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Some of the Library's major digital initiatives
this year include:
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Development and
dissemination of the Library's action plan Electronic Information Resources:
Strategies and Actions 20012002 to ensure the widest possible
knowledge of its policies and practices in the area of collecting, maintaining,
and providing national access to information in digital form. |
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Tivoli Music & Song Album
No 41, 1918 This item was the first to be digitised for the Music
Digitisation Project, on 4 April 2001. |
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Completion of
planning for an expanded program to convert rare or unique Australian
collection items into digital
form. The digitisation of these items ensures that as many Australians as
possible can access their documentary heritage and learn about Australia's
history and culture online. Some examples of digitised collection items are
included as illustrations in this report. |
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Development
of strategic partnerships with other Australian libraries to enhance access at
a national level to commercially available information in electronic form. This
involves leading a consortium of State
and public libraries to obtain licences for electronic information products
for use in those libraries. |
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Development
of new business models that recognise the convergence of digital collections
held in a range of cultural and information organisations.
PictureAustralia is a pioneering
example of a web-based entry-point or portal to Australian documentary
information in pictorial form. Developed in collaboration with six
organisations (Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia,
University of Queensland, State Library of New South Wales, State Library of
Victoria, and State Library of Tasmania) and hosted and maintained by the
National Library, PictureAustralia was launched in September as a single
entry-point to the 500 000 digital images held by these participating
organisations. By June 2001, 11 organisations were participating in
PictureAustralia and use of the service has increased rapidly. |
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The Bunyips web site was built to
provide further access to the exhibition currently travelling Australia.
Supported by Visions of Australia Touring grant. |
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WIN
Television report on the childrens 'Bunyip hunt' promoting the exhibition
Bunyips
(1.37Mb) |
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The launch of the Library's
first animated and interactive multimedia web site in January, in conjunction
with the touring exhibition, Bunyips. This is the
first time that the Library has launched a web site of this type, which engages
students and teachers in exploring the Library's collection interactively. |
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