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In 1980, Bryan became Director-General of the National Library of Australia in Canberra. The Library had been suffering from some decline due to reduced government funding of the book collection and staff cutbacks. Bryan's appointment would resolve some of the morale issues, as he worked to rebuild the reputation of the collection and its strengths. He would work toward rebuilding its leadership in the Asia-Pacific library community. His most significant achievement as Director-General was overseeing the establishment of the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) which had been in development for many years, enabling libraries all over Australia to link their collections and make improved interlibrary loan and collection choices. Bryan retired in July 1985.[1]


Dr George Chandler establishment of the Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN). Jan Fullerton stated in speech in 1999, she was director of Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) in 1981 not 1985.

The ABN ser- vice was introduced by Chandler's successor, Harrison Bryan, in November 1981.

Warren Horton deal with The Library had been suffering from some decline due to reduced government funding of the book collection and staff cutbacks. Bryan's appointment would resolve some of the morale issues, as he worked to rebuild the reputation of the collection and its strengths. He would work toward rebuilding its leadership in the Asia-Pacific library community. His most significant achievement as Director-General was overseeing the establishment

I should know I work with Warren Horton with both rebuild the reputation of the collection and its strengths. Long for you Wikipedia boy you have a lot errors on them maybe this link will clear things up

Harrison Bryan - Australian Library and Information Association https://www.alia.org.au/harrison-bryan

Warren Horton - Australian Library and Information Association https://www.alia.org.au/warren-horton

Dr George Chandler https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00049670.1993.10755626 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.41.102.124 (talk) 07:29, 5 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]