Public Libraries Victoria Network Inc.

 PLVN Publications

• Members' Information Kit

• PLVN Annual Report 2008-9
• PLVN President's Report 2008-9
• Overview of Statewide Projects by John Murrell
•  Report of the Great Public Libraries Tour of the World 2008 is available at  http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/infonet/org.cgi?detail=1&id=55

Statwide Public Library Development Projects Reports

• Building Knowledge for Library Advocacy - First Report

Conference and Workshop reports

• Mobile Libaries and Beyond - Report on the Workshop on Serving Small Communities
• Sustainable Mobiles - report of the Mobile Muster held in Geelong, September 2009
• The Big Issues: Public libraries, learning, technology and social inclusion seminar was held at the State Library of Victoria on Monday 16 November 2009.
  The presentations are now available on the Infonet website: http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/infonet/org.cgi?detail=1&id=75.
  Recordings of the presentations are available  at : http://www.libraries.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/infonet/org.cgi?detail=1&id=75
•   Switch 2009 Output Statement.   This Conference was held in November 2009  and hosted by the Publci Libraries NSW Metropolitan Association.  The Switch 2009 Output Statement presents key messages which emerged from presentations and discussions at the Conference.

• Ancestry Database aids
• Ancestry Questions and Answers
• Ancestry Search Tips
• Ancestry database guide part 1
• Database guide part 2
• Database guide part 3
• Database guide part 4
• Ancestry Powerpoint presentation

Reports on Library Funding

• Dividends - the value of Public Libraries to Victorian Communities, their State Government and their Council.  Report by Alan Bundy for the MAV, 2008
• Central Highlands Regional Library report on public library funding
• ABS report on public library funding in South Australia

General Interest

• Too much information - article on the effect of Google on Public Libraries by Vivienne Waller
• Article from The (Sydney) Magazine on the changing face of public libraries - November 2009
• Bookends Scenarios : Alternative futures for  the NSW  Public Library Network  in 2030   The report of this research project can be found at http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/publications/docs/bookendsscenarios.pdf
• A report from the Book Industry Study Grop on consumers'  attitudes to e-books -  http://www.bisg.org/news-5-520-new-bisg-survey-tracks-book-consumers-behavior-toward-and-preferences-for-e-books.php

• Which Future for Libraries?

   Based on a futures workshop of expert librarians and library stakeholders, four futures of the library and librarians are explored: "The Lean, Information Machine," "Co-location for Community Capacity Building," "Knowledge Navigator," and "Dinosaurs of the Digital Knowledge Era."
  Sohail Inayatullah
  Professor, Tamkang University and Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast. http://www.metafuture.org/Articles/which-future-for-libraries.htm