Papers on Library Issues
- Worth The Investment: Community and Civic Engagement Through Library Friends
Paper presented at the ‘Beyond the Walls’ Conference, Adelaide, March 2015
- May we help your friends of the library or your library?
See what FOLA can do for you and your library
- Friends Of Libraries Are Important: To The Local Library, The Community, And The Nation (Word - 70KB)
Presented to a meeting of the Friends of Norwood Payneham and St Peters Libraries, South Australia 15 July 2008 by Dr Alan Bundy AM, President Friends of Libraries Australia
- Australia's Great Good Places: Why Local And Other Governments Should Invest More In Your Public Library (Word - 114KB)
Address to a public meeting convened by the Friends of Mt Barker Community Library, South Australia 21 November 2007 by Dr Alan Bundy AM President Friends of Libraries Australia
- Sex, Lies And Politics: Public Library Funding Futures (PDF - 265KB)
Presented at the Building bridges to knowledge conference of the Queensland Public Libraries Association, Ipswich Qld 17 September 2007
- Friends of Libraries - Community Voice, Council Partner (PDF - 105KB)
A guide to the role of Friends of Libraries groups for Australian local government, state governments and regional library corporations.
- A Place With Space: How Does Your Library Rate? (PDF - 118KB)
A presentation to a forum of South Australian Friends of Libraries State Library of SA 6 April 2006
- Public Libraries: Unique, Ubiquitous, Undersold, Underfunded (PDF - 69KB)
- Friends of Libraries in 2005: Developing social capital of a nation (PDF - 228KB)
- From cradle to grave: the uniqueness of public libraries (PDF - 224KB)
- Community critical: Australian public libraries serving seniors (PDF - 514KB)
- Build It and They Will Come: Public Libraries as The Community's Third Place (Word - 57KB)
- Australian Public Libraries Summit - Towards a policy framework for the Australian public library system (Word - 165KB)
- Partners In Progress: Public Libraries And Their Friends (Word - 97KB)
- Friends of Libraries and local government amalgamations in Australia (Word - 25KB)
- Community Anchor, Council Shop Window: The Modern Public Library (PDF - 74KB)
- Bibliothèques sans Frontières: Melbourne's City Library and the inner capital city public lending libraries of Australia (PDF - 237KB)
- Paper presented at a city library public forum organised by the Combined Friends of Yarra-Melbourne Regional Library 3 November 2005
- From cradle to grave: the uniqueness of public libraries (PDF - 224KB)
- "Public libraries have a unique cradle to grave clientele. Their challenge is to ensure that library funding decision makers are aware of the breadth of that clientele, and of the resources needed to respond well and equitably to it."
- Reading Aloud - a challenge for Friends (PDF - 112KB)
An information and issues paper on issues arising from the "Read Aloud Summit" held in Sydney at the end of August 2005.
- Twelve million public library friends: worth an investment? (PDF - 302KB)
An information and issues paper for Australian public librarians on Friends of Libraries
- The modern public library: the very best investment your community can make (PDF - 139KB)
An information, issues and discussion paper for Friends of Libraries groups in Australia
- Australian Bookstart: a national issue, a compelling case (PDF - 862KB)
This first Friends of Libraries Australia (FOLA) Report to the Nation was launched by FOLA President Peter McInnes at the 10th anniversary celebration of the establishment of Friends of Libraries Australia.
