Public Libraries Australia Biennial Conference

5-7 August 2007
Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide

Public Libraries Australia (PLA) is delighted to extend an invitation to all Australian public library sector stakeholders to attend the 2007 Public Libraries Australia Conference to be held in Adelaide from 5-7 August 2007.

The 2007 PLA Conference, Public Libraries Building Balance, is being presented by Public Libraries South Australia in conjunction with Public Libraries Australia, and supported by ALIA—a major PLA partner.

The conference will be held in Adelaide at the Adelaide Convention Centre—an excellent venue— and will feature a program that looks at current and emerging issues for the public library sector. The program will focus on strategies and skills for achieving balance in all aspects of library management and leadership to ensure we provide a workplace and development opportunities for our staff, and that we understand community needs in order to provide relevant public library service and program development.

The first keynote speaker to be confirmed is Rivkah Sass, Director – Omaha Public Library in the US. In naming Rivkah as the Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year 2006, Editor-in-Chief John N. Berry described her as being "a risk taker, change agent, library true believer".

There is a great deal of enquiry already forthcoming and early indications are that the conference will attract attendees from all states of Australia.

We hope that you will be one of them!

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