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VALA2008 Session 15 Dewhurst

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperPeople Australia: a topic based approach to resource discovery

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 15: Metadata
Thursday 7 February 2008 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-15-dewhurst

Basil Dewhurst

Manager, Resource Discovery Services, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

The National Library has been enabling electronic resource discovery since 1981, when the Australian National Bibliographic Database was launched. Over the past decade, the Library has made discovery services such as Picture Australia, Music Australia and Libraries Australia freely available to a broad public. These services ensure that researchers gain rapid and easy access to the collections of the National Library and those of other libraries and collecting institutions. This paper introduces People Australia, a new collaborative topic based resource discovery service that the National Library is creating. The paper describes the service, demonstrates how it will significantly improve cross-domain resource discovery for researchers, and describes how People Australia will interchange metadata and enable the sharing of metadata about parties.

VALA2008 Session 12 Dellit

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperCollecting the best data: improving cataloguing systems

VALA 2008 CONCURRENT SESSION 12: ILMS
Thursday 7 February 2008 11:55 – 12:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2008-proceedings/vala2008-session-12-dellit

Alison Dellit

Metadata Librarian, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

As libraries come to grips with enormous changes in information-seeking behaviour, many institutions are seeking to build “new generation” catalogues, which make resource discovery simple and fun. To fully take advantage of these changes, libraries also need to re-think what data we should be recording about our collections; and how we are recording it. The National Library of Australia is developing a new tool to streamline the process of selecting a correct subject heading. In the future, an even more radical approach to subject analysis and classification may be required to efficiently catalogue the increasing amount of born-digital information.

VALA2006 Session 7 Ayres

VALA2006Bringing the stories to the people: online sound at the National Library of Australia

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 7: Delivering Online Content
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-7-ayres

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperMarie-Louise Ayres

Associate Curator of Manuscripts, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Judith Pearce

Director, Business Analysis, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Dianne Dahlitz

Senior Librarian, Oral History, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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This paper describes the National Library’s project to make web delivery of its sound collections possible. The paper outlines the key infrastructure components required for routine web delivery of streamed sound files and XML encoded transcripts and summaries from a very large collection, and the standards adopted and/or adapted to facilitate delivery. It also describes the content conversion strategies required to convert analogue recordings to digital format, and to convert printed summaries and transcripts to encoded documents. The paper will conclude with a demonstration of the Library’s online sound delivery system, and a brief view of the multiple discovery pathways to these remarkable resources.

 

VALA2006 Session 1 Cathro

VALA2006

Improving information infrastructure: the recent activities of the National Library of Australia

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 1: New Technology
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 10:45 – 11:15
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-1-cathro

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperWarwick Cathro

Assistant Director-General, Innovation, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

The National Library of Australia is undertaking a number of initiatives aimed at improving the infrastructure that provides access to information resources by Australian libraries and their users. It is giving priority to developing infrastructure services which will benefit the general public by providing them with online access to a greater range of content and providing them with easy-to-use services to discover and access information content, including the collections of Australian libraries. The paper describes some of these activities, including the recently completed Kinetica Redevelopment Project.

 

VALA2006 Session 5 Bradley

VALA2006Digital sustainability and digital repositories

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 5: Digital Repositories
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-5-bradley

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperKevin Bradley

Sustainability Officer, Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

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Abstract

The tasks associated with managing and backing up digital data are well known to IT managers, but the mere presence of the data stream is not the only criterion for preserving and maintaining digital content. Digital sustainability recognises that the continuity of digital information goes well beyond basic storing and managing of data and is integrated into the lifecycle of the information object. It includes technical, social and economic considerations. In 2004 a DEST-funded project, the Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR) initiated an investigative process to establish a centre of excellence for the management of digital collections. The APSR has an overall focus on the critical issues of the access continuity and the sustainability of digital collections, and this paper draws on the investigation of these issues in the University sector.

 

VALA2006 Session 9 Kiorgaard

VALA2006 A rose by any other name?: from AACR2 to Resource Description and Access

VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Metadata
Thursday 9 February 2006, 14:35 – 15:05
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-9-kiorgaard

VALA Peer Reviewed PaperDeidre Kiorgaard

Director, Bibliographic Standards, National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au

Ebe Kartus

Coordinator, Metadata, The University of Melbourne
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au

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Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a new standard for description and access, designed for the digital world. The paper charts the drivers that are shaping RDA’s development. It explains why simply revising AACR2 is no longer an option. It discusses the relationship between RDA and other international standards developments, such as IFLA’s draft statement of International Cataloguing Principles; the influence of models such as FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) and FRAR (Functional Requirements for Authority records). The timeline for the publication of RDA is outlined, and information given on how you can influence the development of RDA.