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Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
References Committee
Inquiry into the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment
The Senate has referred the above matter to the Committee for inquiry and report by
16 October 2003. The terms of reference are:
The role of libraries as providers of public information in the online environment,
having particular regard to:
(a) the current community patterns of demand for public
information services through libraries, including the provision of such
information online;
(b) the response by libraries (public, university, research)
to the changing information needs of Australians, including through the
provision of online resources;
(c) possible strategies which would enhance the wider use
and distribution of information resources held by libraries, including
the establishment of library networks, improved online access in libraries,
online libraries, and greater public knowledge and skill in using library
resources;
(d) the use of libraries to deliver information and services over the
Internet to more effectively meet community demands for public information
in the online environment; and
(e) the roles of various levels of government, the corporate
sector and libraries themselves in ensuring the most effective use of
libraries as a primary public information resource in the online environment.
The Committee invites written submissions from interested individuals
and organisations to be lodged by Friday 16 August 2002. The Committee prefers
submissions to be lodged in electronic form, sent by email to ecita.sen@aph.gov.au. The email must include full
postal address and contact details. Alternatively, submissions may be sent to the
Secretary, Senate ECITA References Committee, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600.
Advice on preparing a submission is available on the Committee's
web site or by contacting the Secretariat as follows: phone (02) 6277
3526; fax (02) 6277 5818. The web site address is www.aph.gov.au/senate_environment.
Submissions become Committee documents and are made public only after
a decision by the Committee. Persons making submissions must not release
them without the approval of the Committee. Submissions are covered by
parliamentary privilege but the unauthorised release of them is not.
Submissions
Report - Tabled 16 October 2003
Government
Response (PDF 4989KB)
Comments to: web.senate@aph.gov.au
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