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Hear About the Big Issues

Find out about social media and the important issues facing public libraries by listening to audio recorded at the State Library's Big Issues symposium. Commentators Nicholas Gruen, Bill Thompson and Mark Pesce discuss the role of social media as a means of direct communication, collaboration and engagement between governments and communities.

You can also hear about some of the key challenges facing libraries in the fields of learning and literacy, digital citizenship, social inclusion and community partnerships, and health and ageing. A panel including Tom Bentley, Patricia Faulkner and three national librarians discusses why these issues are important to libraries.

Listen to the audio files >