The History of University Library Australia Monday, 18 August 2008

University Library Australia came into effect 1 July 2001.

The following documents provide the background to its establishment.

CAUL Strategic Plan March, 1999
"2. Establish a framework and develop a business model for a national universities borrowing scheme."

Issues paper presented at CAUL Meeting November, 1999 - Alison Ransome (Southern Cross University)

Outline of current regional schemes in place to November 1999.

Proposal to CAUL - March, 2001 - Alison Ransome (Southern Cross University)

• CAUL agreed to establish a National Borrowing Scheme from 1 July 2001
• CAUL Members agreed to indemnify other CAUL insitutions for their own defaulting borrowers
• Working Group established 8 March 2001, meeting 2-3 April 2001
  • Membership
    • Alison Ransome , Chair
    • Beth Marnane , University of Technology, Sydney
    • Diane Costello , CAUL, Convenor
    • Imogen Garner , University of Western Australia
    • Jan Gordon , Australian Defence Force Academy, UNSW
    • Judy Stokker, Queensland University of Technology replaced in 2002 by Sharon Lenord,   University of the Sunshine Coast as QULOC representative.
    • Stephen Beaumont , University of Adelaide
    • Tony Arthur , University of Melbourne replaced in 2004 by David Black, Deakin University

Review of ULA, July-September, 2002