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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA IN 2002-03

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

DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S REVIEW

DIRECTIONS FOR 2003-2005

At the beginning of this year, the National Library redefined its key objectives and issued a new strategic statement, Directions for 2003–2005. The major focus of the strategic statement is on the development of programs and services that make it easier for people to find and obtain information.

Developments in the online environment have provided the Library with new opportunities to engage with the Australian community. Because many of the Library’s programs and services can be accessed via our website, the geographical location of Library users is less of an issue than it used to be. We are also collaborating with other collecting institutions to ensure that digital images of significant Australian collection material can be viewed online, transcending institutional boundaries.

We have described our new goal in the following terms:

Our major undertaking in 2003–2005 will be to provide rapid and easy access to the wealth of information resources that reside in libraries and other cultural institutions—and to break down barriers that work against this.

Directions 2003–2005

The Library has adopted a range of strategies to implement the thrust of the Directions statement. These strategies build on our existing strengths and provide services to an increasing number of Australians. The Library has also continued its focus on research and innovation to ensure that new services are under development, in particular taking advantage of the continuing advances in information technology. Across all areas of Library activity our staff remain the key to achieving our strategic objectives.

Ellis Rowan (18481922)
Freycinetia marginata (Pandanus) with Mymphalidae satyridae
(Brown Butterfly) c.19161917
gouache and watercolour on paper; 75.8 x 56.1 cm
Pictures Collections, nla.pic-an23621188

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