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Service updates : People Australia ARROW Discovery Service Picture Australia. Basil Dewhurst Manager, Resource Discovery Services bdewhurst@nla.gov.au. Overview. People Australia ARROW Discovery Service Picture Australia. People Australia. People Australia will be an online service that:
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Service updates:People AustraliaARROW Discovery ServicePicture Australia Basil Dewhurst Manager, Resource Discovery Services bdewhurst@nla.gov.au
Overview • People Australia • ARROW Discovery Service • Picture Australia
People Australia People Australia will be an online service that: • Takes a topic based approach to resource discovery • Provides access to records about people and organisations • Allows users to find and get resources, by/about a person or organisation • Interoperates with contributing services
People Australia • Project progress 2006-07 • Analysis and design • Search prototype • Future work 2007-08 • Harvester • Data administration • Web services
ARROW Discovery Service http://search.arrow.edu.au
ARROW DS 2007-08 • ARROW Redevelopment • Increase access to Australian research • Streamline metadata harvesting • Improve statistics and reporting • Explore making online journals available
Picture Australia 2006-07 • New image records 178,642 (13% increase) • 4 New Contributors: • ANU Canberra School of Art • Monash University Centre for Gippsland Studies • Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales • Curtin University Library • 49 Contributors / 106 Collections
Picture Australia Flickr Contributors • People, Places and Events • Established January 2006 • 21,148 image records • 714 members • Ourtown • Established March 2007 • 873 images • 119 members
Picture Australia 2007-08 • Implementation of the new design • Flickr • Trail blazing • National Photography Festival • Google seeding
Service updates:People AustraliaARROW Discovery ServicePicture Australia Basil Dewhurst Manager, Resource Discovery Services bdewhurst@nla.gov.au