Collection Development
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Responsibility
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Progress at October 2006
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1. Identify possible sources and acquire 25 Colin Thiele missing books.
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LRA, MC
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Partially achieved
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2. Create 20 biographical profiles for AustLit.
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Volunteers, CDM
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Achieved. 22 files were created by 8 volunteers over 47 hours
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3. Identify 15 higher degree theses relevant to Lu Rees Collection that are dated from 1998 and acquire. (Search Australian digital theses and AustLit; AUSTROM existing list locates 52 theses.)
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LRA, Library
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Partially achieved
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Access
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4. Enter data on AustLit database. (Equivalent of 4-5 hrs per week)
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LRA
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Partially achieved
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5. Complete outstanding EAD files.
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LRA
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Partially achieved
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6. Create 5 new research files.
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LRA
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Partially achieved
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7. Update 10 existing research files.
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LRA
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Partially achieved
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Service to clients
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8. Review & report to MC on reference services from 2000 by mid-year 2006. LRA Management Committee to consider & recommend priorities for 2007.
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LRA, MC
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Deferred until 2007
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9. Support 2006 May Gibbs Fellow, Nadia Wheatley. (Check missing titles in book collection, inform author & publishers, update research file, update AustLit)
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LRA & CDM
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Achieved
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10. Link 5 updated EAD files to LRA web site Author-Illustrator List.
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LRA
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Not achieved
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11. Complete list of small collections of artwork.
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R Howes, Volunteers
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Partially achieved - ongoing
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12. Call for scholarly papers for refereeing and publication in Lu Rees journal.
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CDM
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Achieved
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13. Produce Jubilee 25-year issue of Lu Rees journal.
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I Groves, B Alderman, MC
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Achieved
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14. Provide support for overseas Taiwainese researcher.
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LRA, CDM
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Achieved
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15. Draft an article for submission either to Magpies, Classroom, English in Australia, or Papers by October 2006.
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LRA, supported
by CDM
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Held over until 2007
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16. Provide LRA brochures for the CBCA National May 2006 conference for placing in conference satchels.
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LRA
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Achieved, but Expertise Events lost, then found them too late for the Conference. Brochures returned to LRA.
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17. Improve profile with stakeholders within UC. Achieved
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LRA
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Achieved
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18. Design a project for 2007 to exploit new objective: ‘network proactively to guide and maintain links with other organisations and collections’.
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MC
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Achieved
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Preservation & Conservation
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19. Liaise with Library to determine measures to safeguard collection in case of emergency, and produce a brief guide.
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LRA, Library
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Partially achieved
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20. Arrange, describe and rehouse one small collection of papers/artwork, create a finding aid and mount finding aid on Lu Rees Archives web site.
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LRA
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Deferred until 2007
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21. Conduct Omnibus Books Publisher 3rd working bee, Jan 2006.
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Volunteers
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Achieved
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Financial Aspects
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22. Create projects for special funding for 2006-2007.
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MC
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Partially achieved
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23. Form a sub-committee to identify and seek funds for projects identified.
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MC
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Achieved
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