Our organisation
The Library Board of Queensland is the legal entity which operates the State Library of Queensland under the requirements of the Libraries Act 1988 (Queensland) [new window]. Administratively, the State Library sits within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. The State Library's history now extends back for more than a century, having begun in 1902 with the establishment of the Public Library of Queensland.
Library Board of Queensland
The governing body of the State Library, the Library Board, has one committee (Audit and Risk Management) and two advisory groups (Indigenous Advisory Group, Public Library Advisory Group) to advise and inform it on issues which arise within the scope of each body.
State Library Executive
Helen Brodie - A/Chief Executive Officer
The A/Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the proper and sound management of the State Library, under the authority of the Library Board of Queensland. The A/Chief Executive Officer provides strategic advice and direction to the Library Board; plans and develops new initiatives, services and programs; manages the resources of the State Library; and initiates strategic partnerships.
Rory McLeod - Director, Client Services and Collections
The Client Services and Collections program provides clients of the State Library with physical and virtual access to the state’s diverse collections and services. Collection strengths include the Australian Library of Art, the John Oxley Library of Queensland history, family history and one of Australia’s foremost music collections. Services include onsite and virtual reference assistance (including free statewide access to a number of electronic databases), free internet access, training programs, business information, photographic and digital reproduction, preservation and conservation. This program is also responsible for public programs.
Jane Cowell - Director, Public and Indigenous Library Services
Public and Indigenous Library Services is an integral program of the State Library, providing support for Local Government and communities to deliver library services in over 340 library and Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) service points in Queensland. To contribute to the building of fair, socially cohesive, information rich, economically strong and culturally vibrant communities the State Library provides grant funding, regional programming, training, digital services and facilitates innovation in library practice.
Bruce MacGregor - Director, Corporate Services
The Corporate Services program provides a range of organisational services that underpin and support the State Library's activities. These services include corporate policy advice, planning and research; human resource services; financial and administrative services; facilities management; information and communications technology; and administration of the Public Library Grants Scheme. The program also provides an operational link to the Office of the Queensland Library Foundation, the Corporate Administration Agency, and Internal Audit.
View our organisational structure [new window 
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Last updated: 31st August 2011
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