This group will meet at least every six months to review NLA website content.
In addition, Governance Section will take steps to ensure that any information required to be published under section 8 of the FOI Act is identified and published on the Library’s website (where possible) as soon as practicable. The Library also recognises that its branches and content managers will need to be responsible for identifying any future documents created by their divisions which should be published under the IPS.
The Library will publish on its website a list of any IPS documents that are impractical to publish online. The website will state that a person seeking access to any of these documents may contact the Director Governance to arrange access.
Agency plan for the National Library of Australia
Introduction
The National Library of Australia (the Library) was established under the
National Library Act 1960 (the Act) and the functions and powers of the Library, the Director-General and Council are outlined in the Act.
The Library operates as an independent statutory authority under the
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 (CAC Act). The Minister for the Arts has portfolio responsibility for the Library which is located within the Communications and the Arts portfolio.
The Library is an agency subject to the
Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) and is required to comply with the Information Publication Scheme (IPS) requirements. This agency plan describes how the Library proposes to do this, as required by s 8(1) of the FOI Act.