Libraries Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia Australian libraries working together Thu, 17 Aug 2017 23:19:19 +0000 en hourly 1 Virtual update and Q&A last Thursday 10 August - recording now available http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/virtual-update-and-qa-last-thursday-10-august-recording-now-available/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/virtual-update-and-qa-last-thursday-10-august-recording-now-available/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:52:41 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15597 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

Thanks for joining us—virtually!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our virtual update and Q&A last Thursday 10 August.

Altogether, over 150 Libraries Australia members participated.

We were excited to provide our members with an update about:

  • what we are doing in data management and resource sharing
  • recent Libraries Australia events
  • activities for the coming year, and how members can get involved.

Your feedback was overwhelmingly positive—when we asked whether you’d you like us to deliver another virtual update later in the year, the answer was a resounding ‘yes!’.

Please let us know what you thought of the virtual format by filling in our short survey before Wednesday 23 August.

For those who missed it, the presentation is now available on the Libraries Australia website.

 

Regards

Nikki Darby
Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Member ServicesNational Collections Access Division | National Library of Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/virtual-update-and-qa-last-thursday-10-august-recording-now-available/feed/ 0
Libraries Australia Advisory Committee (LAAC) - summary of meeting held 21 June 2017 http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-advisory-committee-laac-summary-of-meeting-held-21-june-2017/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-advisory-committee-laac-summary-of-meeting-held-21-june-2017/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 05:49:05 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15583 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

The Libraries Australia Advisory Committee (LAAC) held a very productive meeting at the National Library on 21 June 2017.

A summary of this meeting, with the key messages and issues discussed, is now available.

The Libraries Australia team is deeply grateful to its Advisory Committee, who commit their time, intellect and experience to help to guide our strategic thinking about the service.  You can contact your LAAC member with your thoughts about Libraries Australia and its future development.

The next Libraries Australia Advisory Committee meeting will be held in November 2017.

Regards
Nikki Darby

Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Member Services | National Collections Access Division | National Library of Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-advisory-committee-laac-summary-of-meeting-held-21-june-2017/feed/ 0
Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD) Futures Group - expression of interest due 25 August http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-document-delivery-ladd-futures-group-expression-of-interest-due-25-august/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-document-delivery-ladd-futures-group-expression-of-interest-due-25-august/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2017 05:46:37 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15578 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

Do you have a passion for resource sharing? Are you interested in shaping the future of Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD), our national resource sharing service?

Libraries Australia is establishing a Libraries Australia Document Delivery Futures Group – an advisory group to provide advice and input into the future of the LADD service.

The LADD Futures Group will:
• Provide input into a potential roadmap plan for a LADD service post VDX and the statement of requirements for a national service going forward.
• Provide advice on interlibrary loan product functionality and service requirements, and changes occurring in the library community which are likely to affect the future of the LADD service.
• Provide a forum for focussed and sustained discussion with Libraries Australia members.
• Provide a conduit between Libraries Australia and its members on the issues relating to the future of the LADD service, including seeking input from members within their networks.

Please refer to the attached Terms of Reference for more details.

I warmly encourage you to consider expressing your interest in becoming a part of this Futures Group. This is a wonderful opportunity to help shape the future of the national service, learn from and connect with colleagues across the country, review and respond to ideas about

Please send a CV and your expression of interest outlining the skills and experience you would bring to the Futures Group to Nikki Darby (Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Member Services) by Friday 25 August.

Regards
Nikki Darby
Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Member ServicesNational Collections Access Division | National Library of Australia

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-document-delivery-ladd-futures-group-expression-of-interest-due-25-august/feed/ 0
Libraries Australia online presentation and Q&A session, 10 August 2017 http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-online-presentation-and-qa-session-10-august-2017/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-online-presentation-and-qa-session-10-august-2017/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:35:02 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15543 more...]]> Libraries Australia online presentation and Q&A

To connect with more of our members across the country, Libraries Australia is trialling a new format to deliver our annual update to members ‘virtually’.

This year, the Libraries Australia team will visit you in person - via your computer screens - to share an online presentation covering:

  • an introduction to the Libraries Australia team
  • what we are doing in the data management and resource-sharing spaces
  • recent events held by Libraries Australia
  • highlights and  service updates
  • activities for the coming year, and how you can be involved.

The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session during which you will be able to chat with four Libraries Australia representatives:

Monika Szunejko (Director, Libraries Australia)
Heather Walsh (Assistant-Director, Data Services)
Amanda Magnussen (Assistant-Director, Data Sharing Strategy)
Nikki Darby (Assistant-Director, Member Services)

You can attend individually, or gather in groups—giving you the chance to network with colleagues.

Registrations are now closed.

Thursday 10 August 2017

11.30am to 12.30pm AEST (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Brisbane)

11.00am to 12pm ACST (Darwin, Adelaide)

9.30am to 10.30am AWST (Perth)

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing to deliver the presentation and Q&A. Connection details will be sent to you when you register.

To participate you will need:

  • an internet connection – broadband wired or wireless
  • speakers and a microphone – built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth
  • webcam or HD webcam – built-in or USB plug-in
  • MAC/PC/tablet

We look forward to meeting with you virtually soon.

Nikki Darby
Assistant-Director, Member Services
Libraries Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/libraries-australia-online-presentation-and-qa-session-10-august-2017/feed/ 0
Linking up Australia and New Zealand: Trans-Tasman collaboration and the evolving resource sharing ecosystem - IFLA paper by Monika Szunejko (NLA) and Kaye Foran (NLNZ) now available http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/linking-up-australia-and-new-zealand-trans-tasman-collaboration-and-the-evolving-resource-sharing-ecosystem-ifla-paper-by-monika-szunejko-nla-and-kaye-foran-nlnz-now-available/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/linking-up-australia-and-new-zealand-trans-tasman-collaboration-and-the-evolving-resource-sharing-ecosystem-ifla-paper-by-monika-szunejko-nla-and-kaye-foran-nlnz-now-available/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2017 04:39:17 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15539 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

Following my update to the Libraries Australia lists about LADD and resource sharing activities, you may be interested in this paper prepared by Kaye Foran (Collaborative Services Manager, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) and myself:   Linking up Australia and New Zealand: Trans-Tasman collaboration and the evolving resource sharing ecosystem which is now available from the IFLA Library.

This is a supporting  paper for a presentation that will be delivered at the forthcoming IFLA World Library and Information Congress being held in Wroclaw, Poland 19- 25th August 2017.

Monika Szunejko AALIA | Director, Libraries Australia | National Library of Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/linking-up-australia-and-new-zealand-trans-tasman-collaboration-and-the-evolving-resource-sharing-ecosystem-ifla-paper-by-monika-szunejko-nla-and-kaye-foran-nlnz-now-available/feed/ 0
An update on LADD and resource sharing activities http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/an-update-on-ladd-and-resource-sharing-activities/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/an-update-on-ladd-and-resource-sharing-activities/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2017 23:51:07 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15534 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

There have been a number of changes in the international resource sharing landscape that also affect resource sharing in Australia.

I would like to update Libraries Australia members about the activities and relationships delivered via the Libraries Australia service, and outline what Libraries Australia is doing to support and safeguard a sustainable national resource sharing service.  These relate to the Trans-Tasman arrangement, the future of VDX, and recent activities to develop the roadmap for Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD) services.

Trans-Tasman arrangement

The National Library of Australia and National Library of New Zealand established the Trans-Tasman Interlending Agreement in 2006 to enable both sides of the Tasman to seamlessly request from and supply library resources to one another.  As both libraries were using the same VDX platform for their services, it was seen as an opportunity to collaborate to provide significant benefits on both sides of the Tasman. The LADD Gateway – a service provided by Libraries Australia - allows LADD members to interoperate with other ISO ILL Australian and New Zealand libraries.

In May 2016, the National Library of New Zealand’s Te Puna Services moved from an internally hosted VDX service to WMS - a cloud-based service hosted by OCLC. From the Libraries Australia perspective, the migration of Te Puna to WMS interrupted the interoperability between Libraries Australia and Te Puna, and subsequently changed the services offered between the libraries.   The change in platform affected the Te Puna targets in a number of our systems including Libraries Australia Search, Cataloguing, and z39.50 data exchange, as well as significant changes to interoperability with Libraries Australia Document Delivery.

A number of updates (NLNZ changes to Te Puna – What this means for Libraries Australia update #1,  update #2, update #3) were provided to members last year on the changes implemented and what was still required to re-establish the Trans-Tasman arrangement.   Since then, Libraries Australia has been advocating for a holistic solution to fix the regional connection for all members interoperating with the LADD service.

We can advise now that NLNZ have implemented a new ‘Te Puna - WorldCat - NZ1’ bib search profile into their Te Puna Interloan service to search Te Puna in Worldcat so that only Te Puna holdings are returned.  This solution still needs to be tested in the Australian environment, including whether it will address the wider issues for the ISO ILL libraries interoperating with LADD.

More information regarding this will be provided to members as developments progress.

VDX and the LADD service

Following OCLC’s announcement that it had acquired Relais in January 2017, Libraries Australia staff joined colleagues from the National Library of New Zealand to participate in an OCLC ILL Futures workshop in Melbourne on 21-22 February 2017.  With colleagues from the Te Puna service at NLNZ and OCLC ILL specialists, the meeting explored a potential roadmap for ILL services and OCLC provided information on the expanded suite of OCLC ILL products and services: VDX, WorldShare ILL, Relais (acquired in January), and Tipasa (launched in January).

The VDX software underpinning the Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD) service has not been enhanced for some years.  We know that VDX will not be further developed by OCLC and will not incorporate the new ISO ILL 18626 standard.  Therefore, Libraries Australia needs to plan for a LADD service post-VDX, and we are now in a process of discovery and action planning to determine interlibrary loan product functionality requirements and our statement of requirements for the national service, as well as explore possible solutions and migration expectations.  OCLC have advised that they will continue to support the VDX software as long as it is needed.

Following the February 2017 workshop, Libraries Australia has been meeting regularly with Te Puna colleagues to progress resource sharing in the region: to share information, identify areas of commonality, strengthen the Trans-Tasman regional network, and contribute to leading solutions to this global issue.  A paper on recent Trans-Tasman developments will be delivered at the forthcoming IFLA conference in Wrocław, Poland.   Further discussions have also been held with OCLC in which they have acknowledged that there are many factors influencing these discussions, including the importance of the Trans-Tasman arrangement and need for interoperability across solutions.

It is important to note that there will be no push to a new ILL solution until there has been agreement on the appropriate services and migration timelines.

In the next few months, Libraries Australia will establish an expert advisory group to support the roadmap process and inform the future of the LADD service.  Libraries Australia members will be consulted as we develop the roadmap to ensure the needs of members continue to be met in the global resource sharing environment.

Next steps: connect and influence

More generally, the resource sharing marketplace is evolving and libraries have more choices to support access to information for their local users – e.g. Patron Driven Acquisition, digitisation on demand, and commercial suppliers of material hitherto supplied via ILL channels.  In some ways the resource sharing marketplace is expanding, while some aspects of access to information are contracting.  Libraries Australia is aware that libraries are operating in a hybrid environment utilising a range of supply and delivery options, as well as utilising national resource sharing infrastructure to source material for their local users.

Libraries Australia is committed to providing and supporting a national resource sharing service such as Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD) for as long as Libraries Australia members need the service.

There are a number of ways you can learn more and contribute to the future of national resource sharing:

  1. Respond to the recent call for expressions of interest to be part of the ALIA ILL Advisory Committee and turn in to the work of the committee.  This committee is responsible for providing advice to ALIA on ILL/DD matters including the review of the ILRS code. Please send a brief bio and expression of interest to Margarita Moreno, Chair of the Committee mmoreno@nla.gov.au, by Wednesday, 26 July.
  2. Join the Expert Advisory Group to help map the future of the LADD service – a call for expressions of interest will be issued in late August 2017.
  3. Participate in the Libraries Australia survey of members to learn more about your requirements and experience, and to review the current and future practices of Libraries Australia.  Survey expected to be launched in September.
  4. Tune in to more information from Libraries Australia events that relate to resource sharing – events to be announced. Last year’s Summer Sessions featured the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative, and an update from the British Library on Demand service.
  5. Sign up to the Libraries Australia Document Delivery email lists: ISO-ILL and LA Doc Del. These lists provide current information about libraries interacting with the LADD service, and are the primary channel for communication to Libraries Australia members about developments and changes in resource sharing.

 

The Libraries Australia team looks forward to working with our members across the country to prepare for the future.

Please contact Nikki Darby (Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Member Services) nikki.darby@nla.gov.au with any questions, comments, or interest in resource sharing futures.

Monika Szunejko AALIA | Director, Libraries Australia | National Library of Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/an-update-on-ladd-and-resource-sharing-activities/feed/ 0
Recent activities and events at Libraries Australia, and our new approach for our mid-year visits http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/recent-activities-and-events-at-libraries-australia-and-our-new-approach-for-our-mid-year-visits/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/recent-activities-and-events-at-libraries-australia-and-our-new-approach-for-our-mid-year-visits/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:37:07 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15537 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about some of the recent activities and events at Libraries Australia, and our new approach for our mid-year visits.

The Libraries Australia team comes to you

Libraries Australia is re-shaping the way we do the annual visits across the country.  We are trying to maximise our time and meet with as many  of our members as possible in each visit.  We know that members value the annual presentation that Libraries Australia has provided to local communities groups, and enjoy the opportunity for Q&A and open discussion when we have attended mid-year meetings – we want to continue and build on that tradition by extending our on-site visits.

The on-site visits will look different this year: to be able to spend more time at each site and meet with different groups, two Libraries Australia staff members will visit over two days and conduct a more focussed consultation visit with groups.  As such, we will only be able to visit 1-2 states or territories each year.  This approach is in line with our focus on developing deeper connections with communities of practice around library systems, projects, and local issues.

From this year we will trial a new format to deliver our presentation to members ‘virtually’, opening it up to a wider number of members.  The ‘virtual’ visit, aimed for late July/ early August, will include a presentation and/or video call from a number of our Libraries Australia representatives to give the Libraries Australia community an overview of activities and an update on services.   We would like more of our Libraries Australia team to be able to connect with the community and will have 2-3 team members join each ‘virtual’ visit.  Our representatives will be available for Q&A and discussion following the presentation.  This format allows members to either attend individually, or gather in groups to network with colleagues as well. It will also provide participants the opportunity to hear from colleagues beyond their local groups.

Following each ‘virtual’ visit we will be conducting a survey and would really like to hear your feedback about your experience to help us maximise their value to our members.  More information will be provided shortly.

Beyond The Summer Sessions

Following the highly successful webinar series “ The Summer Sessions” aimed at practitioners and frontline managers using Libraries Australia services, we held an event for library leaders and strategists on 22 June.  As we were using a small venue we had to limit this event to 45 people by invitation only – the event was titled “Meet the Transformers” and highlighted updates from national services in New Zealand, the UK, and Canada.  The event and invitation list was developed in consultation with the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee.  We were very pleased to have strong representation from Libraries Australia members in special, public, state, and academic libraries and will send more information about the event to our members in the next newsletter.

Libraries Australia presented an evaluation of the webinar series The Summer Sessions as an easy-to-follow infographic to the Libraries Australia Advisory Committee (LAAC) at their meeting last month. Overall, the six webinars attracted 526 participants from all states and territories. Participants were surveyed after each webinar and members responded extremely positively to the new event format.   The evaluation infographic, capturing the facts, figures, images and voices of the participants, is now available on our website. Thank you to all those that joined us and provided feedback.

New Libraries Australia website

We are also in the process of redeveloping the Libraries Australia website.  We received valuable feedback from our members about the usability of the website and the content within. The aims of the redevelopment are to create a website that:

  • has a user-centred website structure which takes into account the various needs of our users, from the curious Libraries Australia ‘newbie’ to the experienced ‘veteran’
  • showcases Libraries Australia activities and member stories
  • is visually appealing, easy to navigate, dynamic and up to date.

The new website is expected to go live early August 2017.

We look forward to continuing to meet with you, virtually or in person, in the coming months.

 

Regards

Nikki Darby

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/recent-activities-and-events-at-libraries-australia-and-our-new-approach-for-our-mid-year-visits/feed/ 0
RESOLVED - System issues affecting the Record Import Service (RIS), Cataloguing Client and Web Cataloguing http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/system-issues-affecting-the-record-import-service-ris-cataloguing-client-and-web-cataloguing/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/system-issues-affecting-the-record-import-service-ris-cataloguing-client-and-web-cataloguing/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:17:54 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15472 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

We are experiencing some system issues affecting the Record Import Service (RIS), Cataloguing Client and Web Cataloguing.

We are working to resolve these issues and will inform you as soon as services are returned to normal.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Regards
Nikki Darby

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/system-issues-affecting-the-record-import-service-ris-cataloguing-client-and-web-cataloguing/feed/ 0
National Library scheduled outage - 5pm-6pm (AEST) today (23 June 2017) http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/national-library-scheduled-outage-5pm-6pm-aest-today-23-june-2017/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/national-library-scheduled-outage-5pm-6pm-aest-today-23-june-2017/#comments Fri, 23 Jun 2017 03:37:41 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15469 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

There will be an outage of National Library services at 5pm (AEST) today (23 June 2017), for approximately 1 hour.

This will mean that all public services and websites will be unavailable during this time – including all Libraries Australia services.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Regards
Nikki Darby

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/national-library-scheduled-outage-5pm-6pm-aest-today-23-june-2017/feed/ 0
REMINDER: Upgrade of Libraries Australia Services - Services Unavailable 6 - 7 May http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/reminder-upgrade-of-libraries-australia-services-services-unavailable-6-7-may/ http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/reminder-upgrade-of-libraries-australia-services-services-unavailable-6-7-may/#comments Wed, 03 May 2017 05:15:53 +0000 Belinda Diehm http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/?p=15419 more...]]> Dear Colleagues,

I am just posting a reminder that Libraries Australia is preparing to upgrade the CBS software that underlies the Australian National Bibliographic Database (ANBD) and many of the Libraries Australia services. The Production environment of CBS will be upgraded late on Friday 5 May and over the weekend 6 - 7 May. This upgrade will require most services to be offline during the process, some for different periods to others.

Service Availability Times
LA Search Search will be available but not up to date

Adding records and changing holdings will be unavailable

6pm 5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
Libraries Australia Cataloguing Client Unavailable 6pm 5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
LA Document Delivery Unavailable 6pm 5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
LA WebCat Changes will not be saved 6pm 5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
Z39.50 Unavailable 6pm 5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
Record Import Service (RIS) Files will be received but not processed until the service returns 5 May to 8 May (AEST)
LA Products Requests will be received but not processed until the service returns Midday  5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)
Record Export Service Tagged records will be held until the service returns Midday  5 May to 9am 8 May (AEST)

 

Again, we apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to providing a better service to our members.

 

Kind regards,

Heather

 

Heather Walsh | Assistant Director, Libraries Australia Data ServicesNational Collections Access Division | National Library of Australia

 

]]>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/reminder-upgrade-of-libraries-australia-services-services-unavailable-6-7-may/feed/ 0
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/feed/
www.nla.gov.au
crawl=CC-MAIN-2017-34
41352
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:Y64T2XBIFRCQC2732JJO6MBLOAYGVEJ2
<urn:uuid:0f62cfa7-9ef0-4d6c-9da1-758b0ecd68eb>
2017-08-21T14:01:10Z
192.102.239.53
application/rss+xml
sha1:C5ENDF7APRGDFAP4EAKL7EH7FE2BYED7
<urn:uuid:4656ef58-ef93-4da3-b846-61c5786c207e>
http://www.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/feed/
length
response
<urn:uuid:96dc5e5f-c42d-42b5-be4b-884318715cb0>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-164-105-233.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2017-34
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for August 2017
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf