PLSA Network Meetings | Public Libraries SA

Here you will find the details of the PLSA Network meetings – summaries, agendas, and associated papers. Annual General Meetings are conducted at the November Network Meeting.

Please note: Most documents are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. A few use Microsoft Office products, so to view them you will need a compatible program like Microsoft Word, for example.

Most recent meeting – 4 June 2024

Next meeting – 2 September 2024

Past meetings

2019
November	Program Public Libraries SA Executive – What is it all about? Public Libraries SA Executive – Nomination Form Public Libraries SA AGM Agenda
April	Agenda Digital Springboard presentation, pdf, 2.5Mb Governance Model, pptx 800kb Libraries Change Lives – Onkaparinga, pptx, 13.5Mb Libraries Change Lives SA Presentation, pptx 16Mb PLS Digital Content Presentation, pptx 18.6Mb PLSA Presentation, pptx 18Mb Proscribe – Murray Bridge, pptx 1.3Mb City of Marblea Partner report, pdf 8.5Mb

2018

August

Agenda

Tomorrow’s Libraries Review – PLSA Update (pptx, 425kb)

2017
November	AGM – Agenda \| Minutes
June	Agenda Children’s University presentation (1.78Mb, pptx) Envisionware presentation (1.24Mb, pptx) The Changing Face of Libraries: Joining the Dots and Delivering on the Council Agenda – City of Salisbury (6.23Mb, pptx) Consultation on the Digital Strategy – KPPM Strategy (1Mb, pptx) Resource Furniture presentation (27Mb, pptx) State Library of South Australia presentation – Teresa Brook (5.23Mb, pptx)

2016
November	AGM Agenda \| Minutes
September	Guidelines, Standards and Outcome Measures for Australian Public Libraries.
June	agenda Town of Walkerville – Our journey: From consultation and design concepts; through to completion…and beyond, presented by Fiona Deckert, Manager Community Services City of West Torrens – Hamra Centre Library Children’s Area Makeover Public Libraries SA presentation
February	agenda Wavesound: the story so far (PPTX, 3.5Mb) The Library of 2019 One Place (PPTX, 2Mb) Adelaide City Libraries Digital Technologies (PDF, 800Kb) Axis 360 (PDF, 930Kb) Glen Eira Axis 360 Case Study (PDF, 440Kb) Lynn and Tomas introduced the new website. PLS presented the One Place concept. Adventures overseas collaborating with SirsiDynix. Geoff gave us a PLS update. Wavesound introduced some of their new products. Gil Poznanski, Creative Technologies Activator from City of Melbourne Libraries Introducing Axis360

2015
November	Public Libraries SA Annual General Meeting – minutes (docx) Public Libraries SA AGM attendees (docx) President’s Report (docx) Events & Marketing Committee Report (docx) One Workforce Committee Report (docx) Joint Use Libraries Association Report (docx) SA Libraries Children and Youth Services Report (docx) Community Languages Committee Report (docx) 2015 Conference Report (docx)
June	Victor Harbour – Children’s Area Refurbishment (pptx, 7.5Mb) Yankalilla Library – Evolution (pptx, 518Kb) City of Marion RFID (pptx, 5.7Mb) All things NLA + LA + Trove (pptx, 36.5Mb) Forward Learning SA (pdf, 358Kb) Envisionware (ppsx, 2.5Mb)
March	agenda (pdf) About Corinne Hill and Rachel Van Riel (docx) Public Library Transformation – Chattanooga Public Library – Corinne Hill (pptx, 37Mb) Changing the conversation and the relationship – Rachel Van Riel (ppt, 9.4Mb) Priorities – Book promotion and display – Rachel Van Riel (pptx, 77.7Mb) Changing the Skill Set – Rachel Van Riel (ppt, 7Mb) Changing Libraries – new ways of working – Rachel Van Riel (ppt, 38Mb) CAVAL Languages Direct (pptx, 2.5Mb) Pubic Libraries SA Levies Review (pptx, 374Kb)

2014
November	agenda (docx) PLSA Annual General Meeting – minutes (pdf, 357Kb) The future of the South Australian Public Library (SAPL) network…A community in action! (pdf, 3Mb) Intelligent returns 2014 (pptx, 465 Kb) President’s report (docx) PLSA Quarterly presentation November 2014 (pptx, 3.3Mb)
July	agenda (pptx, 107Kb) 2014 SAPLN Awards presentation (pptx, 85Mb) German libraries and the Third Place: creating community relevancy in the era of the e-book – lessons for South Australia (pptx, 17Mb) James Bennett (ppt, 2.2Mb) Three new libraries (ppt, 55Mb) Gallery of Photos
May	agenda (draft, Microsoft Word) One Workforce survey results (Microsoft PowerPoint) PLSA Workforce Survey Summary (Microsoft Excel) Workforce planning feedback (Microsoft Word)
February	agenda (Microsoft Word) Gallery of photos Envisionware talk (ppsx file) ACC library operation planning (Microsoft PowerPoint) Four enablers strategy (Microsoft PowerPoint) Workforce blueprint take action (Microsoft PowerPoint) Committee reports (Microsoft Word) President’s report (Microsoft Word)

2013
November	agenda PLSA Annual General Meeting – agenda \| minutes Easy guide to the PLSA Executive 2013 PLSA Nomination Form 2013 Questions about being on PLSA Executive Committee 2013 Public Libraries SA budget 2012-2013 (Microsoft Excel) Public Libraries SA budget report – June 2013 (Microsoft Excel) Draft budget 2012-2013– 30 November 2012 (Microsoft Word) PLSA membership fees 2012-2013 – 30 November 2012 (Microsoft Word) Public Libraries SA financial statement for 2011-2012 – 30 November 2012 (Microsoft Word)
September (Conference)	Full details available at the Conference website.
June	agenda
February	agenda

2012
November	agenda PLSA Annual General Meeting – agenda \| minutes Easy guide to the PLSA Executive, Election 2012 PLSA Communications Strategy, July 2012 PLSA Executive Committee – What it is all about PLSA Executive Membership nomination form 2012-2013 PLSA Action Plan 2012-2013
July	agenda
March	agenda Levies Paper, 2012-2013 Draft Levy Calculations Appendix I – Community Languages Expenditure 2010-2011 Appendix II – Community Languages Loan Statistics

2011
November	agenda PLSA Annual General Meeting – agenda \| minutes \| attendance PLSA Executive meeting, 1 November 2011 – agenda \| summary \| minutes PLSA Balance Sheets – August \| September 2011 PLSA Profit and Loss – July-August \| July-September 2011 Aged receivables, 30 September 2011 Standing Committee Papers
September (conference)	Presentation recordings and documents
June	agenda \| summary President’s Report, June 2011 Love2read – National Year of Reading presentation Marketing Committee Report, June 2011 Marketing Presentation to JULA
March	agenda President’s Report, March 2011 Letter from the President – Recommendations and Levy Discussion for March Quarterly Levies Paper 2011-2012

2010

March

agenda

PLSA Quarterly March 2010 Presentation
President’s Report, March 2010
Marketing Report, March 2010
Marketing Committee Presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint)
PLSA Materials Levies 2010-2011
Love2read Introductory Presentation, February 2010
The Library Agency: an Outline Proposal for 2010
Books in the Sky: Audio Read – the Victor Harbor experience (presentation)
OPAL and the Libraries of the City of Onkaparinga

2009
November	agenda PLSA Annual General Meeting – agenda \| minutes PLSA Annual General Meeting President’s Report 2008-2009 PLSA Draft Constitution (for voting at AGM) (Microsoft Word) PLSA Budget Reports – 2008-2009 \| 2009-2010 PLSA Financial Report, September 2009 PLSA Budget 2009-2010 PLSA Fees 2009-2010 PLSA Executive Nomination Form 2009-2010 PLSA Executive Committee 2009-2010 PLSA Communications Network 2009-2010 PLSA Action Plan, August 2009 PLSA Governance Review (memo to the Association) (Microsoft Word) Online Resources Report, November 2009 Summary of Projects, Committees and their Status President’s Report – SA Smart State President’s Report, February 2009 – Keeping Members: why memberships lapse President’s Report – Developing a vision and national framework for Australian Public Libraries Annual General Meeting 2008 – Minutes Questions and Answers about being on the PLSA Executive Committee (2008)
August	agenda President’s Report, August 2009 President’s Memo to Members, July 2009 Email from Geoff Strempel re: Library Studies Assessing the Economic Value of Public Libraries for Lobbying Purposes, September 2008 Appendix I – Sue McKerracher’s Career Website Update
March	agenda President’s Report, March 2009