The
Australian Library and Information Association is the professional association
for the Australian library and information services sector. It seeks to
empower the profession in the development, promotion and delivery of quality
library and information services to the nation, through leadership, advocacy
and mutual support. The objects of the Association are:
- To promote the free flow
of information and ideas in the interest of all Australians and thriving
culture, economy and democrary
-To promote and improve the
services provided by all kinds of library and information agencies
- To ensure the high standards
of personnel engaged in information provision and foster their professional
interests and aspirations
- To represent the interests
of members to governments, other organisations and the community
- To encourage people to
contribute to the improvement of library and information services through
support and membership of the Association
The HCL Award is regarded
as the Australian Library and Information Association's highest honour.
It commemorates HCL Anderson who was the principal librarian of the Free
Public Library of NSW. The Association's governing body may confer this
award on any professional librarian who has rendered outstanding service
to the library and information profession in Australia, to the Association,
to the theory of library and information science or to the practice of
library and information services.
