Industry Analysis & Industry Trends
Libraries remain viable and irreplaceable services, despite the rapid rate of technical change affecting the industry's operations and the composition of its collections. The industry is overwhelmingly reliant on public funding and private donations, which remain relatively stable for such an entrenched public service. Funding, while slowing for federal and state libraries, remains solid for local libraries. While funding for federal archives has grown in the past five years, it has declined at a state level. Overall the industry is expected to decline in terms of revenue, at a compound annual rate of 1.2%... purchase to read more
Industry Report - Industry Products Chapter
In terms of organisations, locations, income and library employment, public libraries are the major providers of services in this industry. These services are operated and funded by the Commonwealth Government (the National Library), state and local governments. Publicly-owned archives are the only organisations that provide, as their major activity, archival services to the public. Archival services are also undertaken as a secondary activity by national and state libraries. There are three broad models for operating local government libraries in Australia. The first is a centralised model where acquisition, cataloguing and processing all library stock is generally the responsibility of the state library or a single government department... purchase to read more