Australian public library mission statements - Libraries Research Group at Charles Sturt University

Group members: Philip Hider, Jane Garner, Simon Wakeling, Hamid Jamali

Do the formal mission statements to be found on Australian public library websites correspond to recent pronouncements about the roles of public libraries in their communities? A large sample of mission statements were analysed both qualitatively and quantitively to find out.

The resulting paper was published in the Journal of Library Administration and can be accessed here.

Contact: Dr Philip Hider
Email: phider@csu.edu.au
Phone: (02) 6933 2522

About the Libraries Research Group

Our research focuses on key issues affecting the sector, examining the ways in which library and information services can be improved, and library collections enhanced, as well the role of libraries and librarianship in contemporary society.

Building on CSU’s position as the leading and largest provider of library education in Australia, we are ideally placed to be the group librarians turn to when they need an evidence base for their decisions, or new solutions to real-world problems.