TOWARDS FEDERATION 2001: Linking Australians with Their Heritage Review Meeting 1993

Progress Reports 1994-1996

Section A - E: Physical Access Issues


RE1 That ACLIS determine the need for an ongoing means of guidance to Australian libraries on document supply systems and access to network services; and if appropriate, ensure the establishment of effective procedures for such guidance.

AUGUST 1994

ACLIS Coordination Committee is considering updating a document produced in 1992 by John Wright and Enid Roberts. They are also awaiting a report from Barry McIntyre at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. A decision is likely to be made at the August 1994 meeting.

JUNE 1995

ACLIS convened a national Interlending and Document Delivery Summit in Canberra on 18 & 19 May 1995. This is has produced an agenda for future action in relation to Interlending and Document Delivery issues in Australia, to be overseen by ACLIS.

JUNE 1996

The proceedings of the National Interlending and Document Delivery Summit 1995 were published in March 1996. A meeting of key players is under consideration by ACLIS.

RE2 That the National Library develop a cooperative plan with those organisations interested in the provision of directory information related to collections and their conditions of access, to ensure that this information is nationally available.

1994 - 1996

Directory information is being considered carefully in the design of, and services to be offered from, World 1. Meanwhile, the Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing Directory continues to provide directory data related to interlending access services. This directory was made available online, through Ozline, in mid 1996.

The National Library of Australia has established links to Australian libraries at http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/.

RE3 That Standards Australia Committee IT/19 develop and publicise suitable Australian standards for document requesting and document transmission.

AUGUST 1994

Standards Committee IT/19 is taking action to publish the following two standards by mid-1994:

JUNE 1995

Standards Committee IT19 has adopted an interim Australia/New Zealand standard based on ANSI Z39.50 - 1992 (version 2) Information Retrieval Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification for Open Systems Interconnection. The Committee is currently looking at a range of standards relevant to document transmission. A list of Australian and Overseas Standards for Libraries was published by Standards Australia in September 1994.

JUNE 1996

Standards Committee IT/19 considered developing an Australian/ New Zealand standards for electronic manuscript preparation and markup. This has been delayed following doubts about the suitability of international standard 12083, and it will be discussed further in the meetings of July and November 1996.

RE4 That the National Library of Australia encourage the Library and Information Services of Western Australia to complete its development of a qualitative survey model for use in assessing client needs for access to Australia's documentary heritage; and when it is complete, Council of Australian State Libraries, the Council of Federal, State and Territory Archives and the National Library of Australia determine whether further development is necessary and support the use of the model in conducting surveys of client needs.

AUGUST 1994

The Library and Information Service of Western Australia are continuing with the development of a qualitative survey model for assessing client needs for access to Australia's documentary heritage.

JUNE 1996

The draft survey form was completed and a pilot survey conducted in December 1995-January 1996. The results have been analysed and a new survey tool will be developed, based on feedback from the first model. When this is completed the draft will be circulated to CASL members for comment.

RE5 That ACLIS, the National Preservation Office, the National Film and Sound Archive and the Australian Archives establish a joint working party to recommend an effective strategy for dealing with the issue of continued access to materials in formats for which the access technology has become obsolete.

AUGUST 1994

The National Film and Sound Archive have accepted carriage of this resolution. The Working Party is expected to meet in mid-1994

JUNE 1995

The Preservation Branch of the National Film and Sound Archive plans to address the issue in August/September 1995, when a working party will be established and issue papers circulated for comment to relevant institutions.

JUNE 1996

The National Film and Sound Archive reports that the need to address obsolete technology is intricately tied up with transfers and digital preservation issues. As such the outcomes from this group will be met by the RG5 (now called Preservation of Australian Digital Information (PADI) Working Group) outcomes.

PADI now has a Web Page (http://www.nla.gov.au/padi/) which will soon have the aims and goals made public. The issues of obsolete technology will be specifically picked up by the PADI Technology and Standards subcommittee.


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