30 September 2010 Issue 441
Farewell to retiring National Librarian Jan Fullerton
After 43 years at the National Library of
Australia, the last 11 as Director-General, Jan
Fullerton, the first female head of an Australian
collecting institution retired last week.
This photograph was taken at her farewell
event last Thursday, which was covered by ABC
Television and the Canberra Times.
www.librarynews.com.au
A feature of the event was a performance by
the library’s National Kazoo Orchestra. Parting
gifts included a photograph album compiled by
staff; a lemon tree; life membership of the
Friends of the National Library, and a volunteer
application pack.
Her successor has yet to be appointed.
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1 Farewell to retiring National Librarian Jan 4 South Australian budget signals cuts
101 + $1000 Fullerton for libraries
3 Slovenian minister’s gift to Victorians 4 News in brief
3 Aesop’s Fables go online at the British 5 Unorthodox, unpopular, yet still uncensored
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

American Vogue online

ProQuest and Conde Nast have
reached an agreement to digitise
every issue of Vogue US from
1892. The online issues will be a
highlight of ProQuest’s new search
platform and will be available early
in 2011.
More at www.proquest.com.

New library guidelines

At IFLA in Gothenburg last month,
two new publications were
launched, the IFLA Public Library
Service Guidelines and IFLA
Mobile Library Guidelines. More
on the website at www.ifla.org.

Follow PLING
Public Libraries In Need Group
(PLING) is a new social media
phenomenon in the UK to gather
supporters for libraries. Follow the
tweets at #pling.

Archive on a cloud
Sir Paul McCartney is partnering
with Hewlett Packard to digitise his
collection of music, videos and
photographs, which will then be
stored on a web-based cloud.
‘Blind black Beethoven’
The Ray Charles Memorial Library
has opened in Los Angeles in the
same building as his former offices
and recording studio. It is hoped the
library, containing mainly video
and sound recordings, will ‘inform
and inspire’ young people.
Half a million to find
An anonymous donor has given
$500,000 to Seattle Public Library
Foundation on the condition that it
raise the same amount from other
funding sources.
National Book Festival
An estimated 150,000 people took
part in the 2010 National Book
Festival last week, run by the
Library of Congress.
The US President and First
Lady were honorary chairs of the
event in Washington DC.
Dr Bostjan Zeks introduces Peter Batchelor to the library’s latest donation
Slovenian minister’s gift to Victoria Government
On Monday evening, at a special reception at the State Library of Victoria,
Dr Bostjan Zeks, Minister for Slovenes Abroad, presented Victorian Arts
Minister Peter Batchelor with the Iconotheca Valvasoriana, a 17-volume
facsimile edition of a 17th century collection that is now part of the Croatian
State Archives. The original was the work of Janes Vajkard Valvasor, a
Slovenian nobleman who bankrupted himself collecting works by the likes
of Rembrandt and Durer, as well as commissioning his own illustrations of
the flora and fauna of the times.
Only 100 copies of the facsimile edition exist. They are being given to
major libraries around the world to draw attention to Slovenian culture and
history. The State Library of Victoria was chosen to receive the Australian
copy in recognition of the strength of the Slovenian community in the state.
Aesop’s Fables go online at the British Library
The British Library has digitised more than 250 manuscripts handwritten in
ancient Greek, including a collection of Aesopic fables discovered on Mount
Athos in 1844. A further 250 documents are to follow in 2012. The initiative
has been sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ say library supporters
Library Systems & Services, a private American company, has won
contracts to run ailing public libraries in four states—Tennessee, Texas,
Oregon and California—and is now the country’s fifth largest library
operator. However, its latest deal, to take over a successful Los Angeles
library service, has caused concern among staff and library users.

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NEWS IN BRIEF
Andrew Wells’ fellowship
University librarian Andrew Wells
has been made a fellow of ALIA.
His award will be presented at the
ALIA Information Online event in
February 2011.
The 2010 library Grand Tour
Read about the USA public library
tour in July 2010 on the Public
Libraries NSW Metropolitan site
www.plmnsw.org.au.
New university publishing arm
Monash Univerity Publishing was
launched earlier this month by
Barry Jones, chair of the Book
Industry Strategy Group.
www.publishing.monash.edu.au
Move to the country
Sydneysiders are being advised to
leave the city and make new lives
in New South Wales’ prosperous
regional cities—Albury, Armidale,
Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Wagga
Wagga and Tamworth. Libraries
have been mentioned as attractions
within these communities.
SA library closure
The ABC reports that Port Adelaide
Enfield’s council is likely to seek a
funding extension from the South
Australian Government to keep its
library open at the Angle Park
Parks Community Centre.
It reported that ‘a large part of
the centre will be closed within six
months and the whole site within
two years as part of South
Australian budget cuts.’
Architect to give lecture
The speaker for the second Nielson
Design Lecture, at the State Library
of Queensland on 6 October, will
be Sir Peter Cook. More details at
www.slq.qld.gov.au.
New head of university library
Jane Long, currently with CSIRO,
will become university librarian at
the University of Tasmania on 4
January 2011. She will take over
from Linda Luther who is retiring.
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NEWS
Technology for libraries conference in India 2011
The International Conference on Digital Library Management will take place
in Science City, Kolkata, from 11 to 13 January 2011. The theme of the
conference is ‘extending the benefits of modern technology to public,
academic and special libraries. Speakers already include Gobinda
Chowdhury from the University of Technology, Sydney, but papers can be
submitted until 20 October. More information on the website at
www.teriin.org.events/icdlm.
Sustainable living seminars in Brisbane libraries
Brisbane City Council is running more than 40 free sustainable living
seminars in libraries across the city throughout October. The events will
cover growing vegetables, recycling, home renovations, ecologically-
friendly fashion and parenting. The seminars have become an annual event
since they were first introduced in 2008 and now attract more than 2000
residents. www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/libraries/sustainability-living-seminars
New report values academic
and other types of libraries
The American Association of College and
Research Libraries has a new publication
entitled The Value of Academic Libraries: A
Comprehensive Research Review and Report.
At 172 pages, it lives up to its title and will
be of interest, not only to academic institutions,
but also to school and public libraries.
Full report at www.acrl.ala.org/value.
South Australian budget signals cuts for libraries
Now that the dust has settled from the South Australian Government budget,
announcement on 16 September, public libraries in the state are looking at a
shortfall of $1 million in 2013-2014, while the State Library of South
Australia will need to save $400,000 over a three year period.
The South Australian Government has also indicated that it will not
make available the $3 million that public libraries had hoped for as a
contribution to the cost of one library management system for the state.
A joint statement has been issued by ALIA and Public Libraries South
Australia, describing the reasoning behind the cuts as ‘flawed logic, false
economy and cost-shifting.’ ALIA executive director Sue Hutley said, ‘We
fear this may be the thin edge of the wedge, with the State Government
seeing public libraries as an easy target for spending cuts in the future.
‘As evidenced by the experience of the State Government in Western
Australia earlier this year, politicians attack public libraries at their peril.
These institutions are much loved by taxpayers and voters, and even the
most moderate of community members will rise up to defend their local
library if they believe it is under threat.
‘We recognise that the public sector as a whole in South Australia has
suffered the brunt of this round of government cutbacks and we are not
asking for public libraries to be made a special case. However, we are
calling for the government to reconsider a $3 million investment in one
statewide library management system and to make a commitment before 30
June 2011 to a per capita contribution to public library funding from 2011-
2012 onwards.’ More on the website www.alia.org.au/advocacy.
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Burke and Wills: Terra Incognita
Cowen Gallery
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Until 3 October 2010
The Governor
State Library of NSW
Until 10 October 2010
Til You Drop: Shopping a
Melbourne History
State Library of Victoria
Until 31 October 2010
Shaun Tan: Pictures and Books
International Youth Library Exhibit
Munich, Germany
Until 31 October 2010
Behind the Lines: the major
events of 2009 through the eyes of
Australia’s top cartoonists
Northern Territory Library
Parliament House
Until 7 November
The Lindsays, artists, writers and
publishers
State Library of Queensland
Until 28 November 2010
Flash Women: photographic
portraits of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander women
State Library of Queensland
Until 31 January 2011
Truth to Tell: Political Cartoons
of A J Hingston
Talbot Family Treasures Wall
State Library of Queensland
Until 13 March 2011
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Unorthodox, unpopular yet still uncensored
The annual Banned Books Week takes place in the US this year from 25
September to 2 October. Its aim is to promote the benefits of free and open
access to information, while drawing attention to the dangers of censorship.
A partnership between booksellers, libraries, publishers and writers, the
campaign stresses ‘the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox
or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them.’
Tree-huggers welcome at Campbelltown library
The new Campbelltown library in South Australia, which opened earlier this
month, has an interactive cyber storytelling tree with special light effects for
storytime. It is a feature of the $8.9 million council and federal government
funded project, which has made this the largest public library in the state.
New print-on-demand book facility for Australia
Ingram Content Group is to establish a Lightning Source print-on-demand
book manufacturing operation in Australia, giving it a presence in three
regions—North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The new facility will
begin operation in mid-2011.
ALIA seeks your ‘Top 10s for 2010’
With the tenth day of the tenth month of 2010 only 10 days away, ALIA has
set up a new social media challenge, asking library people to think of their
‘Top 10s for 2010’. The blog site is at http://top10for2010.wordpress.com/
and you can tweet your response on #top10for2010.
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WHAT’S ON GUIDE 2010

Month Dates Title Description Location More information

September 27-1 SLAQ/IASL 2010 The School Library Association of Brisbane Convention and www.slaq.org.au
Conference Queensland biennial conference Exhibition Centre,
and the 39th International Queensland
Association of School
Librarianship annual conference

September 29-1 ALLA and NZLLA Emerging technologies; trends in Melbourne, VIC http://alla.asn.au/index.php/
Cross Currents 2010 the profession; developments in conferences/alla-2010
conference law publishing and knowledge
management

October 6-10 Frankfurt Book Fair Annual international gathering for Frankfurt, Germany www.book-fair.com/en/fbf
the book trade

October 12-17 Australian Society of Future proof—resilient archives Rydges Hotel, Melbourne, steve.stefanopoulos@loretoto
Archivists National 2020 and beyond VIC orak.vic.edu.au
Conference

October 18-19 National Digital Forum Linking data, linking people Museum of New Zealand Te http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/
Papa Tongarewa about/2010-conference.htm
Wellington

October 20 Libraries Australia A showcase of developments in National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au/

Forum Libraries Australia over the past Canberra, ACT librariesaustralia/events/
year—new approaches to laf/2010.html
collecting and resource sharing

October 21 Australian Committee Describing resources in a web National Library of Australia, http://www.nla.gov.au/lis/stndrds/
on Cataloguing services world Canberra, ACT grps/acoc/documents/
Seminar acoc2010_registration.pdf

October 22 7th Health Libraries Inc Exploring emerging technologies RACV City Club, diannej2@optusnet.com.au
Conference and future trends Melbourne, VIC

November 9-10 Digital Information Keynote speakers Senator Kate Dockside Convention www.halledit.com.au/
Management Summit Lundy and Gwen Thomas, Centre, Sydney, NSW DIMS2010
president Data Governance
Institute (USA)

November 10-12 National and State Quarterly meeting National Library of Australia, www.nsla.org.au
Libraries Australasia Canberra, ACT

November 15-19 Broadband for Society Speakers will include Sue Hutley, Hobart, Tasmania www.csirobroadband.com
Summit executive director of ALIA

November 25 QULOC University Gathering of Queensland QLD www.quloc.org.au

Librarians Forum university libraries

November 28-1 LIANZA 1910-2010 The centennial conference Dunedin, NZ www.lianza.org.nz

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