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Great Public Libraries Tour -
Background Notes
Organisation
The Great Public Libraries of the World Tour has been independently organised by Christine Mackenzie, with travel arrangements through Voyager Travel Corporation, Jolimont.
Christine Mackenzie is Chief Executive Officer of the Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service She has visited all but one of the libraries on the tour itinerary and it is her personal contacts with the managers of these libraries that have made this tour possible. This tour follows the very successful and rewarding Viclink tour in 2008 to libraries in Southeast Asia,
Itinerary
The study tour departs
- Los Angeles Public Library, one of the largest public funded library systems in the world. The Central Library was originally constructed in 1926 is the third largest in the
- Seattle Public Library, opened in 2004 is architecturally stunning and received a national AIA award in 2005
- A visit to the Gates Foundation in
- Columbus Public Library in
- Queens Public Library in
The public libraries selected for this tour are amongst the world’s best; each demonstrates excellence in a wide variety of ways; and all are very different to Victorian public libraries, thereby maximising the opportunity for learning.
- In addition to the visits to libraries, participants will attend the American Library Association annual conference in
A day-by-day breakdown of the itinerary is appended to this Briefing. It is a tightly packed itinerary, with only two full rest days. Participants will be otherwise visiting libraries, attending official functions associated with the tour, attending at the conference, or travelling.
Participants
A target of twenty participants (or delegates) has been established for the study tour, although up to thirty could be accommodated.
The tour is open to anyone, and is being advertised nationally. It is envisaged that the majority of delegates will be connected to the Victorian public library industry and may include:
- library service managers/Chief Executive Officers responsible for the strategic direction of libraries
- other public library staff interested in gaining a wider perspective on the library world
- senior local government officers and/or Councillors whose responsibilities and special areas of interest include public libraries
Benefits
The potential benefits to individual participants and to the Victorian public library industry include:
- New ways of seeing and valuing public libraries in the community, from a country where they are significantly better resourced and more high profile than in Australia, which will assist Victorian public library managers in their advocacy efforts.
- Specific ideas for innovation in service delivery and management practice for individual library services, gained from seeing ‘first hand’ some of the world’s best practice.
- Practical information about how existing programs and services could be more effectively delivered, by seeing how others operate.
- New professional contacts and networks for ongoing discussion and development, especially important in a country as geographically isolated as
- Ideas for collaborative and possible statewide initiatives from countries that have long track records of success in this area.
- Revitalisation for participants who have been in the public library industry for many years and will continue to be key players for some years to come.
- Inspiration for participants who are in earlier stages of their careers and are the leaders of the future.
At the very least, the tour will encourage participants to look ‘outside the square’ and to ‘think big’.
Appendix
PLVN Great Public Libraries of the
12 June – 3 July 2010
12 June (Saturday) | | |
14 June | | |
15 June | | |
16 June | Gates Foundation | Seattle Public Library was opened in 2004 and designed by Rem Koolhaas, a famous Dutch architect. The building received a 2005 national AIA Honor Award for Architecture. While in |
17 June | Seattle - | |
18 June | Urban Libraries Council | The Chicago Public Library is one of the major institutions in the city and with nearly 11 million volumes it is the largest library system in the Midwestern United States and one of the largest public library systems in the United States. The Chicago Public Libraries consist of 79 branches including the central library. In 1991, the Harold Washington Library Center, Visit to this organisation that has commissioned important research and is a major advocate for public libraries in the |
20 June | Chicago - | . |
21 June | | CML is acknowledged as one of the leading libraries in the |
22 June | OCLC | Founded in 1967, |
23 June | Columbus – | |
24 June – 29 June | | A full conference program will be available in early 2010. This is the major conference for the library industry in |
29 June | | |
30 June | | The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading public libraries of the world and is one of the State’s most significant research libraries. It is composed of a very large circulating public library system combined with a very large non-lending research library system. |
1 July | Queens Public Library, | Queens Public Library has just been named Library of the Year, it is the busiest library system in the |
2 July | Depart NYC | |
3 July | Arrive | |
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