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Libraries Australia Developments
The National Library of Australia has recently opened this "Library Labs" wiki space:
https://wiki.nla.gov.au/display/LABS/Home
This space will be of interest to:
- people who are interested in the future of the Library's discovery services
- people who are interested in the development of open source library systems and service frameworks for digital library services.
The aim of this space is to let our colleagues know what we are doing, to invite comments, questions and feedback and to provide a space for discussion and collaboration.
As you know, at the NLA we have started to redevelop our digital library services using a service-oriented architecture and open source software solutions where these are functional and robust. We are also aiming to take a common ("single business") approach to collection management, discovery and delivery.
We are interested in engaging with Australian business analysts and developers who are working on similar problems and who are interested in interoperable, standards-based solutions. We are also interested in working with colleagues at an international level to provide prototypes and testbeds for new and emerging standards.
The wiki space features:
- three search prototypes which we have developed, with a fourth prototype (for newspapers) to be released soon. You may find the VuFind Beta catalogue of particular interest to your library
- reports relating to these prototypes
- a report on our vision for a logically integrated "national metadata store" and a new discovery service based on that store
- our draft digital library service framework
- information on some of our related standards activities.
Please take the time to visit this space and let us know what you think via the wiki page.

