Priorities
- Transform Australian lives by connecting communities to their national collection through vibrant onsite and online programs and services, developed with strategic partners and harnessing new opportunties in the digital environment.
- Build respectful relationships with Indigenous communities, connecting communities with collections relating to their rich and continuing cultural heritage.
- Facilitate and participate in the creation of new knowledge and works of imagination.
Focus activities in 2017-18
- Implement projects supported through the Public Service Modernisation Fund to:
- deliver the first tranche of new aggregated and digitised content;
- update Trove delivery, discovery and engagement services to enhance user engagement with the Library's content by exploring emerging digital channels and platforms; and
- review and improve business continuity, disaster recovery and cybersecurity capabilities.
- Appoint an Indigenous Curator to strengthen connections between Indigenous communities and Library collections that document their continuing and vibrant culture.
- Use the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Library building to engage the Australian community with the Library's collections and services.
- Develop a major exhibition and associated public programs for delivery from August 2018, to generate broad public discussion about Captain James Cook and his voyages of exploration.
- With the Library's Foundation Board, seek philanthropic donations to support the Library's research fellowships and scholarships program for 2018-19 to 2020-21.
- Participate in, and influence governance and funding deliberations arising from, the 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap to ensure continued and effective scholarly access to large-scale digital content managed by the Library.
Performance management
2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
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% change in the use of the collection* | % change in the use of the collection^ | % change in the use of the collection^ | % change in the use of the collection^ |
16.3 million interactions with the Library online % change in partcipants engaging with the Library* |
# of interactions with the Library online^ % change in participants engaging with the Library^ |
# of interactions with the Library online^ % change in participants engaging with the Library^ |
# of interactions with the Library online^ % change in participants engaging with the Library^ |
Qualitative evaluation using case studies of use and value of the collection and services | Qualitative evaluation using case studies of use and value of the collection and services | Qualitative evaluation using case studies of use and value of the collection and services | Qualitative evaluation using case studies of use and value of the collection and services |
*2017-18 is the base year.
^Target is equivalent to or greater than previous year.