1. National Licensing Proposal

2. a potted history … 2003 report from Senate Inquiry into the Role of libraries in the online environment 1 st National Licensing Forum (December 2004) – discussion by Australian library groups and consortia 2 nd National Licensing Forum (October 2005) – rise of the National Licensing Proposal (NLP) Reference Group

3. NLP Reference Group Anne Alderslade (Health Libraries Australia) Teresa Brook (PLAIN) Jerelynn Brown (NSW.net) Diane Costello & Heather Gordon (CAUL) Lynn Fletcher (TAFE Libraries Australia) Lorene Furmage (Australian School Library Association) Tom Girke (CSIRO) Ms Lynne Makin (Public Libraries Australia) Susan Magnay (Australian Library & Information Association) Roxanne Missingham (Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Aust.) Richard Sayers (Australian Library & Information Association) Kathy Stapleton (Australian Government Libraries Information Network)

4. NLP Reference Group Sub-Committees tasked with looking into the issues of: Products: Teresa Brook, Lorene Furmage, Lynn Fletcher, Thomas Girke, Sandra Henderson & Kathy Stapleton Pricing: Diane Costello, Roxanne Missingham, Julie Rae & Richard Sayers Governance: Anne Alderslade, Jerelynn Brown, Heather Gordon & Erica Ryan Communications: Susan Magnay, Erica Ryan & Richard Sayers

5. back to the history … 2003 report from Senate Inquiry into the Role of libraries in the online environment 1 st National Licensing Forum (December 2004) – discussion by Australian library groups and consortia 2 nd National Licensing Forum (October 2005) – rise of the National Licensing Proposal (NLP) Reference Group Survey of libraries re product interests (December 2005) Governance framework proposed (March 2006) Pricing model proposed (April 2006)

6. what next? 3 rd National Licensing Forum (3 July 2006) – seeking agreement on the way forward: governance, products and distribution of costs Information session for vendors (3 July 2006) Anticipate release of a two-stage Request for Proposal and Request for Tender (July 2006) Evaluation and selection (August 2006) Implementation and promotion (possibly September 2006) Evaluation (May 2007)

8. want to know more? web:www.nla.gov.au/nlp email: nlp@nla.g ov.au list:listserver.nla.gov.au/wws/info/nlp-l Or contact any member of the NLP Reference Group www.nla.gov.au/nlp/referencegroup.html