Australian Defence Force Academy Library, Northcott Drive, Campbell. Dr Marie-Louise Ayres, Manager of the Special Collections and Services division.
Members are free to bring their lunch.
Water, juice, tea and coffee will be provided. About the meeting The presentation will combine a brief introduction to the collections with a summary of Dr Ayres' learning experiences during her recent trip to more than a dozen special collections libraries in the US, UK and Ireland. There will also be a tour of the collections and Dr Ayers is happy to speak more about them for any group members who would like to stay on after the talk. Dr Ayres has recently completed an overseas study tour of more than a dozen special collections libraries interviewing collection managers on a range of collection issues ranging from collection scope and patterns, physical and intellectual access, preservation and electronic issues, and, in particular, the ways in which collections within universities related to their institutional teaching and learning practice. She will present a summary of her findings at this meeting to interested members of the archives, manuscripts and special collections communities.