1. 1 First JULAC Forum What is the direction of and challenges for JULAC Steve O’Connor, Chair, JULAC 2008-09

2. 2 What has JULAC achieved? Achieved much –HKALL, Consortiall savings, ERALL, HKMAC, JURA Proposal, Asian Library Statistics; –Active committee structure; –Affiliate Members; –Willingness to share and work together.

3. 3 JULAC and Planning Strategic Projects –JURA: a major project with international reputation –Models of Governance approved by HUCOM –Preservation and Conservation Centre –SHAD Shared Historical Archive Database –More e-book potential consortia –Management statistics across Asia and Salary data

4. 4 JULAC Committees Our Committees work so well together New JULAC Systems Committee Recent issues *RAPID *JULAC Access Brochure *JULAC Card *OCLC data issues *Many consortium discount deals *Reference service issues Further issues *Reference service issues *JURA Building *Statistics *Copyright and digital *Copyright responses to government *Systems issues

5. 5 Hong Kong - Guangdong Third Annual Meeting due in early March Development of Library Management China out of last Meeting Donation of books to Guangdong Libraries Staff exchanges in preservation and conservation Participation in the Sichuan Earthquake appeal for Libraries and Librarians More communication and understanding

6. 6 JULAC modus operandi: a personal view Working with professional colleagues is one of the greatest satisfactions and challenges Growth of and power of consortia world- wide Trend to merge little consortium into larger organisations Our interest have much more in common than we have differences!

7. 7 How to survive/thrive in Consortia Remember that you have more to learn than to offer; Remember that management behaviours are different; Remember that we cannot achieve as much on our own; Politically we are stronger together

8. 8 Where to ?? ‘University Library of Hong Kong’ Strength and ideas in Region, perhaps initially Singapore Grow our future leaders at all levels in our organisations Generational Change Role of Library Educators in Hong Kong JULAC Directors are open to suggestions … ALWAYS

9. 9 Welcome to the First JULAC Forum Thank you to the Committee organising this day Thank you to the speakers Thank you to JULAC Secretary, Anne Douglas Thank you Esther Woo from HKU… a towering strength Thank you Linesmen (persons), Ball boys (persons)! PLAY!!