The Briefing to the Incoming Minister (BIM), Dr Richard Worth, Minister Responsible for the National Library, highlights the initiatives and projects that the Library is involved in to achieve its outcomes.

It summarises the National Library’s New Generation Strategy which provides a roadmap for how the Library will deliver future services and achieve its statutory purpose of 'enriching the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations'.

Download the Briefing for the incoming Minister (November 2008)

Contents of the briefing:

A New Generation National Library for New Zealand

Developing the New Generation Strategy

Delivering the New Generation agenda

Challenges ahead

Support for you from the National Library

Statutory Bodies

Legislative Requirements

Purpose of the National Library

New Generation Strategic Directions

International Collaboration

Cross Government Collaboration

Important Relationships

Review of baseline funding

Wellington Building Redevelopment

Immediate Issues

Longer Term Issues


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