2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                               11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                             RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                           CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Plan and deliver a range of engaging             Program Attendance: No face-to-             Liaise with Monica McInerney to            Implement and launch Seed Library
public library programs which support              face programs                                 secure signature literary event              Program
reading, learning and literacy (including        Online programming (March to June)          Develop Senior’s Week activities           Continue to deliver a broad range of
digital literacy)                                  - 142 programs, with over 500 hours         Develop project plan and begin               programming within current COVID
                                                   of viewing, including children’s story        partnership collaborations for grant-        restrictions
                                                   time, adult literacy, Book Café,              funded Seed Library program
                                                   special day/week celebrations               Deliver postponed grant-funded
                                                 Awarded $25,000 through a State               programs – Engaging Science, Tech
                                                                                                 Savvy Seniors and First Five
                                                   Library of Queensland grant funding
                                                                                                 Forever
                                                   opportunity to develop and deliver a
                                                   Seed Library Collection and suite of
                                                   educational workshops
Deliver capital   works   and    facilities      Completed installation of solar             Generator Connection Point to be           Rectification of identified defects on
projects                                           panels on Noosaville Library                  installed at Cooroy Library (to              Cooroy Library roof
                                                 Completed installation of solar               support      Evacuation        Centre      Commence         Gallery     amenities
                                                   panels on the Butter Factory Arts             operations)                                  upgrade project
                                                   Centre                                      Complete identified roof repairs on
                                                                                                 Butter Factory Arts Centre
                                                                                               Undertake               Conservation
                                                                                                 Management Plan on Butter Factory
                                                                                                 Arts Centre
                                                                                               Deliver staff training on library
                                                                                                 branches operating as Evacuation
                                                                                                 Centres
                                                                                               Review design plans for Gallery
                                                                                                 amenities upgrade and scope out
                                                                                                 project plan
                                                                                               Commence Butter Factory Pottery
                                                                                                 Studio external fencing project
GALLERIES                                        Re-opened        Mary   Macqueen            Reschedule exhibitions impacted by         Monitoring exhibition and public
Plan and deliver a schedule of engaging            Retrospective (closed to public in            COVID-19 (2021- 2022)                        programming         scheduling   and
exhibitions and programs which diversify           first quarter for 11 weeks due to           Curating engagement content for              delivery relative to changing COVID-
and grow audiences; and support local              COVID-19)                                     online delivery (video, exhibition           19 circumstances
arts practices                                   Re-opened Rosie Lloyd-Giblett,                catalogues,        image  galleries,       Liaising with programmed artists and
                                                   Between the Trees (closed to public           children’s activities)                       stakeholders e adjustments to


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