Monthly Archives: February 2010

LADD – New expiry default for ‘Rush’ & ‘Express’ requests

In LADD, if no expiry details are entered at the time of creating a Rush or Express request the expiry days will now default to 2 days from the date the request is processed. The expiry of 5 days remains more…

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OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting to be held in Canberra

Libraries Australia is pleased to invite you to attend the OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting to be held on Thursday 15 April 2010 from 9am – 4pm at the National Library of Australia. Morning tea and lunch will be more…

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Free monthly reference services – RAP & GovRAP

RAP (Recent Australian Publications) is a free monthly reference service listing Australia’s recent publications of interest to all engaged in research and the provision of information, as you can link straight to the Libraries Australia record with holdings information and more…

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Green ‘Search catalogue’ button for deep linked libraries

As of today, Libraries Australia members that have deep linking activated will display a green ‘Search catalogue’ button (i.e. )instead of a purple one (i.e. ). You can view this button by conducting a search, selecting for an item from more…

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Cataloguing Client – version 3.3.8.5 released today

The new version of the Client, WinIBW version 3.3.8.5, is now available for collection from our server. Users are encouraged to install this latest version to take advantage of the new and improved functionality offered. Note that the earlier version more…

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LADD members & suspensions directory

We are pleased to announce our new web page which lists all LADD members and their current suspension status. The LADD members & suspensions page is a dynamic page that updates every time it is opened in your browser. The more…

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Scheduled outage of all NLA websites on Sunday 14 February

Due to scheduled maintenance work, all library websites and computers will be unavailable this Sunday 14 February from 7am – 9pm. This includes all Libraries Australia services. Please contact our Help Desk on 1800 026 155 or online for more more…

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Enhanced requesting

Enhanced requesting allows users to submit ILL requests directly from Libraries Australia Search. For responding libraries in LADD, handling incoming requests from Libraries Australia Search will be no different from handling standard LADD requests. Access to enhanced requesting is account/password more…

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LADD & WorldCat Resource Sharing survey

Libraries Australia is investigating the feasibility and desirability of interconnection between the LADD and WorldCat Resource Sharing (WRS) systems. Interconnection would allow LADD users to exchange ILL requests with the 10,000 libraries worldwide that use WRS. To help us gauge more…

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Libraries Australia staff at VALA

Libraries Australia staff will be available at the VALA 2010 Conference in Melbourne from 9 to 11 February. Visit the National Library stand to arrange a suitable time. We look forward to meeting you there.

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