EMERGING THEMES FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES LOOKING FORWARD.

This paper draws out the themes, discussions and learnings from the 2009 Ifla Metropolitan Libraries Section mid term meeting in Brisbane. Papers at the meeting emphasised the use of buildings, staff development and workforce planning and the use of research to inform decision making and implement evidence based practice. Also described is the evidence based 'Being the best we can' self evaluation process for public libraries developed in Victoria in 2009. Edited version of a paper presented at the Ifla conference 23-27 August 2009 in Milan, Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]