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We welcome this opportunity to respond to the Productivity Commission Data Availability and Use Issues Paper. Library and information professionals work with data every day: we capture data; we help store data and make it accessible; we help make data discoverable; we help others find the data they need; we contribute to data policy discussions.

Contents: AGM President's report; casemix; Australian Council of Allied Health Professionals; third Anne Harrison awarded to Veronica Delafosse.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: report of health libraries seminar and AGM held Perth, 1st October, Joan Martin awarded ALIA Letter of Recognition.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: report of joint conference of the Health Libraries Sections of Australia and New Zealand held Auckland 12-16 November; second Anne Harrison award presented to Frances Bludhorn; AGM President's report, Treasurer's report; photos from NZ conference.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: report on Achieving Excellence: fourth Asian-Pacific Special and Law Librarians Conference with the Ninth Biennial Health Librarians Conference, management strategies for the one-person or minimal staff health services library; Australia-wide scheme for serials duplicates; quality assurance in health libraries; budget survey of Melbourne hospital libraries.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: report on quality assurance demystified workshop; report on occupational health and safety.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: report on demonstration of CD-ROM multi-media products; statistics; beginner's guide to microcomputers.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: Executive: Joan Martin, Ruth Lawrence, Enid Meldrum, Roxanne McIvor, Ann McGalliard, Jenni Rusciano, Jo Marshall, Anne McLean, Vanessa Craven, Jan Hindson; report on DA Books; daily/weekly statistics tally sheet; future of Australian Medline Network; Australian Council of Allied Health Professions.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: chapter contents of the Handbook of Medical Library Practice; job mobility; preliminary summary of annual survey results; Australian Copyright Council.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.

Contents: Letter of Recognition for Joan Martin; health libraries annual survey.

Original document held in ALIA House, Canberra.