cyberlibrary presentation 2009

Plymouth City Council

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The cyberLibrary :past, present and future

Chris Goddard, Resources ManagerPlymouth Library Services

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The cyberLibrary

Past – where did it come from?

Present – where is it now?

Future – where is it going?

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Where did it come from?

Internet Public Library – www.ipl.org

Founded 1995 by University of Michigan

Full-time paid staff plus students

EARLweb – www.earl.org.uk/earlwebuk/earlweb

Robert and Sheila Harden

EARL

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Where did it come from?

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Where did it come from?

July 1997 – New Library: the People’s Network (LIC)

December 2002 – People’s Network deadline

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Where did it come from?

What we wanted for our customers

No barriers – “walk up and surf”

Easy to use and accessible

Appealing to target groups

Holistic approach to online and printed resources

Evolving from traditional service

Unfiltered Internet feed

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Where did it come from?

What we wanted for our colleagues

Easy to manage

Reliable

Engaging

Transformational

Bridging between past and future

Developmental

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Where did it come from?

The Plymouth solution A walled garden - cyberLibrary

plus Unfiltered access

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Where did it come from?

Why were partners interested?Improving services at no or little costAvoiding duplication of effortCapacity issues – link-checkingImproving collaborationSouth-West identityCorporate IT issues!Reference Online

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Where did it come from?

Early partners

Cornwall

Torbay

Wiltshire

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Where is it now?

Later partners

Bath and NE Somerset

Bristol

North Somerset

Somerset

South Gloucestershire

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Where is it now?

Final partners

Devon

Dorset

Swindon

Guernsey

Jersey

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Where is it now?

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Where is it now? Ancestry/1911 Census SW links – supporting learning sessions Reference Online – school sessions OED ODNB TDA/19th century Oxford Music/Art Naxos Enquire

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Where is it now?

The cyberLibrary Partnership

Informal partnership agreement

cyberLibrary contact in each authority

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Where is it now?

Content

Share out subjects

Review existing content

Link-checking

Add new sites

Selection Policy

Style Guidelines

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Where is it going?

The cyberLibrary blog – cyberlibrarynews.wordpress.com

Delicious RSS feeds? Is regional beautiful? Sustainability? Marketing? Evaluation?