Please be advised that we have added a new copyright type to the copyright options for requesting. Australian Copyright Act Section 43 should be used for copies of material required for judicial proceedings. You can find more information about this more…
Author Archives: Justine van Mourik
Delay to launch of new Libraries Australia website
Due to the unforeseen illness of some key personnel, it is necessary for us to delay the scheduled launch tomorrow of our new Libraries Australia web site. We will post a further message when we are able to provide you more…
Problems with LADD requests to Infotrieve
Some issues have arisen with the migration of ILL services from Infotrieve Australia to Infotrieve United States. The following problems have been identified. Will Supply messaging not being received by LADD members. Will supply date not overriding the ILL order more…
Update on Infotrieve requesting
As you may be aware, Infotrieve’s office in Australia will shortly be closing as part of a consolidation of Infotrieve’s document delivery operations. There will be no interruption to service for those Libraries Australia members who request items from Infotrieve more…
Clarification on LADD charges
It has come to our attention that there is some confusion about charges in LADD following the NLA Document Supply Service’s announcement last month of increased charges for interlibrary loan and document delivery. Although the NLA’s Document Supply Service will more…
Emily Rodda works enrich the ANBD
Libraries Australia has been enriched by the addition of a large collection of works by Emily Rodda translated into 30 languages and held at the Lu Rees Archive of Australian Children’s Literature at the University of Canberra.
Help Desk closed Queen’s Birthday on Monday 13 June 2011
The Libraries Australia Help Desk will be closed on the Queen’s Birthday holiday, Monday 13 June 2011. Normal operating hours will resume on Tuesday 14 June.
Adding the language of cataloguing to the Guidelines for importing records from an external database
The language of cataloguing for Libraries Australia is English. If your record is in a language other then English you may need to amend the record before you import it into Libraries Australia. The language of the cataloguing is coded more…
Queries about RDA records on the ANBD
We have received some queries about RDA records on the ANBD. Libraries Australia plans to support the creation and exchange of RDA data from the agreed Australian implementation date sometime in the first half of 2012. More information about the more…
No need to suspend for public holidays in LADD
Did you know you do not need to suspend your library over public holidays? The LADD system automatically suspends operation on the standard public holidays and localised state holidays. It automatically takes into account the days allotted for requests such more…
