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Signature Program 2016

A New Start: Re-visioning programming at State Library of Queensland

Linda BarronTwitter @lindaxbarron

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statelibraryqld

State Library of Queensland

State Library of Queensland

Communities of Interest

develop and deliver

programming in

collaboration with

articulated priority

communities of interest

Community Engagement

design and deliver programs

and services for the

community

Service Delivery

whole-of-SLQ resource

charged with delivery of

professional and consistent

service delivery across

venue, technical and

production elements

Partnerships

initiating & securing

partnerships across SLQ-

identified priorities (works

closely with QLF & OSL)

Engagement & Partnerships

Asia Pacific Design Library

kuril dhagun

Reading/ Writing

The Edge

Visitor Experience

Signature Program

Venue management

Tech support

(A-V related, equipment, venue)

Production Services (internal & external, incl event

management)

LibraryShop

Signature Program partnerships

Emerging (strategic)

programs, projects or

communities (e.g. Alice,

FabLab, enterprise centre)

Frameworks & documentation

To enact on our new direction the following have been developed

• Programming Framework

• Engagement Statement

• Annual Signature Program Framework

• Partnership Assessments

Annual Signature Program

WHAT IS IT• program with broad (evidence-based) appeal• year-long programming priority, determined two years in

advance• developed largely ‘for’ community, but encouraging

‘with’ and ‘by’ communityWHY• To enable SLQ to be strategic, responsive and proactive• aligns resource and capacity to objectives• profiling - maximising reach & reputation• strong partnership & considered communications

opportunities

Annual Signature Program

HOW• active participation by community in decisions• led by program manager, dedicated implementation

team• program decided, developed, signed-off upfront • development thinking from broad cross section of SLQ • one budget, quarantined/discrete components• cross platform delivery (onsite, offsite, online)

Programming spectrum

#Belongingqld

Distant Lines

Trench Space

Trench Space

Community Days

#Belongingqld

The Big Day of

Queensland Faces

Tradition Now

Conversation series

Taste of Belonging

Belonging Muralwww.slq.qld.gov.au/belonging

Iconic Queensland

Other teams

Where we are now

• 2017 and 2018 Theme topics selected

• Curatorial Framework 2017

• 2017 programming

• Signature Program Coordination Group

• Partnership team and frameworks

• Greater community engagement

• Regional engagement

• 2016 theme that engaged with community

What’s Next

• Improving regional offering

• Processes that encourage all library engagement

• Funding $$$$$$$$

• Team structure finalised

• Continual evaluation of processes and programming to ensure what we offer is what the community is interested in

• Lots of hard work

• Lots of fun