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Since 2008, the member libraries of National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) have been collaborating actively on a program of research, strategic planning, shared development and innovation. The target and the audience for the research are the member libraries, with outputs ranging from specific to these libraries' needs to those with broad interest and application across the cultural sector. This article describes the evolving strategic framework that drives the work of NSLA and looks at approaches and outcomes from selected digital maturity, heritage collections and community engagement projects.

The online networked environment has already forced the reconfiguration of many industries, from music to banking to electioneering, and will continue to drive major shifts until few industries resemble their twentieth century model. Our libraries are now taking a system-wide view of the impact of this environment, looking to ‘unbundle’ our activities and to assess the most effective way of tackling these challenges.The members of National & State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) are using collaboration to accelerate transformative change, and to move more rapidly than they could on their own. In 2008, NSLA endorsed the Re-imagining Libraries Strategic Planand began to shift resources from individual library activity to collaborative activity.The projects in the Strategic Plan are underway and the picture of our re-imagined libraries is beginning to take shape. It will include both new services and new approaches to the body of work undertaken in our libraries.

ABSTRACTAs the peak body for the state, territory and national libraries, the Council of Australian State Libraries has expanded from an initial focus on lobbying Commonwealth Government for funding to supporting a wide range of collaborative initiatives between member libraries and with other organisations in the cultural sector. The Council of Australian State Libraries is an active participant in the national debate on the challenges and changes in the provision of information services and preserving our documentary heritage.

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The article focuses on the efforts of the members of the National & State Libraries Australia (NSLA) in adopting digital network environment in libraries. It mentions the creation of the Re-imagining Libraries Strategic Plan by the NSLA in 2008. It states that the new library will offer more of its collections online and the addition of more free online tools.