MetLib09 Embracing the Future
Proceedings of MetLib09: Embracing the Future. 10 - 15 May 2009, Brisbane, Australia
Host organisation overviews
Sharan Harvey. Brisbane City Council Library Services - Australia.
- Brisbane City Council Library Services: Overview [PDF 2.6MB]
Vicki McDonald. State Library of Queensland - Australia
- Enriching the lives of Queenslanders
Theme: Creativity and new media
Making the invisible visible - Dan Hill. Senior Consultant, Arup
Drawing new audiences through supporting creative practice - Liz Slagus. Creative Innovator in Residence, Arts Queensland and Queensland University of Technology
Theme: Creative community spaces
Design of the future library – the library of the future - Liv Saeteren. Oslo City Library – Norway
All tradition is change: reorganisation and development while planning a new city library in Stockholm [PDF, 855KB] - Johanna Hansson. Stockholm City Library – Sweden
Lessons from the Great Public Library Tour - Christine Mackenzie. Yarra Plenty Regional Library – Australia
- Presentation[PDF, 6.7MB]
- Paper
Theme: Community
Community led libraries [PDF, 1.2MB]- Judith Hare. Halifax Public Libraries – Canada
Libraries Building Communities in Timor-Leste - Patti Manolis. Geelong Regional Library Corporation - Australia
Expanding Horizons with Public Libraries [PDF 1.5MB]- Deb Stumm. The State Library of Queensland - Australia
Building a Vigorous Metropolitan City Imbued with Happy Reading and Enthusiastic Learning - Shu-hsien TSENG. Taipei Public Library – Taiwan
Theme : Collections
Collections: what do people want? - Sharan Harvey. Brisbane City Council Library Services - Australia
Reframing the reference collection for Singapore Public Library [PFD 745KB] - Sharon Thien. National Library Board – SingaporeSpecial libraries development in Shanghai - Wang Shiwei. Shanghai Library – China
Theme: Capability and careers
Project lifelong learning in Croatia[PDF] - Davorka Bastic and Tatjana Nebesny. Zagreb City Libraries – Republic of Croatia
Ottawa Public Library's Talent Plan: succssion and leadership planning [PDF, 677KB] - Barbara Clubb. Ottawa Public Library - Canada; Vicki Whitmell Ontario Legislative Library, (Toronto, Ontario)
Workforce sustainability and leadership in public libraries [PDF, 1.5MB] - Debra Rosenfeldt. State Library of Victoria – Australia
Last update: 8 August 2018