2019-11-12 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                     12 NOVEMBER 2019


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                           RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                          CURRENT PRIORITIES                        THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                            Identification of programs with
                                                                                              surplus capacity and development
                                                                                              of marketing strategies to boost
                                                                                              numbers.
LIBRARIES & GALLERIES
LIBRARIES                                      Finalised concept plans for potential      Continued         research      on      Prepare Council report inclusive of 5
Mobile Library Service Replacement               new outreach vehicle                         replacement        options     and        year whole of life costings.
Plan                                           Finalised concept plans for potential        indicative costings.                    Draft implementation communication
                                                 structure to house library book-           Continued       consultation  with        plan.
                                                 vending kiosks                               Mobile     Library     users   and
                                                                                              stakeholders.
Plan and deliver a range of engaging           Delivered Spring School Holiday            Draft grant applications for the        Deliver Summer School Holiday
public library programs which support            program (347 attendees across 12             next round of Tech Savvy Seniors          program
reading, learning and literacy (including        events,      including   Booin   Gari        and      Advance        Queensland      Submit Acquittal reports for Tech
digital literacy)                                Festival).                                   Engaging Science funding.                 Savvy Seniors & Engaging Science
                                               Hosted       writer’s   workshop   in                                                  grants
                                                 conjunction with Noosa alive!                                                        Deliver National Recycling Week
                                                 Festival.                                                                              workshops – slow clothing and
                                               Delivered Advance Queensland                                                           upcycling sessions
                                                 Engaging Science Flying Inventors                                                    Deliver       special    Christmas
                                                 Drone program – 18 female students                                                     events/programs, such as volunteers
                                                 from 6 local high schools.                                                             party   and    creative Makerspace
                                               Hosted Jack Charles as a high                                                          workshops
                                                 profile literacy event.
                                               Hosted high profile authors – Mick
                                                 Elliott and Megan Daley for Voices
                                                 on the Coast – Youth Literature
                                                 Festival.
                                               Presented ‘Exploring our Cultural
                                                 Diversity’         workshops      for
                                                 Queensland’s Multicultural Month.
                                               Delivered Senior’s Week programs,
                                                 including aged care workshops,
                                                 hearing tests and community
                                                 morning tea.
                                               Delivered Book Club Soiree.

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