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GLOSSARY AND INDEXES

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Contents
Director General's Review
Corporate Overview
Report on Operations
Financial Statements
Appendices

GLOSSARY

Accrual Budget

A comprehensive budget incorporating assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues, as well as cash receipts and expenditures

APS

Australian Public Service

Balanced Scorecard

A strategic management tool

Effectiveness

The extent to which actual outcomes are achieved, against the outcomes planned, via relevant outputs or administered expenses

Effectiveness Indicators

Indicators to assess the degree of success in achieving outcomes

Finance One

Financial Management system

GST

Goods and Services Tax

IT

Information Technology

Kinetica

A service providing automated cataloguing and interlending support to Australian libraries

Logarithmic Scaling

A scale of measurement in which an increase of one unit represents a logarithmic increase in the quantity measured

MusicAustralia

A collaborative multimedia database enabling access to Australian music resources

NBD

National Bibliographic Database

OAI

Open Archives Initiative protocol for metadata harvesting

Outcomes

The results, impacts or consequences of actions by the Commonwealth on the Australian community

Outputs

The goods and services produced by agencies on behalf of government for external organisations or individuals

PANDORA

Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia

Performance

The proficiency of an agency or authority in acquiring resources economically and using those resources efficiently and effectively in achieving planned outcomes

Performance targets

Quantifiable performance levels, or changes in level, to be attained by a specific date

PictureAustralia

Single Web entry point to digitised heritage image collections

Quality

Relates to the characteristics by which customers or stakeholders judge an organisation, product or service

SES

Senior Executive Service

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