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LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA FORUM 2008. Emma Corbett Mary-Louise Weight. Libraries Australia for Reference Staff. What’s New ? Upgrades to LA Search Getting the most out of Libraries Australia. GovRAP. GovRAP. Questions?.
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LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA FORUM 2008 Emma Corbett Mary-Louise Weight
Libraries Australia for Reference Staff • What’s New ? • Upgrades to LA Search • Getting the most out of Libraries Australia
Small libraries can now searchAPAIS through Libraries Australiafor FREE
Using Limits Group 1 Group 2
facebook Available here • http://apps.facebook.com/librariesaustralia
OpenSearch Targets • Powerhouse Museum • National Film and Sound Archive
LA Search Upgrade - Permalinks • http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an41952280 instead of • http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?action=Display&mode=fulldisplay&target=nbd&queryid=4&startPos=28
Libraries Australia Search The ladies clothing section of F.A.Howard, general merchant Creator: Gale Studio High St MaryboroughCourtesy: Museum Victoria Over 43 million items in over 800 Australian libraries and over 1 million digital images from Picture Australia
End User Access • Personalisation • Alerts • Enhanced Requesting
Personalisation • Reference staff and users can • have their own ‘Accounts’ • save records and queries into a personal folder • have access outside the library • have access to specified databases • You can run reports on account use
Create a personal account (for library staff and users) Customise Libraries Australia
the subscription service Customise Libraries Australia Search using limits 32
Alerts • Save a search query • Run again automatically • Searches for newly added material or changed records • Search results sent by email with links through to ANBD
Enhanced Requesting • Links Libraries Australia Search with Libraries Australia Document Delivery • Networked with over 700 libraries. • Mediated by ILL library staff
Most Importantly These Libraries Australia Search features are: • Available at no extra cost • Able to be customised to suit your libraries requirements