OUTPUT DESCRIPTION
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M. Brouwer Mitchell Plateau and surrounding areas,
1997 Australian Heritage Commission Collection One of many
Australian Heritage Commission collection items included on the
PictureAustralia web
site
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Delivery of improvements to the Australian
library and information network through collaborative policy, standards and
information access projects.
PERFORMANCEOUTPUTS
Performance Targets
Quantity
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14 key national
infrastructure projects undertaken/forums convened |
The main focus of this year's projects and
forums was the identification of the key areas in which the Library can
contribute to the further development of a national information infrastructure
that ensures that all Australians have equity of access to documentary
information resources. Fourteen projects were undertaken or forums convened
during the year.
Some of the key projects include:
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the launch and subsequent
further development of PictureAustralia |
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conducting a major benchmarking
study of interlibrary loan performance in Australia |
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provision of support for
national bodies such as the Australian Libraries Collections Task Force |
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development of library
infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region through the provision of training in
collection management and preservation work, as well as the purchase of books
for some libraries. |
Quality
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90 per cent of key
stakeholders are satisfied with the Library's collaborative projects and forums
for the year |
Two stakeholder satisfaction reviews were
undertaken with the target of 90 per cent satisfaction achieved in each.
Price
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$108,786 per national
infrastructure project/forum |
The average cost per national infrastructure
project/forum was $112 071.43.
PERFORMANCEOUTCOME
Effectiveness Indicator
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90 per cent of key
stakeholders rate the Library's collaborative projects and forums as successful
in improving access to information resources |
As noted above, 90 per cent stakeholder
satisfaction was achieved, as measured through stakeholder satisfaction
reviews.
KEY ISSUES
Access to documentary information
resources at a national level
The Library, in collaboration with key
stakeholders such as the Australian Libraries Collections Task Force and the
Council of Australian State Libraries, has continued to work towards its goal
of facilitating access for all Australians to information resources. In
particular, the following advances were made:
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Access at a national level to
key electronic information resources has been provided through the development
of a purchasing consortium managed by the Library and covering all State and
some public libraries |
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a major program to make digital
images of many of the Library's unique Australian materials available via its
web site was commenced to meet the increasing expectation that information is
available online. Several projects have been undertaken to determine the best
way to deliver this information to users. As part of this developmental work
digital images of the papers of Australia's first Prime Minister, Edmund
Barton, and the diary of the explorer, William John Wills, have been
successfully made. |
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