From ingridm at PHM.GOV.AU Wed Sep 1 10:05:21 2010 From: ingridm at PHM.GOV.AU (Mason, Ingrid) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:05:21 +1000 Subject: [can-talk] What's the point of public libraries? Message-ID: <1D8B550A1025BB46B16DE10C9AA81FD001751C76@MUTO.phm.gov.au> Apologies for cross-posting... This just came down the WAIN listserv. I thought the CAN and NZLibs communities also might be interested in what's going on in the UK and this email. The debate about the value of public libraries has reemerged it seems - once more. There has been some good research done in this area already - see the Research Project undertake at Loughborough University. http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~lsam/econvalu.html This research (if memory serves me correctly) came out following on from an dive in the economy and a hard look at libraries in the UK. I'm not sure if I'm imagining this but this seems very cyclic, i.e. every time there is a budget crisis the value of libraries per se seems to come into question. I have also heard through the pipes that the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives) government agency in the UK is likely to close: http://www.mla.gov.uk/ Your thoughts and comments welcomed. Good wishes, Ingrid Ingrid Mason National Project Manager Collections Australia Network w. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net b. http://keystone.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach/ m. P O Box K346, Haymarket, NSW 1238, Australia e. ingrid.mason at collectionsaustralia.net p. +61-2-9217 0347 f. +61-2-9217 0333 I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land that I work and live on as the spiritual and inherited lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and their relations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and attachments are for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain confidential or legally privileged information or material that is copyright of Powerhouse Museum or a third party. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. Any views expressed in this message and attachments are those of the individual sender and the Powerhouse Museum accepts no liability for the content of this message. ________________________________ From: wain-bounces at lists.curtin.edu.au [mailto:wain-bounces at lists.curtin.edu.au] On Behalf Of Robert McEntyre Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2010 7:39 AM To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@imsunix3.curtin.edu.au Subject: [WAIN] BBC4 (UK) - what's the point of public libraries? 1 September 2010 ***Information - Public Libraries*** 1. BBC4 (UK) - what's the point of public libraries? Where can you go to reduce your fear of crime, have a massage, ring a church bell, get some information about council tax, and engage in some heavy petting without being told off? Quentin Letts is surprised and sometimes disheartened by the answer; a library. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tj7rg 2. Libraries must remain free and open to all [The Blade USA] http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20100829/OPINION04/8280370 Robert McEntyre Executive Director Public Libraries NSW Metropolitan Association (PLM) Mobile: 0407 208 364 Business: 02 9489 2310 (+61 2 9489 2310) PLM Website: www.plmnsw.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GVines at biosisresearch.com.au Wed Sep 1 11:21:18 2010 From: GVines at biosisresearch.com.au (Gary Vines) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 11:21:18 +1000 Subject: [can-talk] Economic Value of Public Libraries Message-ID: Anne Morris Museums Libraries Archives UK Dear Ms Morris Please excuse the unsolicited correspondence. I read with dismay of the cutbacks to cultural organisations in the UK, and further worry at the priorities of government which even considers it necessary to measure the economic value of libraries, while pouring billions into unwinable and unjust wars. (as our own government is doing on a smaller but equally immoral scale) My local library is the centre of a community - in general libraries in Australia are the most used social, cultural or recreational activity, surpassing theatre, opera, ballet, concerts, cinema, the Melbourne Cup, Aussie Rules or any other activity. They are the source of self education, inquiry, recreation and pleasure for Millions of Australians. If anyone were to argue that they were no longer relevant, and suggest closures - there would be a public outcry (as there often has been). I urge you to stand up to the philistines and troglodytes. It is libraries and other cultural institutions that make our civil society. they are meeting places, champions of anti discrimination, training grounds for community activists, respite for the poor and homeless, intellectual incubators, alternatives to videogames, an excuse to get out of the house for the depressed and lonely. None of these are economic - except that without them there would be so much more cost to the community from the damage done to people by the alternatives. It is more than just proving the benefit - the question is a political one - we vote for government on the basis that they provide benefits to our community. their priorities should be ours. If they stood on a platform of cutting back public services, they would be voted out. We need to tell them this regularly, and show that it is not acceptable to disregard the other mandate - the social capital that is fundamental to our community. thankyou for this indulgence. I am far away but care enough about the issue to offer my voice. ___________________________________ Gary Vines Melbourne Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eforsyth at sl.nsw.gov.au Wed Sep 1 11:27:25 2010 From: eforsyth at sl.nsw.gov.au (Ellen Forsyth) Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:27:25 +1000 Subject: [can-talk] value of public libraries Message-ID: <4C7E389C.E40D.0027.1@sl.nsw.gov.au> Following on from Ingrid's e-mail about the value of public libraries in the UK I thought you might be interested to know that the State Librayr of NSw has done some work in NSW looking at the economic value of public libraries. It was done as a research project. There are several links to different parts of the report under "Enriching communities" and public libraries can calculate their value to their community by using the spreadsheets http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/network_research/plnr_completed_projects.html Yours sincerely Ellen Ellen Forsyth Consultant, Public Library Services State Library of New South Wales Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000 telephone : +61 2 9273 1525 fax : +61 2 9273 1244 e-mail : eforsyth at sl.nsw.gov.au www.sl.nsw.gov.au Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail STATE LIBRARY of NSW * Equity of Access * Innovation & Engagement * Valuing People * Honour & Integrity * Energy & Teamwork * ______________________________________________________________________________________ ::Please note:: This email message, including any attached files, is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The contents of this email are not given or endorsed by the State Library of New South Wales unless otherwise indicated by an authorised officer of the Library. Copyright law may also apply to the contents of this email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mary.cain at lawsociety.org.nz Wed Sep 1 13:03:08 2010 From: mary.cain at lawsociety.org.nz (Mary Cain) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:03:08 +1200 Subject: [can-talk] [NZ-Libs] What's the point of public libraries? References: <6915_1283299529_o8105Ndr009053_1D8B550A1025BB46B16DE10C9AA81FD001751C76@MUTO.phm.gov.au> Message-ID: <730BAE734257164796964A9BD901DA3F0180099C@NLSMAIL02.lawyers.org.nz> Non-rivalrous??? I know that English is an extraordinarily accommodating language - but good grief. (Economic Value of Public Libraries - research in general p.9.) When reports like this are being produced one knows that the end is nigh. It's interesting though, isn't is - a colleague and I were discussing this and thinking about the development of the (free) public library and the popularity of circulating/subscription lending libraries that pre-dated the public library as we know it today. (And many of us will remember using lending libraries such as London's. Are they still around?) Since the history of libraries is intrinsically tied to the history of their communities perhaps the days of the great Public Libraries (as we know them) are over. There is so much conflicting information on the topic - more books being published than ever before, people reading less than they have in the past, communities wanting to be more involved in their libraries (see Helga's recent email), rather than trusting to the professional knowledge and skills of the librarian. And so on. I would love to know what percentage of the book-buying public regularly or frequently uses their local library. And why. Mary -----Original Message----- From: nz-libs-bounces at lists.vuw.ac.nz [mailto:nz-libs-bounces at lists.vuw.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Mason, Ingrid Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 2010 12:05 p.m. To: can-talk at collectionsaustralia.net; nz-libs at lists.vuw.ac.nz; wain at lists.curtin.edu.au Subject: [NZ-Libs] What's the point of public libraries? Apologies for cross-posting... This just came down the WAIN listserv. I thought the CAN and NZLibs communities also might be interested in what's going on in the UK and this email. The debate about the value of public libraries has reemerged it seems - once more. There has been some good research done in this area already - see the Research Project undertake at Loughborough University. http://www-staff.lboro.ac.uk/~lsam/econvalu.html This research (if memory serves me correctly) came out following on from an dive in the economy and a hard look at libraries in the UK. I'm not sure if I'm imagining this but this seems very cyclic, i.e. every time there is a budget crisis the value of libraries per se seems to come into question. I have also heard through the pipes that the MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives) government agency in the UK is likely to close: http://www.mla.gov.uk/ Your thoughts and comments welcomed. Good wishes, Ingrid Ingrid Mason National Project Manager Collections Australia Network w. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net b. http://keystone.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach/ m. P O Box K346, Haymarket, NSW 1238, Australia e. ingrid.mason at collectionsaustralia.net p. +61-2-9217 0347 f. +61-2-9217 0333 I acknowledge the traditional owners of this land that I work and live on as the spiritual and inherited lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and their relations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- This email and attachments are for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain confidential or legally privileged information or material that is copyright of Powerhouse Museum or a third party. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. Any views expressed in this message and attachments are those of the individual sender and the Powerhouse Museum accepts no liability for the content of this message. ________________________________ From roy.clare at mla.gov.uk Wed Sep 1 16:55:17 2010 From: roy.clare at mla.gov.uk (Roy Clare) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 07:55:17 +0100 Subject: [can-talk] Economic Value of Public Libraries References: Message-ID: <5C52449773088F43B138652CD002522F0C5A6F77@res-server2.mlac.resource.gov.uk> Thanks, Gary, your voice is one among millions. Public library services do indeed have a huge amount to offer and as you can see from our website MLA is in the forefront of offering advice and guidance and practical support. I don't believe the case is being lost, but sometimes the cause of improving services in a modern age becomes entangled in the public mind with the cause of keeping open library buildings. We believe quality of services win over maintaining buildings, especially when the latter may have been erected a century or so ago and now be past economic upkeep (or indeed located in places where the demographics have moved on). No easy solutions either to the question of managing resources with less cash, as the UK has to do. in turn, this implies a need for a shrewd assessment of social benefits and outcomes, an appraisal of demand and a switch from supply-side to value-led investment. In all of that, the voices of local people, their communities and neighbourhoods, are paramount. Good to hear from you. Roy Roy Clare CBE Chief Executive Officer Museums Libraries & Archives Council T: +44 (0) 207 273 1476/9 F: +44 (0) 121 345 7303 roy.clare at mla.gov.uk www.mla.gov.uk _____ From: Gary Vines [mailto:GVines at biosisresearch.com.au] Sent: 01 September 2010 02:21 To: a.morris at lboro.ac.uk; Roy Clare; Helen Abate; Andrew Holden Cc: can-talk at collectionsaustralia.net; nz-libs at lists.vuw.ac.nz; wain at lists.curtin.edu.au; Mason, Ingrid Subject: Economic Value of Public Libraries Anne Morris Museums Libraries Archives UK Dear Ms Morris Please excuse the unsolicited correspondence. I read with dismay of the cutbacks to cultural organisations in the UK, and further worry at the priorities of government which even considers it necessary to measure the economic value of libraries, while pouring billions into unwinable and unjust wars. (as our own government is doing on a smaller but equally immoral scale) My local library is the centre of a community - in general libraries in Australia are the most used social, cultural or recreational activity, surpassing theatre, opera, ballet, concerts, cinema, the Melbourne Cup, Aussie Rules or any other activity. They are the source of self education, inquiry, recreation and pleasure for Millions of Australians. If anyone were to argue that they were no longer relevant, and suggest closures - there would be a public outcry (as there often has been). I urge you to stand up to the philistines and troglodytes. It is libraries and other cultural institutions that make our civil society. they are meeting places, champions of anti discrimination, training grounds for community activists, respite for the poor and homeless, intellectual incubators, alternatives to videogames, an excuse to get out of the house for the depressed and lonely. None of these are economic - except that without them there would be so much more cost to the community from the damage done to people by the alternatives. It is more than just proving the benefit - the question is a political one - we vote for government on the basis that they provide benefits to our community. their priorities should be ours. If they stood on a platform of cutting back public services, they would be voted out. We need to tell them this regularly, and show that it is not acceptable to disregard the other mandate - the social capital that is fundamental to our community. thankyou for this indulgence. I am far away but care enough about the issue to offer my voice. ___________________________________ Gary Vines Melbourne Australia ______________________________________________________________________ Unless stated otherwise the information contained in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. 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CAN received an email recently from Dr David Peacock (Research Officer - NRM Biosecurity Unit Biosecurity SA) asking for help from the Australian collecting community with finding artefacts with quoll fur and historical evidence of quolls. To read more see: http://keystone.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/Outreach/?p=5710 Ingrid Mason National Project Manager Collections Australia Network w. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net b. http://keystone.collectionsaustralia.net/publisher/outreach/ m. 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Any views expressed in this message and attachments are those of the individual sender and the Powerhouse Museum accepts no liability for the content of this message. -----Original Message----- From: nz-libs-bounces at lists.vuw.ac.nz [mailto:nz-libs-bounces at lists.vuw.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Penny Carnaby Sent: Wednesday, 8 September 2010 7:32 AM To: NZ-Libs at lists.vuw.ac.nz Subject: [NZ-Libs] Earthquake thoughts Morena Everyone, I was at home in our house in Lyttelton when the earthquake struck on Saturday morning. It was unbelievably frightening and the force was unimaginable. I don't think any of us can quite understand how more lives weren't lost. In the hours following the quake there was genuine relief and acts of extraordinary kindness as people checked on their families, friends and neighbors. >From my perspective it was incredible to see just how quickly the support services kicked in from the public sector and hundreds of volunteers. Mates helping out mates, and all aspects of the public sector just the best in the world. There seemed to be a big dip in morale yesterday as the strong aftershocks caused more damage and tiredness, and fear and strain started to show. So many people have lost their homes and this is life altering for them. As I am writing this email there has been another 6.1 shake, so I have rung home to check things are OK. Several of you have asked what the library sector can do to help. Right now ,this week, probably nothing.Assessments will be carried out and librarians will be balancing their home situations, kids off school etc with work needs. In the weeks ahead I think there will be some practical responses. The NLNZ will get together expert relief teams to help as fatigue sets in. I intend trying to organise a Libraries NZ Strategic Advisory Forum (SAF) video conference tomorrow to see how the sector leaders, LIANZA and Te Roopu Whakahau may want to respond. In the meantime it is really encouraging to get messages of support, it's the small moments which mean a lot. We have for example taken great pride that APNK services were maintained throughout with the exception of a few hours downtime at Darfield which is in the epicentre. This was a message from Pene Walsh from Gisborne to Jenny McDonald "Also, could you send a note on behalf of EGG to NLNZ and APNK in ChCh to say they are doing a great job in trying conditions. Did you know that APNK has run smoothly throughout the country, even on Saturday - the staff handled all issues from home remotely. I reckon they deserve a medal." I think so too! I will let you know what the SAF response is tomorrow . Get in contact if you have some ideas With lot of supportive thoughts to my mates in Canterbury Penny Carnaby Penny Carnaby Chief Executive/National Librarian penny.carnaby at natlib.govt.nz Telephone: +64 4 474 3145 Mobile : +64 21999879 Fax: : +64 4 474 3060 _______________________________________________ NZ-Libs mailing list Send postings to NZ-Libs at lists.vuw.ac.nz Messages to nz-libs-bounces at lists.vuw.ac.nz will NOT be read by a human being! More info (including unsubscribe) at http://lists.vuw.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nz-libs From ingridm at PHM.GOV.AU Tue Sep 14 17:49:07 2010 From: ingridm at PHM.GOV.AU (Mason, Ingrid) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:49:07 +1000 Subject: [can-talk] Introducing Geoff Barker | Online Producer | Collections Australia Network Message-ID: <1D8B550A1025BB46B16DE10C9AA81FD001751D53@MUTO.phm.gov.au> Hi there, Just to let the CAN community know that Geoff Barker is taking over the role of looking after delivering Collections Australia Network (CAN) services as the Online Producer. It is really great to have Geoff on board and have his rich museum experience to draw on. This week and next he and I will be in handover mode. There's plenty of opportunity to exchange information and ideas after that too - we work next to each other. I'll be shifting my focus to another digital project for the Powerhouse Museum - more about that in due course. Please see the News item on the CAN website for more information about Geoff. http://www.collectionsaustralia.net/news_item/351 Good wishes, Ingrid Ingrid Mason Digital Project Manager Powerhouse Museum w. http://www.powerhousemuseum.com e. ingridm at phm.gov.au p. 02 9217 0432 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and attachments are for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain confidential or legally privileged information or material that is copyright of Powerhouse Museum or a third party. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. 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If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. Any views expressed in this message and attachments are those of the individual sender and the Powerhouse Museum accepts no liability for the content of this message. -----Original Message----- From: wain-bounces at lists.curtin.edu.au on behalf of Robert McEntyre Sent: Fri 9/17/2010 6:49 AM To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@imsunix3.curtin.edu.au Subject: [WAIN] Future Libraries Programme (UK) 17 September 2010 ***Information: Future Libraries Programme (UK)*** Communities around the country will have the chance to test drive an ambitious change programme for libraries. The programme is driven by local authorities, around the needs of the public. It will help library authorities to look at how best they provide their services and look beyond organisational boundaries. "A strong library service, based around the needs of local people, can play a key role in our ambitions to build the Big Society by providing safe and inclusive spaces for people to read, learn and access a range of community services," explained Ed Vaizey, Culture Minister. Formed by national and local government, and driven by councils, the programme will spread learning between library authorities to achieve cost savings, new partnerships and governance models, and to take advantage of digital opportunities. Central to the programme is the vision for library services to have greater connection with other local services and an ambition for services to be designed around the needs of the public, rather than based on organisational boundaries. Further information: a.. Read the full press release - http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/7379.aspx b.. The Future Libraries Programme - http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/news_stories/7215.aspx c.. The Big Society - http://www.thebigsociety.co.uk/idea.html Robert McEntyre Executive Director Public Libraries NSW Metropolitan Association (PLM) Mobile: 0407 208 364 Business: 02 9489 2310 (+61 2 9489 2310) PLM website: www.plmnsw.org.au The PLM website is very kindly sponsored by Britannica and FE Technologies __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5455 (20100916) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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