ISSN 1443-0568 | no. 67 | February 2004
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The Year in ReviewNew Connections, New Pathways—The National Library of Australia in 2003 I
think the National Library as a whole is a temple of scholarship—they
still want to collect knowledge and translate knowledge and make it available. This statement, by one of the participants in the recent ‘Evaluation of the National Library of Australia’s Onsite Reference Services and Collection Delivery’, summarises the focus of many of the National Library’s activities in 2003. Whether it be restructuring the website, developing new services, or offering public programs, the Library’s goal has been to make Australia’s pre-eminent documentary heritage collection as accessible as possible. This month, the National Library has published its fifth annual ‘Year in Review’. The publication offers an opportunity to reflect on the Library’s key initiatives for the preceding year, highlight recent additions to the Library’s collections, and reveal the breadth of the Library’s activities. A theme of the 2003 review is our focus on assisting users to get the information they want in the way that they want to receive it—in the Library, at home, in their office, through other libraries and cultural institutions, in traditional formats and via the Internet. New Connections, New Pathways—The National Library of Australia in 2003 is available both as a special supplement in the February 2004 issue of National Library of Australia News and as a separate publication. You can read it online or request a free copy by emailing nlsales@nla.gov.au. |
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