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Administrative record - Text, Braille and Talking Book Library Annual Report 1894-1983, 1983

  • White cover with grey strip on left third of page and stylised V logo with six dots

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  • Overview of how library became available to print disabled rather than blind and vision impaired

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  • Contents page listing of annual report

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  • List of Board of Directors and Office Bearers, Executive Staff and portrait of Jeff Conrad

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  • President's report for the past financial year

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  • President's report, image of Paul Korsten, Norm Fidge, Penny Crawford, Tony Lewis and Merrie Handbury, and Hector Bathurst with Benalla Auxiliary members in studio

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  • Review of services with tables of items loaned, book stock and percentage increase, and number of staff between 1980 and 1982

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  • Information on staff retrenchment and curtailment of services

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  • Graph showing major funding sources and review of funding

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  • Statement of Income and Expenditure for past financial year

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  • Balance sheet for past financial year

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  • Notes to and forming part of the accounts

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  • Directors report and financial information

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  • Directors Statement and Auditor's Report

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  • Organisational structure chart for the library

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  • Services available from the library and acknowledgement of trusts, bequests and major donations

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  • Anna McSwain looks at the pictures of a braille interleaved book with Helen Hall reads the braille

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  • Arts Minister Race Mathews with Jane La Scala and Jan Smark in the studios

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  • Hector Bathurst chats with Alison and Hugh Jeffrey, whilst Louise Scott meets borrowers at the End of Year party

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  • Overview of Braille and Talking Book Library and printing information

    Untitled image

  • White cover with grey strip on left third of page and stylised V logo with six dots
  • Overview of how library became available to print disabled rather than blind and vision impaired
  • Contents page listing of annual report
  • List of Board of Directors and Office Bearers, Executive Staff and portrait of Jeff Conrad
  • President's report for the past financial year
  • President's report, image of Paul Korsten, Norm Fidge, Penny Crawford, Tony Lewis and Merrie Handbury, and Hector Bathurst with Benalla Auxiliary members in studio
  • Review of services with tables of items loaned, book stock and percentage increase, and number of staff between 1980 and 1982
  • Information on staff retrenchment and curtailment of services
  • Graph showing major funding sources and review of funding
  • Statement of Income and Expenditure for past financial year
  • Balance sheet for past financial year
  • Notes to and forming part of the accounts
  • Directors report and financial information
  • Directors Statement and Auditor's Report
  • Organisational structure chart for the library
  • Services available from the library and acknowledgement of trusts, bequests and major donations
  • Anna McSwain looks at the pictures of a braille interleaved book with Helen Hall reads the braille
  • Arts Minister Race Mathews with Jane La Scala and Jan Smark in the studios
  • Hector Bathurst chats with Alison and Hugh Jeffrey, whilst Louise Scott meets borrowers at the End of Year party
  • Overview of Braille and Talking Book Library and printing information

Administrative record (Series), Braille and Talking Book Library, 1972-1991

Historical information

Annual report of the Braille & Talking Book Library including Minutes of the AGM, Board of Director's Report, President's report and financial statements. Items also included are: the structural re-organisation, increased borrowing has required increase in staffing, the entire share portfolio has been sold however 4 staff were retrenched and remaining staff undertook an 8% pay cut for 8% less hours (with many continuing to work the same hours), decision to phase out Clarke & Smith machines in favour of cassettes, due to lower staffing a waiting list for borrowers need to be established with up to an 8 week delay to join, braille interleaved books developed to allow sighted parents of blind children (or vice versa) to enjoy a book together, establishment of LBA allows for segregation of alternative production and sales of book to other organisations, Braille Book of the Year panel of Barrett Reid, Joyce Nicholson and Lloyd O'Neil, opening of Benalla Studio on 7 December 1982, and as library declared a free public library in May 1980, library receives state government funding at 3% of the state budget.

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1 volume of text and illustrations

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