LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA FORUM 2008

Emma CorbettMary-Louise Weight

Libraries Australia for Reference Staff

• What’s New ?

• Upgrades to LA Search

• Getting the most out of Libraries Australia

GovRAP

GovRAP

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Small libraries can now searchAPAIS through

Libraries Australiafor FREE

Free Access to APAIS for Small Libraries

Using LimitsGroup 1

Group 2

Using Limits

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Search Libraries Australia through facebook

facebook

Available here

• http://apps.facebook.com/librariesaustralia 

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OpenSearch Targets

Powerhouse Museum

National Film and Sound Archive

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LA Search Upgrade - World Cat Holdings

LA Search Upgrade - Permalinks

LA Search Upgrade - Permalinks

• http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41952280

instead of

• http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?action=Display&mode=fulldisplay&target=nbd&queryid=4&startPos=28

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Over 43 million items in over 800 Australian libraries

The ladies clothing section of F

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erchant C

reator: Gale S

tudio High S

t Maryborough

Courtesy: M

useum V

ictoria

and over 1 million digital images from Picture Australia

Libraries Australia Search

End User Access

Personalisation Alerts Enhanced Requesting

Personalisation Reference staff and users can

have their own ‘Accounts’ save records and queries into a personal

folder have access outside the library have access to specified databases

You can run reports on account use

Create a personal account (for library staff and users)

Customise Libraries Australia

the subscription service

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Customise Libraries Australia

Search using limits

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Alerts Save a search query Run again automatically Searches for newly added material or

changed records Search results sent by email with links

through to ANBD

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Click on Search History

Save query as alert – emails notifications to you

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Enhanced Requesting

Links Libraries Australia Search with Libraries Australia Document Delivery

Networked with over 700 libraries. Mediated by ILL library staff

Most Importantly

These Libraries Australia Search features are: Available at no extra cost Able to be customised to suit your libraries

requirements

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OpenSearch

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Deep Linking

Deep Linking

Deep Linking

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How we can help you and you can help us……….

• News

• Libraries Australia User Group meetings

• Email Discussion Lists

• Libraries Australia promotion material

• Tell us what you think

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User Group Meetings

• What’s in it for Reference staff?

• Are the meetings relevant?

• Do you go? Why/why not

• Do you read the minutes of other user group meetings?

• Do you subscribe to the lists?

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Getting More Help

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