Subject GatewaysThe National Library of Australia has a keen interest in the development of subject gateways. It hosts the (now archival only) Australian Subject Gateway Forum, a group of Australian subject gateway owners collaborating on issues common to gateway projects. The Library also operates the following subject gateways:
Of these subject gateways the three top ones are hybrid library services, listing resources in physical as well as digital formats. The Library also maintains two traditional indexing and abstracting services which can be classified as subject gateways in the broadest sense; they increasingly provide access to born digital resources:
Through PANDORA: Australia's Web Archive, the Library aims to assist subject gateway owners to ensure the preservation of electronic resources that they index for future access. Information on the Library's earlier work on the development of subject gateways in Australia and associated issues can be found in Staff Presentations and Papers (enter 'subject gateways' in the search box). |
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