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Public libraries in South Australia are run by local councils and Libraries South Australia. [4] Public libraries in SA are all part of the One Card Network, a library consortium which allows a member of any SA public library and return and borrow books from another public library in the state. [5]
The next important piece of legislation affecting SLSA was the 1939 number 44 Libraries and Institutes Act, which repealed the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery and Institutes Act and separated the Public Library from the (newly named) Art Gallery of South Australia and South Australian Museum, established its own board and changed its name to the Public Library of South Australia.
The first NSLA meeting was held at the State Library of Western Australia in September 2006. [1] At the November 2017 meeting, NSLA developed a new strategic plan and business model, deciding to focus on Australian constituents and stakeholders, and from 2018 the name became National and State Libraries Australia. [1]
The Elizabeth South Public Library was opened on 4 December 1957 by Sir Thomas Playford, making it the first free municipal public Library to open in Adelaide. Sir Thomas was the first to join and become Member No 1A in Library No. A1! [2] Subsequent branches were constructed over the intervening years: Elizabeth North opened 4 July 1960
The Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery and Institutes Act 1925 [22] prohibited the destruction of South Australian Government records without the approval of the Libraries Board of South Australia. The legislation empowered the Board to take records into its custody and provided for the recovery of government documents in the hands of ...
Burnside Library. The Burnside Library is a public library in the City of Burnside, Adelaide. Located on the corner of Greenhill and Portrush Roads, it is part of the Burnside Civic Centre. The library was one of the first public libraries in South Australia, opening to the public on 8 April 1961. [1]
The South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM) oversees volunteers and employees within the fire and emergency services sector. [26] SAFECOM works with are: [26] the South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) the South Australian State Emergency Service (SES)
The City of Salisbury, the SA Writers' Centre and the Salisbury Library Service have co-hosted the Salisbury Writers' Festival since 2005. [13] [14] From May 2014 until December 2016, Writers SA ran a blog curated by an Australian writer, rotating every few months, known as the Writer in Residence. [15] [16] [17]