2017-11-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              7 NOVEMBER 2017


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                            RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                  replacement project successful                  Mobile Library trailer                        Wallace Park
                                                  completed below estimate. Total               Resolve ongoing issue with Cooroy           Review 5 year Capital Works
                                                  cost of project $67,141.36.                     Library air conditioning unit’s               program
                                                                                                  external enclosure.
                                                                                                Collaborate with Civil Works for
                                                                                                  Wallace Park pavement upgrade -
                                                                                                  pavement in front of library main
                                                                                                  entrance removed and replaced.
Develop an outline Libraries' vision            Staff workshop held to undertake              Collate workshop material and               Develop draft Vision statement and
statement including a 3-5 year directional        SWOT and review vision and                      review against relevant Corporate             directional plan
plan                                              priorities                                      plans
Complete the draft Cultural Plan                Research and consultation complete            Initial draft Plan being completed          Draft to be completed and reviewed
                                                                                                                                                by Reference Group
Business as Usual activities                    2017/18 Branch Plans and Risk                 Training program for library staff          Complete and collate data from
                                                  Register completed                              underway                                      Customer Service Satisfaction
                                                State Library of QLD Annual Report            Library Customer Service                      survey, report on results. Survey
                                                  and Return 2016/17 submitted                    satisfaction survey in progress               outcomes to help inform staff
                                                                                                                                                training in early 2018 and beyond
                                                Annual Libraries' staff workshop to           Fourteen library staff attended
                                                  plan 17/18 priorities and key projects          Queensland Public Libraries
                                                  held                                            Association Conference, held on
                                                Vacant permanent full time and                  Sunshine Coast
                                                  casual library assistant position
                                                  filled, casual librarian position filled
Galleries
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging         July – Sept Lola Greeno: Cultural             Oct – Nov Exhibition Delivery: Lyn          Planning for Dec – Jan exhibitions:
exhibitions and programs which diversify          Jewels; Noosa Open Studios.                     McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize                 Prosthetic Realities, a group
and grow audiences                                Overall visitation: 5028                        finalists’ exhibition featuring 30            augmented reality exhibition,
                                                Completed inaugural prize exhibition            shortlisted works, local artist Katrin        Domestic Duties by local artist Kim
                                                                                                  Terton and Taiwanese artist Hisu              Schoenberger and Object Therapy
                                                  ArtCycle. Very popular exhibition
                                                                                                  Luan Tung                                     which explores creative
                                                  which attracted 1,400 People's
                                                                                                                                                transformation and notions of value
                                                  Choice votes                                                                                  and repair
                                                Nicola Moss Living on the Edge                                                              Develop public program for next 6
                                                  exhibition encouraged connections                                                             months
                                                  with our local environmental groups                                                         Develop a pilot children's arts
                                                Overall visitation for the exhibition                                                         festival for Easter 2018

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