregory Burns Leonarda Franco Lilianna Kalinowska Rosemary Moon Oriana Acevedo David Butler Mee-Ling Fung Niki Kallenberger Abel Morales Martha Agudelo Andrea Calleia Vincent Godfrey Dot Karakatsis Janice Morley Barbara Ahrens Jason Cameron Orlando Godinez Nelly Karatzetzos Cameron Morley Michael Alchin Mary Cannataci Edward Goldsmith Angela Karpathios Kathleen Morrison Marie Alcorn Wendy Cao Aaron Goldsworthy Chuck Kavalec Jon Morrison Kathleen Alexander Grace Carmona Katarina Golik Assiye Keskin Britta Mortensen Jeoffrey Alexander Guy Caron Raji Gopalan Hea Kim Saraj Mughal Steven Alford Andrew Carr Charles Gordon Daniel King Susan Mulquin Victoria Anderson Chris Carr Nina Gosford Allison Kingscote Daniel Murcutt James Andrighetti Amanda Chahine Perry Goulder Nicholas Kreisler Robin Murray Louise Anemaat David Chan Cheryl Grant Therese Lake Manjula Naidu Tegan Anthes Susan Chapman Emma Gray Geoffrey Large Hatta Nazar Ruth Arentz Matthew Chapman Denis Green Maryanne Larkin Judy Nelson Philippa Armfield Lisa Charleston Catherine Greiss Meredith Lawn Peter Nelsson Lucy Arundell Richard Chester Ganga Guentner Kevin Leamon Richard Neville Megan Atkins Alexander Chew Panya Guex Alexandra Lean Lang Ngo Connie Attard Belinda Christie Pascale Guillaume Patricia Leen Mike Nguyen Gabrielle Avery Elizabeth Chylewski Sudhi Gupta Graeme Leith Phong Nguyen Suzane Ayoub Ben Clark Gail Guyatt Simon Leong Lily Nguyen Iris Ayoub Helen Clark Hans Hagen Emanuel Lieberfreund Vee Nguyen Joyce Azzopardi Janice Clark Helen Halfpenny Jane Little Anie Nheu Thomas Bailey Noel Clifton Catherine Hammer Kong Liu Valerie Noake Rajesh Bandar Joe Coelho Simon Handfield Susan Lloyd Wilma Norris David Barclay Sarah Condie Rosie Handley Suvapan Lo Barry Nunn Abdul Barekzai Bronwyn Coop Christopher Hannan Lisa Loader Jennifer O’Callaghan Phillipa Barlow Leanne Cooper Ingrid Hansen Jonathan London Thomas O’Connor Cathryn Bartley Richard Corey Moira Harper Jana Longauer Jessica O’Donnell Kirk Beattie Anthony Corral Helen Harrison Kathy Loukakis Kate O’Grady Martin Beckett Maria Correa Cecilia Harvey Stephen Lucca Leo Omodei Sue Beckett Helen Cumming Susan Hawksford Clive Luk Cheng Ong Steven Bell Andrea Curr Robynne Hayward May Ly Jane Owen Susan Bellenger Margaret Daly Lynnette Hewitt Ross Macbeth Zoe Panayi Helen Benacek Veronica Dartnell Mark Hildebrand Aneta Magoulas Vincent Panetta Suzanne Bennett Alan Davies Mark Hinde Paul Mak Maria Paranomos David Berg Janice Davies Warwick Hirst Suzanne Mallon Susan Parkinson David Berry Daniel Day Edith Ho Heather Mansell Daniel Parsa Jennifer Berryman Rachelle De Casanove Andrew Hogan Helen Manu Nichola Parshall Kinga Biedronska Desmond De Mello Wendy Holz David Marsay Margaret Patton Lynne Billington Josephine De Monchaux Danielle Hopkin Stephan Marshall Timothy Peach Predrag Bjekic Aileen Dean-Raschilla Darren Hopton Stephen Martin Ian Pederson Margaret Bjork Raouf Debsie Cassandra Houlcroft Daniele Martin Margarita Peloche Rachael Blackbourn Jane Deen Mary Hounslow Virginia Mason Briony Pemberton Rosemary Block Anne Doherty Janice Howie Karin Matas Brendan Peppard Marisa Boffo Joanne Drogitis Teresa Hughes Gillian McAllister Helen Perry Malgorzata Bojanowski Elaine D’Silva Lien Hung Diana McBain Leanne Perry Vanessa Bond Marissa Duncan Charles Hunt Gabriel McCann Donald Peters Martin Bongiorno Lyndell Dunne Kay Hynes Peter McDonald Kate Pollard Ania Boniecki Arthur Easton Nada Ilic Greg McDonald David Pollock Daniel Boreland Elise Edmonds Tracey Issitt Maggie McElhill Royce Propert Dennis Boyd Christine Edwards Dianne Jackson Renee McGann Christine Pryke Tony Bramble Jennifer Elgueta Melissa Jackson Jeffery McGowan Vener Puno Kathleen Bresnahan Elizabeth Ellis Lynne James Craig McIlwain Winnie Pun-Wong Ronald Briggs Nicole Ellis Gregory James Elizabeth McKibbin Gerry Quach Anna-Louise Brooks Cameron Emerson-Elliott Kaye James Julie McPhee John Ramnac Karen Broome Anthony Estorffe Pat Johnson Jason McPherson Taran Rana Jennifer Broomhead Cheryl Evans Jane Johnson Anne Meek Laura Ravalico Jerelynn Brown Christopher Fagan Gwenda Johnston Susan Mercer Eve Rebhun Suzette Brunati Christine Fam David Jones Michael Merrigan Penuel Reed Paul Brunton Alice Farrell Sarah Jones Ivan Mihalic Penny Reid Catherine Bryant Michael Fegan Annette Jordan Bob Milinovic Bridget Reilly Lea Buchanan Karen Flynn Catherine Joseph Shauna Miller Diana Richards Jeanell Buckley Ellen Forsyth Mylee Joseph Susanne Moir Margot Riley
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Linda Roberts Shirley Walker Carolyn Ross Kenneth Walker Aubrey Ross-Clift Jacqui Ware Agata Rostek-Robak Colin Warner Marion Roubos-Bennett Angela Watts Edwina Rudd Therese Weiss Stephanie Salazar Linda West Sue Salvaggio Lenore Whalan Christine Samuels Mark Wheadon Dagmar Schmidmaier Maggie White Robert Scott Avryl Whitnall Joanne Searle Malgorzata Wiatrak Renata Shabanz Maria Wiemers George Shamayil Catherine Williams Nuala Sharpe Timothy Williams Binam Shivakotee Katie Wilson Julie Short Jannette Witcombe Rhonda Shorter Karen Wood Iva Simcic Julie Wood James Sinclair Robert Woodley Saras Singh Andrew Woodward Susan Sitku John Wright Karen Small Min Xiao Leon Smoliar Angela Yam Durgesh Soni Andrew Yates Kathi Spinks Jiasong Ye Josef Stejskal Safwan Zabalawi Mark Stevenson Rosanna Zettel Emma Stockburn Yin Zhang Kerry Sullivan Gordon Swarbrick Ania Szafjanska Elly Tan Lesley Targ Alan Tasker Gail Taylor Bernadette Taylor Susan Thomas Elin Thomas Catherine Thomson Nandu Thundatil Jennifer Timms Jim Tindall Rhonda Tisdell Vanessa Tracey Jenny Tran Nishi Tripathi Josef Trunecke Patricia Turner Grazyna Tydda Barbara Tylman Laura Van Manen Yvette Vartuli Helen Vasilevski Philip Verner Edward Vesterberg Top: Staff members who attended the IPAA CEO & Craig Vial Young Professional’s Breakfast in 2005 Diana Virgils Centre and bottom: staff members working on the Silvana Volpato Mitchell Bequest project Scott Wajon Sue Walden Martin Wale
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Foundation Dr Douglass G Seaton Mr James S Millner AM & Philanthropist Sydney Mechanics’ Mrs Jean P Millner Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation School of Arts NSW Nurses Association Miss Jean Garling Thyne Reid Charitable Trust The Hon Mahla Pearlman AO Dr Ruth S Kerr OAM Sir Arthur Weller CBE & Reckitt Benckiser (Australia) Lady Weller Nelson Meers Foundation Mr John B Reid AO Nestlé Australia Ltd Foundation Benefactor Miss Ruth G Robertson Commonwealth Bank Mrs E Sternberg Foundation (formerly State Bank of NSW) Taylor’s Wines Life Governor CSR Limited Ms Sue Thomas Ian & Helen McLachlan Trust Mr Hugh & Mr Leo & Mrs Heather Tutt Mr Harold Schultz Mrs Patricia Dixson Mr Bret Walker SC Mr & Mrs EPT Simpson Mr John B Fairfax AM Mr James Walker Foundation Mr Edward Gilly Westpac Banking Corporation Life Benefactor Mrs Maurine Goldston- Mr Robert J White AO Morris OAM Sir Ron Brierley Mimi B Hurley Foundation Fellow Mr James O Fairfax AO Macquarie Bank Ltd Alexander Tzannes Associates John T Reid Charitable Trusts Pty Ltd Mrs Alice & Mr Howard J Lewis & Mr Conrad Oppen Emeritus Professor Mrs Beryl J Lewis JP Derek J Anderson Dr Alex Robertson St George Bank Limited & Ms Dorothy Peake Mrs P R Andrews Vincent Fairfax Family Rio Tinto and Rio Tinto Mr Henry Badgery Foundation Aboriginal Foundation & Mrs Peta Badgery Mr Milton & Ms Meg Stewart Ms Lucy Bantermalis Mrs Helen Whitmont Miss Mary M Strettles Dr Charles S Barnes & Mrs Beverly Barnes Foundation Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Mr Jim Barrett Governor Benefactor Corporation Dr J M Bennett Mr Robert O Albert AO RFD RD Wesfarmers Dalgety Ltd Mr William D Blackshaw The Hon Franca Arena AM Mr & Mrs Peter Willcox Mr W & Mrs Nan Blanshard Mr J K Bain AM Mr James D Wolfensohn AO & Mrs Janette Bain Dr Kevin F Bleasel AO Foundation & Mrs Marianne Bleasel BHP Billiton Senior Fellow Mr Julian & Brambles Industries Limited Miss Jean M Allen Mrs Rosemary Block Mr Kevin W Hewitt AMA Charitable Foundation Mr Alexander Boyarsky Macquarie Bank Foundation Mr W R Arnott Bridge Oil Ltd Medical Benefits Fund Ms Maxine Brodie of Australia Limited Black & White Committee Mr Mark D I Burrows Moran Health Care Ms Yvonne D Buchanan May Group Pty Ltd Cadry’s Handwoven Rugs Mr W I Burrows Top: Belinda Hutchinson, Tasman Storey Harry & Penelope Seidler Mrs Wendy E Clarke Caltex Oil (Australia) Pty Ltd and Lucy Arundell Mr David Mr Ray & Mrs June Cooper Father Edmund Campion & Mrs Tricia Sherbon CSC Australia Ltd Mr Michael Canavan Centre: Ken Bloxsam being inducted into The Synthesis Consulting Mr Sam & Mrs Janet Cullen Dr John Christian AO & Group Pty Ltd Mrs Helen Christian AM the Library Circle with Belinda Hutchinson Mrs Rowena Danziger AM Dr Frederick B Clarke Foundation Major & Mr Ken G Coles AM Bottom: The Hon. Mahla Pearlman AO Ms Shirley A Colless Benefactor Mr Ian W Dickson and Millie Mills Mrs Alison Cox OAM Mr Ian & Mrs Hanne Angus Mrs Sarah M Dingwell Mrs Dorothy Craig Mrs Sibilla Baer The Hon Mr Justice Rae Else-Mitchell CMG QC Dr Alison Crook AO Mr Ken Bloxsom GIO Australia Mr Peter Crossing Dr Geoffrey Cains Neville & Leila Govett Mrs Barbara Coles Myer Ltd Mr David S Greatorex AO & Mr John Dalton Gordon Darling Foundation Mr Laurence Halloran Mr Colin & Mrs R Dean Mr Martin Dickson Howard Smith Limited Mr Michael S Diamond AM MBE Esso Australia Mr John Hoyle Professor Dexter Dunphy Graham & Charlene Mrs Jean Edgecombe OAM Bradley Foundation Mr John Iremonger Mrs Zeny Edwards Mrs Barbara E Hudson Mr R J Lamble AO & Mrs Joan McClung Mr John Eldershaw Ms Belinda Hutchinson The Hon David Levine Lady (Vincent) Fairfax OBE James Hardie Industries Ltd RFD QC Ms Suzanne Falkiner McDonald’s Australia Ltd Lady Loewenthal Mr Brian C France AM Mr B G & Mrs Rachel O’Conor Ms Annette Macarthur- & Mrs Philippa France Qantas Airways Limited Onslow Reader’s Digest (Australia) R McDonald Luger Pty Ltd Media Monitors Australia Pty Ltd Joy Storie
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Mr Anthony Gan NCR Australia Pty Ltd Mr J A Gilbert AM Mr Kenneth Neale Mr Malcolm & Ms Tania Nesbitt Mrs Margaret Goldfinch Ms Marion & Mr David M Gonski AO Mr Ray Nicolson Mr Geoffrey R Graham Optus Communications Pty Ltd Mrs Marie J Gray OzEmail Limited The Hon Justice Ian V Gzell Mr J L Parker Mr Ian Harper AM & Dr Marjorie J Pink Mrs Rosemary Harper Mrs Gwenneth M Pearson HarperCollins Publishers Pty Ltd Ms Debra Pinkerton JP Mr Derek A D B Heath & Mr V J Plummer Mrs Prudence Heath Mr Adrian & The Hon Justice J D Heydon Mrs Philippa Poole Mr Michael & Mr T C Powell Mrs Julia Hodgetts Miss Wilma Radford Dr John & Mrs Mary Holt Mr Alan Rees Mr Francis M Hooper Mrs Susan Robertson Mr Max Hooper Miss EJ G Russell Mr Stanley Howard Mrs Lyndall S Russell Mr Ray Hyslop Mr Preston G Saywell Mr David C Jackson Dr Rodney Seaborn AO OBE Mr Neville & Ms Marian Seville Mrs Eileen Jeffress Mr John L Sharpe Lady Joel Mr Brian Sherman Mr M M Johnson & Mrs G T Johnson Mr Laurance A Sidari Mr Ian Johnston Mr William J Sinclair Mrs Jana Juanas Mr Kenneth G Smith Mr Tom Keneally AO The Hon J Spigelman QC & Mrs Judy Keneally & Mrs A Spigelman Mr Larry King Mr David & Mrs Beverly Staples Mr Gilles T Kryger Mrs Warwick Stening Mrs Nathalie Kulakowski Miss Alison Stephen Mr Richard F LaGanza Mr Robert Strauss MBE Mr Peter Larcombe RFD & Mrs Judith Larcombe Mr Alfred & Mrs Street Mr James E Layt AM Mr Jeremy D St John Mr Josef & The Cox Group Pty Ltd Mrs Jeanne Lebovic Mr Sidney Thistleton Mr A G Lee AM Trust Company of Australia Ltd & Mrs Judy Lee Mr Malcolm B Turnbull Lend Lease Corporation Ltd Alexander Tzannes Associates Mr D G Lesnie Pty Ltd Mrs Angela Lind Mr William D T Ward QC Mr David G Lovehill & Mrs Carolyn A Ward Top: The atmitchell.com dinner launch 2004 Miss Dorothy Maber Mr Michael H Waterhouse in the Mitchell Reading Room & Mrs Vashti Waterhouse Miss Ann Macansh Wattyl Aust Pty Ltd Bottom: (front) Mrs Carole Meers, Mr Nelson Meers Mr George Maltby AO & Mrs Mary Maltby Mr Peter Weiss AM AO and Sam Meers at the atmitchell.com launch Mr Robert Maple-Brown Mr Norton J Whitmont Dr Helen Markiewicz Mr John B Whittle Mr Frank Markovic Mr Ken W Wilder OAM Dr Alan Matthews Mr Claude Wright Mayne Nickless Ltd Foundation Member Ms Anne McCormick Mrs Heather Adams & Mr Derek McDonnell Mrs Roslyn Airs Miss Kathleen L McCredie Mr David Aitken Justice Robert McDougall Ms Jan Aitkin Mr A W D McIntyre Mrs Shirley Alder Dr Stephen McNamara Mrs Barbara McNulty Mr John Merewether & Mrs Tempe Merewether Miss Millie Mills
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Ms Toni Alexander Mr John Bolas City Rail Dr Andrew Dowe Dr Allan R Glanville Ms Rosemary Allen Mr Douglas Booker Dr Elizabeth Clark Mr Tom Downes Mrs Margery Glanville Mr Timothy Allen Miss Michelle L Books Mr H R Clark Mr Murray Doyle Ms Libby Gleeson Hon Justice James Allsop Dr Ninette Boothroyd Mr S S Clark Mr J A Dunlop Mr A D Glover Ancher Mortlock Dr Michael R Bowden Dr Christopher W Clarke Mrs Jayati Dutta Dr George Gluck & Woolley Pty Ltd Mrs Beverley Boyd Mrs Margaret Clarke Mr Hubert Mr Angus Gluskie Ms Marcelle Anderson Ms Pamela A Boyne Mrs Kathryn Clennell & Mrs Dorothy-Joy East Mr Lawrence J Gluskie Mr R & Mrs R Anderson Dr Peter Bradhurst Dr John Cleverley Dr D Bruce Edelman OAM Dr Lewis Gomes Mr Andrew Andersons Mr John D M Bradshaw Clive Lucas Stapleton Mr Richard Edmonds SC Dr B N & Mrs E M Goodman Ms Judith H Andrews Mr Arthur W Bragg & Partners Mr Geoff Elliott Mr James N Gordon Mr Mark E Andrews Mr Tom Breaden Mr Walter J Coatsworth Mrs Kondelea Elliott Dr Jill Gordon Mr David W Anstice Mr Tullio Cofrancesco Mrs A B Britton Energee Entertainment Mr Allan Gosper Mr Kevin J Apthorpe Columbus Line Australia Pty Ltd Mrs Andra G Brooks Mr W I B Enright Mr Jeffrey A Goss Archigraph Dr David Cooper Ms Ann Brown Mr Peter J Evans Mrs Jock Gosse Mrs Lynette Arcidiacono Mr Phillip Cornwell Mr J R Brown Justice Elizabeth A Evatt AC Mr Vanda R Gould Ms Marlene Arditto & Mrs Ann C Brown Corrs Chambers Westgarth Mrs Judith Evill Dr Stanley J M Goulston Mrs Joan T Armstrong The Hon Bob Brown Mr P J Costa Mr Michael Eyers AM Judge Geoffrey J Graham Mr Stephen N Armstrong Mr Kenneth S Brown Miss Marjorie Cotter Mr David G Fairlie Ms Janet Grant Mr Christopher Arnott OAM Mr Malcolm C Brown Mr Ron J Cotton AM Mrs Corrie Falkingham Mr Kevin Grant & Mrs Wendy Cotton Asher Joel Media Group Pty Ltd Ms Noeline Brown & Ms Ruby Faris Mr Barry T Gray JP Dr Margaret Ashwell Mr Brett Courtenay Mr Tony Sattler Mrs Jessie Farley Mr Peter Gray Miss Frances T Aspinall Mrs Kay Cox Mr Ernest L Browne Mr John W Farley Dr David Green Mr Malcolm Atkinson Ms Louise Cox AM Mr Garry Browne Mr Paul Fast Dr John M Greenaway Miss Shirley Atkinson Ms Ruth Cracknell AM Mr Jim Bryant Captain John Faulkner AM & Mr Brian P J Greig Mr Arthur W Austin Ms Debby Cramer Mrs Sandra Faulkner Ms Betty Buchanan & Mr Bill Caukill Miss Pauline M Griffin AM Mr Lionel M Austin & Mr C Rowles Mr Andrew B Fegent Mr Clive H Craven Professor Neville Gruzman & Australian Decorative & Fine Mr Anthony Buckley AM Mr Kevin T Fennell PSM Mrs Margot Gruzman Arts Society (Sydney) Inc Mrs Kylie L Cregan-Attwell Mr Kenneth Buckley Mr Rob Ferguson Mr Robert Hadler Mr John Baker Mrs Kathleen Cronin Mr V G Bulteau Dr Marijan Filipic Mrs Margaret Hadley Ms Lesley Baker Mr Peter L Crozier Ms Roslyn Burge Mr John Fisher Mr Graeme Haigh Mr C Curran AO Mr John Ball Mrs J B Fitzhardinge Mrs Barbara E Burgess & Mrs E Curran Mr T W Haines AO Mrs Helen Bantermalis Dr John H Flak Mrs Joyce Burnard Ms Janelle Cust Professor V B & Mrs E N Hall Mrs Marlene Barclay Dr G A Fletcher Mr Patrick R Burnett Mrs Naomi Cuthbert Dr G M Halliday Mrs Angela Barker Mrs Audrey E Flower Burns Philp & Company Ltd Mr Maurice Ms Alice M Halloran Ms Norma Barne Mr Gregory K Burton & Mrs Fran Cutler Mr Peter J R Forbes Professor John Ham Mr Frank Barnes Mrs B N Butler Mr Jeffrey R d’Albora Dr Jill M Forrest Mrs Etta G Hamilton Dr Keith R Barnes AM Mr Perce Mrs Patricia A R Dale Ms Jennifer J Forster The Hon Justice John Mrs Margaret E Barter & Mrs Jane Butterworth Miss Marie Therese Daley Mr George Foster P Hamilton Mr Colin J Baskerville Mr John Byron Miss Winifred H Danby Mr Allan W J Fowler Mrs Miriam Hamilton Ms Marcia A Bass Mrs Stephanie R Caddies Mr Richard J W d’Apice AM Ms Joyce Fowler Mr Bruce V Hamon Professor A Basten AO Mr Donald Caldwell Mr Rowan Darke Professor D J Fraser Mr Justice & Mrs K R Handley FAA FTSE & Mrs Margaret Caldwell Mrs Lynette M Davenport Freehill Hollingdale & Page Hanimex Pty Ltd Ms Josephine Bastian Mr Peter R Callaghan SC David Jones (Aust) Pty Ltd Mrs Marion Freidman Mr Jack D Hannes Hon Dr Jack G Beale AO Mr Alan J Cameron AM Mr Ian E Davidson Dr Herbert Freilich Ms Linda Hansen Mr Greg Beirne Mr Ian Cameron Ms Rebecca Davies Mrs Jan French Sister Jill Harding Ms Josephine A Beirne Mr Donald Campbell Mr David & Mrs Clare Davis Mrs Judith Fritz Mr Malcolm R Hardwick QC Mrs Jill Beith Ms Joan M Campbell Mr Thomas Dawson Mr Ray Frost Mrs Norma Hardy Dr David S Bell Hon Justice Joe Campbell QC & Mrs Judith Bell Dr Richard O Day Dr Judith Fryer Mr Bruce Harris Mr Stewart Campbell Ms Jane Beniac Dr Marie M de Lepervanche Mrs Judith Fuller Ms Jennifer Harris Dr Barry R Cant Mr Keith L Bennett Mr Albert B De Quincey Mrs Wilma Furlonger Ms Jean Hart Mr Phil R Carey Dr Rosemary Berreen Mrs Valmai De Torres Miss Sabina G Gallard Mr Julian Mr D M Carment & Mrs Jacquelyn Hart Mr John Ms Patricia Degens Mrs Ruth Gangemi & Mrs Jennifer Berryman Ms Georgina Carnegie Mrs Connie Demer Mr Emlyn N Garland Ms Victoria A Hartstein Mr Ron Beslich Ms Rosemary Carrick Mr John R Dempsey Dr John Garrett Mr David N H Hassall Mrs Dorothy E Betty OAM Mr Mark Caruana Mr Robert Dickerson Professor John Gascoigne Mr David Hattersley Mr Rowan Bieske Mr Barry Casey Mr Richard J Dinham Mr David Gaunt Dr Valerie Havyatt Ms Barbara Bird Mr Joseph Catanzariti Mr Daryl & Mrs Kate Dixon Mr James Geddes Hon Bob Hawke AC Ms Elizabeth A R Bishop Mr Ross B Catts Mrs Jean Dixon George Weston Foods Ltd Mr William Hayward Mr John H Blattman Mr Richard Celarc Dr Hugh Sir Harry Gibbs Mrs G E Henchman Mr Richard E T Blaxland Mr Edgar E Chaffer RD JP & Mrs Frances Dixson Professor Donald Gibson Mr Aaron Hendler Mr Dennis Bluth Mr & Mrs Arthur Charles Mrs B H Dolman & Mrs Rosita Gibson Dr Marc Heyning Dr Richard W Boden AM Mr Frederick J Chilton Mr John P Donoghue Professor G L Gilbert Mr J S L Hill & Mrs Jan Boden Mrs Ronda Chisholm Miss Anne M Doran Mr John A Gilmour AM Mr Michael J 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Mrs Isabel M Hiscock Mr George King Mr Peter Mason AM Ms Pauline Newell Mrs Barbara Quigley Ms Lynne Hodge Mr Richard King & Mrs C Mason Dr Lisa Newling Mrs Colleen M Quinton Miss E Holland Mr Malcolm Kinnaird AO Mr John Masters Mr Richard O Newman Mr Paul A Quoyle Mr Bryan Holliday Professor Judith Kinnear Mrs Margeri Mather Mr James Nicholls Miss Dorothy Ramsay Miss Kathleen E Holmes Mr Peter M Kite SC Mrs Robin Mathews Dr Rowan Nicks Ms Patricia G Rankin Mr John Mrs Sylvia Klineberg Mr Terry G Matthews Mr Graham Nock OBE Dr Robert B M Ravich & Mrs Maria Teresa Hooke Mr Ian Knop Mrs Shirley J McBride Reverend Kevin Nolan Mr Graham J Rawlings Mrs Joan M Hooper Emeritus Professor Dame Mr John McCarthy QC Mr William M Nolan Mrs Angela Raymond Mr Andrew L Horsley Leonie Kramer AC DBE The Hon Justice Ruth McColl Mrs Susan F Norman Mr John F Reading Mr John J Mr John Kuner Mr W R McComas Mr Alexander F Norwick Dr Malcolm Reed & Mrs Patricia F Howard Dr Raphael Kwa Mr Tim McCormick NSW Cricket Association Mr Oliver Richter AO Howard Tanner & Associates & Mrs Joy Richter Mr Domenico La Rosa Mrs Margaret H McCredie Mr Brian D O’Brien Ms Diana Howlett Rider Hunt Dr Paul P Laird Dr Ian D McCrossin Mrs Marie G O’Brien Dr Bernard Hudson Mr Joseph M Riordan Mr Milton Lalas Mrs Rosemary McCullough Mrs Trudi O’Neil Mr Bruce Hudson Mr Lionel P Robberds Mr Jack & Mrs Nan Lancken Mrs Gabrielle McDonagh Mrs Anne O’Sullivan Mr David E Hunt Mr Bill Roberts Dr William Land Mr John Mrs Ursula Old Ms Leone Huntsman & Mrs Helen McDonagh Mrs Deanne Roberts Mrs Anne Lane Mrs Margaret J Oliff Mrs Robin Hutcherson Mrs Mary-Rose Mr Peter & Mrs Mary Roberts Mr David G Lane Mr Felix Oppen Mr I M Jackman & Dr Colin McDonald Mr Philip A Robinson Ms Jaqui Lane Orica Limited Mrs Cheryl Anne Jacob Mrs B McEwin Miss Wendy L Robinson Dr P D Lark Ms Fortunee Ovadia Mrs Naomi B Jacob Mrs Cherie McGlynn Mrs Jeanne Rockey Miss Joy Laurence P&O Australia Limited Emeritus Professor Ms Gai McGrath Mr Imants Ronis Mr Richard Legg Mr Viktor Paar Marjorie Jacobs Mr Michael McHugh Mr Joseph G Rooney Mr Alan Legge Mr Graham L Pack Ms Anita Jacoby Mr Angus McInnes Mr Robert W Rose Mrs Rosemary E Leitch Lady Packer Mr David M James The Hon Thomas S McKay Mr R I Rosenblum Mr Denis Lenihan Miss Valerie P Packer Mrs Mildred V Jenkins Mrs Elaine M McKinnon Rotary Club of Sydney Inc Mr Colin J Lennox Mr H O Paidasch Miss Jeanette A Jewell Dr Robin C McLachlan Ms C M Rothery Mrs Joan M Levi Mr Timothy L Paine Mr Vincent Jewell Mr Bruce D McLaren Mr John Rownes Dr Peter B Paisley Mr Philip A Joannou Mr John & Mrs Judith Ley His Honour Judge Reverend Dr Alan G Russell Mr Henry N H Pan OAM Mr Warren T Johns Dr Alfred M Liebhold Ray P McLoughlin SC Ms Ann Ryan Ms Prudence Parkhill Ms Beverley Johnson Mr Barrie Lindsay Mr T McMurray & Mr Geoffrey Board Mr Alan Rydge Mr Geoffrey E Johnson Dr Hilarie Lindsay MBE Mr S D McNamara Ms Janette Parkinson Dr Krisnaphong Sae Lee Mr Peter Johnson SC Mrs A Lipson Dr John McPhillips & Mr Roy Fernandez AO Mr Alek Safarian Ms Amanda Johnston Mr John D Love Dr Patrick J Meaney Mrs Kerrin Parry Ms Carole Saint Dr Robert Johnston Mr Arthur V Loveless Ms Sally K Mendel Mr Paul & Mrs Valerie Parv Mr Sean G Salisbury Mrs Clare B Jones Mrs Carolyn Lowry OAM Mr Raymond E Menmuir Ms Margot Paterson Mrs Elizabeth Salkeld Miss June B Jones Mr Peter Lowry OAM Mr Paul Menzies Miss Jill Paton Salomon Smith Barney Ms Margaret Jones Mr Alan Loxton AM Mr E Merewether Mrs Janine Pattison The Hon Gordon J Samuels Mr Paul Jones Mr Peter W Lucas Miss Mary A Miles Dr Gregory Pauline AC CVO QC & Mrs Samuels Miss Yvonne Jones Mr Ric Lucas Mrs Jane Miller Ms Lesley Payne Dr Antoine Sanki Ms Despina Kallinikos The Hon J T Ludeke QC Mr Justin Miller Mr & Mrs Doug G Peacocke Mr Gordon Sanson & Ms Iphygenia Kallinikos Mr Ernest Luthard Mr Anthony D Milligan Mr Paul & The Hon Justice GFK Mr Laurence Kalnin Ms Mary J Lynch Ms Barbara Millons Mrs Cecilia Pemberton Santow OAM Mr Stephen Sasse Captain M T Kaminski RAN Dr Norman Lyons Mr Neville H Milston EM Mr M A Pembroke SC (Retd) Mr Garry Scarf Ms Anne MacDonald Mr Gregory G Milton Ms Catherine G Percy Mr Anton Kapel Mrs Margaret Schonell Mrs Marjory R Macdonald Ms Sophie J Mirkva Dr Bruce H Peterson The Hon Justice Leslie Katz Dr Peter Schweitzer Dr John M Mack Dr Anthony S Mitchell Mr G W Pettigrew Mr William Kazaglis Mr Basil Sellers AM Ms Doune MacNaught Mrs Barbara Mobbs Mrs Margaret Phelan Mr David R Keenan Mrs Wendy B Selman Ms Margery E MacPherson Mrs Audrey A Moore OAM Miss E M Philpot The Hon W G Keighley OAM Mrs Elizabeth Sheard Ms Flora MacRae BEM JP The Hon Justice Photographic Library Mr Gabriel P Keleny Mrs Carol A Madge Michael Moore of Australia Mr Ron Sheen Mr James & Mrs Susan Kelly Mrs M P Manley Mr Neil J Moore Mrs Bessie M Pitman Ms Margaret Sheppard Ms Marilyn J Kelly Maple-Brown Abbott Ltd Mr E J Moran Mr Peter & Mrs June Poland Miss Annie Sherbon Ms Narelle A Kennedy & Mrs J L Moran Master Will Sherbon Mrs Joy Marchant Mrs Margaret Polglase Dr John W Kenny Dr Graeme W Morgan Dr Kevin V Sheridan AM Margot & Thorvald Mr Benjamin Politzer Ms Patricia Kerr Dreyers Fond Ms Shirley Morris Dr Donald C Price Dr Margaret R Sheridan Mr Richard S Keyworth Mr Ken Marks Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd PricewaterhouseCoopers Mr Beresford E Shipley Mr Vikas Khetarpaul Dr Harold G Marsh Mrs Ethel M Murray Mr Robert Pryke PTW Dr Jeffrey A Siegel Dr Russell Kift Mr Richard N Marsh Dr Gordon Myall Mrs Gladys E Pugh Mr Peter Simon Mr Jeffrey F Kildea Mrs Margaret J Mashford Mr Hal Myers Mrs Eva E Purnell Mr & Mrs Timothy Sims Kimian Edwards Pty Ltd The Hon Sir Anthony Mason Miss Patricia J Nargar Mr Robert E Purves Mrs K R Sinclair Mr Brian & Dr Kerrie King AC KBE Ms Penelope Nelson The Hon Justice Rodney Ms Jane Singleton Mr Geoffrey M King AM Ms Deirdre Mason NSW Heritage Office N Purvis QC Mrs Elizabeth Skeoch
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Mr John A Skidmore Mrs Pauline Tyrrell Dr Diana Wyndham Mr Joseph Skrzynski AM Mr Ernest W Vale & Mr John Wyndham Mr Charles R Smith Dr Russell Vandenberg Mr William J Youll Ms Patricia Smith Dr Ian R Vanderfield OBE Ms Julie Young Mr Robert Smith Mr Christopher M P Vassall Ms Carla Zampatti AM Miss Rose T Smith Mrs Jan L Vecchio Custodians Mr John Sneeder The Hon Tom Mr Robert D Somervaille AO & Mrs Thea Waddell Custodian Commander Mr Richard T Somerville Mr Kenneth A Waight Mr Robert O Albert AO RFD RD Mr Gavin & Dr David G Walker AM & Mr Bryce Courtenay Mrs Ngaire Souter Mrs Leonie Walker Mrs Sarah M Dingwell Dr Velencia Soutter Dr James C Walker Mr Hubert Spicers Paper Mr Robert B Wallis & Mrs Dorothy-Joy East Mr David Staehli Mr John S Walton AM Mrs Judith Fritz Mr Conrad G Staff Mrs Sheila Warby Mrs Margarette Garofano Mr Alan Stannard Miss Catherine Warne Mr Derek A D B Heath Mr John T Webber Mrs Beverley Stanton & Mrs Prudence Heath Professor Elizabeth Webby AM Mr Ian Stapleton Mr Francis M Hooper Mr Anthony Webster Ms Susan Steedman Mrs Barbara E Hudson Mrs Jill Wellington Mrs Beverly Steggles The Hon David Levine Mr Richard J Stevens Dr Janet E West RFD QC Mr Allan Sturgess Mrs Jean C West Lady Loewenthal The Hon Mr Justice Mr Chris Wetherall Justice Robert McDougall Brian Sully The Hon John Mrs Bessie M Pitman & Mrs Judith Wheeldon Mr C R Sundstrom Mr Robert E Purves Mr Geoff White AO Colonel Ralph Sutton LVO Mr John L Sharpe Mrs Margaret C White Mrs Dawn Swain Mr Robert Strauss MBE Mr Roy H Whitecross Mr William P Sweeney Miss Rosaline Tam Mrs E M Whitehead Ms Wendy Swinburn Mr Robert J White AO Mr Robert Sydney Cricket Mr Norton J Whitmont & Sports Ground Trust & Mrs Sarah Whyte Sydney Harbour Mrs Margaret Wiesener Custodian Principal Foreshore Authority Mr David L Williams AM Dr Charles S Barnes & Dr John L Symonds Ms Jenny Williams Mrs Beverly Barnes Mrs Margaret H Talacko Dr Judith A Williams Dr Kevin F Bleasel AO & Mr Anthony Tarleton Dr Katherine Williams Mrs Marianne Bleasel Mr Mark R Tarmo Mr Rex Williams Mr Jon Cleary Mrs Mildred Teitler Dr Robert B Williams Ms Shireley A Colless The Regent of Sydney Mr Donald E Wilson Mr Michael S Diamond Top: The Hon Justice David Levine RFD Mrs E M Third Mr Ed Wilson AM MBE with Associate Professor John Brotherton Mr Mark A Thomas Mr Graham J Wilson Professor Dexter Dunphy who delivered the Ben Haneman Mr Ted Thomas & Mrs Helen Wilson Dr D Bruce Edelman OAM Memorial Lecture Mrs Valerie Thomas Ms Jone B Winchester Ms Suzanne Falkiner Centre: Rachel O’Conor, Fiona Ford, Mr Albie Thoms Mr Keith Windschuttle Mr Anthony Gan Caroline Pidcock, Geoff O’Conor, Ms Debra Thoms Dr Richard Wing Mr J A Gilbert AM Tasman Storey and John B Fairfax AM Mrs Joyce P Thorpe Mr Richard J B Wingate Mrs Marie J Gray at the atmitchell Benefactor’s update Mr Bruce Thurn Mr Robert Winkworth Mr Ray Hyslop presentation Time Australia Mrs Joan Winston Mrs Mary Ifould Dr M L Tindal Mr G L Winter Mr Ian Johnston Bottom: Stan Brogan, David Reid, Ms Susan Tompkins Mr Christopher R Wokes Mrs Jana Juanas Christine Liddy AO, John B. Fairfax AM Mr T A Tonkin Mr Derrick F Woodhouse Ms Despina Kallinikos and Graham Bradley & Ms Iphygenia Kallinikos Mr Reg Torrington Mr Hubert O Woodhouse Mrs Nathalie Kulakowski Mr Simon Dr David Woods & Mrs Eileen Touma Miss Helen Woodward Mr Kenneth Neale Mr Paul Tracey Mr Ken F Woolley AM Mrs Gwenneth M Pearson Mr Paul Trainor The Hon Hal Wootten AC QC Ms Debra Pinkerton JP Mr John Trathen Ms Jill Wran Mrs Sandra M Plowman Ms Diana V H Treatt Professor Barry G Wren AM Mr Adrian & Mrs Philippa Poole Mr Kenneth W Tribe AC & Mrs Loloma Wren & Mrs Joan M Tribe Dr Donald I Miss EJ G Russell Mr Richard H Trousdale & Mrs Janice M Wright Mr Harold Schultz Mr John H Tunbridge Mrs Rosalind K Wright Mr Brian Sherman Mr Ian Tunstall Mr Gerald S Wronker Mr Spencer Simmons Mr Neil E Wykes Mr William J Sinclair
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Mr John A Skidmore Mrs Pauline Tyrrell Dr Diana Wyndham Miss Alison Stephen Mr Neil J Moore Mr Joseph Skrzynski AM Mr Ernest W Vale & Mr John Wyndham Mr Peter Weiss AM Mrs Ethel M Murray Mr Charles R Smith Dr Russell Vandenberg Mr William J Youll Mr Milton Dr Lisa Newling Ms Patricia Smith Dr Ian R Vanderfield OBE Ms Julie Young & Mrs Helen Whitmont Dr Bruce H Peterson Mr Robert Smith Mr Christopher M P Vassall Ms Carla Zampatti AM Mr Kim Williams Dr Marjorie J Pink Miss Rose T Smith Mrs Jan L Vecchio Custodians Custodian Leader Mr V J Plummer Mr John Sneeder The Hon Tom Emeritus Professor Mr T C Powell Mr Robert D Somervaille AO & Mrs Thea Waddell Custodian Commander Derek J Anderson Mrs Margaret Radford Mr Richard T Somerville Mr Kenneth A Waight Mr Robert O Albert Mrs P R Andrews Dr Malcolm Reed AO RFD RD Mr Gavin & Dr David G Walker AM & The Hon Franca Arena AM Mrs Patricia Reid Mr Bryce Courtenay Mrs Ngaire Souter Mrs Leonie Walker Mr Arthur W Austin Mrs Christine L Robertson Mrs Sarah M Dingwell Dr Velencia Soutter Dr James C Walker Mr Henry Badgery Miss Ruth G Robertson Mr Hubert Spicers Paper Mr Robert B Wallis & Mrs Peta Badgery Mrs Elizabeth Salkeld & Mrs Dorothy-Joy East Mr David Staehli Mr John S Walton AM Dr Phillip J Baird The Hon Gordon J Samuels Mrs Judith Fritz Mr Conrad G Staff Mrs Sheila Warby Professor A Basten AO AC CVO QC & Mrs Samuels Mrs Margarette Garofano FAA FTSE Mr Alan Stannard Miss Catherine Warne Ms Noeline Brown Mr Derek A D B Heath Mr John T Webber Mr Keith L Bennett & Mr Tony Sattler Mrs Beverley Stanton & Mrs Prudence Heath Professor Elizabeth Webby AM Mr Ron Beslich Dr Rodney Seaborn AO OBE Mr Ian Stapleton Mr Francis M Hooper Mr Anthony Webster Miss Michelle L Books Dr Velencia Soutter Ms Susan Steedman Mrs Barbara E Hudson Mrs Jill Wellington Mr Alexander Boyarsky Mr Jeremy D St John Mrs Beverly Steggles The Hon David Levine Mr Peter E Brigden Mr Mark R Tarmo Mr Richard J Stevens Dr Janet E West RFD QC Ms Maxine Brodie Dr Elizabeth J Torrance Mr Allan Sturgess Mrs Jean C West Lady Loewenthal Mr Alan J Cameron AM Turner Freeman Solicitors The Hon Mr Justice Mr Chris Wetherall Justice Robert McDougall Mr William D T Ward QC Brian Sully The Hon John Mrs Bessie M Pitman Dr John Christian AO & Mrs Judith Wheeldon & Mrs Helen Christian AM & Mrs Carolyn A Ward Mr C R Sundstrom Mr Robert E Purves Mr Geoff White AO Dr Christopher W Clarke Mr Graham J Wilson Colonel Ralph Sutton LVO Mr John L Sharpe & Mrs Helen Wilson Mrs Margaret C White Dr Frederick B Clarke Mrs Dawn Swain Mr Robert Strauss MBE Mr Derek Fergus Woodhouse Mr Roy H Whitecross Mrs Alison Cox OAM Mr William P Sweeney Miss Rosaline Tam Mrs E M Whitehead Ms Louise Cox AM Ms Wendy Swinburn Mr Robert J White AO Custodian Guardian Mr Robert Mrs Dorothy Craig Sydney Cricket Mr Norton J Whitmont Mr R & Mrs R Anderson & Sports Ground Trust & Mrs Sarah Whyte Dr Helen Crane Mrs Annie Armstrong Sydney Harbour Mrs Margaret Wiesener Custodian Principal Ms Janet Cromb Miss Frances T Aspinall Foreshore Authority Mr David L Williams AM Dr Charles S Barnes & Mr Jim T Dominguez Mr Frank Barnes CBE AM Dr John L Symonds Ms Jenny Williams Mrs Beverly Barnes Dr Stephen Barratt Mrs Jean Edgecombe OAM Mrs Margaret H Talacko Dr Judith A Williams Dr Kevin F Bleasel AO & Ms Josephine Bastian Mr John Eldershaw Mr Anthony Tarleton Dr Katherine Williams Mrs Marianne Bleasel Ms Barbara Bird Mr Angus Gluskie Mr Mark R Tarmo Mr Rex Williams Mr Jon Cleary Mr John H Blattman Mr Jeffrey A Goss Mrs Mildred Teitler Dr Robert B Williams Ms Shireley A Colless Ms Rachel Boyd Mr Peter Gray The Regent of Sydney Mr Donald E Wilson Mr Michael S Diamond Mrs Stephanie R Caddies AM MBE Dr David Green Mrs E M Third Mr Ed Wilson Mr Donald Caldwell Mr Mark A Thomas Mr Graham J Wilson Professor Dexter Dunphy Ms Victoria A Hartstein & Mrs Margaret Caldwell Mr Ted Thomas & Mrs Helen Wilson Dr D Bruce Edelman OAM Mrs Isabel M Hiscock Mr Richard Celarc Mrs Valerie Thomas Ms Jone B Winchester Ms Suzanne Falkiner Mr Paul Jones Mr Frederick J Chilton Mr Albie Thoms Mr Keith Windschuttle Mr Anthony Gan Mr Tom Keneally AO Mr Milton Churche & Mrs Judy Keneally Ms Debra Thoms Dr Richard Wing Mr J A Gilbert AM Mrs Margaret Clarke Top: Staff member Anna Brooks presenting rare Mr Larry King Mrs Joyce P Thorpe Mr Richard J B Wingate Mrs Marie J Gray Professor Richard Clough AM original material at the atmitchell Benefactor’s Mr Gilles T Kryger Mr Bruce Thurn Mr Robert Winkworth Mr Ray Hyslop Mr Ken G Coles AM update presentation Mr R J Lamble AO Time Australia Mrs Joan Winston Mrs Mary Ifould & Mrs Rowena Danziger AM & Mrs Joan McClung Centre: Richard Dinham speaking at the launch Dr M L Tindal Mr G L Winter Mr Ian Johnston Mr A B Colvin Ms Jaqui Lane of the Neville Quarry Architectural Collection Ms Susan Tompkins Mr Christopher R Wokes Mrs Jana Juanas Miss Rosemary A Cork Mr James E Layt AM Mr Derrick F Woodhouse Mr T A Tonkin Ms Despina Kallinikos Mr John D Corney Bottom: John R. Lamble and Joan McClung & Ms Iphygenia Kallinikos Mr David G Lovehill Mr Reg Torrington Mr Hubert O Woodhouse Mrs Benita Courtenay Mrs Nathalie Kulakowski Mr Ramsay D Low Mr Simon Dr David Woods Mr Brett Courtenay Ms Mary J Lynch & Mrs Eileen Touma Miss Helen Woodward Mr Kenneth Neale Mr Clive H Craven Mr William Lynch Mr Paul Tracey Mr Ken F Woolley AM Mrs Gwenneth M Pearson Ms Janelle Cust Miss Ann Macansh Mr Paul Trainor The Hon Hal Wootten AC QC Ms Debra Pinkerton JP Miss Marie Therese Daley Mr Pierre St J Malherbe Mr John Trathen Ms Jill Wran Mrs Sandra M Plowman Mr Richard J Dinham Dr Helen Markiewicz Ms Diana V H Treatt Professor Barry G Wren AM Mr Adrian Dr Hugh Dixson & Mrs Philippa Poole Miss Kathleen L McCredie Mr Kenneth W Tribe AC & Mrs Loloma Wren Mrs Clare H Docker Miss EJ G Russell Mr A W D McIntyre & Mrs Joan M Tribe Dr Donald I Dr Andrew Dowe & Mrs Janice M Wright Mr Harold Schultz Mrs Elaine M McKinnon Mr Richard H Trousdale Mr J A Dunlop Mrs Rosalind K Wright Mr Brian Sherman Dr Stephen McNamara Mr John H Tunbridge Mrs Jayati Dutta Mr Gerald S Wronker Mr Spencer Simmons Mrs Barbara McNulty Mr Ian Tunstall Mr John V Egan Mr Neil E Wykes Mr William J Sinclair Mrs Barbara Mobbs
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Mrs Judith Evill Mr Philip A Robinson Mrs Dorothy E Betty OAM Mr Reg Cole AM Mrs Margery Glanville Mr David G Fairlie Miss Wendy L Robinson Mr Rowan Bieske Mr Ausilio Confalonieri Ms Libby Gleeson Dr John H Flak Ms Ann Ryan Mr Peter Black OAM MP Mr Warwick Coombes Mr A D Glover Mr Peter J R Forbes Reverend Denis C Shelton & Mrs P L Black Dr Peter J Cooper Dr George Gluck Professor D J Fraser Mr Beresford E Shipley Miss J Blackman Mr Phillip Cornwell Mr Erhard P G Gohl Mrs Judith Fuller Mr Ian Stapleton Mr Richard E T Blaxland Mrs Kay Cox & Mrs Christa H Gohl Dr Lewis Gomes Mr Allan Sturgess Mr Warwick Blayden Mr Malcolm Craig QC Mr James N Gordon Mr Vanda R Gould Colonel Ralph Sutton LVO Mr Ken Bloxsom Ms Debby Cramer Dr Jill Gordon Mr Kevin Grant Dr Lorelle Swan Dr Richard W Boden AM & Mr Bill Caukill Mr Allan Gosper & Mrs Jan Boden The Hon Justice Mr William P Sweeney Mrs Kathleen Cronin Dr Stanley J M Goulston John P Hamilton Mr Douglas Booker Mr Anthony Tarleton Mr Peter L Crozier Judge Geoffrey J Graham Professor D J Handelsman Miss Michelle L Books Mr Mark A Thomas Mrs Naomi Cuthbert Mr Geoffrey R Graham Mrs Norma Hardy Dr Ninette Boothroyd Mr Albie Thoms Mr Jeffrey R d’Albora Ms Janet Grant Ms Jennifer Harris Dr Michael R Bowden Mrs Joyce P Thorpe Mr Richard J W d’Apice AM Dr John M Greenaway Mr Robert Hart-Jones Ms Angela Bowne Ms Eleanor Vardanega Mrs Patricia A R Dale Mr Brian P J Greig Ms Lynne Hodge Mrs Beverley Boyd The Hon Tom & Miss Winifred H Danby Miss Pauline M Griffin AM Mr Bruce Hudson Ms Pamela Ann Boyne Mrs Thea Waddell Mr Rowan Darke Ms Rosemary Grundy Mrs Naomi B Jacob Mr John D M Bradshaw Dr P R C Wakeford Ms Rebecca Davies Mr Robert Hadler Ms Anita Jacoby Mr Arthur W Bragg Mr Robert B Wallis Mr David & Mrs Clare Davis Mrs Margaret Hadley Mr Richard S Jenkins Mr Tom Breaden Professor Elizabeth Mr Thomas Dawson Ms Alice M Halloran Ms Beverley Johnson Webby AM Mrs Andra G Brooks Dr Richard O Day Professor John Ham Mr Peter Johnson SC Dr Judy White AM PhD Ms Ann Brown Dr Marie M de Lepervanche Mrs Etta G Hamilton Mr Anton Kapel Dr Dianne Wiley Mr J R Brown & Mr Albert B De Quincey Mr Bruce V Hamon Mrs Ann C Brown Mr John Keightley Mr Brooks Wilson Mrs Valmai De Torres Ms Linda Hansen The Hon Bob Brown Ms Patricia Kerr Mr Christopher R Wokes Mr Nicholas Dettmann Sister Jill Harding Mr Kenneth S Brown Dr Ruth S Kerr OAM Professor Barry G Wren Mrs Enoe Di Stefano MBE Mr Malcolm R Hardwick QC Mr Malcolm C Brown Mr Richard F LaGanza AM & Mrs Loloma Wren Mrs B H Dolman Mr Bruce Harris Mr Garry Browne Mr Richard Legg Hon Justice F L Wright Miss Anne M Doran Mrs Patricia Harris Mr Alan Legge Mr Jim Bryant Custodian Member Mr Tom Downes Mr Rolf Harris AM OBE Mr Colin J Lennox Ms Betty Buchanan Mr Joe Doyle AM Mrs Heather Adams Ms Gaye Hart Ms Kim Leung & Mr C Rowles & Ms Ruth Doyle Mrs Roslyn Airs Ms Jean Hart Mr Wayne Little Mr Anthony Buckley AM Mr Murray Doyle Mr David Aitken Mr David N H Hassall Mr Arthur V Loveless Mr Kenneth Buckley Mrs Kondelea Elliott Ms Jan Aitkin Dr Valerie Havyatt Mrs M M Macarthur Mrs Joyce Burnard Mr Brian J Emanuel Mrs Shirley Alder Mrs Karen Hayward Dr John M Mack Mr Patrick R Burnett Miss Deborah J England Mr Campbell Alexander Mr Aaron Hendler Mrs Joy Marchant Dr Francis Harding Burns OAM Mr Peter J Evans Ms Rosemary Allen Dr Marc Heyning Mr Ken Marks Mr Gregory K Burton Mr Michael Eyers AM Dr Gae Anderson Mr Michael J Hinshaw Mr George Masterman QC Mrs B N Butler Mr John W Farley Ms Judith H Andrews Dr John & Mrs Mary Holt Mr John Masters Mr Perce & Mr Gregory A Farmer Mr Mark E Andrews Mrs Yvonne V Honnery Mr John McCarthy QC Mrs Jane Butterworth Mr Kevin T Fennell PSM Mrs Joan M Hooper Mr Tim McCormick Mr Kevin J Apthorpe Mr John Byron Mr Laurie Ferguson Mr Andrew L Horsley Mrs Margaret H McCredie Mrs Lynette Arcidiacono Mr Peter R Callaghan SC Mrs Robin Ferris Mr and Mrs M Hupalo Mrs Cherie McGlynn Mr Stephen N Armstrong Ms Joan M Campbell Dr Marijan Filipic Mr I M Jackman Dr Patrick J Meaney Dr Valerie Attenbrow Hon Justice Joe Campbell QC Mrs Audrey E Flower Emeritus Professor Mr Lionel M Austin Dr Barry R Cant Mr Raymond E Menmuir Ms Julie-Anne Ford Marjorie Jacobs Mr Peter G Bailey Dr Enid Carey Ms Penelope Nelson Ms Jennifer J Forster Mrs Mildred V Jenkins Mr John Baker Mr Phil R Carey Mrs Rosemary Neville Mr George Foster Mr Vincent Jewell Ms Lesley Baker Ms Rosemary Carrick Reverend Kevin Nolan A/Professor Hamish Dr Robert Johnston Ms Suzanne Baker Mr Mark Caruana C M Foster Mrs Susan F Norman Miss June B Jones Mr John Ball Mr Barry Casey Mr Allan W J Fowler Justice Barry S J O’Keefe AM Captain M T Kaminski Mr Timothy L Paine Dr Barbara Ballantyne Mr Joseph Catanzariti Ms Joyce Fowler RAN (Retd) Dr Peter B Paisley Mrs Marlene Barclay Mr Ross B Catts Mrs Marion Freidman Mr David R Keenan Ms Margot Paterson Mrs Anne C Baring Mrs Margaret D Cayzer Dr Herbert Freilich Mr Gabriel P Keleny Mr M A Pembroke SC Mrs Angela Barker Mr Edgar E Chaffer RD JP Dr Judith Fryer Dr S M Kelly Ms Catherine G Percy Mrs Margaret E Barter Mr Noel C Chalson Mrs Wilma Furlonger Ms Narelle A Kennedy Mr G W Pettigrew Mr Colin J Baskerville Mr H R Clark Mrs Ruth Gangemi Dr John W Kenny Dr Donald C Price Mr Julian Beaumont Mr S S Clark Mr Emlyn N Garland Mr Richard S Keyworth The Hon Justice Mrs Jill Beith Mrs Wendy E Clarke Mr James Geddes Dr Russell Kift Rodney N Purvis QC Ms Jane Beniac Mrs Kathryn Clennell Sir Harry Gibbs Mr Richard King Ms Patricia G Rankin Mrs Jennifer A Benjamin Dr John Cleverley Professor G L Gilbert Professor Ivan Mrs Angela Raymond Dr Rosemary Berreen Ms Pamela Clifford Mr John A Gilmour AM & Mrs Sylivia Klineberg Mr Joseph M Riordan Mr A & Mrs Marie Berry Mr Walter J Coatsworth Mr John Gissing Emeritus Professor Dame Mr Lionel P Robberds Mr Alfred J Berry Mr Tullio Cofrancesco Dr Allan R Glanville Leonie Kramer AC DBE
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Mr John Kuner Mr H O Paidasch Mrs Beverley Stanton Foundations for atmitchell.com Mr Domenico La Rosa Mr F H Palmer Ms Susan Steedman Architecture Benefactors and Dr Paul P Laird Mr Henry N H Pan OAM Mr Richard J Stevens Alexander Tzannes Partners Mr Milton Lalas Ms Prudence Parkhill Mrs Coral B Stewart Associates Pty Ltd Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation Dr William Land & Mr Geoffrey Board The Hon Mr Justice Ancher Mortlock John T Reid Charitable Trusts & Woolley Pty Ltd Mrs Anne Lane Mrs Kerrin Parry Brian Sully Macquarie Bank Foundation Archigraph Dr P D Lark Miss Jill Paton Mr C R Sundstrom Sir Ron Brierley Architects Network Reverend Graeme Lawrence Mrs Janine Pattison Ms Wendy Swinburn Thyne Reid Charitable Trust Upper North Districts Dr John Lawrence Senator Marise Payne Dr John L Symonds Dr Geoffrey Cains Mr Phillip Bennett Mr Graeme Le Roux Mr and Mrs Doug G Mrs Margaret H Talacko Harry Seidler AC OBE Peacocke Clive Lucas Stapleton Mrs Rosemary E Leitch Ms Monica E Tankey & Mrs Penelope Seidler Dr Glenda Peel & Partners Mr Denis Lenihan Mr Velion M Tanna Rio Tinto and the Rio Tinto Mr William J B Phillips Mrs Zeny Edwards Aboriginal Foundation Mrs Joan M Levi Mrs D Taylor Mr Peter & Mrs June Poland Mr John Fisher Graham & Charlene Bradley Mr John & Mrs Judith Ley Mrs E M Third Mr Benjamin Politzer Mr Bruce Hill Foundation Miss Valerie Lhuede AM Dr Jeanette R Thirlwell Mr Christopher Poullaos Howard Tanner & Associates Ms Belinda Hutchinson Mrs Angela Lind Mr Ian Thom Mr Robert Pryke Professor Jon T Lang Qantas Airways Limited Mr Barrie Lindsay Mr Mark Thompson Mrs Gladys E Pugh & Miss Maureen Ryan Ms Sylvia Lawson Ms Dorothy Peake Ms J Linklater Mrs Eva E Purnell Mr Raymond D Thomsett Leighton Holdings Limited Mrs Christina Kennedy Mrs A Lipson Mrs Barbara Quigley Mr Bruce Thurn Lend Lease Corporation Ltd Mrs Rowena Danziger AM Mr Peter W Lucas & Mr Ken Coles AM Mrs Colleen M Quinton Mrs Grace Thurston Dr Alan Matthews Mr Ric Lucas O’Connell Street Associates Mr Paul A Quoyle Dr M L Tindal Mr John Merewether Mrs Marjory R Macdonald Mrs Sarah J Whyte Miss Dorothy Ramsay Mr T A Tonkin Mr Doug Moran Ms Flora MacRae BEM JP Mr Eric Rawlings Mr W K Tootill Multiplex Constructions Mrs M P Manley Pty Ltd Mr Graham J Rawlings Mr Paul Tracey Mr Richard N Marsh NSW Heritage Office Mr John F Reading Mr John Trathen Ms Evelyn Martin Noel Bell Ridley Smith Dr Con S Reed Mr Richard H Trousdale The Hon Sir Anthony Mason & Partners Mr Brian Regan Mrs Jeanette J Tsoulos AC KBE Mr Jim Peet Mrs Pam Regan Mr John H Tunbridge Mrs Robin Mathews PTW Mrs Deanne Roberts Mrs Pauline Tyrrell Miss Isabel McCalman Rider Hunt Mr Peter & Mrs Mary Roberts Mr John Vale Mrs Rosemary McCullough Harry & Penelope Seidler Mr Charles W Robinson Mr Christopher M P Vassall Mrs Gabrielle McDonagh Mr EPT Simpson Mrs Jeanne Rockey Mrs Jan L Vecchio Mrs B McEwin Suters Architects Mr Imants Ronis Ms Vicki Vivian Mr Angus McInnes Mrs Jennifer Taylor Mr Robert W Rose Mrs Sheila Warby Dr Robin C McLachlan The Cox Group Pty Ltd Ms C M Rothery Mr Alan J Ward Mr Bruce D McLaren Mr James Tonkin Mr Mark Roufeil Mrs Richard J Watson Mr Lawrence F McManus Mr Michael Tribe Mr Richard T Routley Dr Janet E West Mr T McMurray Mr Adrian Wait Mr S D McNamara Mr John Rownes Mrs Margaret C White Ms Sally K Mendel Dr Krisnaphong Sae Lee Mrs Margaret Wiesener The Library Circle Miss Jean M Allen Mrs Jane Miller Mr Karl Schimke Mr David L Williams AM Mr Ken Bloxsom Dr Anthony S Mitchell Ms Janine Schmidt Ms Jenny Williams Ms Pam Connor Mr J H Mitchell Mrs Margaret Schonell Mr Rex Williams Miss Pauline M Griffin AM Dr Graeme W Morgan Dr Brian W Scott Dr Robert B Williams Mr Kevin W Hewitt Ms Shirley Morris Mrs Wendy B Selman Mr Donald E Wilson Mrs Barbara E Hudson Mr Robert W Murray Ms Marian Seville Mr Richard J B Wingate Mimi B Hurley Dr Gordon Myall Mrs Elizabeth Sheard Mr G L Winter Mr David C Jackson Miss Patricia J Nargar Miss Annie Sherbon Mr Giles G Woodgate Dr Ruth S Kerr OAM Ms Patrice Newell Master Will Sherbon Mr Hubert O Woodhouse Mr Richard F LaGanza Mrs Janice Nicholas Dr Kevin V Sheridan AM Dr David Woods Mrs Beryl J Lewis JP Ms Pauline Newell Dr Jeffrey A Siegel Dr Donald I Wright & Mr Howard J Lewis Mrs Olivia Nicholls Mrs K R Sinclair Mrs Janice M Wright Mr Ian S McLachlan Dr B P and Dr D C Nolan Mrs Elizabeth Skeoch Mr Neil E Wykes Miss Millie Mills Mr Walter Norris Mrs Margaret Slade Ms D B Zeleny Dr Ann Moyal AM Dr Marlene J Norst Mr A H Slater QC Miss Dorothy Ramsay Mrs Janice Nudd Ms Patricia Smith Mrs Judith R Ryan Mr Alexander F Norwick Mr Robert Smith Mr Harold Schultz Ms Carole O’Brien Mr John Sneeder Mr David Staples Mrs Clarice O’Gorman Mr Richard T Somerville Ms Joy Storie Mr Felix Oppen Mr Gavin & Mrs Ngaire Souter Dr Diana Wyndham Mr Viktor Paar Mrs Mary T Spillane Mr John Wyndham Miss Valerie P Packer Mr David Staehli
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Mr Alan Anderson Mrs Paula Hand Mrs Nancy Percival Ms Yvonne Asquith Mrs Joan Hansell Mr Kelvin Perks Mrs Patricia Ball Ms Jane Harris Mrs Beth Pooley Mrs Joan Barr Mrs Eileen Harrison Mr Ian Porteous Mrs Patricia Barrett Mrs Barbara Harvey Mrs Lorna Puflett Dr Helen Bashir Crane Mrs June Harvison Mr Alex Ramsay Ms Marcia Bass Mrs Sylvia Hayman Miss Dorothy Ramsay Dr Kathrine Becker Mr Peter Hayman Mrs Cecile Ramsay-Sharpe Mrs Ingrid Beeren Mrs Elizabeth Heffernan Mrs Joan Reed Ms Philippa Beeston Mr Kevin Hewitt Mrs Lorraine Rook Rev Grahame Bickford Mr James Hillier Ms Margaret Russell Mrs Jan Bransgrove Mrs Jennifer Hindmarsh Ms Patricia Ryan Mrs Helen Breekveldt Ms Evelayne Hoctor Mr John Ryrie Mrs Margaret Broadfoot Mrs Jean Hogden Mr Harold Schultz Mrs Diane Burgess Miss Hazel Hoss Mrs Billie-Jean Scoppa Mrs Taslima Choudhury Mrs Edna Hutton Mrs Allison Sharpe Mrs Mary Clark Miss Wendy James Mrs Rosemary Shepherd Mrs Jeannette Clarke Mrs Murial Jardine Mrs Norma Simes Professor Richard Clough Mrs Allanah Jarman Mrs Gwendoline Skewes Mrs Margaret Conlon Ms Jennifer Jenkins Mrs Mary Smith Mr William Coupland Mrs Elizabeth Jewsbury Mrs Beverley Smith Miss Rosemary Cox Mrs Gwen Kemmis Mr John Smith Mrs Joyce Crooks Mrs Ji-Yeon Kiddle Mrs Betty Smith Ms Carmel Mr Raymond King Miss June Somerville Cummins-Bezzina Mrs Mona King Miss Dorothy Spratt Mrs Gwyn Curran Mr David Lambert Mrs Barbara Stacey Miss Lina Daher Ms Olive Lawson Mrs Betty Stark Mrs Moya Daly Mrs Thelma Long Mrs Thelma Stead Mrs Janice D’Ambra Ms Cheryl Low Ms Nataliya Stepanova Mrs Rosalind Davie Mrs Jean Lyall Miss Sylvia Stone Mrs Enid Davis Mrs Betty MacLean Mrs Margaret Suthers Mrs Judith Dawson Ms Elise Malcolm Mr Edward Thomas Mrs Marjorie Day Mrs Mary Maltby Mr Colin Thompson Ms Dorothy Disher Mrs Margaret Mandeno Ms Angela Thompson Mrs Patricia Donnelly Mrs Robin Mathews Ms Lilla Towie Mrs Mary Driver Mrs Betty McGregor Miss Huong Tran Ms Vivien Dunne Mr Douglas McKay Miss Nancy Tuck Mr Brian Dymock Ms Margot McKenzie Ms Gaenor Vallack Mrs Mina Elron Mrs Shirley McLachlan Mr David van der Felden Miss Ayse Ersoy Mr John Merewether Mr George Verey Ms Nancy Essex Mrs Zoë Middleton Mrs Norma Wales Miss Berenice Evans Mr Rex Minter Dr David Walker AM Ms Ruby Faris Mrs Juanita Minter Mrs Marion Walker Mr Maurice Farrell Mrs Helen Monaghan Mrs Peggy Wallis Mrs Sandra Faulkner Mrs Joy Moran Mrs Pauline Walsh Mr Robert Fawcett Mrs Lottie Mottram Mrs Charmian Warden Miss Marie Flanagan Mrs Joan Murphy Mrs Wendell Watt Mrs Elizabeth Franklin Mr Otto Neumann Miss Peg Webster Mrs Dorothy Gibson Miss Judy Nicklin Mrs Marcia Whibley Miss Judy Gimbert Mrs Nancy Nineham Mrs Margaret Whitlam AO Mrs Jane Gray Mrs Phyllis Oakes Mr Milton Whitmont Dr Ken Gray Mrs Pauline Ongley Mrs Coral Williams Mr Basil Griffin Mrs Eniko Ozsvar Ms Jeanette Williams Ms Els Groenewegen Mrs Lynne Palmer Mrs Eve Wurth Mrs Helen Halse-Rogers Mr Gregory Pauline Mrs Sylvia Yeates
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@ the Library LIAC Crime Library, 2nd edition Free, bimonthly 2005 web only version available on the Guide to State Library public programs LIAC website. An essential and popular and exhibitions resource for HSC legal studies teachers and students with summaries and web Annual Report links to over 50 high profile criminal First copy free cases. Also available at
92 Freedom of Information Annual Statement of Affairs
Structure and functions of the State Library of NSW The Public Libraries Consultative Committee and the The State Library is the major public reference and Grants Committee of Library Council enable information service for the people of New South Wales. representatives of local government to participate in It has over 5 million items in its collection and provides decision making and policy formulation concerning the instant access to electronic information services around provision of public library services. the world. The Library’s origins date back to 1826 with The State Library welcomes public comment. Suggestion the opening of the Australian Subscription Library. The forms are available for this purpose at the Foyer Inquiry NSW Government took over the private subscription Desks, at service points in the Reading Rooms, and on the library in 1869 and created the Sydney Free Public Library. Library website. The Library also conducts extensive client From 1895 to 1975 the Library was known as the Public research. The findings are used to improve our services Library of New South Wales. It was renamed the State and develop standards against which our performance Library of New South Wales in 1975. levels in key areas of service provision are measured. The Library Council of New South Wales is the governing body of the State Library of New South Wales. The Library Categories of documents held by the State Library Act, 1939 and Library Regulation, 2000 define the powers, Documents relating to the exercise of the Library’s diverse authorities, duties and functions of the Library Council. functions are housed at the State Library in Macquarie Street. These include documents relating to administrative, The State Library is managed by an Executive which personnel and financial matters common to most NSW includes the State Librarian and Chief Executive, and five government organisations. Other records relate to the Assistant State Librarians responsible for Collection provision of library and information services to members Management Services, Electronic Library Services, Public of the community, services and support provided by the Library Services, Reader Services, Education and Client Library to New South Wales public libraries, and the Liaison Services, and the Director Finance & Strategy. management of the Library’s collections. An organisation chart is shown on p. 53. Documents containing personal information are described The Library’s key objectives are set out in the corporate in the Library’s Privacy Management Plan. A copy is plan Shaping our Future Together: Strategy 2005. Copies available from the Privacy Contact Officer. are available from the Library’s website or on request from the State Librarian’s Office. Applications for access to documents under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 1989 should be made Key functions which directly affect the public in writing to: All State Library services are designed for the public to Freedom of Information Contact Officer meet the diverse range of interests and information needs State Library of New South Wales of the people of New South Wales. Services are provided Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 directly to people who visit the State Library in Macquarie Tel: (02) 9273 1796 Fax: (02) 9273 1268 Street, Sydney, and to remote clients who make contact Email: [email protected] via telephone, mail, fax, email, or through the Library’s websites and atmitchell.com. Publications and information available from the State Library of New South Wales are listed on p 92. Clients who visit the Library in Macquarie Street Sydney have direct access to the collections and services in the Impact on the State Library reading rooms, exhibitions and displays, Library tours, The State Library received three requests for information special events for friends and supporters, education and in 2004/05 under the NSW Freedom of Information Act, school holiday programs, the Library Shop, the Glasshouse 1989. One request pertained to personal information and Café, and Café Trim. The State Library also provides was granted in part with documents withheld from services to clients of the New South Wales public library disclosure in accordance with provisions of Section network including document delivery services, NSW.net, 25(1)(a) of the Act on the ground of exemption provided and electronic information network linking public libraries at Clause 4(1)(d) of Schedule 1 of the Act. The second and councils to the Internet. request pertained to non-personal information and was granted in full. The third request pertained to non- State Library services are evaluated and monitored by a personal information and was withdrawn. comprehensive program of surveys and performance measurement. These indicate a high level of satisfaction The impact of the FOI requirements on the State Library with Library services, and help to inform ongoing has been minimal in the year 2004/05. improvements in service delivery strategies. Major compliance issues Arrangements for the public to participate in policy development No issues have arisen. The Library Act, as amended by the Cultural Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1989, provides for a Library Council of nine members of the public, nominated by the Minister for the Arts, and appointed for a three year term by the Governor of NSW.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 93 Freedom of Information requests
SECTION A Number of FOI requests received, processed and completed
FOI Requests Personal Other Total 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 A1 New (Including transferred in) 2 1 2 2 3 A2 Brought forward A3 Total to be processed 2 1 2 2 3 A4 Completed 2 1 1 2 2 A5 Transferred out A6 Withdrawn 1 1 A7 Total processed 2 1 2 2 3 A8 Unfinished (Carried forward)
SECTION B What happened to completed requests
Result of FOI Request Personal Other 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 B1 Granted in full 1 1 B2 Granted in part 1 1 B3 Refused B4 Deferred B5 Completed 1 1
SECTION C Ministerial Certificates: number issued during the period. Not applicable
SECTION D Formal Consultations: number of requests requiring consultations (issued) and total number of formal consultation(s) for the period
Issued Total 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 D1 Number of requests requiring 2 3 2 3 formal consultation(s)
SECTION E Amendment of personal records: number of requests processed during the period. Nil
SECTION F Notation of personal records: number of requests processed during the period. Nil
SECTION G FOI requests granted in part or refused: number of times each reason was cited as the basis for disallowing access in relation to completed requests which were granted in part or refused.
Basis of disallowing or restricting access Personal Other 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 G1 Section 19 {application incomplete, wrongly directed} G2 Section 22 {deposit not paid} G3 Section 25 (1)(a1){diversion of resources} G4 Section 25(1)(a) {Exempt} 1 1 G5 Section 25(1)(b),(c),(d) {Otherwise available} G6 Section 28(1)(b) {documents not held} G7 Section 24(2) - deemed refused, over 21 days G8 Section 31(4) {released to Medical Practitioner} G9 Totals 1 1
SECTION H Costs and fees of requests processed during the period
94 freedom of information requests
Assessed costs FOI fees received 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 H1 All completed requests $1 200 $1 200 $45 $90
SECTION I Discounts allowed: numbers of FOI requests processed during the period where discounts were allowed
Type of discount allowed Personal Other 1 Public interest 2 Financial hardship - Pensioner/Child 1 3 Financial hardship - Non profit organisation 4 Totals 1 5 Significant correction of personal records
SECTION J Days to process: Number of calendar days taken to process completed requests
Elapsed time Personal Other 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 J1 0 - 21 days 1 J2 22 - 35 days 1 2 J3 Over 35 days 1 J4 Totals 2 2
SECTION K Processing time: Number of hours taken to process completed requests
Processing hours Personal Other 03/04 04/05 03/04 04/05 K1 0 - 10 hours K2 11 - 20 hrs 1 1 K3 21 - 40 hrs K4 Over 40 hrs 1 1 K5 Totals 2 2
SECTION L Reviews and Appeals: number finalised during the period. 1
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 95 Privacy Annual Report
The introduction of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 in September 2004 required a major review of the State Library’s Privacy Management Plan (2000), holdings of personal information and compliance requirements.
During the review the Library sought expert advice on the draft Privacy Management Plan 2005, supporting documents, and compliance issues and strategies. These documents will be finalised in July 2005 and followed by the implementation of the Privacy Action Plan 2005–06.
Education and awareness was a key focus for the year. Information was placed on the staff Intranet and staff, contractors and volunteers were required to attend awareness training on Privacy and Freedom of Information (FOI) in the workplace. The legislation and its responsibilities were explained and guidance was provided on how it concerned the Library, its staff and operations. The following training schedule was completed:
October–November 2004: • 50 volunteers attend sessions on Privacy and FOI • staff and contractors attend compulsory awareness sessions on Privacy and FOI. February 2005: • new volunteers attend awareness session on privacy • privacy information mailed to all volunteers. March 2005: • follow-up sessions held for staff and contractors on leave in October–November.
The Web Privacy Statement, which outlines how we deal with personal information related to the content and use of our website, was finalised and placed on our website.
The State Library uses Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) to monitor the security of the collection and for the safety of clients and staff. Our signage was reviewed to ensure that the public and staff were provided with appropriate notice of our use of CCTV.
A copy of the Privacy Management Plan can be obtained by contacting the Privacy Contact Officer.
Top: Helen Garner displaying her book No privacy complaints were received by the Privacy Contact Joe Cinque’s consolation Officer during 2004/05.
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Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, Services for 18 Legal Information Access Service (LIAC) 17 ABS@NSW services 46 Library Council Access – addresses and contact numbers back cover Attendance record 51 Accounts payable performance 36 Committees 54 Annual report – cost of printing back cover Members 52 atmitchell.com 10, 13, 21, 44 President’s overview 10 Awards and Fellowships 48 Media 27 BHP Billiton Skills.net NSW 29 Milt Luger Fellowship 48 Blake Dawson Waldron Prize 48 Mission 4 Budget outline for 2005/06 financials 26 Mitchell Library Centenary 25 C H Currey Memorial Fellowship 48 Mitchell Bequest Project 44 Capital Campaign 44 Multicultural Services 29 Collaborative initiatives 45-46 Nancy Keesing Fellowship 48 Collections – Access 34 National Biography Award 48 Collections – Additions 69-70 Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection 44 Collections – Management 34 Nestlé Write Around Australia 46 Committees – Internal 56 NSW.net 28 Committees – Representation on external 57 Occupational health and safety (OH&S) 40 Consultants, Use of 36 Opening hours back cover Consumer response 19, 20, 31 Organisation chart 53 Corporate overview 50-55 Overseas travel 60 Corporate objectives and results 6-9 Preservation 34 di@yll: Drug Information at your Local Library 30 Privacy annual report 96 Disability services 20 Programs, Allocation of recurrent resources 39 Energy management 38 to programs Ethnic Affairs Priority Statement Report (EAPS) 29 Public library grants and subsidies 74-77 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) 41 Public library network 28-31 Events 27 Publications 92 Exhibitions 26 Records management 43 Facilities 37 Regional service delivery 28 Fellowships and awards 48 Risk management 36 Financial management 35 Sponsors 46 Financial statements inside back pocket Staff list 80-81 Freedom of Information 93-95 Staff numbers 40 Friends of the State Library of New South Wales 44 Staff publications, papers and presentations 59-60 Guarantee of Service 4 State Librarian’s Fellowship 48 Health Information Service 20 State Library of New South Wales Foundation 44 Heritage Act, Compliance with 39 Members & Custodians, and donors 82-89 Human resources 37 Total Asset Management Plan 37 ILANET 20 Training 24 Income, Sources of 39 Volunteers 44-45 Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium 46 Waste Recycling and Purchasing Policy 38 Information & Communications Technology 37 Web addresses, index to 97 Information Services 16 Women, Services for 20 Internal audits 36 Investment management performance 36 Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship 48 Legislation 4 Legislative review 32
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The accompanying notes form part of these statements Independent Audit Report GPO Box 12 Library Council of New South Wales Sydney NSW 2001
To Members of the New South Wales Parliament
Audit Opinion In my opinion, the financial report of the Library Council of New South Wales:
(a) presents fairly the Library Council’s financial position as at 30 June 2005 and its financial performance and cash flows for the year ended on that date, in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements in Australia, and (b) complies with section 41B and 41BA of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 (the Act).
My opinion should be read in conjunction with the rest of this report.
The Council’s Role The financial report is the responsibility of the members of the Library Council of New South Wales. It consists of the statement of financial position, the statement of financial performance, the statement of cash flows, the summary of compliance with financial directives and the accompanying notes.
The Auditor’s Role and the Audit Scope As required by the Act, I carried out an independent audit to enable me to express an opinion on the financial report. My audit provides reasonable assurance to Members of the New South Wales Parliament that the financial report is free of material misstatement.
My audit accorded with Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards and statutory requirements, and I:
• evaluated the accounting policies and significant accounting estimates used by the Council in preparing the financial report, and • examined a sample of the evidence that supports the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report.
An audit does not guarantee that every amount and disclosure in the financial report is error free. The terms ‘reasonable assurance’ and ‘material’ recognise that an audit does not examine all evidence and transactions. However, the audit procedures used should identify errors or omissions significant enough to adversely affect decisions made by users of the financial report or indicate that Council members had not fulfilled their reporting obligations.
My opinion does not provide assurance:
• about the future viability of the Council, • that the Council has carried out its activities effectively, efficiently and economically, • about the effectiveness of its internal controls, or • on the assumptions used in formulating the budget figures disclosed in the annual report. Audit Independence The Audit Office complies with all applicable independence requirements of Australian professional ethical pronouncements. The Act further promotes independence by:
• providing that only Parliament, and not the executive government, can remove an Auditor-General, and • mandating the Auditor-General as auditor of public sector agencies but precluding the provision of non-audit services, thus ensuring the Auditor-General and the Audit Office are not compromised in their role by the possibility of losing clients or income.
Peter Carr FCPA, Director, Financial Audit Services SYDNEY, 30 September 2005 Year ended 30 June 2005
Pursuant to Section 41C (1C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act, 1983, and in accordance with a resolution of the members of the Library Council of New South Wales, on recommendation of the Finance Committee, we declare on behalf of the Library Council of New South Wales, that in our opinion:
(a) the accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable Australian Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements, the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act and Regulations, and the Financial Reporting Directions published in the Financial Reporting Code for Budget Dependent General Government Sector Agencies or issued by the Treasurer under section 9(2)(n) of the Act.
(b) there are no circumstances which would render any particulars included in the financial statements to be misleading or inaccurate.
Ms Belinda Hutchinson Ms Dagmar Schmidmaier AM President State Librarian & Chief Executive
SYDNEY, 28 September 2005
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Statement of financial performance for the year ended 30 June 2005
Notes Actual Budget Actual 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 $’000 Expenses Operating expenses Employee related 2 (a) 26,313 26,929 26,569 Other operating expenses 2 (b) 12,635 11,910 13,427 Maintenance 2 (c) 2,272 1,322 4,330 Depreciation & amortisation 2 (d) 10,835 10,398 10,077 Grants and subsidies 2 (e) 22,073 22,422 22,135 Borrowing costs 2 (f) 22 38 28 Total expenses 74,150 73,019 76,566
Less: Retained revenue Sale of goods and services 3 (a) 2,069 2,390 2,553 Investment income 3 (b) 2,349 1,978 1,835 Grants and contributions 3 (c) 3,457 3,141 3,502 Other revenue 3 (d) 53 10 133 Total retained revenue 7,928 7,519 8,023
Surplus / (deficit) on disposal of non-current assets 4 (2) - 4 Net cost of services 23 66,224 65,500 68,539
Government contributions Recurrent appropriation 6 51,105 50,792 50,459 Capital appropriation 6 10,773 10,086 13,581 Acceptance by the Crown Entity 7 3,546 3,861 3,868 of employee benefits and other liabilities Total government contributions 65,424 64,739 67,908
SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) FOR THE YEAR FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES (800) (761) (631) NON-OWNER TRANSACTION CHANGES IN EQUITY Increase in Asset Revaluation Reserve arising from revaluation of non-current assets 20 460,921 - 522 Total revenues, expenses and valuation adjustments recognised directly in equity 460,921 - 522 TOTAL CHANGES IN EQUITY OTHER THAN THOSE RESULTING FROM TRANSACTIONS WITH OWNERS AS OWNERS 460,121 (761) (109)
The accompanying notes form part of these statements
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Statement of financial position as at 30 June 2005
Notes Actual Budget Actual 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 $’000 ASSETS Current assets Cash 9 2,371 889 1,542 Receivables 10 535 622 707 Inventories 11 229 246 246 Other 14 668 653 653 Total current assets 3,803 2,410 3,148
Non-current assets Other financial assets 12 (a) 15,633 14,890 15,190 Property, Plant and Equipment - Land and Buildings 13 243,563 168,468 166,639 - Plant and Equipment 13 1,609 4,958 4,958 - Collection Assets 13 1,882,848 1,495,234 1,497,375 Total property, plant and equipment 2,128,020 1,668,660 1,668,972 Total non-current assets 2,143,653 1,683,550 1,684,162
Total assets 2,147,456 1,685,960 1,687,310
LIABILITIES Current liabilities Payables 16 3,168 2,584 3,173 Interest bearing liabilities 17 114 103 103 Provisions 18 2,311 2,217 2,217 Total current liabilities 5,593 4,904 5,493
Non-current liabilities Interest bearing liabilities 17 166 280 280 Provisions 18 584 545 545 Total non-current liabilities 750 825 825
Total liabilities 6,343 5,729 6,318
Net assets 2,141,113 1,680,231 1,680,992
EQUITY Reserves 20 519,098 58,248 58,248 Accumulated funds 20 1,622,015 1,621,983 1,622,744
Total equity 2,141,113 1,680,231 1,680,992
The accompanying notes form part of these statements
The accompanying notes form part of these statements
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Statement of cash flows for the year ended 30 June 2005
Notes Actual Budget Actual 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 $’000 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Payments Employee related 23,883 25,533 23,950 Grants and subsidies 22,073 22,169 22,135 Borrowing costs 22 28 28 Other 14,620 16,235 19,091 Total payments 60,598 63,965 65,204 Receipts Sale of goods and services 2,331 3,241 3,623 Investment income 2,353 1,179 1,965 Other 3,323 3,679 4,823 Total receipts 8,007 8,099 10,411 Cash flows from government Recurrent appropriation 51,105 50,792 50,459 Capital appropriation 10,773 10,086 13,581 Cash reimbursements from the Crown Entity 1,052 1,140 1,007 Net cash flows from government 62,930 62,018 65,047 NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 23 10,339 6,152 10,254
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from sale of investments 12(b) 1,671 800 9,621 Purchase of buildings, plant and equipment and collection assets 13(a) (9,042) (7,208) (10,770) Purchase of investments 12(b) (2,036) - (10,229)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (9,407) (6,408) (11,378)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Repayment of borrowings and advances 17 (103) - (76)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES (103) - (76)
NET INCREASE / (DECREASE) IN CASH 829 (256) (1,200) Opening cash and cash equivalents 1,542 1,145 2,742
CLOSING CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS 9 2,371 889 1,542
The accompanying notes form part of these statements
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Summary of compliance with financial directives for the year ended 30 June 2005
2005 2004 Recurrent Expenditure / Capital Expenditure / Recurrent Expenditure / Capital Expenditure / Appropriation Net Claim on Appropriation Net Claim on Appropriation Net Claim on Appropriation Net Claim on Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated Fund Fund Fund Fund
$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 Original Budget Appropriation / Expenditure Appropriation Act 50,792 50,792 10,086 10,086 50,059 50,059 13,581 13,581 50,792 50,792 10,086 10,086 50,059 50,059 13,581 13,581 Other Appropriations / Expenditures Treasurer’s advance 92 92 2 2 400 400 - - Section 27 221 221 685 685 Appropriation Act 313 313 687 687 400 400 - - Total Appropriations Expenditure / Net Claim on Consolidated Fund 51,105 51,105 10,773 10,773 50,459 50,459 13,581 13,581 Amount drawn down against Appropriation 51,105 10,773 50,459 13,581
Liability to Consolidated Fund - - - -
Note:
The Summary of Compliance is based on the assumption that Consolidated Fund moneys are spent first (except where otherwise identified or prescribed). $1.4 million (2004: $3.1 million) was appropriated from the capital appropriation for minor miscellaneous works and has been fully spent. However, in accordance with accounting standards, these expenditures have been reclassified as expense in the financial statements.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 5 Fold out Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) Reporting entity The Library Council of New South Wales (Library Council), as a reporting entity, comprises the State Library of New South Wales and its controlled entity, the State Library of New South Wales Foundation.
The State Library of New South Wales Foundation’s charter ensures monetary support for the development of the Australian cultural heritage collections of the Library Council.
In the process of preparing consolidated financial statements for the Library Council all inter-entity transactions and balances have been eliminated. The presentation adopted does not include a separate column for the parent entity in view of the immateriality of the controlled entity.
The Library Council is consolidated as part of the NSW Total State Sector Accounts.
(b) Basis of accounting The Library Council’s financial statements are a general purpose financial report which has been prepared on an accrual basis and in accordance with:
• applicable Australian Accounting Standards; • other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB); • Urgent Issues Group (UIG) Consensus Views; • the requirements of the Public Finance and Audit Act and Regulations; and • the Financial Reporting Directions published in the Financial Reporting Code for Budget Dependent General Government Sector Agencies or issued by the Treasurer under section 9(2)(n) of the Act. Where there are inconsistencies between the above requirements, the legislative provisions have prevailed.
In the absence of a specific accounting standard, other authoritative pronouncements of the AASB or UIG Consensus Views, the hierarchy of other pronouncements as outlined in AAS 6 “Accounting Policies” is considered.
Except for certain investments, land and buildings and collection assets, which are recorded at fair value, the financial statements are prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention.
Comparative amounts are disclosed from year to year to ensure consistency of presentation is maintained.
All amounts are rounded to the nearest one thousand dollars and are expressed in Australian currency.
(c) Administered activities The Library Council does not administer any activity on behalf of the Crown Entity.
(d) Revenue recognition Revenue is recognised when the Library Council has control of the good or right to receive it and it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Library Council and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably. Additional comments regarding the accounting policies for the recognition of revenue are discussed below.
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(i) Parliamentary appropriations and contributions from other bodies
Parliamentary appropriations and contributions from other bodies (including grants and donations) are generally recognised as revenues when the Library Council obtains control over the assets comprising the appropriations / contributions. Control over appropriations and contributions is normally obtained upon the receipt of cash.
An exception to the above is when appropriations are unspent at year end. In this case, the authority to spend the money lapses and generally the unspent amount must be repaid to the Consolidated Fund in the following financial year. As a result, unspent appropriations are accounted for as liabilities rather than revenue. No such liability existed at the end of the financial year.
(ii) Sale of goods and services
Revenue from the sale of goods and services comprises revenue from the provision of products or services, i.e., user charges. User charges are recognised as revenue when the Library Council obtains control of the assets that result from them.
(iii) Investment income
Interest revenue is recognised as it accrues. Rent revenue is recognised in accordance with AAS 17 “Accounting for Leases”. Royalty revenue is recognised on an accrual basis in accordance with the substance of the relevant agreement. Dividend revenue is recognised when the right to receive payment is established.
(iv) Non-cash gifts
The Library Council receives non-cash gifts of collection items that are valued under the Cultural Gifts Program (CGP) of the Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. These items are taken to account in the year of acquisition.
(e) employee benefits and other provisions Employee benefits and other provisions are treated as follows:
(i) Salaries and wages, annual leave, sick leave and on-costs
Liabilities for salaries and wages (including non-monetary benefits), annual leave and vesting sick leave are recognised and measured in respect of employees’ services up to the reporting date at nominal amounts based on the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.
Unused non-vesting sick leave does not give rise to a liability as it is not considered probable that sick leave taken in the future will be greater than the benefits accrued in the future.
The outstanding amounts of payroll tax, workers’ compensation insurance premiums and fringe benefits tax, which are consequential to employment, are recognised as liabilities and expenses where the employee benefits to which they relate have been recognised.
(ii) Long service leave and superannuation
The Library Council’s liabilities for long service leave and superannuation are assumed by the Crown Entity. The Library Council accounts for the liability as having been extinguished resulting in the amount assumed being shown as part of the non-monetary revenue item described as “Acceptance by the Crown Entity of employee benefits and other liabilities”.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
Long service leave is measured on the present value method, which requires that long service liabilities that are expected to be settled more than 12 months after reporting date must be measured at the present value of the estimated future cash out flows. This method also takes into account expected future increases in remuneration rates.
The superannuation expense for the financial year is determined by using the formulae specified in the Treasurer’s Directions. The expense for certain superannuation schemes (i.e., Basic Benefit and First State Super) is calculated as a percentage of the employees’ salary. For other superannuation schemes (i.e., State Superannuation Scheme and State Authorities Superannuation Scheme), the expense is calculated as a multiple of the employees’ superannuation contributions.
(iii) Other provisions
Other provisions exist when the Library Council has a present legal, equitable or constructive obligation to make a future sacrifice of economic benefits to other entities as a result of past transactions or other past events. These provisions are recognised when it is probable that a future sacrifice of economic benefits will be required and the amount can be measured reliably.
(f) Borrowing costs Borrowing costs are recognised as expenses in the period in which they are incurred (except where they are included in the costs of qualifying assets).
(g) Insurance The Library Council’s insurance activities are conducted through the NSW Treasury Managed Fund Scheme of self insurance for Government agencies. The expense (premium) is determined by the fund manager based on past experience.
(h) Accounting for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where:
(i) the amount of GST incurred by the Library Council as a purchaser that is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or as part of an item of expense
(ii) receivables and payables are stated with the amount of GST included.
(i) Acquisitions of assets The cost method of accounting is used for the initial recording of all acquisitions of assets controlled by the Library Council. Cost is determined as the fair value of the assets given as consideration plus the costs incidental to the acquisition.
Assets acquired at no cost, or for nominal consideration, are initially recognised as assets and revenues at their fair value at the date of acquisition.
Fair value means the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between a knowledgeable, willing buyer and a knowledgeable, willing seller in an arm’s length transaction.
Where settlement of any part of cash consideration is deferred, the amounts payable in the future are discounted to their present value at the acquisition date. The discount rate used is the incremental borrowing rate, being the rate at which a similar borrowing could be obtained.
The salaries and wages of staff directly involved in the preservation and conservation of original materials, such that they become available and ready for use by the Library, are capitalised as part of collection assets and are being depreciated in accordance with the Library’s depreciation policy.
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(j) plant and equipment (i) Items of plant and equipment individually costing $5,000 are capitalised.
(ii) Assets being part of a network or similar nature with individual costs lower than $5,000 are grouped and capitalised where the total value meets the capitalisation threshold.
(k) Revaluation of physical non-current assets Physical non-current assets are valued in accordance with the “Valuation of Physical Non-Current Assets at Fair Value” (TPP 03-02). This policy adopts fair value in accordance with AASB 1041 from financial years beginning on or after 1 July 2002. There is no substantive difference between the fair valuation methodology and the previous valuation methodology adopted in the NSW public sector.
Where available, fair value is determined having regard to the highest and best use of the asset on the basis of current market selling prices for the same or similar assets. Where market selling price is not available, the asset’s fair value is measured as its market buying price, i.e., the replacement cost of the asset’s remaining future economic benefits.
Collection assets are valued on a deprival basis as a surrogate for fair value (i.e., using current market buying price where the asset can be replaced and current market selling price when the asset cannot be replaced).
Each class of physical non-current assets is revalued every five years and with sufficient regularity to ensure that the carrying amount of each asset in the asset class does not differ materially from its fair value at reporting date. As a result of the size and nature of the Library Council’s assets, this revaluation is conducted over a five year period. The last revaluations were completed as at 30 June 2005 for Land and Buildings and for Collection assets and were based on independent assessments.
Non-specialised assets with short useful lives are measured at depreciated historical cost as a surrogate for fair value.
When revaluing non-current assets by reference to current prices for assets newer than those being revalued (adjusted to reflect the present condition of the assets), the gross amounts and the related accumulated depreciation amounts are separately restated.
Otherwise, any balances of accumulated depreciation existing at the revaluation date in respect of those assets are credited to the asset accounts to which they relate. The net asset accounts are then increased or decreased by the revaluation increments or decrements.
Revaluation increments are credited directly to the asset revaluation reserve, except that, to the extent that an increment reverses a revaluation decrement in respect of that class of asset previously recognised as an expense in the surplus/deficit, the increment is recognised immediately as revenue in the surplus / deficit.
Revaluation decrements are recognised immediately as expenses in the surplus/deficit except that, to the extent that a credit balance exists in the asset revaluation reserve in respect of the same class of assets, they are debited directly to the asset revaluation reserve.
Revaluation increments and decrements are offset against one another within a class of non-current assets, but not otherwise.
Where an asset that has previously been revalued is disposed of, any balance remaining in the asset revaluation reserve in respect of that asset is transferred to accumulated funds.
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(l) Assets not able to be reliably measured The Library Council holds certain assets that have not been recognised in the Statement of Financial Position because they cannot be reliably valued. These assets comprise 8,734 hours of original oral history and sound recordings on reel to reel and cassette tapes, accompanied by transcriptions and logs, covering all aspects of life in NSW.
(m) Depreciation of non-current physical assets (i) Depreciation is provided for on either a straight-line or reducing balance basis for all depreciable assets so as to write off the depreciable amount of each asset as it is consumed over its useful life to the Library Council. Land is not a depreciable asset.
(ii) All material separately identifiable component assets are recognised and depreciated over their shorter useful lives.
The following estimated useful lives are used in the calculation of depreciation:
Buildings 50 years Plant and equipment 7 years Computer equipment 4 years Library IT system 4 years Collection assets see below
(iii) Collection assets are depreciated under both the double declining balance (DDB) and straight line bases according to the following major asset groupings:
Monographs, bound serials, microfilm & microfiche 60 years DDB Multicultural materials 3 years straight line Audio visual/electronic resources 7 years straight line The use of DDB for monographs, bound serials, microfilm reels and microfiche is based on studies showing that usage is highest when an item is newly acquired and decreases over time, more rapidly in the earlier years than in the later, but never reaches the point of having no information value.
Even if rarely used there is utility in being able to refer to an historical item for a piece of information missing from other sources, or to use a particular item as part of a longitudinal survey or contextual data. Items in this asset group have a particularly long service life and DDB reflects their pattern of use over their useful life.
The straight line depreciation method is for collection asset groups with much shorter service lives. Multicultural materials have continuing high levels of usage which impact service life and audio visual/electronic resources can incur, in addition to regular wear and tear, technical obsolescence. In both these two asset groups usage is more evenly distributed across their service life.
The following table reflects the book value of the various collection asset groups at 30 June 2005.
Monographs, bound serials, microfilm & microfiche $269.10 million Multicultural material $1.10 million Audio visual/electronic resources $3.00 million Heritage $1,609.60 million
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(n) Maintenance and repairs The costs of maintenance are charged as expenses as incurred, except where they relate to the replacement of a depreciable asset component, in which case the costs are capitalised and depreciated.
(o) Leased assets A distinction is made between finance leases, in which there is an effective transfer from the lessor to the lessee of substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of the leased assets, and operating leases, under which the lessor effectively retains all such risks and benefits.
Where a non-current asset is acquired by means of a finance lease, the asset is recognised at its fair value at the inception of the lease. The corresponding liability is established at the same amount. Lease payments are allocated between the principal component and the interest expense.
Operating lease payments are charged to the Statement of Financial Performance in the periods in which they are incurred.
(p) Receivables Receivables are recognised and carried at the original invoice amount less a provision for any uncollectible debts. An estimate for doubtful debts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written off as incurred.
(q) Inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. The cost is calculated using the weighted average cost or first in first out method.
(r) Other financial assets Other financial assets are generally recognised at cost, with the exception of TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities and managed fund investments, which are measured at market value.
For non-current other financial assets, revaluation increments and decrements are recognised in the same manner as physical non-current assets.
For current other financial assets, revaluation increments and decrements are recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance.
(s) Trust funds The Library Council holds no monies in a trustee capacity.
(t) Other assets Other assets, including prepayments, are recognised on a cost basis.
(u) equity transfers There have been no transfers of net assets between the Library Council and other agencies.
(v) payables These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Library Council and other amounts, including interest. Interest is accrued over the period it becomes due.
(w) Interest bearing liabilities All loans are valued at current capital value.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 11 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
(x) Budget amounts The budgeted amounts are drawn from the budgets as formulated at the beginning of the financial year and with any adjustments for the effects of additional appropriations, s 21A, s 24 and/or s 26 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.
The budgeted amounts in the Statement of Financial Performance are generally based on the amounts disclosed in the NSW Budget Papers (as adjusted above). However, in the Statement of Financial Position and the Statement of Cash Flows, the amounts vary from the Budget Papers, as the opening balances of the budgeted amounts are based on carried forward actual amounts i.e., per the audited financial statements (rather than carried forward estimates).
(y) Impact of adopting the Australian Equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (AEIFRS) The Library Council will apply AEIFRS from the reporting period beginning 1 July 2005 and is managing the transition to the new standards by allocating internal resources and/or engaging consultants who analysed the standards to identify key areas regarding policies, procedures, systems and financial impacts affected by the transition.
The Library Council’s Finance Committee over-sighted the transition. The AEIFRS Project Team Manager was responsible for the project and reported to the Committee on progress against the plan. The project phases undertaken included analysis, investigation and determination of the impact of AEIFRS on Library Council’s results. Part of the task was to prepare a draft opening Balance Sheet as at 1 July 2004 under AEIFRS and submit to NSW Treasury and the Audit Office of NSW for review.
Based on management’s best estimates as at the date of preparing the 30 June 2005 financial report, the Library Council does not anticipate any material changes to its accumulated funds, operating result and cash flows.
The actual impact, however, will not be known until pending changes to AEIFRS including the Urgent Issues Group (UIG) interpretation or emerging accepted practices in their interpretation are finalised.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 12 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 2. EXPENSES
(a) employee related expenses Salaries and wages (including recreation leave) 21,038 20,642 Superannuation 2,373 2,399 Long service leave 974 1,380 Workers’ compensation insurance 358 474 Payroll tax and fringe benefit tax 1,563 1,569 Redundancy - 99 Study assistance 4 4 Meal allowance 3 2 26,313 26,569
Employee related expenses of $1.5 million have been capitalised as part of Collection assets during the year (2004: $1.4 million).
(b) Other operating expenses Auditor’s remuneration 65 62 - audit / review of the financial reports Bad and doubtful debts - (33) Cost of sales 224 268 Insurance 1,107 955 Operating lease and rental expenses 939 788 Other Advertising & promotions 322 417 Cleaning services 629 613 Computer software and licences 169 470 Courier, freight and postage 226 257 Electricity 582 601 Exhibition fees production 209 260 Fees - contractors/projects 1,179 849 Fees - contractors/temps 1,713 1,518 Fees - general 1,377 1,056 Fees - information retrieval 299 297 Fees - speakers 118 115 Fees - staff development 297 428 Fees - valuations 101 12 Offsite storage 763 805 Printing 614 471 Purchases - multicultural co-operative 358 477 Stationery and consumables 243 397 Telephone and other telecommunication costs 371 1,641 Travel and accommodation 258 227 Sundry operating expenses 472 476 12,635 13,427
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 13 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 (c) Maintenance Repairs and maintenance 2,084 3,702 Maintenance undertaken free of charge 188 628 - see Note 3(c) 2,272 4,330
(d) depreciation and amortisation expense Computer equipment 160 130 Plant and equipment 683 371 Library information technology system 33 78 Collections 8,912 8,460 Buildings 1,047 1,038 10,835 10,077
(e) Grants and subsidies paid Base grants 817 808 Population grants 11,631 11,448 Disability loading grants 742 728 Additional special purpose funds 2,428 2,219 Local special projects grants 808 808 NSW.net 1,585 1,763 Co-operative and state-wide projects 284 312 Resources 301 250 Royal Blind Society grant 146 150 Library development grants 3,331 3,649 22,073 22,135
(f) Borrowing costs Interest 22 28 22 28
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 14 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 3. REVENUES
(a) Sale of goods and services Sale of goods Gross sales - Library Shop 425 501 Other sales 617 824 Rendering of services Fees 669 830 Admissions 156 118 Subscriptions 202 280 2,069 2,553
(b) Investment income
Interest and unit distribution 1,779 1,402 Rent 519 374 Royalties 51 59 2,349 1,835
(c) Grants and contributions received
Blake Dawson Waldron 60 - Commonwealth Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts 100 663 Law Society of NSW Public Purpose Fund 612 691 Nelson Meers Foundation 200 200 NESTLE Australia Ltd 560 537 NSW Department of Health 60 60 NSW Department of Commerce 135 - NSW Premier’s Department 70 170 Other donations and grants 780 553 Capital Campaign 692 - 3,269 2,874 Services received at no charge - see Note 2(c) 188 628 3,457 3,502
(d) Other revenue
Other 53 77 Increment on revaluation of non-current investments - 56 53 133
4. SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) ON DISPOSAL OF NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Surplus / (deficit) on disposal of non-current assets (2) 4 (2) 4
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 15 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 5. CONDITIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS The balance of conditional contributions received during the year that were not spent at the end of year amounted to $0.5 million (2004: $1 million). This amount has been carried forward into 2005/06 in the cash and other financial asset balances at the end of the year.
6. APPROPRIATIONS
Recurrent appropriations Total recurrent drawdowns from Treasury 51,105 50,459 (per Summary of Compliance) 51,105 50,459 Comprising: Recurrent appropriations 51,105 50,459 (per Statement of Financial Performance) 51,105 50,459
Capital appropriations Total capital drawdowns from Treasury 10,773 13,581 (per Summary of Compliance) 10,773 13,581 Comprising: Capital appropriations 10,773 13,581 (per Statement of Financial Performance) 10,773 13,581
7. ACCEPTANCE BY THE CROWN ENTITY OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS and OTHER LIABILITIES The following liabilities and / or expenses have been assumed by the Crown Entity:
Superannuation 2,426 2,361 Long service leave 964 1,351 Payroll tax 156 156 3,546 3,868
8. PROGRAMS / ACTIVITIES OF THE AGENCY The State Library operates as one program under the Minister for the Arts. The program objective is to provide library and information services to the people of New South Wales through the State Library, the state-wide network of public libraries and information agencies.
9. CURRENT ASSETS - CASH
Cash at bank and on hand 653 179 TCorp - at call 1,718 1,363 2,371 1,542
For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash includes cash on hand, cash at bank and cash at call with TCorp.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 16 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 10. CURRENT ASSETS - RECEIVABLES
Sale of goods and services 185 224 Other debtors - accrued interest 9 7 GST recoverable from Australian Taxation Office 348 488 542 719 Less: Provision for doubtful debts (7) (12) 535 707
11. CURRENT ASSETS - INVENTORIES
Finished goods (Library Shop) - at cost 229 246 229 246
12(a). NON-CURRENT ASSETS - OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS
TCorp - Hour-Glass investment facilities 15,633 15,190 15,633 15,190
12(b). RECONCILIATIONS FOR NON-CURRENT ASSETS - OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS
Carrying amount at start of year 15,190 14,004 Additions 2,036 10,229 Disposals (1,671) (9,621) Net revaluation increment 78 578 Carrying amount at end of year 15,633 15,190
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 17 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 13. NON CURRENT ASSETS - PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Land At valuation 62,000 43,100 Fair value 62,000 43,100
Buildings At valuation 181,563 137,085 Less accumulated depreciation - (13,546) Fair value 181,563 123,539
Total land and buildings 243,563 166,639
Computer equipment At cost 1,421 970 Less accumulated depreciation (773) (613) Fair value 648 357
Library IT systems At cost 1,650 1,650 Less accumulated depreciation (1,620) (1,587) Fair value 30 63
Plant and equipment At cost 2,643 4,773 Less accumulated depreciation (1,712) (1,032) Fair value 931 3,741
Work in progress (WIP) Fair value - 797
Total plant and equipment (including WIP) 1,609 4,958
Library collection At valuation 1,882,848 1,539,891 Less accumulated depreciation - (42,516) Fair value 1,882,848 1,497,375
Total property, plant and equipment 2,128,020 1,668,972
Land and Buildings were examined by the NSW Department of Commerce resulting in an increment of $74.17 million and a new value of $243.56 million. The Collection assets were examined by Simon Storey Valuers resulting in an increment of $386.67 million and a new value of $1,882.85 million.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 18 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
13(a) RECONCILIATIONS for NON-CURRENT ASSETS - LAND and BUILDINGS, PLANT and EQUIPMENT and COLLECTIONS Reconciliations of the carrying amounts of each class of property, plant and equipment and collection assets at the beginning and end of the current financial year are set out below.
2005 Land Building Computer Library IT Plant & Library Work in Total Equipment System Equipment Collection Progress
At Fair Value $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Balance at start of year 43,100 123,539 357 63 3,741 1,497,375 797 1,668,972 Additions - 535 451 - 1,137 7,716 (797) 9,042 Revaluations 18,900 55,274 - - - 386,669 - 460,843 Transfers - 3,262 - - (3,262) - - - Retirements book value - - - - (5) - - (5) Retirements accumulated - - - - 3 - - 3 depreciation Depreciation expense - (1,047) (160) (33) (683) (8,912) - (10,835)
Balance at end of year 62,000 181,563 648 30 931 1,882,848 - 2,128,020
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 19 Fold out Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 14. CURRENT ASSETS - OTHER
Prepayments 668 653 668 653
15. RESTRICTED ASSETS The Library Council has assets valued at $10.4 million received from bequests and funds. They are under different levels of restriction according to the conditions stipulated in the bequest and fund documents. These assets have been invested with NSW Treasury Corporation Hour- Glass Investment Facility Trusts. In addition, as at 30 June 2005, the Library had $0.5 million in cash and other financial assets of unexpended conditional grants and contributions which were received during 2004/05.
16. CURRENT LIABILITIES - PAYABLES
Trade creditors - operating expenses 1,556 1,481 Accruals - other operating expenses 1,063 1,191 Accrued salaries and wages 304 275 Accrued payroll tax 159 145 Accrued fringe benefit tax 5 5 Income received in advance 2 1 Reid Charitable Trust 79 75 3,168 3,173
17. CURRENT / NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES - INTEREST BEARING LIABILITIES
Current liabilities - borrowings Treasury advance repayable 114 103 114 103 Non-current liabilities - borrowings Treasury advance repayable 166 280 166 280 Repayment of borrowings Not later than one year 114 103 Between one and five years 166 280 Later than five years - - Total borrowings at face value 280 383
This unsecured loan relates to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) and carries an interest rate of 6.42%.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 20 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 2005 2004 18. CURRENT / NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES $’000 $’000 - PROVISIONS
Employee benefits and related on-costs Recreation leave 2,119 2,037 Recreation leave - payroll tax 127 119 Long service leave - on-costs 236 220 Long service leave liability - payroll tax 413 386 Total Provisions 2,895 2,762
Aggregate employee benefits & related on-costs Provisions - current 2,311 2,217 Provisions - non-current 584 545 2,895 2,762 Accrued salaries, wages and on-costs (Note 16) 468 425 3,363 3,187
19. COMMITMENTS FOR EXPENDITURE
Capital commitments Aggregate capital expenditure contracted for at balance date and not provided for: Not later than one year 15 573 Total (including GST) 15 573
Other expenditure commitments Aggregate other expenditure contracted for at balance date and not provided for: Not later than one year 1,332 1,768 Later than one year and not later than 5 years 127 682 Total (including GST) 1,459 2,450
Operating lease and rental commitments Future non-cancellable operating leases and rentals not provided for and payable: Not later than one year 861 776 Later than one year and not later than 5 years 789 828 Total (including GST) 1,650 1,604
Goods and services tax
Commitments disclosed above include input tax credits of $0.28 million that are expected to be recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office (2004: $0.42 million).
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 21 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 20. CHANGES IN EQUITY
Accumulated Asset Revaluation Total Equity Funds Reserves 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Balance at the beginning 1,622,744 1,623,006 58,248 58,095 1,680,992 1,681,101 of the financial year
Changes in equity - other than transactions with owners as owners Surplus / (deficit) (800) (631) - - (800) (631) for the year Increment on revaluation - 460,843 - 460,843 - of non-current assets Increment on revaluation - 78 522 78 522 of non-current investments Total (800) (631) 460,921 522 460,121 (109)
Transfers within equity Transfer from asset 71 369 (71) (369) - - revaluation reserve following disposal of investments Total 71 369 (71) (369) - -
Balance at the end of the financial year 1,622,015 1,622,744 519,098 58,248 2,141,113 1,680,992
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 22 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 21. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES The Library Council is not aware of any contingent liabilities relevant to its activities as at 30 June 2005.
22. BUDGET REVIEW
net cost of services There was no material variance between budgeted and actual net cost of services.
Assets Current assets are higher than budget at year end by $1.3 million. This is due to the carryover of cash funds from unexpended conditional grants and contributions and from lower employee related expenses.
Non-current assets are higher than budget by $460 million primarily due to the revaluation of assets increasing the values of land and buildings and collections.
Liabilities Liabilities are higher than budget by $0.5 million primarily due to increases in Accounts Payable and accrued expenditure.
Cash flows Net increase in cash from operating activities was $4.2 million more than budget resulting from lower salary and supplier payments of $3.3 million and higher funding appropriations from government of $0.9 million.
Net cash outflows from investing activities exceeded budget by $3.0 million largely as a result of higher acquisition of assets for buildings and plant and equipment of $1.8 million together with a net increase in investments of $1.2 million provided by the year end unit distribution from TCorp.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 23 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 23. RECONCILIATION OF CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO NET COST OF SERVICES
2005 2004 $’000 $’000
Net cash provided by operating activities (10,339) (10,254) Cash flows from Government / Appropriations 62,930 65,047 Acceptance by the Crown Entity of employee benefits and other liabilities 2,494 2,861 Depreciation 10,835 10,077 (Decrease) in provision for doubtful debts (5) (39) Loss on disposal of non-current assets 2 - (Increment) on revaluation of investments - (56) Increase in provisions 133 132 (Decrease) / increase in payables (5) 1,099 Less: Capital accruals - (331) (Increase) in prepayments and other assets (15) (502) Decrease in debtors 39 681 Decrease / (Increase) in GST receivable 140 (281) (Increase) / decrease in accrued income (2) 130 Decrease / (Increase) in inventory 17 (25) Net cost of services 66,224 68,539
24. NON-CASH FINANCING AND INVESTING ACTIVITIES Material assistance provided at no cost to the Library:
The Library Council received services free of charge from the Department of Commerce for the restoration and maintenance of the Mitchell Library Building. These contributions have been valued as at the date of provision of services with the amount of the valuation recognised in the Statement of Financial Performance as revenue under Grants and Contributions and as an expense under Maintenance.
25. THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW FOUNDATION At 30 June 2005 the Foundation had $10.3 million in net assets (2004: $9.6 million). During the year the Foundation made a total contribution of $1.22 million to the Library Council (2004: $0.95 million).
The Foundation’s contribution included $0.81 million spent for the year ended 30 June 2005 on the Library’s atmitchell.com project, a website with online access to the Library’s collections. The funding for this project emanated from the Capital Campaign and amounted to $0.69 million.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 24 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005 26. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Cash Cash comprises cash on hand, bank balances and at call deposits. Interest is earned on daily bank balances.
Receivables All trade debtors are recognised as amounts receivable at balance date. Collectability of trade debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectible are written off. A provision for doubtful debts is raised when some doubt as to collection exists. The credit risk is the carrying amount (net of any provision for doubtful debts). No interest is earned on trade debtors. The carrying amount approximates net fair value. Sales are made on 30 days terms.
TCorp Hour-Glass investment facilities Library Council has investments in TCorp’s Hour-Glass Investment Facilities. The investments are represented by a number of units of a managed investment pool, with each particular pool having a different investment horizon and being comprised of a mix of asset classes appropriate to that investment horizon. TCorp appoints and monitors fund managers and establishes and monitors the application of appropriate investment guidelines. Total rate of return on Library Council’s Investment over the year was 8.8% comprising 8.2% interest earned and 0.6% market increase in unit prices which was credited to the Investment Revaluation Reserve.
2005 2004 $’000 $’000
Medium Term Growth Facility 15,633 15,190 15,633 15,190
Authority deposits At call deposits are with TCorp, which has been rated “AAA” by Standard and Poors. These deposits are similar to money market or bank deposits and can be placed “at call” or for a fixed term. The interest rate payable by TCorp is negotiated initially and is fixed for the term of the deposit.
2005 2005 2004 2004 Carrying Net fair Carrying Net fair amount value amount value $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
At call 1,718 1,718 1,363 1,363 1,718 1,718 1,363 1,363
The deposits as at 30 June 2005 were earning an average interest rate of 5.5% (2004: 5.0%), while over the year the weighted average interest rate was 5.3% (2004: 5.00%).
Bank overdraft The Library Council does not have any bank overdraft facilities.
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 25 Notes to and forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
Payables The liabilities are recognised for amounts due to be paid in the future for goods and services received, whether or not invoiced. Amounts owing to suppliers (which are unsecured) are settled in accordance with the policy set out in Treasurer’s Direction 219.01. If trade terms are not specified, payment is made no later than the end of the month following the month in which an invoice or a statement is received. Treasurer’s Direction 219.01 allows the Minister to award interest for late payment. No applications for the payment of interest on late payment were received during the year.
27. AFTER BALANCE DATE EVENTS There are no material after balance date events.
Budget outline for the year ended 30 June 2006
Budgeted allocation of recurrent resources to programs 2005/06 34% Public library services 29% Collection management services 19% Reader services 8% Electronic library services 7% Education and client liaison services 3% Corporate services 100%
Budgeted sources of income 2005/06 43% NSW Government – recurrent funding 32% NSW Government – public library grants and subsidies 14% NSW Government – capital allocation 5% Grants, donations and contributions 3% Commercial revenue 3% Investment income 100%
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements 26 Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation Index to financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005
Acceptance by Crown entity of employee benefits 16 Restricted assets 20 After balance day events 26 Revenues 15 Appropriations 16 - sales of goods and services 15 Budgets 23, 26 - investment income 15 - review of 2004/05 23 - grants and contributions received 15 - outline for 2005/06 26 - other 15 Cash flows 4, 24 State Library of NSW Foundation 24 - statement 4 Summary of significant accounting policies 6 - reconciliation from operating activities 24 - accounting for GST 8 Changes in equity 22 - acquisition of assets 8 Commitments for expenditure 21 - administered activities 6 Compliance with financial directives 5 - assets not able to be reliably measured 10 Conditions on contributions 16 - basis of accounting 6 Contingencies 23 - borrowing costs 8 Current/non-current liabilities - interest bearing 20 - budget amounts 12 Current/non-current liabilities - provisions 21 - depreciation of non-current assets 10 Current assets 16-17, 20 - employee benefits and other provisions 7 - cash 16 - equity transfers 11 - receivables 17 - impact of adopting AEIFRS 12 - inventories 17 - insurance 8 - other 17 - interest bearing liabilities 11 - prepayments 20 - inventories 11 Current liabilities - payables 20 - leased assets 11 Expenses 13-14 - maintenance and repairs 11 - employee related 13 - other assets 11 - other operating 13 - other financial assets 11 - maintenance 14 - payables 11 - depreciation and amortisation 14 - plant and equipment 9 - grants and subsidies 14 - receivables 11 - borrowing costs 14 - reporting entity 6 Financial instruments 25 - revaluation of non-current assets 9 Financial performance statement 2 - revenue recognition 6 Financial position statement 3 - trust funds 11 Independent audit report i Surplus/(deficit) on disposal on non-current assets 15 Non-cash financing and investing activities 24 Non-current assets 17-18 - other financial assets 17 - property plant and equipment 18 - reconciliations for other financial assets 17 - reconciliations for property plant and equipment 19 Programs and activities of the agency 16
Library Council of New South Wales Annual Report 2004/05 Financials statements Incorporating the State Library of New South Wales and the State Library of New South Wales Foundation 27
Cover image:. Scott Wajon, Coordinator, Imaging Services. Self-portrait.
‘The Library’s collection is a real treasure trove. Our digitisation programs are not only helping to preserve irreplaceable items but are also making them available to the world. I’m always amazed by the incredible objects that come into the studio. It’s a privilege and a pleasure to be able to photograph them and know that we are helping the rest of the world to see them too.’
Scott is pictured with the Library’s large-format digital Finar view camera.
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