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Pages numbers in italics indicate an illustration. ‘Library’ refers to the National Library of Australia.

@NLA50ppl 24

50th anniversary of Library building 3, 12, 24

1968: Changing Times exhibition 2, 128

AASB (Australian Accounting Standards Board) 71 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Learning Program 35

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. See

Indigenous Australian peoples Aboriginal Studies Press 18 access to collections 15, 39, 47, 49

accountability and governance 45–57

accounting judgements and estimates 82–3

accounting policies 67, 73–7, 81–6, 88, 91, 93

accounting standards, Australian 71

Acquisition Trust Fund 96

acquisitions 96, 122–5

ACT Māori Performing Arts Group at the Cook and the Pacific Exhibition Launch (Williams) 46

activities, locations of 53

advertising 55

advertising posters 112

ages of staff 15

AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) 19, 35

AJCP (Australian Joint Copying Project) 20, 35, 37

Albert, Virginia 125

amortisation 91. See also depreciation and amortisation

ANBD (Australian National Bibliographic Database) 6

Anderson, Kent 5, 102, 108, 109, 121

Andreoli, Elvira 20

annual report 50

Appleby, Dianne 125

Appleby, Naomi 125

appropriation 6, 9

ARC (Australian Research Council) 18, 36, 39

articles 17

artificial intelligence 41

Asakura-Ward, Toshiki 121

asbestos 41, 54

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Summit 35

Asia Study Grants (previously Japan Study Grants) 110, 121

Asian collections 18, 21, 121, 122, 123

Asian Collections Reading Room 15 ‘Ask a Librarian’ service 14

asset recognition threshold 81

asset revaluation reserves 67

assets 57, 65, 66, 73, 75, 84, 88, 94.

  • See also financial assets; collection intangibles; heritage and cultural assets; non-financial assets

Assistant Directors-General 48, 49, 108, 109

audio production 55

Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee (previously Audit Committee) 50, 51, 52, 53, 105

Audit Committee. See Audit and Enterprise Risk Committee (previously Audit Committee) audited financial statements 61–97

auditors 52, 53, 62–3

audits 53

AusPreserves 38

AUSTLANG 19

Australia-China Council 20

Australia-China Council Oral History project 125

Australia-China Youth Dialogue 125

Australian accounting standards 71

Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations— Reduced Disclosure Requirements 71

Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) 71

Australian collections 22, 35–6

Australian Collections and Reader Services 49

Australian Embassy, Jakarta 15, 53, 73

Australian First Nations peoples. See Indigenous Australian peoples

Australian Government 41, 42, 50, 53, 86, 87. See also funding: government

Australian Greens National Office 125

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) 19, 35

Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) 20, 35, 37

Australian Lebanese Historical Society Oral History project 20, 125

Australian Library and Information Association 35

Australian Macedonian Today—Awstralisko Makedonski Denes 122

Australian National Audit Office 52, 62–3

Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD) 6

Australian National Maritime Museum 26

Australian Panorama Arabic Newspaper, The 122

Australian publishers 17–18, 33

Cooper, Sam: Launch of 1968: Changing Times Exhibition 128

cooperation 47

Coordinate Group 55

Copies Direct 43

corporate governance 50

Corporate Management Group 51, 52, 87

Corporate Plan 16, 40, 50

Corporate Services 49

cost-recovery models 36, 42–3

Council of the National Library of Australia 4–5, 47, 50, 51, 62, 64, 87, 101–4

Council Self-evaluation Survey 52

Creative Arts Fellowships 120–1

Cristaldo, Alfirio 20

Crouch, Melissa 121

CSS (Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme) 86

cultural heritage collections 37, 38, 120

culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities 18, 20, 29, 122

curatorial policy 82

customer satisfaction 26, 55

cybersecurity 41

Dame Mary Gilmore Trust 96

DARIAH Beyond Europe workshop 35–6

databases 30, 31, 72

Davidson, Ian 124

debt instruments 73

deficits 56, 57, 65, 67, 88

Dellios, Alexandra 120

Dellit, Alison 49, 108, 109

Department of Communications and the Arts 8, 27, 85, 120

Department of Education 36 Department of Finance 86

A Guide for Corporate Commonwealth Entities on the Role of Audit Committees 52

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 53

deposit interest 65, 69

deposits. See legal deposit; National edeposit (NED); term deposits

depreciation and amortisation 65, 81

Deputy Chair, Council of the National Library of Australia 101

derecognition 82

Digital Business project. See Trove Collaborative Services (previously Digital Business project)

Digital Classroom 25, 28

digital collections 15, 17–18, 22–3, 31, 32, 33–8 digital deposit. See National edeposit (NED) digital infrastructure 39. See also cloud.

digital innovation 7–8

Digital Preservation 38

digital services 31, 42

digitisation 3, 15, 37, 112

Director-General 6–9, 13, 47–9, 51–3, 64, 87, 102, 105, 108, 109

disclosures, related party 87

discoverability 20–1, 22

donations 74, 111. See also trust money donors 4, 14, 110–111, 112, 117–9 121

Dowdy, Irene: National Library of Australia Parliamentary Showcase 100

Dupree, Maureen 49, 108, 109

E.A. & V.I. Crome Trust 95

ebooks 17, 18

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) 30

Echoes of Cook seminar 25

ecologically sustainable development (ESD) 54

edeposits. See National edeposit (NED)

EDS (EBSCO Discovery Service) 30

education programs 14, 15, 28

Edwards, Averill 120

Edwards, Louise 121

effective interest method 91

efficiency dividends 56

electoral material 21, 122

electronic deposit. See National eDeposit

Emergency Planning and Business Continuity Committee 41, 52

employee benefits 65, 72, 86, 87, 108, 109

employee provisions 66, 86

employees 15, 29, 56, 68, 107–9

engagement with Library 15. See also connect (strategic priority)

Entrance to the 1968: Changing Times Exhibition (Mackenzie) 2

environment protection 54

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 54

ephemera 2, 122, 124

equipment 72. See also plant and equipment equity 56, 57, 66, 67, 68, 88

eResources 30

ESD (ecologically sustainable development) 54

Executive and Public Programs 49

Gundabluey Research Pty Ltd 55

Gundaroo Natives (Balcombe) 123

Guo, Sanzhuan 121

Harcourt, Alison 125

Harkins-Cross, Rebecca 121

Harold S. Williams Trust 96, 120, 121

HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) 36

HASS DEVL (Humanities and Social Sciences Data Enhanced Virtual Laboratory) 36

Hausler, Rebecca 121

Have You Seen My Egg? (Olsen and Garward) 122

hazardous substances. See Framework for the Response and Management of Hazardous Substances within the Library 54

Health and Safety Representatives 54

heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) 40–1, 54

Helpman, Benjamin Francis (Frank) 123

Hemstritch, Jane 4, 101, 105, 106, 108, 109

Henderson, Anne 125

Henningham, Nikki 125

heritage and cultural assets 66, 78, 79, 80, 82, 93

Heritage Management Plan 54

heritage protection 54

Herron Todd White (Canberra) Pty Ltd 93

Hirst, Janet 5, 102, 105, 108, 109

Hobby, Elaine 120

Hocking, Jenny 124

Horizons and Reflections: Endeavour 250 digital platform 8, 25, 26

Horsfield, Thomas 123

H.S. Williams Trust 96, 120, 121

Huggins, Jackie 18

human resources 107

humanities 35–6

Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) 36

Humanities and Social Sciences Data Enhanced Virtual Laboratory (HASS DEVL) 36

Humanities, Arts and Culture Data Summit 35

HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) 40–1, 54

ICIP (Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property) 38

IIPC (International Internet Preservation Consortium) 38

images collections. See pictures collections

Impairment Allowance Account 77

impairments 65, 73, 77, 81, 91

income 56, 84. See also comprehensive income; own- source income

independent auditor’s report 62–3

Independent Review of the Australian Public Service 53

Indigenous Australian peoples 19, 26, 27, 29, 40

Indigenous Champion 29

Indigenous collections 18, 30, 35, 122–5

Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) 38

Indigenous cultural competency 33, 35

Indigenous Curator 29

Indigenous Employment Strategy 29

Indigenous Graduate Program 19

Indigenous-identified staff 29

Indigenous languages 19, 27

INELI (International Network of Emerging Library Innovators) 35

information inquiries 14, 15

Information Technology 34, 49

injuries suffered 54, 55

Inked: Australian Cartoons exhibition 31 Instagram 15

insurance 72

intangible assets. See collection intangibles interest 65, 68, 69, 74, 76, 89–92, 95–7

interest revenue 74, 92

internal auditor 52, 53

International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) 38

International Network of Emerging Library Innovators (INELI) 35

International Year of Indigenous Languages 8, 19, 27, 125

Internet Archive 7, 21

interviews. See oral history collections inventories 66, 73, 83

investments 57, 66, 68, 69, 77

iSENTIA Pty Ltd 55

Japan Study Grants. See Asia Study Grants (previously Japan Study Grants)

Jawun APS Secondment Program 40

Johnston, Catherine 19

Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 53

Jones Lang Lasalle Advisory Pty Ltd 93 journals. See periodicals

Junghuhn, Franz Wilhelm: Kaart van het eiland Java (Map of the Island of Java) 123

Kaart van het eiland Java (Map of the Island of Java; Junghuhn) 123

Keneally, Thomas 125

Kenneth Baillieu Myer Trust 95

National Archives of Australia 120 national collections 47, 73, 81, 82–3, 85 National Collections Access 49 National Diet Library, Japan 35

National edeposit (NED) 7–8, 17–18, 22, 30, 33–5, 41 National Film and Sound Archive 54, 120

National Folk Fellowship 20, 121 National Folk Festival 121 national leadership 41–2

National Library Act 1960 16, 47, 48, 50, 51, 71, 82 National Library Bookshop 56

National Library of Australia Creative Arts Fellowship for Australian Writing 120

National Library of Australia Fellowship for Curatorial Research 120

National Library of Australia Fellowship for Research in Australian Literature 120

National Library of Australia Fellowship in Japan Studies 120

National Library of Australia Fellowships 23, 120

National Library of Australia 50th Anniversary Open Day

(McGeachie) 12

National Library of Australia main building 4, 15, 24–5, 40–1, 53, 79

  • 50th anniversary of opening 3, 12, 24–5
  • conservation 54

National Library of Australia Parliamentary Showcase (Dowdy) 100

National Library of Australia Publishing 122

National Library of Australia website National Museum of Australia 26, 53, 120

National Research Infrastructure Roadmap 36

NED (National edeposit) 7–8, 17–18, 22, 30, 33–5, 41

net cash appropriation arrangements 85

new Australian accounting standards 71 newspapers. See periodicals

Ng, Bennie 5, 103, 108, 109

Nguyen, Thi Huyen Linh 121

Nightingale, Florence: Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia 124

1968: Changing Times exhibition 2, 128

Ninu Grandmother’s Law (Ward) 122

NLA Publishing 122

non-financial assets 57, 66, 78, 79, 93

non-ongoing employees 107

non-reciprocal payments 74

Nora Heysen Trust Account 97

Norman McCann Summer Scholarships 121

notable acquisitions 122–5

Note on the Aboriginal Races of Australia (Nightingale) 124

notifiable incidents 54

NSLA (National and State Libraries Australia) 7, 33–5 NSLA Strategic Plan 2018–2020 33

office machines 72

offsite facilities. See storage repositories

offsite visits 15. See also online engagements

Olsen, Penny and Rhonda N. Garward: Have You Seen My Egg? 122

ongoing employees 15, 107

online activities 24, 28

online bookshop 14

online engagements 14, 15, 25, 27, 28, 31, 32

online resources 15

onsite engagements. See visitors onsite resources 15

open access 37, 38

open day 12, 24

operating activities 68

operating lease rentals 72, 73

operating result 57

oral history collections 18, 20, 49, 125

organisational structure 48, 49

overseas collections 23, 122

overseas libraries 35, 38

own-source income 65, 74–5

Pacific collections 21, 122. See also Cook and the Pacific exhibition

Pacific Libraries Network Convening 35

pages digitised 15, 37

parliament, accountability to 50

parliamentary committees 53

Parliamentary Library 37

Parliamentary Papers project 37

partnerships, 39, 110. See also collaborate (strategic priority); collaborations

Paterson, A.B. ‘Banjo’ 124

Patrons 112, 113–17, 120

payables 57, 66, 84, 89

people 15, 40, 86–8. See also employees

performance 11–43, 50–4. See also financial performance

performing arts scrapbooks 112

periodicals 15, 17–18, 37, 56, 72

Peters-Little, Frances 18

Petherick Reading Room 15

PGPA Act (Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) 13, 48, 50, 53, 71

philanthropy 3–4, 42, 43, 112–19

sales 49

sales returns 84

scholarships 23, 121

school programs. See education programs school students 15

Scott, Kim: ‘A Voice in the Smoke’ 27

Secure Cloud Strategy 41

Selby, Robert 124

senior executives 48, 49, 87, 108, 109

senior managers. See senior executives separation and redundancy 86 separations 72, 84, 86

serials. See periodicals

services 55, 65, 72, 74, 77. See also goods and services; library services

Seven Years On—Continuing Life Histories of Aboriginal Leaders project 18, 125

Seymour, Heather 121

Seymour, John 121

Seymour Summer Scholarship 121

Sharp, Geoff 124

shelf kilometres of storage 4, 15

Short, Augustus 123

Silver Patrons 112–13

Silversun Pictures 55

Simpson, Shane 5, 104, 108, 109

Smeaton, Bruce 124

Smith, Ellen 120

snapshot 14–15

Snedden, Douglas 5, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109

social media 15

Soft Power Review 53

Special Collections Reading Room 15

Spooner, Danny 125

Stacks of Stories digital series 24

staff. See employees

stakeholder survey 39

State Library of New South Wales 37

State Library of Queensland 33

State Library of Western Australia 37

statement by accountable authorities 13

stationery 72

Stokes Family 120

Stokes, Ryan 101

storage of collections 4, 15, 40, 41, 53

storage repositories 15, 41, 53

strategic priorities 4, 16, 17–39, 48, 50

Sturgess, Garry 125

subsistence 72

Sukkar, Josephine 125

Sukkar, Tony 125

Summer Scholarships 23, 121

superannuation 72, 84, 86, 109

supplementary information for parent entity 88

suppliers 56, 57, 65, 66, 68, 69, 72, 84, 89

surveys 23, 39, 52

Synergy Group Australia 53

Taste of the Pacific family day 25

taxation 71

technology 41

term deposits 57, 76, 77, 89, 90

termination benefits 109

terms of reference 105, 106

Thiering, Barbara 124

Torres News 18

tours 15, 24, 54

trade and other receivables 57, 66, 73, 76

training 35, 41, 52, 54, 56, 72

transactions with owners 67

transfers between fair value hierarchy levels 93

translated works 18, 122

Transport for London 38

travel 72

Treasured Voices 3–4, 42, 43

Treasures Gallery 15

Treasures Gallery Access Program 120

Trove 6–7, 14, 15, 35–7, 42. See also co-investment in Trove; Trove Modernisation Program

Trove 50 Favourite Things blog 24

Trove Collaborative Services (previously Digital Business project) 36, 42

Trove Collaborative Services Agreement 30, 36

Trove for Family History 28

Trove Modernisation Program 29–30, 41–2

Trove Partner Metrics 30

Trove Strategic Advisory Committee 37

trust accounts 71, 87

trust money 95–7

trusted collaborator, Library as 39

Twitter 15

uncertainties 88

UNESCO 27

University of Hawai’i 21

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 38

University of Western Australia, Statistical Consulting Group 82

unpublished collections 20–1, 22, 123, 124

Uranographia Britannica (Bevis) 123

usage 15

vacancies 106

valuations 82–3, 93

valuers 93

Vardon, Sue 125

variances to budget 69

video production 55

visitors 3, 14, 15, 24–8, 31

‘Voice in the Smoke, A’ (Scott) 27

volunteers 8, 15

wages 72, 84

Walter Burley Griffin Society 124

Ward, Nura Nungalka: Ninu Grandmother’s Law 122

web archiving. See Australian Web Archive (AWA) webinars 19, 28

website collections 21, 122

Weston Langford railway photography collection 22

Williams, Claire: ACT Māori Performing Arts Group at the Cook and the Pacific Exhibition Launch 46

Windscript, Shan 121

Wong, Alice 5, 104, 105, 108, 109, 121

Wong, David 49, 108, 109

work health and safety 54–5

Work Health and Safety Corrective Action Plan 54

workers compensation 55, 72

workforce. See employees; people Workplace and Workforce Strategic Plan 40

WorldCat 6, 33

write-downs 65, 73

Yan, Jimmy 121

Yamagata, Atsushi 121

Yawuru Deep History project 125

Yichi, Zhang 121

YouTube 27, 28