IT IS pleasing to hear that DPIPWE will retain the department's library service and its staff, following consultation on the proposed closure of the library (Library closure angers students, The Examiner, April 30, 2014).
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Special libraries play a crucial role in supporting the organisations they serve by employing library and information professionals to deliver robust, evidence-based information as the basis for policy and decision-making.
Earlier this year, the Australian Library and Information Association, in conjunction with the Australian Law Library Association, Health Libraries Inc and Health Libraries Australia, released a study which suggests the return on investment for government and other special libraries is more than $5 for every $1 invested.
It is also pleasing to see that Treasurer Peter Gutwein values the role that libraries play and is standing by his pre-election promise that no libraries would close under a Liberal state government.
- DAMIAN LODGE, President Australian Library and Information Association.
