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Strengthening Alberta’s Public Library Network Together.

Provincial Technology Plan Status and Update. Strengthening Alberta’s Public Library Network Together. What we want you to take away. A big picture sense of what is being done on a provincial scale. The big benefit. Seamless access: levels the playing field for Alberta’s

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Strengthening Alberta’s Public Library Network Together.

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  1. Provincial Technology Plan Status and Update Strengthening Alberta’s Public Library Network Together.

  2. What we want you to take away A big picture sense of what is being done on a provincial scale.

  3. The big benefit Seamless access: levels the playing field for Alberta’s public library users.

  4. Overview • How we got here • Provincial Resource Sharing Policy • Alberta-Wide Borrowing • E-content • RISE Pilot Project • Keeping connected • Questions

  5. How we got here • MLA Report: Framework for the Future: Positioning Alberta Libraries for the 21st Century • Alberta Public Libraries Technology Report and Recommendations • Provincial Technology Plan with emphasis on province-wide initiatives

  6. How we got here • Contract between the Public Library Services Branch and TAL/APLEN for roll out of province-wide initiatives • PLSB working with SuperNet provider – AXIA

  7. How we got here • Ensuring solid foundation exists for future provincial services • Focus on seamless access as a priority • Revisions to the Resource Sharing Policy

  8. Provincial Resource Sharing Policy • Why the policy needed to be revised • What elements are changing • Who we have talked with • Next steps

  9. Alberta-Wide Borrowing Vision statement “Alberta-Wide Borrowing” library cardholders who physically visit participating libraries will have the same privileges and user experience as local cardholders, including access to resources, except where legally prohibited, e.g. by licensing agreements.

  10. Alberta-Wide Borrowing

  11. Alberta-Wide Borrowing • Project status • AWB Steering Committee • RFP • Policy • Communications plan

  12. E-content: Subsidized by APLEN APLEN operating budget subsidizes: • Universal Core • Novelist • Automotive Reference Repair Center • Heritage Quest 70%

  13. E-content: Universal core • Academic Search Elite • Alt Health Watch • Business Source Elite (includes Regional Business News) • Canadian Reference Centre • Canadian Literary Centre • Education Research Complete • Environment Complete • ERIC – Education Resources Information Centre

  14. More universal core resources • Health Source Consumer Edition • MasterFILE Premier • Canadian Newsstand Complete • CPI.Q – Canadian Periodicals Index Online • World Book Student • World Book Kid’s • World Book Advanced • L’Encyclopedie Decouverte

  15. Novelist

  16. Automotive Reference Repair Center

  17. Heritage Quest

  18. E-content: Additional digital resources • Government of Alberta investment in digital resources announced spring of 2011 • One time grant of $790,000 from Alberta Municipal Affairs • Purchase of two year licenses for: Mango Languages, Canadian Points of View Reference Centre, and Career Cruising

  19. Mango

  20. Canadian Points of View

  21. Career Cruising

  22. E-books and Freading • Business case presented to PLSB • Freading by Library Ideas selected for pilot • Funds from provincial tech plan implementation money and APLEN operating budget • Training and Google Ads campaign

  23. E-content strategy • To set up a process to follow on annual basis • To establish specific evaluation criteria • To review current collection of products • To pilot/ keep/ reject new products • To provide rationale for the purchase of province wide licenses with APLEN operating funds

  24. RISE Pilot Project • RISE partners, PLSB and APLEN • Funds from provincial technology plan grant • Up to 27 additional videoconferencing sites for a period of a year • Project to demonstrate effectiveness of VC, scalability, local sustainability, and demand for service • As of October 12, 15 agreements have been signed

  25. Keeping connected Framework for the Future: Positioning Libraries for the 21st Century: http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/lcvss/Library_report_final--April_15.pdf Provincial Technology Plan: http://www.albertalibraries.ca/uploads/1106/techplanfinal85008.pdf Public Library Services Branch website: http://www.albertalibraries.ca/ TechingUp: Strengthening Libraries Together: http://techingup.com RISE Network: http://risenetwork.ca/ Presentation will be available at: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/netspeed/Netspeed_2012_Proceedings.htm

  26. Questions ? Do you have any questions for us?

  27. Contact information Ron Sheppard, Chair, APLEN Standing Committeersheppard@prl.ab.ca | 403.782.3850 Dr. Diana Davidson, Public Library Services Branchdiana.davidson@gov.ab.ca | 780.415.0284 Kerry Anderson, Public Library Services Branch kerry.anderson@gov.ab.ca | 780.644.5487 Ken Feser, Public Library Services Branch ken.feser@gov.ab.ca | 780.415.0296 Julia Reinhart, The Alberta Libraryjreinhart@thealbertalibary.ab.ca | 780.414.0805 ext. 228 Michael Silver, The Alberta Library msilver@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca | 780.414.0805 ext. 236

  28. Thanks!

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