Libraries Australia
Debbie Campbell
Director
Collaborative Services Branch
&
Emma Corbett
Manager, Customer Services
Topics
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Getting
Personalisation
Priorities for 2007
Get Options
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Online (TOC/web URL)
Local catalogue – deep linking
At Other Libraries
Bookshops/Suppliers
Researchers’ use of academic libraries and
their services
http://www.rin.ac.uk/files/libraries-report-2007.pdf
The Online option
Available within the record, either as a URL in
the 856 tag or TOC data:
Request from your own library
At other libraries
From bookshops or suppliers
PERSONALISATION
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Remote access via an internet connection
Choose own user – id & password
Choose preferences
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Screen
Databases
My Library
Store queries & records
Alerts
Priorities for 2007
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interoperability system testing
email alerts
addition of new suppliers
directory integration project
Trans-Tasman interlending
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Interoperability system testing:
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most recently, testing of ISO interoperability was
undertaken with the University of New South
Wales and the University of Tasmania.
the enhanced requesting facility is now available
to VDX libraries interoperating with LADD using
the ISO ILL protocol.
six libraries joined LADD in the last few months,
bringing the total close to 800.
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Email alerts:
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a trial of the LADD email alert functionality began
on the 1st February with 40 participating libraries.
The functionality is especially useful for infrequent
users of the service as it provides an email alert
when there is a change in the status of an ILL
request.
we will undertake a survey to examine usage
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Addition of new suppliers:
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continue to identify
trial with the Infotrieve database as a source of
ILL requests, expected to commence in May and
continue for 12 months
will only be available to those libraries which are
already registered to use it
both parties will review at end
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Directory integration project:
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will commence in the latter half of this year
Australian Libraries Gateway information will
become part of the Libraries Australia
Administration Module
some ILRS information will also be migrated
exploring synergies with the WorldCat registry
project:
http://www.worldcat.org/registry/Institutions
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/registry/default.htm
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Trans Tasman Interlending:
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has grown in the last six months
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For the period 1 November 2006 to 31 March
2007:
1,928 items were supplied to New Zealand libraries
1,027 items were supplied to Australian libraries
Some more statistics
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Growth in end-user
access via library
subscriptions:
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Total
3
21
10
15
0 (to
date)
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Live
Emma at librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
Further reading: David Ong & Natasha Simons.
Taming the Tasman: International interlending under
the Southern Cross
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/View
ContentServlet?Filename=Published/EmeraldFull
TextArticle/Articles/1220350107.html
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