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Thursday 11th August 2011

9am - 1pm The State Library of NSW

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I have visited this library a lot over the past 18 months as I am on the e-bulletin list. The library is still renovating (its seems to all ways be in the process of renovating. The education branch is only two years old and I have attended a couple of the evenings they have put on. The evenings are amazing.

The state library has the treasures that shape the state.

Library is a very busy library. Library is devloping an app for kids to use on iPad. 1000 meters of shelving Have stacks underground and a VOLT. Library has a spirit of its own. Library opened on the 8th of March 1910 with over 60,000 books and other material. Letter from Mary Davy to her Aunt (Mary Davy on the 5 dollar bill)

State library has the first of every thing. Has a wonderful exhibition space (with interesting exhibitions)

Mitchell library Library documents life in NSW Have a problem with not enough storage space.

Are becoming client focused. Becoming sustainable.

Today have 5 million items valued at 2.142 billion dollars.

Manuscripts never go out of copyright. Have fireplans from 18th Century that help people today understand about under the city.

Have Barbets theory of the world.

391 staff 100 on desks 5 in education The online material is wonderful.

HR branch looks in to training of all employees and each employee has a 6 month review Staff are broken into teams and each team does not get much oportunity to share information to add to this the staff are ageing and new staff can only be employed when old staff retire thus knowlege leaves with each person.

$98,8000 spent on database (online). Due to licensing agreements the library can not advertise the database. Original cataloguing done on premises (still index courier mail)

Budget $87 427 million a year. Catalogue standards AARC2 Need to trim 25% of budget due to harsh economic times.

Don't publise much due to cost.

Digital publisise more as its cheap ie; ebullitin. To get into VAULT need to be very special person. Security 24 hours a day. Lots of leaking due to rain. Mitchel Library open 1943

Preservation Lab. Not allowed to use original Stack as its old (has a glass floor and a low celing)

Library has lots of wireless (good conectivity)

Library is trying to strike a balance between print and digital in order to deliver a relevant service that meets the needs of its clients. Needs of Clients (inform the colllection policy) Identify and Select Acquire Enable resource discover Provide access Review

Collection Policy online Collection development policy downloadable PDF

Library documents life in NSW Emphasis on NSw and Australia Supports the public library network in NSW

REpresents a sample of international publiceations

Legal deposit Current papers Ephemeral NSW government deposit Increasing amount of government agencies publish to web Australia library deposit scheme Collects the papers for the budget (customers still line up waiting for federal and national papers)

Acquiring electronic resources Linking through catalouge PANDORA (participate to)

NSLA consortium/ERA

Online resourcing and licensing librarian Strategies for library to move to digital

Due to clients wanting information 24/7

Library surveyed clients to get information on their needs.

Collection reimaging service Shaping print collection

Online content Held in another NSLA collection

Working with NSLA partners 80% or more databases now accessible to registed clients accros NSW Idea to have a seamless service

TROVE can be uses as a search engine for library if you enter your library card number

(dream If you have your local, state and (I guess Australian) library cards you would have access to all information)

Web content devision made 6 months ago

Web site database Must meet accessibility standards

Working on how the search works (how do people search.) Have a mobile catalogue for mobile devices As well as collection the library has staff that are extremley knowlegable

Moving away from FLASH technologie in response to mobile devices. developed a viewer that the text and images are Zoomable Page viewer zoomable

Have a BLOG library guides (all state library are using the same headings at the top of the web site so each has a similar experience)

have social Media FACEBOOK TWITTER FLICKR RSS

Developed a mobile app avalibe from apple store. Use google anaeptics to get an idea of who uses the web site how and when and where from.