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VALA2014 Session 4 Velasquez
Usability of public library websites in AustraliaVALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: User Discovery and Experiences Dianne Velasquez, Andree Brett, Robin Costelloe, Daniel Easterbrook, Margaret Parker and Amy VannerUniversity of South Australia Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala14 and #s10 |  |
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The project is an assessment and evaluation of 221 Australian public library websites to determine whether they provide basic information to patrons. By replicating a study done in the U.S., the researchers determined what information was present on 20 variables.
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VALA2014 Session 6 Rolan
Rolling out Digital Hubs in public libraries: the Mill Park storyVALA2014 CONCURRENT SESSION 6: Near Futures Greg Rolan and Tom DenisonMonash University Christine MackenzieYarra Plenty Regional Library Please tag your comments, tweets, and blog posts about this session: #vala14 and #s18 | |
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Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL), with its partner organisations the City of Whittlesea and Whittlesea University of the Third Age (U3A), has been funded to establish a Digital Hub at the Mill Park Branch Library in South Morang, to provide residents with training in the digital literacy skills necessary for participation in the National Broadband Network (NBN)-enabled digital economy. This paper presents results from a research project designed to explore the impact of the Mill Park Digital Hub in its first year of operation, focusing on the role of public libraries in both engaging and educating local communities.
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VALA2002 Session 14 Lawton
Wireless Web For Public Libraries
VALA 2002 CONCURRENT SESSION 14: e-services
Friday 8 February 2002, 14:35 – 15:05
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Trevis Lawton
Online Services Development Coordinator, City of Joondalup Library Services
http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au
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The development of wireless technologies over the past twelve months has seen rapid expansion of the types of services that can be provided to mobile phones and personal digital assistants, with much more to come. Libraries must acknowledge the change in communication methods as a long term opportunity and begin planning for expanding market share by developing different types of services that take advantage of the new medium. The City of Joondalup Libraries have trialled a wireless website that offers basic services in order to better understand the challenges of the future.
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VALA2004 Session 2 Binnion
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SWIFT – the Future Library System for Victoria’s CommunitiesVALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 2: Co-operatives & Consortia John BinnionChief Executive Officer, Eastern Regional Libraries David A CochraneDirector – Corporate Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers |   |
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The SWIFT Initiative is a proposal for Victorian public libraries to collaboratively share the operation of one library management system to achieve improved service outcomes for library users plus operational and cost benefits for the participating libraries. It is envisaged that over time all Victorian public libraries would participate. This paper is about two aspects of the SWIFT Initiative. The paper covers the underlying reasons that prompted consideration for the proposed project and an overview of the business case prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Through substantiation of the validity of the proposal, the business case was intended to persuade libraries and Councils of the merits of the project and to participate and for the Victorian State Government to provide a special funding grant to assist with the initial establishment costs of the collaborative venture.
VALA2004 Session 9 Moloney
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A portal for the people: National Library & your local public library = new access paradigmVALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 9: Portals Kylie MoloneyKinetica Customer Services, National Library of Australia Roxanne MissinghamAssistant Director General, Resource Sharing Division, National Library of Australia Christine MacKenzieCEO, Yarra Plenty Regional Library | |
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Australians are avid seekers and consumers of information in a great variety of forms. The National Library is working with five public libraries to better understand the information resource needs of Australians. Information Australia is a twelve-month pilot providing a more integrated approach to information via a web portal for Australians. This paper outlines the development of the pilot portal, including policy and technical issues and future possibilities for a service available to all Australian libraries.
VALA2004 Session 11 Feighan
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Understanding the drivers of online data usage: an empirical analysisVALA 2004 CONCURRENT SESSION 11: User Behaviour David FeighanISP Manager, VICNET, State Library of Victoria | |
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This paper investigates what drives online data use in 60 public library and council sites across Victoria. The results suggest that simple measures, such as hours of opening and the number of terminals, are not sufficient to account for the variations in use across the sample sites. The results also suggest these simple measures do not provide adequate data for operational and policy planning. By analysing the Internet data used over twelve months, and through case studies analysis, this paper explores what drives Internet data usage and how libraries can take greater control of their data requirements and costs.
VALA2006 Session 4 Lewis
Wireless technology for South Australian public libraries: pilot project 2005
VALA 2006 CONCURRENT SESSION 4: New Technology
Wednesday 8 February 2006, 14:00 – 14:30
Persistent URL: http://www.vala.org.au/vala2006-proceedings/vala2006-session-4-lewis
Christine Lewis
Manager, Information Technology Services, Public Library Services, South Australia
http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/service/library
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This paper outlines the course of action taken by Public Library Services to plan, implement and evaluate a wireless pilot project for the South Australian Public Library Network. The paper is a non-technical look into the considerations given to security and authentication issues and discusses the management of the technology from an infrastructure and library management point of view.