Progress through partnership: Celebrating fifty years of NSLA

In 2023 National and State Libraries Australasia (NSLA) celebrates its 50th anniversary, marking five decades of collaboration and continuous service to the library sector in Australasia.
What has kept this remarkable collaboration alive? And what’s next for our ten member libraries?
This panel session at State Library Victoria was facilitated by NSLA Chair and IFLA President-elect Vicki McDonald in conversation with:
• Marie-Louise Ayres - Director-General of the National Library of Australia
• Rachel Esson - Te Pouhuaki National Librarian at the National Library of New Zealand/ Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
• Geoff Strempel - Director of the State Library of South Australia
• Sue McKerracher - Executive Director of Libraries Tasmania