Library Council

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The National Library Act (1960) provides that a Council shall conduct the affairs of the Library. The Council consists of 12 members - including the Director-General, one senator elected by the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives elected by that House. Specific issues being addressed by Council and its advisory committees are documented in the Library's Annual Report.

Chairman

Sir James Gobbo, AC, CVO, QC, BA (Hons), MA (Oxon), Hon LLD (Monash), DUniv(Catholic), Hon. Dott Jurisprudence (Bologna Univ), Hon LLD (Melb), Hon FAIV

Deputy Chairman

Mr Fergus Ryan, Chartered Accountant, FICAA, FID, FAIM

Director-General & Executive Member

Jan Fullerton, AO, BA (UQ), Grad DipLib (UNSW)

Members

• Senator George Brandis, BA (Hons), LLB (Hons) (Qld), BSL (Oxon)
• Martin Ferguson, AM, MP, B Ec (Hons)
• Professor John Hay, AC, BA (Hons) (WA) & (Camb), MA (Camb), PhD (WA), Hon LittD (Deakin), Hon DLitt (WA), FACE, FAIM
• Brian Long, Assoc Mbr Inst. Chrt.d Acc.
• Kevin McCann AM, BA, LLB (Hons) Syd, LLM (Harvard), FAICD
• Winnie Pelz, BA (Adel), DipArt (SA)
• Dr Colin Rubenstein, MA (Melb), PhD (Columbia)
• Helen Williams, AO, BA (Hons) (Reading)