New Zealand Public Libraries Summit
Programme
New Zealand Public Libraries Summit DRAFT Programme at a Glance (Updated 8 Feb 2007)
Facilitated by Rod Oram
DAY 1: 26 February 2007
| 8.30-9.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.00-10.25 | Mihi and welcome Introduction from Hon Judith Tizard, Minister Responsible for the National Library |
| Keynote Address - David Lammy, Minister of Culture, UK | |
| Central and LGNZ Response: Hon Mark Burton, Minister for Local Government and Eugene Bowen, CEO Local Government New Zealand | |
| 10.25-10.45 | Morning Tea |
| 10.45-12.00 | Session 1: Highlights, Handbrakes and Horizons - Setting the scene in NZ Public Libraries |
| Panel & Discussion | |
| Allison Dobbie, Group Manager - Libraries, Auckland City Council | |
| Mary Bourke, Mayor, South Taranaki District Council | |
| Paul Reynolds, Commissioner, Library and Information Advisory Commission | |
| 12.00-12.45 | Lunch |
| 12.45-2.30 | Session 2: Public Libraries; Value for money? Delivering on outcomes: economic, social/families young & old, cultural/national identity |
| Perspective: Suzanne Snively, Partner PricewaterhouseCooper | |
| Workshop & Feedback | |
| 2.30-3.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.00-4.30 | Session 3: Responding to the Strategic Framework: Developing the Agenda for Action |
| Perspective: Barbara McKerrow, General Manager, Customer Services, New Plymouth District Council |
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| Participants choose one workshop | |
| Workshop 1: Access to the digital world | |
| Workshop 2: Lifelong learning | |
| Workshop 3: Building Community | |
| Workshop 4: Access to content | |
| 4.30-5.30 | Workshop Outcomes |
| 7.00 | Dinner at The Boatshed |
| After dinner speaker - John Allen, CEO NZ Post |
Day 2: 27 February 2007
| 8.45-9.00 | Coffee available |
| 9.00-10.00 | Review of Day One |
| Keynote: "Challenging the Paradigm" - Chris Batt, CEO Museums Libraries and Archives, UK | |
| 10.00-10.25 | Morning Tea |
| 10.25-12.15 | Session 4: Making It Happen: Collaboration, Sustainability and Funding. How will we work together to get best value from NZ's Public Libraries. |
| Workshop & Feedback | |
| 12.15-1.00 | Lunch |
| 1.00-3.00 | Session 5: Agenda for Action |
| Workshop & Feedback | |
| 3:00-3.30 | Closing remarks: Hon Judith Tizard, Minister Responsible for the National Library and Basil Morrison, President Local Government New Zealand |
| 3:30-3:40 | Poroporoaki |
*Programme based on Public Libraries of New Zealand: A Strategic Framework 2006-2016 (PDF)
Rod Oram
Rod Oram has more than 30 years’ experience as an international financial journalist. He has worked in Europe and North America for leading publications such as the Financial Times of London. His FT career spanned 18 years (1979-1997) as an editor and writer based in London and New York. Rod has also traveled extensively in North America, Europe and Asia.
Rod and his family emigrated from the UK to New Zealand in 1997. He is currently a columnist for the Sunday Star-Times; a regular broadcaster on radio and television; a frequent public speaker on business and economic issues; and an occasional correspondent for the Financial Times. He was Editor of the Business Herald section of the New Zealand Herald, 1997-2000.
Rod is an adjunct professor in the New Zealand Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Unitec, the country’s technology tertiary institution, and he has contributed to several recent regional economic development projects.
In the 2004 Qantas Media Awards, Rod was a triple winner as Newspaper Columnist of the Year and Magazine Feature Writer of the Year (both in the business category) and recipient of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise’s Travel Scholarship in recognition for his writing on NZ innovation.
And in the 2006 Westpac Business & Financial Journalism Awards Rod won the Reporting on Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability or Community Engagement category.
